The Crew

Erik Hecht - Co-Writer/Director
Erik started his film career as a photographer for his high school yearbook, documenting such sporting events as girls’ swimming and girls’ water polo. After high school, he assembled his own darkroom while studying photography and visual literature. In February of 2004 he entered the Film Production program at the Vancouver Film School where he directed two short films and worked in the camera crew for several others. Since graduating from VFS, Erik has returned home to Oregon to continue his growth as a photographer and a filmmaker.

Celeste Olds - Co-Writer

Celeste Olds is from the small town of Enumclaw, Washington. She’s had previous experience with filmmaking in a 3-year course in High School where she made film noirs, comedies, music videos, documentaries, public service announcements and commercials with a small group of students. After working at Dominos Pizza for too long, Celeste decided to go to the Vancouver Film School to pursue her dream of becoming a traveling documentarian. There she had a little taste of everything where she was producer, director, writer, editor and director of photography for various short films. Celeste is currently living in Oregon where she can have some “down time” to prepare herself for the blow of upcoming student loan payments. After that she’s out to travel the world!

Eric Deskin - Producer

Eric Deskin has a degree in Marketing from the University of Arizona. After graduating college, he traveled to Europe and then returned to Phoenix, AZ and began working at an advertising agency, overseeing all production. He then went to work for an international promotion company, working in Client Relations Management for various Fortune 500 companies. Eric produced two dramas and a documentary while attending film school. He has a background in music and is actively pursuing a career in television and film in L.A., California.

Alexander Walsh

- Camera Operator/Editor

Alexander Walsh comes from no place in particular, having spent most of his life moving around from town to town in the US and UK. It should then come as no surprise that he would suddenly move to attend the Vancouver Film School in Canada. Before this, Alexander attended Northwestern University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. This led him to a small poorly-lit cubicle where he worked as a software engineer for a large telecommunications company. As a lifetime drawer and painter, this cubicle job did not satisfy his creative desires and he opted to trade in the three walls and computer for a film camera. Since graduating film school in February 2005 Alexander has moved again to Philadelphia where he is continuing to hone his directing craft.

McKenzie Stubbert

- Music Composer

McKenzie Stubbert is an Oregon native who is just beginning to have his music be heard by audiences. Receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in Composition in 2001 from the University of Oregon, Stubbert has remained active in various musical projects. From 2001-2004, he played keyboards with local pop/rock ensemble “Alpha Charlie.” In the fall of 2003, Stubbert wrote and performed the score to a promotional documentary for local author Bob Welch’s biography of Frances Slanger, “American Nightingale.” The film was used to promote the book around the country and helped Welch land an important interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” In 2004-2005, he composed the scores for “Flippers”, “The All-Too-Easy Sabotage of Love,” as well as “The Death of Theodore Graham” for the Vancouver Film School. Stubbert has done string arrangements for the Seattle bands “Mayfly” and “The Cloves” and for singer/songwriter Brian Marshall. In 2005, he collaborated with the Co-Art Dance Co. in Eugene for their production “Co-Motion.” In the midst of all of this, his work continues on a personal composition project with hopes of a 2005 album release.

The Cast

Jon Scheffer - Theodore Graham

Jon Scheffer began his acting career in Montreal 12 years ago, starring in small plays for school and performing in plays for eldercare organizations while attending The Actor's Studio. After moving to Vancouver in 1996, Jon has studied film at the Gastown Actor's Studio and the Vancouverer Film School. He has made a niche in the independant horror film market, mostly with the up-and-coming producers from Creepy Six Films ("Vampires vs. Zombies, "Heads Are Gonna Roll"), and gaining experience with independent roles and student productions from The VFS and Emily Carr. Jon has also starred in theatre productions with Presentation House ("Moo") and United Players ("Antigone"). Recently he landed his first commercial for "Pictionary" and looks forward to getting back to his theatre roots while continuing to look for great Independent features.

Colin Matthews - Death

Colin was born in London, England and began acting professionally when he was nine appearing in television commercials. He has since worked both on screen and behind the camera on over sixty film and television productions in Canada, the U.S. and internationally. An experienced Theatre actor whose roles include ‘Leonato’ in Much Ado About Nothing and ‘Costard’ in Love’s Labour’s Lost at UCFV; ‘Edward’ in How Gertrude Stormed the Philosopher’s Club; and dual roles as both ‘Neil’ and the ‘One-armed man’ in Office Hours and ‘Bill’ in Funny Money at the Burr Theatre. An accomplished improviser, he appears with the Vancouver Theatresports League and the Nervous Sheep improv group. Colin was most recently seen on screen in the TV series The Dead Zone and The Lynching of Louie Sam and is currently working on a pilot for the Comedy Network.

Karen Lloyd - Terri

Originally from Montreal, Karen J. Lloyd satisfied her love of acting in a community theatre group called Pigdog Playhouse. After moving to Vancouver in 1996 to study animation and then pursue a career as a storyboard artist, she missed the thrill of performing.
In 2004 she decided to stop kidding herself and started taking part time classes at the William Davis Centre and Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts. She then started auditioning for student productions and soon after, got an agent.
On her second commercial audition she booked a BCAA spot, which had her performing underwater in an outdoor pool in November...a little nippy...but she loved every minute of it.
Since then, Karen has performed in many independent film productions, one of which landed her a “Best Supporting Female” award at the 2005 POV film festival. One of her favorite experiences was performing in “The Vagina Monologues” at the sold-out Centennial Theatre in Vancouver.