Filmmaker Biographies

Zack Arnold – Director/Editor

Zack Arnold is an award-winning film editor making his documentary directorial debut. He began his editing and filmmaking career at the early age of thirteen. He was involved in a multitude of personal projects from making home movies to editing student films and working with his local high school on sports highlight videos, corporate presentations, and being hired for shooting and editing wedding videos around his community.

He then attended college at the University of Michigan where he pursued an education in film theory and production. There he produced, directed, and edited numerous student projects. In addition, he also had several full-time internships with companies such as Fox Sports Net, Comcast Advertising, and Grace & Wild Advertising. He graduated in 2002 with “high distinction” and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Most importantly, it was in his senior year that he began his friendship with Chris.

Within seven days of his graduation ceremony, Zack moved across the country to Los Angeles to begin his career as an editor. His first job was working as an assistant editor for a theatrical marketing company that produced and edited theatrical trailers. From there he moved up the ladder quickly and was promoted to trailer editor within six months of being hired. His first project was the theatrical trailer for the Paramount Classics film Northfork. He ended up winning a Golden Trailer Award for that project. From there his career continued to grow.

Zack has extensive experience as a storyteller, having edited feature films for Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros, Magnolia Pictures, and several independent film companies. In addition, he has worked on several short-form documentaries for studio films such as Dreamgirls, The Departed, Live Free or Die Hard, Run Lola Run, Flyboys, and the HBO Series Entourage. Zack also has an extensive background in film marketing, having edited the theatrical marketing campaigns for The Passion of the Christ, Charliz Theron’s Oscar-winning film Monster, Christian Bale’s The Machinist, Kevin Bacon’s The Woodsman, the Oscar-nominated Whale Rider, and many other independent films.

Zack’s body of work can be viewed on his company’s website: www.fixitinpost.net

Tom Grane, Craig Byrd – Content Producers

Collaborating on the film and producing the new content and interviews are Craig Byrd and Tom Grane, two film industry veterans that have extensive experience working with studio films from both the marketing and content angles. Tom is currently the co-owner of Mob Scene in Beverly Hills and was the head of promotional content for 20th Century Fox for years and created behind-the-scenes content for hundreds of films. Tom and Craig currently produce theatrical marketing, on-air shows, and behind-the-scenes DVD content for 20th Century Fox, Dreamworks, United Artists, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, HBO Entertainment, and other major studios.

Their recent credits include material for 10,000 BC, Jumper, The Departed, Dreamgirls, Live Free or Die Hard, Run Lola Run, Entourage, Eragon, The Shield, Iron Man, and numerous other big budget studio films. They are currently in production on James Cameron’s Avatar and Tom Cruise’s upcoming film Valkyrie.

They are providing full production services for the film from high-definition camera and sound crews to producing all of the travel and interviews with family members, friends, and celebrity cast members.

Dorian Cheah – Film Composer

Dorian’s journey in music began with violin lessons at the very early age of 2 1/2. By age 5 he was performing regularly in and around his hometown, Pittsburgh, PA. When he was 13, he and his family moved to the New York area and he continued his musical studies at The Juilliard School.

Since arriving in Los Angeles, in addition to his work as a solo artist, he has composed scores to several short and feature films and has had hundreds of music placements in films and major network television shows. Last year his critically acclaimed score to “Am Limit”, helmed by Oscar winning director Pepe Danquart, helped this German feature documentary to win the Bavarian Film Prize. Dorian has toured and/or recorded with many major label acts, from LA-based band The Apex Theory to Rockstar:INXS finalist MiG, to Celine Dion, En Vogue, Hayley Westenra, and more.

In 2007, Dorian released his own solo album on Metastation. Produced by Bill Laswell, this instrumental work features collaborations with Zakir Hussain, Bernie Worrell, Karsh Kale, and others. He is currently co-writing and playing on another Laswell-produced project featuring world renowned African kora player Foday Musa Suso, which will feature collaborations with Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana.

In addition to his career as a musician and composer, Dorian also has extensive experience as a sound designer and editor, working on such blockbuster films as The Great Debaters, Austin Power: The Spy Who Shagged Me, One Missed Call, The Ruins, and Stomp the Yard, to name a few.

Sam Aronson - Sound Designer/Re-recording Mixer

Sam Aronson is a musician and award-winning audio professional who has worked in the Hollywood film industry for many years. In addition, he is the CEO of his own audio post-production company, Sammy Sound, Inc. He has extensive experience providing sound design, audio post-production services, and studio mixing for a wide range of projects from theatrical feature films and trailers to DVD commentaries and televisions specials. He also employs a full staff of audio professionals capable of providing every service necessary for this film from sound design, audio sweetening, dialog clean-up, foley and ADR, narration recording, and the final Dolby-certified audio mix in 5.1 surround.

Some if his recent credits include the trailer for the Will Ferrell comedy Step Brothers, Dreamworks' Bee Movie, the Oscar-winning films Dreamgirls, The Departed, Walk the Line, and Flags of Our Fathers, blockbuster releases such as Jumper, 10,000 B.C., American Gangster, Moulin Rouge, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Master & Commander, and Kingdom of Heaven.