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MEET THE MAKERS
Ebony Wilson
Writer/Director/Editor/Exec. Producer
Ebony aims to achieve success through creativity with a hard working attitude. Currently, she owns and operates her independent production company, Midnight Crow Productions, and is the founder of the Columbia Film Community network, forwarding over ten years of industry experience. She graduated from Midlands Technical College with an Associate Degree in Arts and English, where she began producing her own independent work, including her very first feature length film, Honey, Meet My Wife! (nominated for best feature at the Charlotte Black Film Festival in 2013). In addition to writing, directing, and producing several short films, she began adapting her ten year old sci-fi concept from novel form into a full length screenplay. Prelude To Infusco stretches to be her coming out production in the Hollywood market.
O.K. Keyes
Director of Photography/Cinematography
Keyes is a celebrated cinematographer from the Uiversity of South Carolina and currently a grad student and teaching assistant earning her Masters in Media Arts. In 2014, Keyes was awarded the Top Cinematopher Award at USC, and has since gone on to win and be nominated in both the 2nd Act Film Festival in Columbia, SC, as well as the Hollywood Campus Moviefest. She currently owns and operates UoDuo Films with her partner, Nick Ducko, and came on board the production of "Prelude To Infusco" in the capacities of director of photography, providing both equipment and technical assistance during the shoot.
Nick Ducko
Sound Engineer/Music Score/Composer
We were so pleased to have Nick on board as our sound man and boom operator throughout the shoot, and now as the official composer of the film. Nick is also earning his degree in Media Arts at the University of South Carolina and works hand-in hand with O.K. Keyes on all of their individual productions.
Malcolm Bates
Second Camera Operator/Consultant
Writer, director, cinematographer, Malcolm Bates, is the owner and founder of No Middle Ground Productions. Lending assistance as the production's second camera operator and consultant, Malcolm not only helped to capture the masterful shots of the film, but also lent his extpertise to Ms. Wilson, acting as a focus group member during the creative construction of the storyline architecture. He is currently making the transition from the Southeast to the LA market, where he will continue production work for his own film, "Sara Carter" (2014).
Michael Tolbert
Location Scout Manager/Production Assistant
Owner of Operation Adventure, actor, activist, and self-proclaimed adventurpreneur, Michael is devoted to the mastery of storytelling through mediums of film, television, print, photography, and social media. He also is a travel enthusiast and an expert at location scouting for productions located in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. Michael came on board production as Infusco's location scout manager and helped in the securing of more than half of the locations that were used in the film.
Jon Michael Trammell
Production Assistant/Stunt Man/Key Grip & Technician
Jon Trammell has also been a longtime associate to Midnight Crow Productions and has been working with the Columbia and Charlotte film communities independently for the past two years as a production assistant and crew coordinator.
Faith Creech
1st AD/Production Assistant/Project Consultant
Over the last few years, Faith has carried the role as one of the primary production assistants for Midnight Crow Productions, working on films such as "Honey, Meet My Wife!", “The Meeting”, and “Five Years Sober”. Faith accumulated more responsibility during the production of Infusco and strethed her legs for the first time as the 1st Assistant Director aside Ms. Wilson, coordinatng the cast and crew in addition to acting as the project's consultant during the entire reign of production.
Andrew Gajadhar
Martial Arts Coordinator/Cinematic Tactical Movement
Andrew Gajadhar, former US Special Forces Marine, is the founder of the American P.I.T. Fighting Academy, located in Columbia, SC. During production, he acted as the film's stunt coordinator, specializing in tactical cinematic movement and mixed martial arts.
Christian Manganelli
Stunts and Martial Arts Instructor
Professional MMA Fighter, Christian Manganelli (co-instructor at the American P.I.T. Fighting Academy), came on board production to assist in the training of our actors, lending his expertise both in front and behind the camera.
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