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Dana Adam Shapiro, Co-Director, Producer
Dana Adam Shapiro is a former senior editor at SPIN, and a contributor to THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE and other publications. His first novel, THE EVERY BOY, will be published by Houghton Mifflin in July. The movie is in development at Plan B. MURDERBALL is his first film.

Henry Alex Rubin, Co-Director Director of Photography

As a documentary filmmaker, Rubin made the award-winning "Who is Henry Jaglom?" (PBS, First Run Features, w/ Candice Bergen, Dennis Hopper) and "Freestyle" (w/ Mos Def, The Roots, J5), which was recently picked up by Palm Pictures after winning Best Documentary at the Woodstock and Urbanworld Film Festival. Additionally, he directed the second-unit on several films including COP LAND and GIRL INTERRUPTED. He is currently directing a mockumentary starring Winona Ryder.

Jeffrey Mandel, Producer

Jeff is a corporate tax attorney. Formerly, he was an Investment Banker in Lehman Brothers' Global Technology group. He holds graduate Law (JD) and Business (MBA) degrees from Columbia University.

Geoffrey Richman, Editor

Geoffrey Richman has been a freelance editor for over ten years, editing documentary and reality programming for a variety of networks including SHOWTIME, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, TLC, OXYGEN, and PBS. He was also the Director of Photography and Editor of THE DESCENT OF WALTER MCFEA, which screened at the IFP and won Best Narrative Feature at the Hollywood.com Film Festival.

Conor O'Neill, Co-Editor
Conor O'Neill is the Editor of WORD WARS, which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by Seventh Art Releasing. Previously, he edited SEE THIS MOVIE (which was Executive Produced by the Weitz Brothers.) He began his career working as an assistant under editor David Moritz (BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE, JERRY MAGUIRE) and on the MGM comedy A GUY THING. He recently began work as the editor of AIR GUITAR, a feature documentary.

Jason Stoff, Post-Production Supervisor
Jason Stoff is a post-production veteran renowned for his synthesis of the newest posting and finishing technologies with a refined artistic sensibility. As Visual Effects Supervisor for KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE, he was part of the team that created 3-D raster moves (the technique that enabled 2-D photographs to appear as though in a 3-D space). Previously, Stoff was the Technical Finishing Supervisor on BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. He started his career doing film titles for a variety of productions, including ULEE’S GOLD and LA CIUDAD.