Terry Ross

Director / Producer / Teacher/ Coach/ Mentor

Terry Ross is a multi- award winning film director, producer and actor of both stage and screen and the winner of the 2017 “Women in Film” Award at the San Diego Film Awards. She has acted, directed, produced and taught professionally for over 30 years as well as serving as a casting director on several independent films.

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Lisa Bruhn

Writer / Producer

Lisa Crawford Bruhn is a film producer, line producer, production manager, production accountant, and award winning screenwriter. Lisa’s first feature “Carving A Life,” for which she wrote and produced, was released in 2017 on several streaming platforms after a seven-day theatrical release in Hollywood.

After this feature, Lisa went on to write and produce several award-winning short films, in collaboration with Terry Ross including award winning “The Last Resort” and the Castle Trilogy films filmed in Europe. Lisa has been Executive Producer and Line Producer for several narrative and documentary films.

Lisa manages the business aspects of film productions with integrity and poise. Along with a tax & accounting practice, Lisa owns and operates Life in Reels Productions based in southern California and Tenacious Films based in Oregon. She studied filmmaking at UCLA, management at UCSD, and holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration from University of Phoenix. She is a member of Producers Guild of America, Women in Film, and San Diego Media Pros, and a mentor to new filmmakers. Lisa is also a board member of KOCT in Oceanside – a public access television station.

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Tyler Bruhn

Actor / Director

Tyler has a passion for acting since he was 13 and has been in several independent films including the lead in the feature film “Carving A Life”.  In junior high and High School, Tyler studied broadcasting and film at www.vmstv.com and award-winning www.chstv.com where he was anchor, cameraman, editor, and reporter. Tyler is expanding his skills in the film industry with producing and writing.  Elegance Talent Agency represents Tyler.

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Jackie Bainto

Editor, Graphic Designer, Assistant Director

Jacqueline “Jackie” Bainto is an editing Samurai, Graphic Designer, and Assistant Director for Life In Reels. On set, she is upbeat and devoted to delivering a quality product, and is capable of filling a variety of roles, earning the name “Jackie of All Trades”. The fun-sized “Swiss-Army knife” is a videographer who shoots commercials for San Diego businesses and works with Film Consortium San Diego. She has experience in short and feature films, commercials and documentaries.

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Janna Reznik

Editor, Photographer, Cinematographer

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Janna Reznik’s early years were filled with athletic achievements as her love for photography grew. She won a number of city and state championships in swimming and a second place in Ukraine in Modern Pentathlon in 1991. Janna graduated from Ukrainian State University with a Bachelors degree in Physical Education and Sports Science and worked as a journalist for Student News TV Station. In 1996, she moved to the United States to follow her dream of becoming a photographer, video editor, and cinematographer. Janna produced, shot, and edited a number of short films, commercials, and documentaries for individual clients and corporations. She is currently working as lead editor for the Life in Reels feature film “Carving a Life”.

Oscar Velasquez

Cinematographer, Director

Oscar Velasquez has been interested in arts and technology since he was a child, and was building computers by the age of 14. Before he became a cinematographer, he was a tattoo artist, muralist and photographer. At the age of 18, he filmed his first short film, Runaway, which won the Grand Recognition Prize at the IVIE awards through the San Diego County Office of Education. It was then that his love for cinematography began. He works as a cinematographer, and director of fiction films and has been involved heavily in the San Diego film community. As a visionary director, he strives to extract the emotional aspects of storytelling to captivate his audiences. He is driven to ultimately be a world-renowned cinematographer/director.

Peter K. Flynn

Audio Recording, Sound Engineering

Peter’s smiling face is a welcome sight to our production team on set. He draws upon a wealth of experience in editorial, picture, audio, and sound production and is a resourceful problem solver. Peter has a BA & MA in Communication Arts from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, and MS in Computer Science from SDSU. Peter has produced and directed a few short films himself, and has been involved in industrial, video, and a few feature films. He specializes in audio recording, sound engineering, and live audio dramas, and developed video applications in the early days of the Internet.

Faelynn Paterson

Art Director

Faelynn studied at Miracosta College, Southwest Texas State, and Palomar College. She is owner and creative Art Director for Faegination Studios and for Life in Reels Productions films. Faelynn has a keen eye for color and design that she utilizes in her film set dressing. She is also an expert at creating props – she even brought her own table and antique sword from her personal collection to the set of “June 17th”.