Horizons Studios in Venice, CA, he began as a production assistant and worked his way up to a unit production manager.

Upon completion of a movie in Wilmington, North Carolina, Dickerson became a vice president of production at a completion bond company that was expanding its business. He assessed risk and viability while monitoring the production of more than 100 film projects. Dickerson generated over $5 million dollars in fees for the company during his 4-year tenure.

With his extensive background and knowledge, Dickerson returned to the production community where he is adept at overseeing all aspects of production, including budgets and schedules, negotiating contracts, monitoring expenses, managing resources, and troubleshooting production-related issues as they arise.  He has produced numerous episodes of the television series Sweet Magnolias, The Winchesters, and Greenleaf as well as numerous films

Sherwood Jones

Sherwood Jones began making films in Super 8 at the age of 11. His first films were based on the classic Gothic horror films of Universal, but as he explored cinematic possibilities, his films became more aesthetically

daring, going from titles such as Return of Frankenstein to ones such as The Sins of the Children and My Plastic Sweetheart. Soon he was making sound films in high school that were as long as an hour in length.  After winning a prize at the Mixed Media Gathering for his short film My Love, he moved on to earning a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema & Photography at Southern Illinois University as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree at Ohio University. During this time, he won the annual student editing competition conducted by the American Cinema Editors, as well as a Student Academy Award, Narrative Category, for his master's thesis film, The Projectionist.

Phil Smoot

Phil Smoot is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with a double major in Radio/TV/ Motion Pictures and Dramatic Art. He received an MBA from UNC-Greensboro. In addition to feature-length motion pictures, his total body of work includes television productions, short films, sponsored films, commercials, and corporate/industrial videos.

Smoot helped in the selection of architects and original planning for the construction the UNC-SA School of Filmmaking in Winston-Salem, NC.  Specifically, he oversaw travel, research, budgeting, and procurement of the original purchases (1993-94) for the new complex now at UNC-SA Film School Program.

Autumn Watlington

Autumn Watlington grew up in North Carolina and was always drawn to entertainment. Her love of writing, music, and storytelling eventually led her to pursue a career in narrative film.

Watlington graduated from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro with a degree in Media Studies, studied film and TV screenwriting from UCLA’s extension program, and received her MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute Conservatory.

While in Los Angeles, she interned at Atlas Entertainment, was accepted into the prestigious executive trainee program at Sony Pictures Entertainment, worked in business affairs at William Morris Endeavor, and as a creative associate for comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish and her She Ready Productions.

Autumn’s producing projects have been screened and won awards at festivals worldwide such as Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and the Barcelona International Film Festival.  She hopes to continue to make films that promote diversity and tackle thought-provoking subjects that challenge viewers’ traditional ways of thinking.

Mike Elliott has produced or co-produced over 100 films. He began his career at Corman’s Concorde New Horizons studio where he rose to vice-president. He co-founded Capital Arts Entertainment, a company that pioneered direct-to-video sequels.

Elliott has produced sequels to hit films such as Beethoven, American Pie, The Scorpion King, Kindergarten Cop, and Termors among many others. He maintains distribution and output relationships with Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, and Netflix Streaming.

Terry Michael Huud

Terry Michael Huud is a film composer who operates his own recording studio in Hollywood, California where he composes and experiments in a variety of musical styles and techniques.

His work covers a wide field from globally released theatrical feature films to television series and specials, documentaries, commercials, art exhibits, film trailers, and multi-media events. He scored One Point O

and was the winner of the Grand Jury Award (best  Dramatics) at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and was the official selection in 2005 for Best Soundtrack (EDDA Awards).

Nathan “Nat” Swanson

Nathan “Nat” Swanson has always loved a good story. His interest in storytelling, especially on the big

screen, culminated in his thought-provoking book on film Download This Movie for a Reel Good Time. The book references the true-life facts of what went on behind the camera during the production of the 100 films spanning the years 1927-2005.

Swanson has also actively participated in television and film productions. He has served as television host of Movie Minutes on public access cable and played roles in film shorts.  Swanson holds an undergraduate degree in communications from the University of Illinois and master’s degree in education from Virginia Tech.

Richard White

Richard White has been an assistant director and member of the Directors Guild of America for over 20 years. He has worked with industry powerhouses such as Martin Scorsese, Ivan Reitman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Costner, Uma Thurman, Sandra Bullock, and many others.

His projects range from the Oscar-winning Best Picture The Departed to award-winning and groundbreaking TV series including Yellowstone, Terminator: Genisys, and The Equalizer. A native of Clayton, NC, White currently resides in Garner with his wife and dog when not traveling for work.

Jonathan Allen Winfrey

Jonathan Allen Winfrey is an American film director, producer, documentarian, reality TV creator, adventure traveler, and photographer. He first found success running studio operations and producing several films for

Roger Corman. Soon after, he set his sights on directing action films and found immediate success in the genre. The Black Scorpion science fiction movies for Showtime were Winfrey’s biggest success and led to a full-season TV show of the same name.

 The show America’s Most Wanted harnessed Winfrey’s capacity to tell stories stylistically and poignantly, ramping up the action and creatively accomplishing the impossible on a shoestring budget.

Winfrey received the accolades of his peers on the Nickelodeon Channel, receiving a DGA nomination for best director in a children’s show. This led to prolific success in the children’s TV genre. He was hired by Simon Fuller of America Idol to direct two seasons of S Club 7 and was involved in developing and directing a pilot for BBC TV filmed in Barcelona.  His most recent project was in the reality TV world, creating a show for Fox TV The Chief.