PRODUCTION DESIGNER
JACKIE HILL grew up in a small town in west Texas, entering the military while still in high school. After several years in the U.S. Army Reserves, including a deployment to Baghdad, Iraq in 2004, she attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a radio, television, and film degree.
Since graduation, she has also studied architecture, drafting, and scenic painting. Jackie has worked in the film, video game, and media industries and continues to focus the majority of her freelance work in production design, photography, and drafting projects. When she's not working, she's busy enjoying family life as a wife and mother to her beautiful three-year-old daughter and handsome 18-month-old son.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
MARK LOPEZ was born in Fort Worth, Texas & graduated high school early in order to serve in the Army to help college tuition. After 3 years in service, Mark attended film school at MediaTech Institute in Dallas, Texas. At MediaTech, he worked various positions on sets for Telemundo and Fox Sports, as well as local commercials.
Most recently, Mark wrote and directed the short film titled, The White Room (2015).
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
AMADEUS GONZALEZ was born and raised in Fort Worth, TX. Upon briefly studying Theater/Television/Film at The University of Colorado Denver, Amadeus moved in 2013 to establish New Revolution Studios in Austin, TX. With the inception of NRS, Amadeus wrote, directed, & produced The Pioneer (2015), a self-budgeted, short prequel/proof of concept to a prospective feature film.
With an eye for truth, Amadeus brings a familiar genre together with an insidious danger.
CREW
WRITER/PRODUCER
ELLIE KOTAPISH grew up in Willow Park, TX just outside of Fort Worth. She studied Film and Media Studies at the University of Tampa and moved to Austin in August 2013. She immediately started interning for the Austin Film Society and now works in their offices on the studio lot. She has immersed herself in the filmmaking community in ATX, and has worked on both commercial and indie productions.
Watchers is Ellie’s writing debut short film entering the indie filmmaking scene Austin, Texas.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER/LOCATION MANGER
JACOB MIGUEL is an Indie Producer/UPM/AD located in Austin texas.
He's helped form two production companies and has worked as a vendor for companies of varying sizes from local production houses to Warner Brothers records and Nat Geo Wild Television.
His focus lately is on music video production and helping to build and connect the music business industry of Austin, Texas.
MUSIC COMPOSER
BOBBY THOMPSON is a composer, guitarist, music producer and audio engineer. Bobby has been involved with music since his early teens and has a passion for music and audio production. He attended Elmhurst College where he received his Bachelors of Science in Music Business. Some of his other accomplishments include a sound engineering certification through Harper College and recently Bobby received his Avid Pro Tools Version 12 Operator Certification in Post Production while studying at AGI studios in Santa Monica California. Bobby has produced and recorded various genres of music and composed for media projects including short films and commercials. Bobby continues to enhance his composing and production skills.
This will be Bobby's first collaboration with New Revolution Studios.