Michael Goldburg grew up outside of Indianapolis, IN. He attended the University of Michigan where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Film and Video Studies. Michael went on to earn his MFA from NYU’s Graduate Film Program where his thesis film won a Warner Bros. Pictures Production Award and a Craft Award for Excellence at the New York Magazine First Run Festival. His script for the film was also a finalist for original screenplay in the Chesterfield Writers Film Project at Paramount Pictures. Michael’s short film, Happy Trails, was photographed by award-winning cinematographer Peter Olsen and scored by Emmy-winning composer Michael Whalen. The film won a Special Honor in the American Gem Screenplay Competition and is distributed by Ouat Media. Michael is currently developing several feature-length screenplays, including an adaptation of a darkly comic novel of suburban paranoia and a shocking small-town murder mystery inspired by a true story, the latter of which was selected for the AIVF Screenwriter Mentorship Program. Michael has directed commercials for Yuengling Brewery, Trophy Central, and The Queen’s English and co-directed the grand-prize winning web series, Café Conversations, for FliggeeBox. He has worked with filmmaker and fellow NYU alum Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture) as well as Miramax Films and Jersey Films. Michael also does screenplay consulting for ScriptLaunch. He lives in New York City. 

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Emmy-award-winner Michael Whalen is one of the most sought after composers in the United States.  A veteran of 375 TV and film scores, thousands of ads, and numerous themes and corporate identity pieces, his music has been heard by literally hundreds of millions of people.   His most recent scoring credits include the forthcoming documentary films Slavery and the Making of America, Violent Hawaii and From Conception to Birth: a life unfolds the feature film Fall Into Me and several short films including The Aggie, Alaska, Yours truly, Sam and Happy Trails. Michael’s recent television credits include the 8-hour National Geographic special The Shape of Life, the 4-hour PBS/American Experience special Ulysses S. Grant, and work for CBS, Disney, Hallmark, Turner, Discovery, The History Channel, A & E, and many others.  Michael is also a prolific recording artist who composes and produces pop songs, ambient, new age, classical, and jazz music for a variety of recording labels. 

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Scott Koué is one of the most talented sound designers in San Francisco and has had a long and varied career in theatre and film. Scott's credits include theatrical productions at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, shows with Maya Angelo and Danny Glover, films such as James Cameron's Titanic, which was awarded the Oscar for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing in 1997. Scott also won the prestigious Golden Reel for his work on Titanic. He has won a Silver Hugo Award and was bestowed the award for Best Sound at the 2002 New York Festival. Other features include 54, Fly Away Home, Excess Baggage, Commandments, Twin Dragons, Legend of Drunken Master, Dragon Painter, American Gun, starring James Coburn in his final role and most recently Duma, directed by Carroll Ballard. Scott also designed and mixed the sound for American Yearbook, which Jason Brown produced. He has also worked on commercials for such clients as American Express, Nike, Coca Cola, Audi, Amazon.com, Intel, NFL and hundreds more. Scott has worked at Skywalker Ranch, Sonic Deli in Hollywood and at the Saul Zaentz Film Center in Berkeley. He also owns ASKinc, a small post production studio in San Francisco. If you didn't blink you may have also seen him in the feature 68 with Neil Young.

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