The behind-the-camera personnel responsible for Deadbacks include:

		Aaron Allston      Writer, Director, Co-Producer      Manager, Sabrecat Productions, LLC      A writer with experience in fiction, journalism, and games, Allston is the author of fifteen novels, six of them in the best-selling Star Wars series.      Allston has more than two decades of experience with writing and editing projects related to movie and television properties.      Allston's personal web site, including complete bibliographies of his work, is at www.AaronAllston.com.
		Dave French      Director of Photography      CEO of AVI Creative, a Dallas-based video production company, Dave has decades of experience with television (including work for FOX, CBS, and UPN affiliates, plus documentaries and segments on Oprah). Tireless and constantly on the go, Dave brings an inventive eye to Deadbacks’ camera work.
		Denis Loubet      Editor, Visual Special Effects Supervisor, Co-Producer      Manager, Sabrecat Productions, LLC      A commercial illustrator specializing in fantasy, science fiction, and horror artwork, Loubet brings considerable experience with two-dimensional and three-dimensional computer-generated art to his duties with the Deadbacks crew.      Best-known for his art and graphics work with best-selling computer games from Austin-based Origin (including the Ultima and Wing Commander series), has been a freelance illustrator and a corporate senior artist. In recent years, he has also served as a partner with the companies Asylumsoft and Iron Will Games, developers and operators of the Ashen Empires massively multiplayer online game.      Denis' personal web site, including samples of his artwork, is at www.io.com/~dloubet/.
		Sandra Steele      Line Producer, Assistant Director, Casting      Sandra is an experienced special effects technician and hair/makeup specialist, and has been a crew member with numerous independent movies, particularly horror movies, shot in the Austin area over the last several years.
		Edwin Wise      Special Effects and Make-Up Supervisor      A software engineer in his secret identity, Edwin has a fascination with makeup and mechanical armatures that we are proud to exploit.      Manager of Austin-based Simulated Reality Systems, LLC, a development company specializing in robotics and animatronics, Edwin has also been the director of the Haunted Trails charity spook house, described below.      The web site for Simulated Reality Systems, LLC is at www.simreal.com.
		Sean Summers      Sound and Music Supervisor      A percussionist and sound technician in Austin's vigorous music scene, Sean has performed with bands including Glosso Babel and Himitsu. Currently, he works as a recordist, sound mixer and producer for Austin's AB Studios.
		And More      Other crew members include makeup technicians, special effects technicians, and craft services specialists with relevant experience earned during years with the Austin-based charity spook houses Britannia Manor and Haunted Trails.      Britannia Manor, operated biannually in the 1980s and early 1990s by computer games pioneer Richard Garriott (aka Lord British), benefitted Austin's Zachary Scott Theater. In its final year of operation (1994), it was attended by movie personalities including John Rhys-Davis and Mark Hamill.      Haunted Trails, initially made up largely of Britannia Manor veterans, has been run annually since the earlier spook house shut its doors. Its revenues benefit the Austin-area Wild Basin nature preserve. Sabrecat Productions, LLC      The production company managing the Deadbacks project was formed in February 2005.      Although the company was formed recently, it is also a company structure for a creative partnership that goes back more than two decades.      Sabrecat Productions, LLC's managers, Aaron Allston and Denis Loubet, have been contributors to and collaborators on numerous projects dating back to 1982, when Loubet provided the cover and interior illustrations for one of Allston's earliest writing projects. In the years since, Allston and Loubet have collaborated on nearly twenty published projects.

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