Jason Georgiades is a local Pittsburgh filmmaker whose recent work was an examination of Pittsburgh's infatuation with it's favorite sports team the Pittsburgh Steelers. The film, entitled "The Steal Phantom", achieved significant recognition in the local media as well as the festival circuit including the Delaware Valley Film Festival where it finished second. Most recently it was featured by Pittsburgh City Paper for their monthly Film Kitchen Series in December 2007. Other recent works include an untitled short which received Best in Show at the Gallery Chiz in Pittsburgh's Shadyside district. The short was also submitted to The Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati where it was selected for an international screening series entitled Art and Design on Film. Jason wishes to continue in the vein of "The Steal Phantom" making films which capture the essence of his city.

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Sean Carroll is a freelance Cinematographer and Steadicam Operator from the Pittsburgh area who has shot short films, music videos, and TV commercials. Sean received his degree in Cinema and Digital Arts with an emphasis in Cinematography from Point Park University and has also studied at the New York Film Academy and the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport Maine.

Chet Vincent is a musician and writer from Lawrenceville. He collaborated with Jason Georgiades and Russell Brandom for "The Steal Phantom," for which he composed the narration and original score. He has recently released his first full-length album, *The Wakes*, on the Johnstown-based label My Idea of Fun.

 

Russell Brandom is a writer from Highland Park. As a high school student, he wrote a play, "Chasing Oedipus," which won the City Theater Young Playwright's Competition and was performed with local players. After graduating from Yale, where he won the Francis Bergen Memorial Prize for Fiction, he has been pursuing freelance and professional writing in many forms including short prose and screenplays.