Dusty Bias - Writer/Director/Producer
Dusty’s work has been recognized by Miramax Films and the Sundance Film Lab. His writing has been featured in Four Corners (2005), directed by Douglas Mueller which won 2nd place at the Seattle Science Fiction Film Festival, and in1 Phone, 2 Phone, 3 Phone, 4 (2006) which earned the Panavision Filmmakers Grant and screened at over a dozen film festivals. He also produced each of these.

Dusty’s writing accolades include the short script 8 houses in a day (honorable mention at the 2003 American Gem short screenplay competition) and Big Man, a feature script 2005 finalist for the Sundance Filmmakers Lab, a 2nd place winner in the Eugene Walter’s Screen Writing Competition, and a top 15% finalist for the prestigious Nichol’s Fellowship in Screenwriting through the Academy of Arts and Science. Prairie Love is Dusty’s feature directorial debut.

Bryant Mock - Producer
Bryant is a producer who has worked in both television and film. His primary interest is his love of independent film. Bryant loves to take on diverse projects and found Prairie Love to be one of those projects. He jumped at the chance to work with great people, a great script, and very challenging locations. Bryant is listed on IMDB and is looking forward to the release this fall.

Holly Lynn Ellis - Producer
Holly is a screenwriter and producer based in New York City. In addition to Prairie Love, Holly was a producer on The Graduates, winner of the Director Discovery Award at Rhode Island International and Best Comedy at the Seattle True Indie Film Festivals. Previously, she wrote, produced and starred in Nailing Jello, a short film licensed by LogoTV which can currently be seen on LogoTV.com. The feature version of Nailing Jello is currently in development. Additional features in post-production include Turtle Hill, Brooklyn and Drinking Games.

Douglas Mueller - Producer
Douglas is an artist and filmmaker earning his B.A. studying film at CSU Monterey Bay. His short films, narrative and documentary have been screening in film festivals throughout the US since 2003. He directed the short Four Corners which earned 2nd place at the Science Fiction Short Film Festival at the SciFi Hall of Fame in 2008. In addition to studying his interests through short format, Doug worked as Production Designer on The Truth and works through the arts community in Monterey with Chamber Music Monterey Bay, as video documentarian and as the Carmel Bach Festival's Production Manager. www.douglasmueller.net

Ashley Martin Bias - Executive Producer, Co-Producer, Co-writer
Ashley Martin Bias is a born and raised Alabaman who makes her home on the beautiful Gulf Coast. A graduate from Montana State University, she has written several feature and short screenplays, as well as nonfiction. She currently writes for her humor blog www.ashleystruestory.com and is working on a nonfiction book, all while maintaining a real estate practice and raising a 3-year-old.

Ted Speaker - Co-Producer, Composer
Ted Speaker is a film composer and producer from Birmingham, Alabama. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Speaker's quickly expanding resume includes projects such as Humpday (Lynn Shelton, dir.), Wheedle's Groove (Jennifer Maas, dir.), Robyn Hitchock in Memphis (Peter Gilbert, dir.), and Prairie Love as co-producer and composer. He has also worked as a graphic and title designer on numerous films, and actively participates and volunteers with several film festivals as a programmer, screener, juror, and panelist. Ted spends most of his time in a small studio with no windows, too many computers, and not enough guitars.

Lawrence Schweich - Director of Photography
Lawrence has collaborated with Dusty Bias on multiple projects since the two met in 1999. In shooting Prairie Love, they felt it was important to create a look that emphasized the stark landscapes and harsh winters of the North Dakota prairie. They executed this vision with long exterior takes, allowing the characters' dialogue to play out in full. The paintings of Andrew Wyeth influenced the naturalistic lighting and textured look of the film's world.

Lawrence has photographed over a dozen distributed films and is a graduate of The American Film Institute.