Verschwinden is the second digital feature Liz has produced. She graduated from Mary Washington College with a BA in Theatre and a strong background in stage management and direction. Some of her favorite theatrical productions include assistant directing Moilere's School for Wives and Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle, directing a black box production of Lee Blessing's family drama Independence and stage managing the first English language presentation of Dead End Street, which toured three Turkish cities. Liz worked as the business assistant at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, where she took several of Studio’s conservatory classes as well as stage managed and assistant directed their SecondStage production of Love’s Fire, where she met Matthew. Liz produced his directorial debut Illusions of Grandeur last year and is excited to have the opportunity to bring Verschwinden back to her hometown area of Northern Virginia.

Joe's career is the culmination of twenty years of experience in a wide range of positions throughout the film and television industries. He has served as the LD/Key Grip for the BET short Tangy's Song, gaffer on Se Habla Espanol, camera operator for reality shows such as Airline and Classmates as well as shooting several music videos distributed nationally and internationally. Over the past five years, he dedicated himself to independent feature films. He was the DP for the Film Brothers Getting Even and the zombie thriller The Wickeds. He wrote and directed Franky's Heaven and in the process formed "We Make It Work Productions", a highly skilled indie movie crew with a forty person staff, which later became O'Ferrell Productions. Franky's Heaven premiered at the historic Senator Theatre in Baltimore, MD and was a semi-finalist at the Hollywood Spiritual Film Festival.

Raffi Asdourain - Editor

The son of a Belgian anesthesiologist and Lebanese ophthalmologists, Raffi oddly enough has been interested in the world of movies from a very young age. Since his first film at the age of thirteen, he has made filmmaking a priority in his life. An honors student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts film and television program, Raffi graduated with a total of ten short films to his credit. Among them, Kuragannon, a ten-minute short, debuted in a special screening at the American Pavilion in the 2003 Cannes film festival as well as showing at NYU’s 2004 color sync showcase. For his thesis, Raffi adapted Albert Camus' existential novel about a man losing his mother and becoming detached from reality into the short film, Stranger. The film has been recently admitted into a high profile art gallery in Chelsea where it will be on display as part of a film/video showcase entitled Rewind and be available for sale to art collectors and other museums. Raffi currently works as a freelance editor in Manhattan while pursuing writing and making his own films.   www.zaffi.com

Maximillian Hencke - Composer

Tom Gambale - Sound Editor/Designer

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Matthew is a twenty-six year old mixed race filmmaker, writer, actor and musician. He has more than 20 feature-length screenplays to his credit, as well as numerous treatments, pitch ideas and projects in development. Matthew studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University and was enrolled in the Moving Image Arts Program at the College of Santa Fe. He wrote and performed in several shorts for fellow up-and- coming filmmakers in addition to writing and directing his own short films. Frustrated by the lack of opportunities for young talent to establish themselves in the film industry, both in front of and behind the camera, Matthew founded BLACK KRAUT Productions in early 2004. Under the newly formed company, he embarked on his first feature, Illusions of Grandeur, which he wrote, directed and shot. Matthew’s ultimate goal is to continue to write, direct and eventually produce works that challenge convention and combine the classic American narrative with the visual aesthetic of foreign cinema. He resides in New York City with his beautiful wife.