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For the past ten years, award-winning Lyle Workman has been Judd Apatow's go-to composer for virtually all his films, including “The 40-Year Old Virgin”, “Superbad”, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, and “Get Him to the Greek”. His latest release with Judd Apatow is the Netflix Original Series “Love”, which is now available for viewing.

Barry Landis is the President and CEO of Ribbow Media Group, a digital film marketing agency that has executed amongst others the online campaigns of “Risen”, “Woodlawn”, “Captive”, “God’s Not Dead”, “The Giver”, “Little Boy”, “Son of God”, “Earth to Echo” and the number one box office hit “War Room”. Prior to Ribbow Barry was a partner at the Working Title Agency, overseeing the theatrical release of box office hit “God’s Not Dead”. And he has also held the title of Vice President of Howard Books/Simon & Schuster during which time he oversaw the releases of publications by best selling authors Karen Kingsbury, Dave Ramsey, and Duck Dynasty. Barry’s illustrious entertainment career also includes roles as President of the Word Label Group at Warner Bros Records, and Vice President & General Manager of Atlantic Records Christian division, during which time millions of units were sold.

Ali Faulkner has starred in movies such as “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”, “Butcher Boys” and “Bad Kids Go to Hell”. She’s also starred as the lead in “The Song”, which was nationally theatrically released in 2014 by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Affirm.

Bobby Downes has produced more than a dozen feature films for the faith market. Beginning in 1999, Bobby produced his first independent feature film “The Moment After” and its sequel “The Moment After 2: The Awakening”, both of which were acquired by Sony Pictures. Bobby then produced “Mercy Streets” starring Oscar nominated Eric Roberts and again worked with Roberts in “Six: The Mark Unleashed”, which also starred Stephen Baldwin and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Both films were acquired for distribution by Sony Pictures. He subsequently executive produced for Ralph Winter on the adaptation of Frank Peretti's best-selling novel “The Visitation” distributed by 20th Century Fox. And he has also produced “The Lost Medallion”, “The Redemption of Henry Myers”, and “Hoovey”. Bobby’s most notable film was based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury: “Like Dandelion Dust”, which starred Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Emmy award winner Barry Pepper, and was released by Twentieth Century Fox after winning more than 30 international film festival awards. In 1999, Bobby founded ChristianCinema.com, which is now the largest selection of faith-affirming and family-approved movies online, and the largest independent retailer of faith-based movies in the U.S.

Richard Ramsey is the director and writer of “The Song” which was theatrically distributed in 2014 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He is also the artistic director of City on a Hill Productions, a faith-based multimedia company known for “Not a Fan”, which to date has sold over 1 million units.

Carole Dean is the president of From The Heart Productions, a nonprofit company that works for filmmakers as a fiscal sponsor and is now partnered with Indiegogo for crowdfunding. Through this platform Carole awards three film grants a year valued at more than $100,000, with past grants totaling more than $2 million. Each year, Carole appraises and consults on over 1,000 films and trailers to help prepare them for funding.  During her career Carole has helped filmmakers raise over $10 million for their documentaries, features, and short films. She is also the author of “The Art of Film Funding: Alternative Financing Concepts”.

Alex Neustaedter stars in "Ithaca", in the lead role of Homer, alongside Oscar winner Tom Hanks and Golden Globe nominated Meg Ryan. He also stars as Bella Thorne’s love interest in the upcoming film "Shovel Buddies", and USA network's new TV series, "Colony," from the Emmy award winning executive producer and writer of “Lost” - Carlton Cuse.

Doug Jones is a veteran of film acting with roles in major box office hits such as “Hocus Pocus”, “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”, “Hellboy” and its Oscar nominated sequel “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”, and Oscar winning “Pan's Labyrinth”, as well as the Emmy nominated TV series “Falling Skies”, and the Golden Globe nominated TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. He is renowned for his roles in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres, often wearing heavy makeup to play nonhuman characters.

Meg DeAngelis is an actress and social media superstar with over 4.3 million YouTube subscribers and 1.6 million Instagram followers. Meg has starred in the series “Royal Crush” and movies “The Giant King” and “Summer Forever” with Alyson Stoner, as well as the upcoming Dreamworks release “Trolls” in which she stars alongside Oscar nominated Anna Kendrick, Golden Globe nominated Justin Timberlake, Russell Brand and Gwen Stefani. Her latest film “Dance Camp”, was produced by John Chu as one of the first features to premiere on YouTube’s new subscription service YouTube Red.

Christopher Kenworthy is a screenwriter, director and producer of countless commercial projects and music videos, numerous short films, and a feature called “The Sculptor's Ritual”. He's the best-selling author of the renowned film book series “Master Shots” which includes Volume 1, 2 and 3, “Master Shots: Story”, “Master Shots: Suspense”, and “Master Shots: Action”. He's also the author of two well-reviewed novels and numerous critically acclaimed short stories. His latest film books are “Shoot Like Tarantino”, “Shoot Like Spielberg” and “Shoot Like Scorsese”.