Rick Steele has won 9 Emmy Awards, 2 Golden Reels and has an amazing 45 nominations. He is a very talented and diverse creative artist responsible for creating the sound design for many unique and challenging shows such as "Heroes Reborn", "The Bastard Executioner", "12 Monkeys", "Dig", "Falling Skies", "Cosmos", "Terra Nova" and many more.
Rick also has designed software to help the post industry with the creation of a program that generates cue sheets from ProTools for ADR and Foley recording, a sound effects database management and editorial system and more recently forming Smart Post Video - working with industry professionals to create visual effects.
Rick's passion and drive make him a sought after sound designer and inventor.
Peter Kelsey is a Re-Recording Mixer specializing in dialog and music with a background as a recording engineer at Trident Studios for over 30years in London, England and then becoming a scoring mixer in Los Angeles, CA. Peter has won 4 Emmy awards, and has been nominated 7 times for both Emmy and CAS awards.
His Television credits include Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life, Stitchers, Kevin from Work, The Middle, The Crazy Ones, Harry’s Law, My Name is Earl, Boston Legal, Arrested Development and Ally McBeal to name a few.
His musical career includes working on the final mixes of Elton John’s Yellow Brick Road and many albums with Jean-Luc Ponty, as well as producing two albums for Bill Ward, the drummer from Black Sabbath.
Peter is also an energy healer and is working towards public speaking professionally.
Brin Hill has created projects for companies as diverse as HBO Films, Miramax, ESPN, Warner Bros., Nike, Visa, Powerade, Bombay Gin, Adobe, Intel, the NBA, the NFL, Toyota, Cadillac, Red Bull, and Beats By Dre to name a few.
His short film “Morning Breath” earned him a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He directed “In Your Eyes”, written and executive produced by Joss Whedon for Bellwhether Pictures that Whedon runs with producer Kai Cole.
Brin recently wrote two films inspired by true events: WON’T BACK DOWN (20th Century Fox) and BATTLE OF THE YEAR: THE DREAM TEAM (Screen Gems/Sony Pictures).
Hill also adapted and directed the much acclaimed YA novel BALL DON'T LIE.
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