Stephen Belyeu

Writer/Producer/Director/Editor

Stephen Belyeu is an award winning writer and director. As a student, he wrote and directed 6 short films and 1 digital feature, some of which have received national acclaim and have shown internationally. One of his first shorts, Mi Abuela, was chosen and showcased on The Territory in 2004, a television program that recognizes and showcases upcoming filmmakers worldwide. The very next year, his ambitious digital student feature entitled Some Sunny Day was aired as well. His most recent short, Back, won best film at the Islander Film Festival in 2008, and was nominated for Best Student Short at the Rockport International Film Festival in 2007. In 2008, Stephen was awarded funds from the City of Austin Cultural Funding Program for Dig, his feature directorial debut on 16mm. Stephen resides in Austin, Texas, where he currently teaches filmmaking to youth in the Austin area through organizations including the City of Austin Parks and Recreation, Austin School of Film, and the Austin Film Society.

Lucas Millard

Director of Photography

Lucas Millard’s scope of work includes narrative and documentary films, music videos, television, live-feed, and experimental works.  His lens work has won national acclaim, most recently for The Second Coming, directed by Ya’Ke Smith who was nominated for a student academy award. Lucas’ films play at venues around the world. In 2006, the Austin Film Society awarded Millard with a Texas Filmmakers Production Fund grant for the production of his short film Western in Terlingua, TX. Millard graduated from the MFA film program at the University of Texas in 2007. He currently works out of New York City, Austin, Portland, OR, and occasionally Vermont.

Spencer Greenwood

Producer

Besides producing, Spencer’s trades include directing, writing, acting, and cinematography. He has won awards for writing on his short The Chase Down in 2004 and also for directing on his short DOTcom, in 2002. Currently, Spencer directs music videos, and is finishing up the script for his first feature My Bullets Don't Miss, which begins production in 2010. Spencer has also been recognized for his acting in such films as Bi-Definition (AGLIFF, LAGLIFF). His producing credits include Dig as well as, Strings, which will be premiering early 2010.

Hotel, Hotel

Original Music

Hotel, Hotel began as two violins, two guitars,  &  one drummer in the summer of 2005.  Initially, birthed as a side project from the Texas collective CAN(d/t)A; Hotel, Hotel quickly took a more serious turn.  Standard are twenty-minute epics of mounting drone guitar as eerie violin leads echo over the money beat.  By that same winter, H,H had toured Texas & recorded it's first album in a old haunted house in Austin, Texas.  The summer of 2006 saw them touring the UK. April 2007 saw a USA east coast tour. After a year & a half of band line-up changes, living in different states, & a variety of other changes; they completed their second album, The Sad Sea, in November 2008. They are currently preparing to release two new albums early 2010.