David Diaz
David launched his career in advertising and quickly became a go-to resource for multi-cultural marketing. He eventually co-founded his own agency and as Creative Director, successfully grew it into the largest multi-cultural agency in the Southwest, serving client including Coke, Fanta, Arizona Lottery, California Recycling, casinos and many others. After he sold his agency, he pursued filmmaking full time. He has completed multiple shorts, written several scripts and is now working on television and feature film projects.
Russ Haan
Russ abandoned a career in biology to found his own advertising agency and has pursued his own creative interests ever since. His agency, After Hours Creative has served many clients, including GE, COX, Turner Broadcasting, Cartoon Network, Intel, AT&T, Lucent, IBM the US Olympic Committee and others and has won every major advertising and design award in North America. Russ recently refocused his creative talents on writing, film and television. He has since authored nine books, written and optioned an original script for a feature film, co-authored more and has television and film projects in development.
Annie Perkins
Annie began life when she moved to Amsterdam in 1975 at the age of 25 years and is a successful creative with business credentials. She has extensive experience as a director in Theatre and ran her own international consulting firm that specialized in developing the creative potential of the leadership in some of the world's largest corporations and organizations. Annie then returned to her creative roots and made filmmaking her full-time career. She has completed several shorts and documentaries, served as a judge for film festivals, received accolades for her work in Rutger Hauer's director workshops, and successfully optioned her original feature film scripts.
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