Michael McGruther

Director/Writer/Editor/Executive Producer

McGruther began his filmmaking career with the original screenplay TIGERLAND, directed by Joel Schumacher and co-written with Ross Klavan. The movie was Colin Farrell's breakthrough film and the screenplay was nominated by IFP/West for Best First Screenplay in 2001.

McGruther established Buffalonickel Films in 2001. Under this banner, he teamed with Jersey Films and Universal Studios on two features: his original sci-fi adventure titled LIGHTSPEED with Bryan Singer attached to direct, and SENTENCED TO NATURE, based on a NY Times article by Charles Siebert.

A lifetime science-fiction enthusiast, McGruther is passionate about reinvigorating public enthusiasm for human space exploration. Buffalonickel secured the rights to develop Arthur C. Clarke's prophetic novel PRELUDE TO SPACE to achieve this goal.

BLOOD SON, based on the 1951 short story by legendary sci-fi and horror writer Richard Matheson, is McGruther's directorial debut.

Tom Macdonald

Producer

For Tom Macdonald, making films was a dream of youth that became a reality when he joined the crew of "Forrest Gump" in 1993. As a crucial member of the on-set staff of that film and over 20 others, including "Spider-man," "Saving Private Ryan," and recently, "War of the Worlds," Tom learned the ins and outs of filmmaking, first hand. Teaming up with Buffalonickel Films in early 2005, Macdonald lent his organizational skills to the film as producer, both creatively and mechanically.

MJ Santos

Producer

Santos joined Buffalonickel Films in 2003 and carries duel roles as development executive and in managing film logistics and contracts. Previously, she was a Vice President at one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms, Goldman, Sachs and Co. She was responsible for managing institutional and mutual fund sub-advisory client relationships totaling over $12 billion in assets. Her financial services career began in 1998 at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi where she was an Assistant Vice President responsible for managing corporate retirement plans.

She graduated summa cum laude with a full academic scholarship and has a B.S. in Marketing and a minor in Finance.

Timothy J. Nuttall

Director of Photography

Tim grew up through the lens of his father's home video cameras. It was only natural he himself also gained interest in the use of the moving image to tell stories. Tim developed his fimmaking talents at New York University, graduating in the spring of 2003. Concentrating in cinematography, he photographed dozens of short films, many of which went onto successful festival runs. Following graduation, Tim was offered the unique opportunity to shoot Emmy-award winner Marian Marzynski's newest PBS documentary. He has also photographed his first narrative feature this past year, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Adam Watstein. His other work includes several commercials and television segments, and he is in preparation on another feature slated to begin production in September 2005.

Matt Heider

Composer

Matt composed the scores for the award winning games, The Pandora Directive and Tex Murphy: Overseer, and created incidental music for the popular Links Golf game series. He was a finalist in the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers' Competition in 2002 and 2004, and has composed music and designed and edited sound for TV ads and documentary films. He is a composer-in-residence (original music and soundtracks) for The Starry Eyed Puppets, a professional puppet theatre.

Peter Fasanelli

Associate Producer / Casting

Fasanelli brings to the production over 15 years of experience in all aspects of film, television and stage. He has worked at The Shooting Gallery doing commercial production and for The Gersh Agency and Susan Smith Talent under Rhonda Price and is an alumni of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Barrow Group School under Seth Barrish and Lee Brock and of the Meisner Program at William Esper Studios.

Hair and Make-Up Artist

Ingrid has been professionally working as a makeup artist and stylist for the past 5 years. She has worked on a striking variety of projects including live events, ("Dom Perignon Vintage", an advertising launch party hosted by Karl Largerfeld), television variety shows ("Llegamos" on Latin TV), major advertising agency projects, shoots for top photographers and independent film makers, as well as celebrity makeup for stars such as Adrien Grenier from HBO's "Entourage."

Travis L. Collins

Grip

Travis studied filmmaking at the prestigious New York University and has worked in all aspects of production and post-production. Most recently, he has been working as a professional gaffer for several award-winning films and television shows