MICHAEL D. AKERS - Producer, Writer, Editor, and Director

MICHAEL D. AKERS was born and raised in Ephrata, PA, a small town in Lancaster County (Harrison Ford shot ‘Witness’ there). In 1991, he left Indiana University of Pennsylvania to move to Los Angeles, CA to begin his career in the entertainment industry. He started out with the usual on set jobs of set dresser, production assistant, and assistant director. He worked his way up to unit production manager on the cable movie “Jurassic Women” starring Jan Michael Vincent. From there, he shifted his focus to development and spent nearly three years with Turner Feature Animation (“Cats Don’t Dance”) helping to research and develop animated features. The Warner Brothers buyout of Turner moved Michael onto the staff of Grand Productions, an independent movie development company headquartered at the HBO offices in Century City. He helped land the Ripley “Believe It or Not” franchise and worked in developing features for the likes of David Bowie, Nicolas Cage and the estate of Andy Warhol. He also helped produce the Lifetime series show “Intimate Portraits” of Heather Locklear and Jane Seymour. Thereafter, Michael moved into television production as the executive assistant to Martin Short on “The Martin Short Show.” This high profile position enabled him to take positions as story and research assistants to Ryan Seacrest’s “NBC’s Saturday Night at the Movies” and Anne Robinson’s “The Weakest Link.” In March 2002, Michael finally made the move to directing by making the short film “B&W w/Splash of Clown” (see more at www.sandonberg.com/clownshort) with his partner Sandon Berg. In the fall of last year, “Gone, But Not Forgotten” went into production with Michael realizing his dream of writing and directing a feature film. “Gone, But Not Forgotten” made its world premiere debut at the 9th Annual Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in July, 2003 and was released on DVD Christmas 2003. Michael has just completed directing principle production on "Matrimonium".

IMDB credits for Michael Akers here:http://imdb.com/name/nm0015214/

SANDON BERG - Producer

SANDON BERG (executive producer) was born in Atlanta, GA and raised in Huntsville, AL. He graduated with a BFA in theater from Florida State University. He moved to Los Angeles and appeared in several national commercial campaigns including Sears, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, eMusic.com and Subway. He starred in the play "Nebraska" directed by Henry Polic (of "Webster" fame) as well as HBO Workspace Production of "The Witch." In the late 90's, Sandon was recruited by a startup venture to create an internet investigation company specializing in intellectual property infringement and corporate fraud. After 5 years of the corporate life, Sandon turned his attention back to the entertainment industry. He rolled out as the star and producer of "B&W w/Splash of Clown." On the heels of that project came the opportunity to work on "Gone, But Not Forgotten." You can see a cameo of Sandon as Towey, the tow truck driver. Sandon's next project, "Matrimonium," which he has written and will star in, is currently in post-production. See Sandon's website at www.SandonBerg.com.

IMDB credits for Sandon Berg here: http://imdb.com/name/nm1419498/