Makeup:
Maureen Sherwood
Maureen is an award-winning hair and makeup artist with decades of experience working as a lead artist and department head across film, television, digital, and editorial projects. Known for her collaborative approach and strong on-set leadership, she brings a deep understanding of character, continuity, and visual storytelling to every production. Her work spans a wide range of genres and platforms, with recent credits including select film, television, and digital productions. Sherwood continues to be a trusted creative partner in both narrative and commercial filmmaking.
Music:
Craig Marks
On any given day, Emmy award winning composer Craig Marks can be found hard at work in the studio coaxing rhythm and melody from an extensive array of “instruments” – many bought or found, some built specifically for projects by Marks himself. Buzz saws, antenna arrays, and a horrifically broken dishwasher have all found their places in his scores. “There’s music in everything,” Marks says, “the trick is matching tonality and emotion.”
For the last 16 seasons of A&E’s Emmy and PRISM award winning hit series “Intervention,” Marks has created consistently compelling music rooted in an ever evolving main theme, which was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award in 2012 for Best Original Theme Music – TV Show.
Marks completed work on the second season of Full Circle. Focused on gritty personal drama amid a backdrop of Chicago cops and corruption, DirecTV’s anthology series starred Stacy Keach, Terry O’Quinn, Eric McCormack, and Rita Wilson.
Born and raised in San Jose, California, Craig grew up in a family that actively encouraged musical growth and expression. Having taught himself to play guitar, Marks discovered his lifelong passion as he began composing songs and experimental music during high school.
Craig flourished upon moving to Los Angeles and soon found his musical studies encouraged and supported by the likes of Lionel Richie and Bill Conti. In addition to guitar, Marks studied numerous world instruments, including oud, gamelan, and sitar, while earning a degrees in music composition and political science from UCLA.
While still a student, Marks quickly earned his stripes having scored his first films and worked with a leading commercial music production company. Soon Craig was invited to apprentice with Hans Zimmer – officially launching his journey as a Hollywood composer. Marks went on to work alongside several composers, including John Debney and Mark Mancina, contributing his talents to a wide-ranging list of films.
Fluent and active in a wide variety of genres, Marks has written for feature films, network and cable television, commercials, and classical ensembles. His music has been performed by the Marine Corps Marching Band, Dallas Chamber Symphony, Mannes College of Music, and 5th House Ensemble among others.
Crew:
Fia Kiley
Fia is pleased to have worked on Onru. Some of Fia’s favorite roles include the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland and Beth from Little Women. They have been a coteacher and assistant director. They are also in an upcoming short film called The Mananabas. Thanks to Tim and Christian and everyone for the fun weekend of filming.
Sound:
Gray Kiley
Gray is a sound technician in Redlands, CA specializing in live mixing. They have worked with their school to put on “The Outsiders”, “Oklahoma!” and seven student written plays along with running audio for band festivals and concerts.
Writer / Producer:
Christian Kiley
Christian is a playwright who is expanding into screenwriting and other areas of the creative universe. He wrote and acted in the short film Loves Me, Loves Me Not. Onru is a story that has been rattling around in his head for years, and he is grateful for the opportunity to produce it and share it with others.
As a playwright, Christian has written more than thirty plays, including The Art of Rejection, Odd Duck, Chemo Girl and Other Plays, Nerd Herd, The Coffee Buzz, Creature Features, and Pound, which won Best Ensemble at the California Educational Theatre Festival in 2007.
Medomak Valley High School earned Class A Runner-Up at the 2018 Maine Drama Festival with Christian’s play The Butterfly Queen. Chemo Girl and Other Plays earned a score of ninety-nine out of one hundred at the Inland Empire One-Act Festival, where it won first place. Christian’s plays have been produced around the world, with productions in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada, and the United States.
Distance Learning was written specifically for online performance and received praise from producer/director Michelene Hauber of St. Francis CSS (Ontario, Canada):
“As a script written for online production, this was EXACTLY what we needed this year! This play explored the humor of the trials and tribulations of online learning while also offering a glimpse into the difficult realities many of us faced. My students really engaged with it and appreciated it.”
Christian’s most recent play, BFF (Bot Friend Forever), addresses the emergence of ChatGPT in our lives and examines both the benefits and challenges it presents, particularly for young people.
Christian is deeply grateful for April; his family—Ella, Fia, Adie, Zelda, and Lucy; and the artistic supporters who give him the space to play in the linguistic playground as a writer. Special thanks to Timothy Kiley for doing the heavy lifting on Onru.
For more information about Christian’s writing please visit https://www.christiankileyplaywright.com/
Director, Director of Photography, Editor:
Timothy Kiley
Timothy Kiley is a Filmmaker located in Crestline, Calif.
Timothy started in TV in 1995 working post production on a show called Sightings. He has worked as a Camera Assistant, Film Loader, Location Scout, and produced, shot and edited his own short films and documentaries.
Timothy started working in news in 2002 as a Photojournalist, Editor, Assignment Manager and Assistant News Director.
Timothy recently created a documentary called “Lens Flares: Trauma in Journalism” which highlights the need for Journalists to be aware of their own mental health and for the general public to understand what the media endures on a daily basis in a time when those in the news have been vilified.
Tim is a 6 time regional Emmy award recipient, has also received four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and 2 Golden Mikes.
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