Jennifer Maas, Director and Producer
After graduating from The University of Texas with degrees in math and computer science, Jennifer warily left Austin for a job in Seattle. After three years, she decided to pursue film, started Evil Bunny Films, and has since worked on features, music videos, and commercials as an editor, a producer, and a director. Her latest project was co-producing Lynn Shelton's film HUMPDAY, which will premiere in competition at Sundance in 2008. Jennifer still lives in Seattle, and WHEEDLE'S GROOVE is her feature directorial debut.
Michelle Witten, Editor and Producer
Michelle M. Witten is a Seattle-based editor. She earned her B.S. in Film Production from the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, including a semester at the Ithaca College London Center. Her senior film TEACH US TO BE VICTIMS won the James Pendleton Finishing Fund Award. Upon moving to Seattle, she worked with non-profit film studio The Film Company as a staff assistant editor on several projects, including the features THE TELEPHONE POLE NUMBERING SYSTEM (d. William Weiss) and THE BRAND UPON THE BRAIN (d. Guy Maddin). Other assistant credits include PROJECT KASHMIR (d. Senain Kheshgi & Geeta Patel) and THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LITTLE DIZZLE (d. David Russo).
She co-edited the 35mm feature WE GO WAY BACK (d. Lynn Shelton), which took Best Feature at Slamdance 2006, Best Feature at Torun Film Festival 2006, and Excellence by a Woman Director in Bend 2007. She recently completed editing the feature documentary METROPOLE (d. Stephanie Skourtes & Brian Ganter), and the narrative feature EMPOWERING (d. Mark Mattson), both 2007. Other collaborators include visual artist Susan Robb and director SJ Chiro (THIRD DAYS CHILD).
Ben Kasulke, Cinematographer
Ben Kasulke is an award winning Director and Director of Photography with over seven years of professional experience. Ben graduated from the Northfield-mount Hermon School and received his BS in Cinema Production from Ithaca College following additional study at the Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akadmie Muzickych Umní in Prague. Ben believes in creating films collaboratively with like minded individuals in an effort to create work that is greater than the sum of it's parts. As a director of photography he hopes to articulate himself through a variety of film and digital mediums in the features, documentaries, short films, music video, news features, and live performances he is fortunate enough to help create. Ben's professional experience includes employment as a film archivist with The Image Treasury, programmer with London's Raindance Film Festival, and staff projectionist with Olympia Film Society. While employed as the staff cinematographer for the Seattle based Film Company, he was fortunate enough to work with award winning filmmakers Guy Maddin and Lynn Shelton. In 2006, he received two awards for his Cinematography on Shelton's WE GO WAY BACK from the Slamdance and Torun Film Festivals. Ben was also honored to work with director Linas Phillips on his award winning documentary WALKING TO WERNER in 2006. The Seattle Stranger shortlisted Kasulke for it's Genius Award in Film in 2007. In 2008, Ben was the cinematographer for Joe Swanberg's NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS and Lynn Shelton's MY EFFORTLESS BRILLIANCE which both premiered at SXSW and are now playing on IFC. Most recently Ben worked as the cinematographer on Lynn Shelton's film HUMPDAY, which will premier at Sundance in 2009.
