Prior to Cinevore’s founding, Matt was a partner at Sith Servo Pictures, where from 2000-2002 he worked as producer, writer, director, and/or DP on five different feature-length film projects and several music videos. In 2001, his sci-fi script “City of Secrets” was a semi-finalist in the American Accolades Screenwriting Competition. In 2003, Matt co-founded Cinevore Studios with partner Kerry Jean Norce. Cinevore’s inaugural short film “Scarfeet,” made for the 48 Hour Film Project in 2003 was screened as part of the Philadelphia Film Festival and won Matt awards for Best Directing and Best Use of Character. That same spring, Matt’s music video “Dirty Girl” for the band Garler won the Audience Choice Award on Underground Music Television.

In 2006, Matt was a co-founder of the Project Twenty1 Film Festival, which encourages filmmakers and animators to make high-quality short films in 21 days. In 2007, Matt took over sole ownership of Cinevore, and in 2008, he is working on scripts for two short films to be produced by Cinevore later this year and two features currently in development.

Stephanie has always liked cartoons more than people. It's no surprise that her first crush was Gambit from the hit FOX animated series, "X-men," which was then followed by a moderate adoration of Batman. These days, Stephanie creates cartoons instead of watching them, and sadly, she finds the Marketing section of the Wall Street Journal more stimulating than most men. She can usually be found at the computer, typing screenplays very loudly with her long red talons, brooding over the appropriate adjective. Her studio, Shinygrape Studios frequently partners with Cinevore for any graphic design, animation, marketing, or writing needs. In a nutshell, she has no life.

Norman has practiced law in Philadelphia for 18 years in the areas of entertainment law, commercial litigation, securities, corporate governance and international business transactions. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania, New York and the District of Columbia, and is a licensed solicitor in England and Wales. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked as a print journalist, being briefly posted to Bogota, and Barranquilla, Colombia as well as Caracas, Venezuela. Norman also worked on a total of three U.S. Senate campaigns as a speech writer, opposition researcher, press secretary and field photographer. Norman’s experience in film, intellectual property and corporate affairs will be put to use by Cinevore Studios. He is a graduate of Kenyon College and received his J.D. from the University of South Carolina.

Michele has been an accountant for 15 years, specializing in small businesses. She was a Senior Accountant for Maryland-based company The McConnell Group, a mid-sized government contractor, and spent five years as a tax accountant. Michele's extensive accounting and business/economic background will be used to oversee budgeting and keep the books for Cinevore, preparing them for audits and taxes, as well as planning the company’s short and long-term financial strategies. In addition, Michele will manage the budgets for all Cinevore motion pictures in production. She will also be able to discuss investment opportunities and project revenue streams with potential investors, and plan strategies for marketing and distribution. Michele has a degree in Business/Economics with a concentration in Accounting and a minor in psychology.

Ian was born in Philadelphia, PA, and moved to Key West, FL after graduating high school. He won first runner-up in the Key West Writer’s Guild Award for his first novel, Burnfly, in a contest adjudicated in part by Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard. He was also awarded an Honor for Fiction by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts in 2004.

Ian was the founder and editor of Strange Blue Shark, a literary newspaper in Key West with a circulation of 20,000, receiving national press coverage in 2003 after an investigative piece uncovered that the U.S. Navy and Air Force were secretly experimenting on Key West with crop dusters.

One of the key differences between a professional-looking independent film and an amateur one is the camera work. As well as providing phenomenal cinematography, Eric Wagner’s drive and enthusiasm for filmmaking are immediately evident on the set, and he has a strong and upbeat personality that keeps our sets highly charged, even after 16 hours of shooting.

Wilbert Roget, II is an award-winning composer, conductor, orchestrator and producer for the film, video game, television, and advertisement industries. Roget received his Music degree from Yale University, graduating With Distinction and receiving numerous awards in the arts. His music and orchestrations have been performed by groups such as the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Saybrook College Orchestra, and Yale Gospel Choir.

Roget was chosen as an AudioGANG Award Winner for music composition, presented at the 2006 Game Developers Conference. Roget has extensive computer music expertise, and can synthesize whole orchestras with expressive realism and intensity. An orchestrator and conductor, Roget captures the nuances of live performers while keeping production costs low. Roget can compose with equal fluency for both live and synthesized orchestras, depending on the needs of the project.

Greg Conant is a freelance web developer with a keen eye for detail and a knack for building eye-grabbing, multifaceted websites, like the one you're looking at now.

Greg graduated from Temple University in 2004 with a BS in Computer Science, and has since built his knowledge and skill sets at companies such as insurance giant AIG.