CREW BIOS

DEBORAH SCRANTON (DIRECTOR/PRODUCER)

Hailed by the New York Times as "raw, honest and moving ... one of the formally most radical films of 2006", Deborah Scranton made her feature film directorial debut with THE WAR TAPES (Tribeca Film Festival 2006 - Winner Best Documentary Feature). THE WAR TAPES went on to win Best International Documentary at 2006 BritDoc and was released later that year to international acclaim. Her vivid, first-person account of war in Iraq -- BAD VOODOO'S WAR (2007) produced for WGBH/ITVS aired nationally on PBS/Frontline. As a visiting fellow at The Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University she worked with the Global Media Project in the Global Security Program. A former member of the US Ski Team, she started her career in television covering major sports events for the networks and was a special assignment reporter. Her latest film, EARTH MADE OF GLASS, will have its world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in World Documentary Competition.

REID CAROLIN (PRODUCER)

Reid Carolin is a producer and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. He produced, wrote, and shot 2nd camera on Earth Made of Glass, his first film with Ms. Scranton. Reid is President of 33andOut, actor Channing Tatum's production company, and was an Associate Producer of Stop Loss (Paramount Pictures, 2008) - a story which he created with director Kimberly Peirce and writer Mark Richard. Reid has worked as a viral marketing executive at Paramount Pictures, and sits on the board of the Red Feather Development Group - a non-profit that builds sustainable homes on American Indian Reservations. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 2004.

P.H. O'BRIEN (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)

PH O'Brien has had a long career of shooting and producing documentary films and TV shows. Among PH's many director-of-photography/producer credits are Steve James' (Hoop Dreams) and Kevin Smith's (Clerks) REEL PARADISE, John O'Brien's NOSEY PARKER, THE VICE GUIDE TO TRAVEL, Deborah Scranton's THE WAR TAPES and BAD VOODOO'S WAR, the MTV show HOW'S YOUR NEWS?, and, most recently, Ms. Scranton's EARTH MADE OF GLASS.

Executive Producer Bios

Channing Tatum is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of films, including She's the Man (2006), Step Up (2006), Stop-Loss (2008), Fighting (2009), Public Enemies (2009), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Dear John (2010), and the forthcoming Eagle Of The Ninth (2010). He runs a production company, 33&out, with his wife, Jenna, and Earth Made of Glass producer Reid Carolin.

Jenna Dewan Tatum is an American actress, dancer, and former model. She is well known for her leading roles in Tamara, Step Up, and Take The Lead.