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Steven Ryan, Executive Producer and Director: The New York Times proclaimed Steven Ryan "is a revelation." As a working performer and director in New York City he has worked on numerous off-Broadway productions with such companies as the Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre and the Great Jones Repertory Company and is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association. Mr. Ryan has also spent two years working on the BBC and BBC America television programme "Talking Movies" the last year of which he spent as Associate Producer. During his tenure there he has produced over 100 episodes of "Talking Movies" as well as 5 TV specials and dozens of Internet segments. He is currently directing Independent Together's flagship production, a feature length documentary about the 3 Levittowns.
Lela Moore is a Digital News Assistant at The New York Times. Loosely translated, this means she is responsible for doing a variety of stuff on the online opinion page that you probably thought was done by a group of especially witty elves. She edits web columns, blogs and a daily email, moderates blog comments and makes technical tweaks. In her spare time, Lela is a copyeditor for Plum Magazine, a pregnancy magazine for women 35 and over. She honed her journalism skills as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times-Free Press in her hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Lela is a graduate of Middlebury College and received a master's degree in journalism from New York University.
Josh Adler, Associate Prodcer: is a multimedia artist living in Brooklyn. His film "Plane Face" won BEST FILM at the 2008 national Diesel Film Racing competition. He currently teaches drama for the NYC Parks Dept., and recently co-produced for this year's Labapalooza! at St. Anne's Warehouse. Josh is also a founding member of the TREe performance ensemble, and the Director of Arts and Outreach for the grassroots nonprofit organization The Interdependence Project.