Filmmakers
Ryan Williams | Director
Jeffrey Gold | Producer
After attending Cambridge University, where he executive produced the documentary Children of the Wind, as a lifetime member of the Cambridge Film and Television Society, he was accepted to the prestigious London International Film School in 1997. Other film works include the narrative The Wallet and the documentaries Twilight (Physics In The Twilight), Fade To Reality, Isles In The Midst Of The Great Green Sea, and Cognoscenti: The Admirable Life Of Eli Khamarov.
As a playwright, Jeffrey Gold has been a member the Playwright's Group since 2001, through the auspices of the Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC) under dramaturg Mike Dorrell (BBC's Soldier, Soldier, Pictures of a Floating World) and playwright-in-residence Julie Jensen (Two-Headed, Last Lists of My Mad Mother, Wait!). He has had a public reading of the play-in-progress In The Pursuit Of Svetla and a public reading at the American Express/Salt Lake Acting Company New Play Sounding Series of the absurdist comedy Horst and Graben in the Context Of The Unfinished Man. Horst and Graben was also read at the 2002 Sawtooth Writers Conference founded by David Kranes (Founding Artistic Director, Sundance Institute Playwright's Lab) and playwright/essayist Jeff Metcalf (Where To?). Horst And Graben was a winner of the 2002 CrossCurrents Cultural Five and Dime Playwriting Competition and was produced at the Just Off Broadway Theater in Kansas City, Missouri in 2003. It was also selected for the 2003 Boca Raton Theatre Guild Short Play Reading Festival and was a finalist in the Ten by Ten in the Triangle, North Carolina. It also won and has been selected for production in the Shorts in Winter Playwriting Festival at the Theatre Orange, North Carolina in February 2004. The comedic tragedietta, Fitch Todd, was read and extremely well received at the Salt Lake Acting Company on December 15, 2002. It went on to win the 2004 New Voices/New Words Playwriting Competition and was read on January 21, 2005 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It also received a reading at the City Art Evening of Short Plays on February 16, 2005, won the Seahorse Award at the 2005 Moondance International Film Festival stageplay competition, and then was a winner in the 2006 Silver Spring One Act Festival in Maryland. He has recently finished the plays Dedekind, Horst and Graben at the Chateau Godot, and Candycane Hurricane. Dedekind recently won the Experiments In Ink V Playwriting Competition and was produced in February 2004 at the University of Utah's Department of Theatre. His one act play, Execution at Paradais Island was a finalist in the stageplay competition of the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival. His play Percolation Theory was a Finalist in the 2005 Theatre Publicus Prize for Dramatic Literature. He is currently working on other short and long form plays including Waisenhaus, The Unexpected Autobiography Of Spressa Perlesi, and Parker's Peace. He won the 2005 Best of State Medal for Playwriting/Screenwriting, the 2006 Best of State Medal for Playwriting, and the 2007 Best of State Medal for Playwriting. His plays are available on Amazon.com.
Vince Lauria | Composer
In film and television he has composed and performed the Clio Award-winning melody for the "Made In The Shade" jeans commercial working with Len Kovner at Davlen Sound Studios (1978-1982). He recently scored music for director and producer Don Barnhart (Saved by the Bell, Benson) on a TV pilot starring Daniel Baldwin and Terasa Livingstone. Vince Lauria is Winner of the Gold Medal for Best Impact of Music in a Documentary (Audience Favorite) at the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival (PCFMF) for the feature-length documentary, Man of a Thousand Faces, executive produced by actor James Hong (Chinatown, Blade Runner). Vince Lauria also won the Director's Choice Gold Medal for Excellence at the 2009 Park City Film Music Festival (PCFMF) for his original score of the awards-winning feature documentary, Pigweed Philosopher: The Untethered Zen of Kimball Johnson, directed by documentary filmmaker Gabriel Lakey. He is currently working on the independent feature musical, Nowhere Fast: The Forgotten Story of Approach Control, directed by Ryan Williams (Abby Singer).
As a guitar virtuoso, Vince Lauria has served as an instructor at the Dick Grove School of Music, and as a technical adviser to Guitar World Magazine. Vince Lauria also has numerous instructional textbooks to his name, including "Learn to Burn on Rock Guitar" (Mel Bay), "Heavy Metal Solos for Guitar" (Mel Bay), "Teach Yourself Rock Guitar" (Mel Bay), and "The Rock Riff Dictionary for Lead Guitar" (ADG Productions) which can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and other leading international booksellers.
Jeffrey Gold | Composer
Paul Luscher | Composer
His early musical efforts include being the primary singer/songwriter for Crescendo. Paul appeared as Insanity Void with three songs and was a co-producer and co-engineer for the compilation CD/CD-ROM "Projectile" (1996). Three of his Insanity Void songs are also featured on the Xbox video game "Amped" (2001).
As Insanity Void, Paul has released two albums, "Projectile" (1996) and "Salt Flats" (2005). His work on "Abby Singer", specifically the main theme "When You're a Millionaire" (co-written by Jeffrey Gold) won the Jury Choice - Gold Medal for Excellence at the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival and was recognized as a semi-finalist in the Filmscoring Competition at the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival.
Paul is currently working on a new album for Insanity Void as well as film projects out of his studio near Washington, D.C.