Director/Producer of "Fortunes Mine", Owner of Dawnrunner Productions, and Starting Arts Summer Film Camp Instructor
California native James Fox cradles creativity with reason. As the son of a stationary engineer and fine artist, James found his path to film making through an artist's eye and an engineers's technical expertise. Part of his responsibilities include managing client relationships, developing new business, and encouraging creativity and innovation in all Dawnrunner crew members. James' professionalism continues to land the company great projects including locally airing commercial campaigns, web marketing videos, and music videos. Formal film training from the Academy of Art University amplified by his passion and charasmatic personality make James not only easy to work with, but an advocate for the overall improvement of film and video production. Read more about James here.
Director of Photography, "Fortunes Mine" and Starting Arts Summer Film Camp Instructor
Geoff Peck can usually be found working on anything involving light and the visual aspects of production. Experienced in both film and the tech side of live theatre, he is equally comfortable working as a cinematographer or a theatrical lighting designer. Geoff is always looking for innovative and unique ways to combine the two worlds, and has recently experimented with using digital projection to bring filmed elements into theatre. Willing to do what needs to be done to complete a project, he also has experience as a sound designer, graphic designer, and all around problem solver. Geoff is graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, with a major in Cinematography for Motion Pictures. Read more about Geoff here.
This is where you come in... "Fortunes Mine" isn't just a short film starring young actors, it's also made by them! Participants in the camp work side-by-side with our professional crew and learn the art of filmmaking hands-on. Throughout the camp students will rotate through all of the departments in the crew.
From the Dawnrunner Crew:
Rich, Elias, Fiona, Kevin, Wally
Learn more about the members of the Dawnrunner Productions Crew here.
From Starting Arts:
Ann Watts, Executive Director
Mike Boston, Artistic Director
Read about the Starting Arts team here.