Biographies

Marty Collins

Marty Collins, founder, brings over 37 years of experience in management, creative development, and production in television and motion pictures to the Digital Media Factory. A former Vice President of Broadcast Operations at Silicon Valley's KTEH Ch54 Public Television, Marty also served as President/CEO/General Manager of Starlite Studios, Inc., President/CEO of Darnell/Collins Productions, Inc., Co-founder and Partner of Mitchell/Collins Productions (an Investor/Partner in the Digital Media Factory) and Television Broadcast Operations Manager for Hewlett Packard Television Network.
IMDB

Ginny Mitchell

With 25 years in the music industry Ginny has experience in many facets of the music business. She is a producer, recording artist, writer and educator. In 2003 she was the music producer, as well as executive producer for the Girls from Santa Cruz PBS special, created to help save Nevada's wild horses.

Ginny majored in Music at Cabrillo College and UCSC. She immediately began a career in the business. She has been music producer for Television and Music Videos, as well as artist and producer for several recording projects. Ginny has also produced live concert events for 25 years of her career,acting as producer, sound supervisor, press agent, publicist, stage manager, public relations manager and artist.

Ginny Mitchell produced her first record in Nashville, A Wild Rose. That project placed hits in Canada's top 40 country charts. Since the success of her first record she has appeared on national TV and radio programs in Canada and the US.

Ginny has taught Voice and Performance for 25 years, conducted choirs and workshops. For credits see:

www.ginnymitchell.com
www.mitchellcollins.com

Ned Hern

Edward (Ned) R. Hearn: Intellectual property business law practice concentrating on the entertainment, Internet, and computer software businesses at the intersection of technology, content, and media. Clients include record labels, music publishers, recording artists, writers, authors, producers, music, film and video production companies, software designers, multimedia product and website developers, and digital content production and delivery companies.

A partial listing of past and present clients include Windham Hill Records/BMG, Rounder Records, Concord Jazz, Music For Little People, Monarch Records/Sugo Music and Design, Gourd Music, Ubiquity Recordings, Starbucks/Hear Music, Kanematsu/Xringer, Hudson Entertainment, Wells Fargo Creative Services, Ray Lynch, Will Ackerman, Joe Satriani, Green Day, Jawbreaker, SF Weekly, GPI Publications, Klutz Press/Scholastic, and San Jose State University/Student Union Event Center.

Member, Board of Directors, California Laws for the Arts and the West Coast Songwriters Association (Board President).

Co-author of Musician's Guide To Copyright and The Musician's Business and Legal Guide. For more information, visit www.internetmedialaw.com

Brian Critchlow

Brian Critchlow is a graduate of the film department at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has been honing his skills for the past four years as a grip, gaffer, assistant camera operator, and jib operator. Brian's first experience in the entertainment industry was working with KCRA, a Sacramento NBC affiliate. This experience gave Brian "the bug". Brian enjoys a new challenge, especially when it comes to camera rigs. He has been designing, developing, and fabricating jibs, dollies and miscellanous rigs for two years. For this reason he heads up the Motion Science Labs at the Digital Media Factory, a department dedicated to supporting the technical needs of the Factory and its productions.
IMDB