Tim Richardson is an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker and owner of Richardson Productions LLC. He has shot over 30 films, a 40 episode cable program, and a recurring internet sitcom. His feature film Kill The Messenger is a Civil War epic currently with distribution through Echelon Studios in Los Angeles and The Dork of the Rings  is a feature-length parody of the Lord of the Rings saga which has screened internationally and has non-exclusive distribution through Midwest Tape.  His current project Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise features London actor Kiran Shah (Lord of the Rings) and will be released Summer 2010.Richardson holds a B.A. in Speech & Theatre from I.U. South Bend and is director of The River Bend Film Festival. He also serves as Education and Marketing Chair for the not-for-profit group Mid America Filmmakers based in South Bend, Indiana.

MICHAEL KOUROUBETES (Writer/ Producer)

Michael Kouroubetes is an accomplished screenwriter and two-time winner of the Lester M. Wilson award for writing. He co-wrote and/or produced several feature films including Bloodlines, Kill The Messenger and The Dork of the Rings, Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise and wrote A:\kill and the short film Plunge. He has also severed as an assistant director, actor and producer and wrote and directed the short film The Benevolent Banana which was the 2007 Mid America Filmmakers Audience Choice Award.  He holds a B.A. in Philosophy and has helped organize several writer conferences and is Workshop Chair for The River Bend Film Festival.