David Donnenfield Producer/Director Michele Dennis Producer/Director Bruce Schmiechen Producer/Director Charles Rudnick Producer/Director Gina Leibrecht Editor/Director Don Starnes Director of Photography Theron Yeager Editor Sean Dana Motion Graphics Designer David Donnenfield, Producer/Director David Donnenfield has worked in visual media since 1975. After receiving his bachelor's degree in Film from UCLA, David worked as a staff producer for the California State Department of Education making, what else...films on education. Upon moving to San Francisco in 1980, David worked on numerous programs for the syndicated TV magazine programs, PM Magazine and Evening Magazine. He also served as assistant producer for the Academy Award nominated documentary Eight Minutes to Midnight. In 1991, he was awarded a master's degree in Educational Technology from San Francisco State University and established his own independent media production company. (read more) Michele Dennis, Producer/Director Michele Dennis has been in the film and video industry for over 25 years. She started out in post-production, working at One Pass Video, and from there became one of the founding team members of Phoenix Editorial in San Francisco, serving as their Senior Producer for over six years. Now a freelancer of over 11 years, Michele enjoys being a hands-on producer and production manager for a wide variety of projects including TV commercials, high end-corporate videos, animation, and documentary films. (read more) Bruce Schmiechen, Producer/Director Bruce's film and video experience includes educational, documentary, entertainment and corporate productions. He was producer and director of Johnny Otis at the Monterey Jazz Festival, a concert documentary which aired on PBS and internationally, co-producer/ director of The Business of America, a national CPB/PBS production, and edited and co-wrote the PBS version of South Africa Belongs to Us, a British/German/U.S. co-production. Awards and honors include the American, Nyon, Mannheim, Leipzig and San Francisco Film Festivals. Bruce has also produced and directed numerous educational and marketing videos for such clients as International Light and Magic/Lucasfilm, Chevron, American Arbitration Association, Wells Fargo, San Mateo Community College, Oakland and San Leandro School Districts, the City of San Francisco, and FC&B Belding. Charles Rudnick, Producer/Director Charles has been a Director, Producer, Director of Photography, consultant, and teacher. Charles worked with BBC, CBS, ABC and PBS on documentaries, including 20 episodes of In Search of..., the nationally syndicated show hosted by Leonard Nimoy. Mr. Rudnick was an instructor at University of California, Berkeley Extension, and an artist in residence in the San Francisco Unified School District. (read more) Gina Leibrecht, Editor/Director Gina Leibrecht has been working in film since she received her B.A. in Telecommunications and Film from the University of Oregon in 1989. She currently works and resides in San Francisco, working on documentary, commercial, and corporate projects for domestic and international markets. (read more) Don Starnes, Director of Photography Don has been a DP since 1985 with many award-winning national credits. He has shot several features, television series and multiple series segments. His client list includes Discovery Channel, CBC, HBO, ESPN, NBC News, The Learning Channel, Comedy Central, Mirimax Films, New York Times Television, Warner Brothers and many Fortune 500 companies and advertising agencies. Theron Yeager, Editor Theron is a very experienced editor with award-winning national credits. Credits include Season by Season, a national 22 episode cooking show; Moving On, a dance documentary for PBS; Men are from Mars..., a PBS series with Author John Grey. Theron also edited From the Ground Up and Returning Home, two award- winning documentaries for PBS produced and directed by Kevin White. He also edited documentaries for Discovery, Readers Digest, and The Creative Mind, a 1/2 hour series for KQED based on interviews with Bay Area artists. In addition, Theron has edited numerous corporate communications programs for Chevron, Wells Fargo, Apple Computers, VISA, Hewlett Packard, Adobe and many others. Sean Dana, Motion Graphics Designer Sean is a veteran Motion Graphics Designer whose company, 7G productions, has been in business since 2000. His extensive client list includes Microsoft, Sega, NY MOMA, San Francisco International Film Festival, Chronicle Books, RoughHouse Editorial, Elastic Creative, Remedy Editorial, Sega and Godfery Q and Partners. Sean has collaborated with Full Frame Productions on title/graphics creation for shows such as Fair Fight in the Marketplace, as well as various campaigns for Intel, Sybase and Symantec. > to the top >PRINCIPALS >PARTNERS >550 BRYANT COLLECTIVE