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Principal Crew
Directed by: Jodi Binstock
JODI BINSTOCK graduated from film school at NYU, where she began her career in theatre, film, television and commercials.
Soon after, she directed the award winning short film A Limited Engagement. After moving to L.A., Jodi received the coveted
Disney Directing Fellowship, working in both multi and single camera episodic television. She's directed episodes of ABC's
Boy Meets World and You Wish, and assistant directed the CBS mini-series 500 Nations. Jodi also directed several TV Image
campaigns for US and European network launches, Discovery, TLC, Fox Family, Fox Kids, Pro-Seiben and Kabel1 and is a 6 time
Broadcast Design Award winner. Her theatrical directing credits include the Broadway workshop of Leon Uris' Trinity, Edward
Albee's The Zoo Story (Drama Logue Award) and a critically acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's adaptation of Ibsen's
"An Enemy of the People".
Jodi's work as a Producer includes ad agencies (Griffin Bacal and Foote, Cone and Belding) and television networks, (Executive
Producer for On-Air Graphics and Client Services for Fox Family and Fox Kids, FX). Jodi lives in L.A. with her 5-year-old
daughter, Logan.
Producer: Dan Bucatinsky
DAN BUCATINSKY was the writer, producer and star of the romantic comedy All Over the Guy (Lions Gate) and continues to work
as a writer, actor and producer in film and television. For ABC Family, he recently executive produced the romantic comedy
Picking Up and Dropping Off, with his partner, Lisa Kudrow. Together, they've started Is Or Isn't Entertainment through Warner
Brothers Television where they're currently developing several pilots -- including two scripted by Dan. As an actor, he appeared
opposite Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun, and recently joined the cast of the indie When Do We Eat. His most recent TV
appearances include guest roles on Friends, Frasier and NYPD Blue.
Other feature credits include I Love Your Work, Bounce and The Opposite of Sex. As a voiceover actor, he can be heard
on dozens of trailers, commercials and animated programs. Dan lives in L.A. with his partner of 11 years, writer/director
Don Roos.
Writer: Dori Fram
DORI FRAM'S first play, Call Waiting, earned four Drama-Logue awards and an Ovation nomination from two productions in Los
Angeles. The Hollywood Reporter called Dori's writing "clever, satiric and touching." It was named the L.A. Weekly's
Pick-of-the-Week and Critic's Choice by the Daily News. While Dori began her career in film and television, "Call Waiting"
marks the first play she's adapted for the screen. Dori's married to Arnold Fram and has two children, Michael and Nicole.
Executive Producer: Don Roos
DON ROOS is the screenwriter of Love Field (Michelle Pfeiffer, Academy Award Nomination), Single White Female and Boys on
the Side. In 1998 he made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed indie film The Opposite of Sex which won him
two Independent Spirit Awards for best first feature and best screenplay, a Writers Guild Award nomination and the prestigious
P.E.N. Award. In 2000, he directed Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow in the Miramax production, Bounce from his own script.
Don was also the Executive Producer of the indie feature All Over the Guy, a romantic comedy released by Lions Gate. comedy
All Over the Guy, released by Lions Gate in 2001 and the creator of the NBC comedy series;"M.Y.O.B."; Don has recently
completed a new script, "Happy Endings", which he'll direct in the spring of 2004 for Lions Gate.
Executive Producer: Suzi Dietz
SUSAN DIETZ serves as president of Canon Theatricals, an entertainment company dedicated to producing theatre, film and television.
She's been producing theatre in L.A. for more than 20 years and received a Drama-Logue Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding
contribution to Los Angeles Theatre. She's run the Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills since 1983. On Broadway, she produced Suzan-Lori
Parks; Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, starring Whoopi Goldberg. For TV, Dietz
executive produced the Showtime special "Steven Banks'; Home Entertainment Center" and the children's series; "Space
Cases", both of which were Ace Award nominees. She went on to produce the "Steven Banks" pilot for Disney
and Showtime, and 13 episodes of "The Steven Banks Show" for PBS.
Director of Photography - Michael Goi, A.S.C
Michael has worked steadily on a variety of projects including the ASC Award-nominated Fixer, The (1998) (TV), starring Jon
Voight for Showtime, Judas & Jesus (2001) (TV) for Paramount and ABC, Christmas Rush (2002) (TV) for TBS Superstation,
and Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000) (TV) for Showtime. Michael received the first Best Cinematography Award given by
the Portland Festival Of World Cinema in 2001 for his work on the independent feature What Matters Most (2001), which was
filmed
When not filming, Michael devotes his spare time to extensions of his teaching background, donating his insights to seminars
for IATSE Local 600, Cal State Northridge, and his alma mater Columbia College. He is actively involved in mentoring students
interested in cinematography as a career, and works to place promising individuals in internships with other directors of
photography. He was inducted into the prestigious American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) in February 2003.
Editor: Glenn Garland
Glenn Garland has supervised and edited numerous films including Santa Barbara Audience award winner Amy's O, All Over the
Guy, The Curve (Official selection of the Sundance Film Festival), Attraction (Official selection of the Toronto Film Festival),
Retroactive (Winner of the Portuguese Film Fest), Black and White, and The Rich Man's Wife. He is currently finishing the
RKO thriller, Shade.
Music by: Peter Melnick
Melnick's film music credits include the independent feature, WEST OF HERE , starring Josh Hamilton and Mary Stuart Masterson;
L.A. STORY, the Steven Martin comedy; THE ONLY THRILL, starring Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard - a score that includes the main
title song, Horton Foote's CONVICTS, with Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones; ONLY YOU, directed by Betty Thomas and starring
Helen Hunt and Kelly Preston; and ARCTIC BLUE, the Peter Masterson film starring Dylan Walsh and Rutger Hauer. His cable and
television credits include the Emmy-winning INDICTMENT: THE MCMARTIN TRIAL (HBO), GRAND AVENUE (HBO), LILY DALE (Showtime),
MERMAID (Showtime), and numerous PBS documentaries including the recent American Masters portrait ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG and
the four-part series THE DINOSAURS!
Melnick attended Harvard College, Berklee College of Music, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He
also studied privately with Jazz Legend Jaki Byard.
Production Designer: Ryan Welsch
Set Decorator :Glory Days, Eulogy,Tiptoes, "Greg the Bunny",TV Series ,Beyond the City Limits.
Art Department-Hollywood Sign, Zoolander, Late Last Night.
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