GREG REITMAN (Writer/ Director / Producer)

GREG REITMAN is the creator and director of the feature documentary, film, “Rooted in Peace.” He produced the 2008 Sundance Audience Award winning feature documentary, ‘Fields of Fuel’, with Josh Tickell, author of ‘From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank’ and ‘Biodiesel America.’ He wrote, produced and directed, ‘Hollywood’s Magical Island -Catalina’ which syndicated nationally on PBS. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his master’s certificate at UCLA in Film & Television, for Writing, Directing, Marketing and Distribution as well as a Masters Certificate at Tel Aviv University for Creative Producing. He is an alumnus of the Hollywood Film Institute, the International Documentary Association, The Travis Directing School, and serves as a director on the National Board of the Green Energy Council.

MIKE FENTON (Producer)

Chinatown, The Godfather Part II, Blade Runner, E.T., One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Marathon Man, Raiders of the Lost Ark I, II and III, Back to the Future I, II, and III, Total Recall, The Deep, Aliens, Poltergeist, Butch and Sundance, Footloose, Shampoo, Justice for All.  These are just a few of the more than 250 motion pictures and television shows that have been cast by Mike Fenton, who has acquired legendary status among his peers.  Fenton co-founded the Casting Society of America (CSA), which now has more than 330 members in the United States and Canada.  He was recently honored with the Hollywood Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award and continues to cast Hollywood’s leading film and television productions at Fenton-Cowitt Casting.

JACQUELINE BEAUDETTE (Co-Producer)

JACQUELINE BEAUDETTE was born in Carmel, California, although her curiosity inspired her to travel across the globe, producing and directing documentaries and television shows. One month after the infamous 9-11 attack, her job with The History Channel brought her to the Middle East, where her eyes opened to the global need for positive multimedia with long-range impact. Producing and directing experience at Sony Pictures, MTV, Columbia Tri-Star, and Fox, has given her a solid production base and a powerful roster of distinguished contacts. Jacqueline has filled multiple roles during her career, from Assistant Director to Executive producer, and receive an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Investigative Reporting” for Fox News, and designed an investigative template eventually adapted by law enforcement internationally. Desiring to share stories of global relevance, Jacqueline found her wish fulfilled by directing The Documentary of The Women’s Global Peace Initiative, hosted by the United Nations in Geneva.

THOMAS BLUEMER, (Co-Producer)

Thomas joined Blue Water Entertainment in 1999 and as a Producer and Production Manager for the Island Series. Thomas came to Blue Water from a successful eight-year career with AT&T and Lucent Technologies where he focused on Sales Management and Business Development. Thomas graduated from the University of Nebraska in Electronics Engineering. He received a second degree in Business Administration at San Diego State University. Most recently, Thomas attended film school at UCLA in the writer and producer's program.

CHUCK LIDDELL (Co-Producer)

The Catalina-born Liddell has a history with the island few can match.  His family first visited Catalina in the 1880s and his grandfather helped build Avalon’s Descanso Avenue for William Wrigley.  More recently Liddell’s father, a civil and mechanical engineer, was also instrumental in building one of the island’s main thoroughfares, the road between the Airport-in-the-Sky and El Rancho Escondido.  Chuck Liddell’s own resume on the island began at the museum in the early 1970s and evolved into running his own company, the Catalina Island Odyssey, which organized the Catalina Island Film Festival and the 50th anniversary of the Casino, for the Wrigley family.  Today, Liddell still lives in Avalon, where he works for the Santa Catalina Island Company running tours and providing security for special events at the Casino.

BILL TOTOLO (Director of Photography)

Bill Totolo is a motion control, studio and field camera operator at E! Entertainment Television.  He recently directed and lensed a promo for the Special Olympics with the assistance of Mark Woods, ASC.  Totolo began his filmmaking career as a camera assistant on nationally broadcast television commercials and feature films.  He studied at NYU and UCLA after leaving his profession of eight years as an analyst for Citibank.

JESSICA BERMAN-BOGDAN (Archival Consultant)

Berman-Bogdan has worked as a freelance professional film, video and photo researcher for over 20 years and has extensive knowledge of all major network, newsreel and specialized archives throughout the United States and various parts of the world.  Working on features, documentaries, entertainment specials, commercials and industrials, her expertise covers all areas of acquisition management and rights and clearances.  She has worked with many award-winning documentary directors and has had experience with the needs of small independent productions as well as large multi-part projects.

CHRISTOPHER LENNERTZ (Composer)

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Lennertz studied under such film music luminaries as Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein, Buddy Baker, and David Raksin.  His post-graduate indie credits include the Jazz-based gangster drama Baby Face Nelson, featuring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, the college comedy Freshmen, the thriller Lured Innocence, starring Dennis Hopper, and the film festival favorite, Art House.  Lennertz has also scored a host of big budget studio features, contributing orchestrations, arranging, and conducting experience to such hits as Free Willy II, The Jungle Book, and Disney’s 101 Dalmatians.  His TV credits include Brimstone, The Strip, produced by Joel Silver (Die-Hard, The Matrix) and the epic Hallmark series, America!

GABI KOCHLANI (Music Supervisor)

Gabi Kochlani, a Los Angeles native, has had her hands deep in the L.A. local music scene since 1997, and has spent the last two years scouting and developing new talent for Management Network (Crosby, Stills & Nash). Her extensive music industry experience and knowledge also includes past stints at SMB Management, Nederlander Concerts and RBC Studios, to name just a few. Hollywood's Magical Island is her first venture as a music supervisor.

BROOKE WENTZ (Music Supervisor)

Brooke M. Wentz is a seasoned music and intellectual property rights executive who has more than twenty years experience working in the television, cable, film and recording industries. Ms. Wentz represents issues relating to licensing, publishing, performing rights societies and the Internet. She supervises music for film and television, and has produced soundtracks for Warner Bros. and Rounder. Ms. Wentz formerly headed up the music department for the ESPN networks worldwide. She has been Manager A&R Administration for Arista Records where she oversaw recording budgets of over $3M. She ran her own record label, Juna, distributed by Koch International and gives frequent seminars on the entertainment business and copyright issues.

OMAR TORREZ (Musician /Songwriter)

The Seattle Times posed the question, “Dare we dub him the Latin Hendrix?”  The music critic, Tom Scanlon, added: “The fastest fingers in the West, a massive talent poised to break out and kiss the sky.”  Torrez burst onto the Seattle music scene in 1995 as a finalist in the National Jimi Hendrix Gibson Guitar Competition.  A then-unknown Torrez took the stage with a borrowed guitar and brought a packed Seattle Opera House crowd to its feet.  After seeing Torrez’s performance in March of 2000, Fender Musical Instruments signed him to an exclusive contract and called him “the company's most exciting rising star.”

SKYLAR SMITH (Editor)

Skylar Smith graduated from Loyola University in 1995.  He moved to Los Angeles to start his career as an editor for television and documentaries.  After working his way up as an assistant editor on such shows as Survivor and Fear Factor, he has been an editor on such shows as Joe Millionaire, Surf Girls (for MTV) and Ripley’s Believe It or Not.