Cast and Crew

Key Personnel:

Co-Writer/Producer: Chris Lieber has produced a diverse offering of narrative works including the award winning shorts Hood Bruthas and Siren. Other projects include Easy and the original Hangman short movie. Chris has also directed several projects including The Box and the Hangman Lives proof of concept television pilot. He is currently developing a number of projects including Monstrocity, a Horror feature, Hood, a feature based on the Hood Bruthas short, and The Orbis Report a Sci-Fi Graphic Novel..

Producer: Matthew Lehman is a businessman, raised in the Eastern Sierra with a passion for local history. Matthew earned a Secretary of Navy appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; later receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate from Marylhurst University in Oregon. As a former Mayor and Councilman for Mammoth Lakes (2010-2014), Matthew has a proven love for the Eastern Sierra. One of Matthew’s goals is to transmute his knowledge of the area and preserve our fading history of the old west through film.

Co-Writer: Michael David MacBride is a writer and researcher who received his doctorate in 19th century American Literature and focused his studies on lynching and vigilante violence. He has published scholarly work in that area of study, with additional publications about the life and work of Mark Twain. His most recent non-fiction project was a biography of Merton Clivette (1868-1931) that he wrote in collaboration with the surviving family members of the Clivette estate. Michael has also researched and published about the 1960s/1970s gay rights movement, and has published several novels. He lives just outside of the Twin Cities with his family.

Author: Jim Reed wrote the book Fatal Affair in Convict Canyon, the source material for the Death in Convict Canyon feature film concept. Jim, a current resident of Carson City, was raised in McGill, a small company mining town in Eastern Nevada then later moved to the Eastern Sierra where he specialized in environmental law. He served as the chief counsel to the Assembly Judiciary Committee in the California Legislature where he helped write the iconic California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Jim later served nearly a decade on the Board of Governors of the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as an appointee of Speaker of the Assembly.

The Producing Team is currently in talks with several well-established Production Companies who will be brought on to Execute on the Producing Team’s vision bringing additional experience including established methods of reducing costs in all areas of production.

Director: To be Determined. The Producing Team will be reaching out to agencies as appropriate to find someone whose vision aligns with ours.

Cast: The Producing Team will be reaching out to mid tier agencies with the idea of finding several up and coming actors. The true life characters were mostly in their 20s and 30’s and the Producing Team will tap into a younger movie going audience by working with solid actors from this new generation. The idea is in the same vein as Young Guns which starred many actors who later became household names.  

Supporting Team: The Producing Team will be working with Co-producer to secure major crew members including Director of Photography, Set Design and Composer.

Both the Producing Team and Co-Producer will be contacting possible Crew known via previous projects and established Industry Networks. This group includes Motion Picture Academy Members, established Set and Costume Designers, Editors, Cinematographers and the like.