Stu Pollard is an American film producer, writer, and director. His credits include Nice Guys Sleep Alone and Keep Your Distance. With his production company Lunacy Productions, Pollard produced the critically acclaimed survival thriller Rust Creek, which won the Best Thriller Feature Award at the San Diego International Film Festival. n November 2020 Rust Creek had its Netflix debut. The film spent more than a week on Netflix's top ten movies list. His latest release is the romantic comedy Plus One, starring Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine.
Melissa Gregory Rue writes, directs, and produces films and series that examine neglected social issues to inspire compassionate action on our planet. Her work has been shown on PBS, Roku, Amazon, and in film festivals around the world. In her latest documentary, LIVE OUT LOUD, Melissa had the great privilege to work with the world-renowned musicians of The Gallop Quintet. Before shifting her focus to film, Melissa taught writing and literature at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon for many years. In 2020 she moved back to her home state, Kentucky, in order to be closer to family. Melissa grew up on a cattle and tobacco farm in Bourbon County long before smoking was out and Bourbon was cool. As a person with chronic Lyme and autoimmune disease, she is eager to get started on documentaries that address inequities for people with both visible and invisible disabilities.
Richard Van Kleeck – Producer/Director credits include long-form films Tempest Rising (featuring the Louisville Ballet), Dancing With Clara, and Taste the String. Short films include The Veil; Convergence Redux (with Julius Friedman), and Prokofiev On the Ohio: Cinderella’s Dream. And featured in the festival Gurgle: Pulling Water;
His other credits include the award-winning PBS music series The Lonesome Pine Specials (Co-produced with KET) now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum of American History and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at the Library of Congress. As Director of the Davee Distance Learning Initiative at Northwestern University, directed over one hundred live webcasts of opera, orchestra, wind ensemble, pop, jazz, and master classes from the Bienen School of Music including soprano Renée Fleming; rock legend Todd Rundgren; composer John Corigliano; composer/saxophonist Victor Goines; and many members of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
