Executive Producer / Creator:
LEAH SHARPE has a diverse body of work with an emphasis on art and design for entertainment. She was production designer and co-producer on the feature film Sex Machine, an independent horror-thriller, distributed by Anthem Productions and available on DVD. In addition to creating eye-popping sets and props, she designed the opening credits, executed motion graphic sequences and digital special effects. Leah’s interest in film led her to Austin, TX where she worked as an animator on the Warner Independent film A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater); Developed motion graphics for the film entitled One In 2000 (Ajae Clearway), a finalist in the international Nextframe Film Festival; Production designer and motion graphic artist on Clouded (Ajae Clearway), a short film set in rural 1950s. Leah has worked in many areas in production including concept design and development, to production design and set construction, and in post production – digital effects, motion graphics and animation.
Creative Consultant:
JASON STOUT is the Art Director at the Austin Chronicle. He has worked as an illustrator, designer, animator, and musician. His clients include Texas Monthly, 3M, The University of Texas, Motorola, Parade Magazine, The United Way, Applied Materials, and many others. Jason has worked with both Texas and California public school systems, developing educational designs for comic book as lead animator with McGraw/Hill on a series of cartoon-based science instructional interactives. He was an animator on the Warner Independent film A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater). His weekly comic strip “Bitter Yeti In The City” was published in The Austin Chronicle for 8 years.
Puppet Craftsmen:
PUPPET HEAP is a unique design studio located in Hoboken, New Jersey working in film, television, theater and more. Puppet Heap is dedicated to the principles of innovation, craftsmanship and play.
Puppeteer:
CONNOR HOPKINS is the founder, Artistic Director, and janitor of The TroublePuppet Theater Company. In addition to writing, designing and performing shows, he has taught workshops and classes for Lifeworks, Second Youth, Scottish Rite Children’s Theater, and the Totally Cool/Totally Art program. He works for a variety of Austin theater companies, including Rude Mechanicals, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, The State Theater/Paramount (HBO Comedy Specials for Bill Engvall and Demetri Martin) Scottish Rite Children’s Theater, Second Youth Theater, Tongue & Groove, Teatro Vivo, Mary Moody Northen and others.
Consultant:
AJAE CLEARWAY has over ten years of experience as a producer in the film industry from development through post in the areas of live action, visual effects and sound design, and both 2D and 3D animation. She produced the narrative feature, Pretend, directed by Julie Talen and worked in post-production sound on numerous highly-regarded independent and studio features, including: Analyze That (Harold Ramis), Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair), Girlfight (Karen Kusama), The Company (Robert Altman), Before Sunset and A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater). Her short form work has won numerous awards and has screened on MTV-LOGO and on the international festival circuit. She earned an MFA in Film Production from the University of Texas at Austin. She most recently worked as an Associate Producer on the animated History Channel series, Jurassic Fight Club.
Writer:
ROD LOTT is the managing editor of the alt-weekly newspaper Oklahoma Gazette in Oklahoma City, as well as a freelance writer and graphic designer. For 12 years, he published and edited the quarterly magazine Hitch: The Journal of Pop Culture Absurdity, and now runs Bookgasm.com, a website of daily book reviews and news. His writing has been published in several books, including “May Contain Nuts,” “More Mirth of a Nation” (HarperCollins), “101 Damnations” (St. Martin’s Press) and a dozen volumes in the “Graphic Classics” series of graphic novels.
Director of Photography:
SHOGO NAKAGAWA came to the United States from Japan at age 17, drawn by his love for Hollywood movies. While working on his degree in photographic arts, Shogo created a unique and highly acclaimed visual style. Since 1998, he has worked as a director of photography on a wide variety of feature films, television commercials and music videos. He has also directed and photographed an award-winning series of short films that include Cloud Symphony, Exile and Charlie Charlie.
ROCKHOUSE CINEMA is a state-of-the art production/post production facility located in the heart of Oklahoma City. We produce all types of audio and visual content ranging from regional and national commercials to feature length motion pictures. Soundtrack clean up, ADR, foley sound and forensic enhancing are a specialty of RHC using an extensive set of waveform editing tools. Founded in 1997 by Grammy award-winning recording and live sound engineer Kenny Phillips, Rockhouse Cinema was created to push the envelope of film, video and audio production.
LEAH SHARPE has a diverse body of work with an emphasis on art and design for entertainment. She was production designer and co-producer on the feature film Sex Machine, an independent horror-thriller, distributed by Anthem Productions and available on DVD. In addition to creating eye-popping sets and props, she designed the opening credits, executed motion graphic sequences and digital special effects. Leah’s interest in film led her to Austin, TX where she worked as an animator on the Warner Independent film A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater); Developed motion graphics for the film entitled One In 2000 (Ajae Clearway), a finalist in the international Nextframe Film Festival; Production designer and motion graphic artist on Clouded (Ajae Clearway), a short film set in rural 1950s. Leah has worked in many areas in production including concept design and development, to production design and set construction, and in post production – digital effects, motion graphics and animation.
Creative Consultant:
JASON STOUT is the Art Director at the Austin Chronicle. He has worked as an illustrator, designer, animator, and musician. His clients include Texas Monthly, 3M, The University of Texas, Motorola, Parade Magazine, The United Way, Applied Materials, and many others. Jason has worked with both Texas and California public school systems, developing educational designs for comic book as lead animator with McGraw/Hill on a series of cartoon-based science instructional interactives. He was an animator on the Warner Independent film A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater). His weekly comic strip “Bitter Yeti In The City” was published in The Austin Chronicle for 8 years.
Puppet Craftsmen:
PUPPET HEAP is a unique design studio located in Hoboken, New Jersey working in film, television, theater and more. Puppet Heap is dedicated to the principles of innovation, craftsmanship and play.
Puppeteer:
CONNOR HOPKINS is the founder, Artistic Director, and janitor of The TroublePuppet Theater Company. In addition to writing, designing and performing shows, he has taught workshops and classes for Lifeworks, Second Youth, Scottish Rite Children’s Theater, and the Totally Cool/Totally Art program. He works for a variety of Austin theater companies, including Rude Mechanicals, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, The State Theater/Paramount (HBO Comedy Specials for Bill Engvall and Demetri Martin) Scottish Rite Children’s Theater, Second Youth Theater, Tongue & Groove, Teatro Vivo, Mary Moody Northen and others.
Consultant:
AJAE CLEARWAY has over ten years of experience as a producer in the film industry from development through post in the areas of live action, visual effects and sound design, and both 2D and 3D animation. She produced the narrative feature, Pretend, directed by Julie Talen and worked in post-production sound on numerous highly-regarded independent and studio features, including: Analyze That (Harold Ramis), Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair), Girlfight (Karen Kusama), The Company (Robert Altman), Before Sunset and A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater). Her short form work has won numerous awards and has screened on MTV-LOGO and on the international festival circuit. She earned an MFA in Film Production from the University of Texas at Austin. She most recently worked as an Associate Producer on the animated History Channel series, Jurassic Fight Club.
Writer:
ROD LOTT is the managing editor of the alt-weekly newspaper Oklahoma Gazette in Oklahoma City, as well as a freelance writer and graphic designer. For 12 years, he published and edited the quarterly magazine Hitch: The Journal of Pop Culture Absurdity, and now runs Bookgasm.com, a website of daily book reviews and news. His writing has been published in several books, including “May Contain Nuts,” “More Mirth of a Nation” (HarperCollins), “101 Damnations” (St. Martin’s Press) and a dozen volumes in the “Graphic Classics” series of graphic novels.
Director of Photography:
SHOGO NAKAGAWA came to the United States from Japan at age 17, drawn by his love for Hollywood movies. While working on his degree in photographic arts, Shogo created a unique and highly acclaimed visual style. Since 1998, he has worked as a director of photography on a wide variety of feature films, television commercials and music videos. He has also directed and photographed an award-winning series of short films that include Cloud Symphony, Exile and Charlie Charlie.
ROCKHOUSE CINEMA is a state-of-the art production/post production facility located in the heart of Oklahoma City. We produce all types of audio and visual content ranging from regional and national commercials to feature length motion pictures. Soundtrack clean up, ADR, foley sound and forensic enhancing are a specialty of RHC using an extensive set of waveform editing tools. Founded in 1997 by Grammy award-winning recording and live sound engineer Kenny Phillips, Rockhouse Cinema was created to push the envelope of film, video and audio production.