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Lee Shallat Chemel | Director
Lee Shallat Chemel's professional career spans over thirty years in theatre, film and television. A four-time Emmy nominee, Ms. Chemel's television directing credits (among over 250 episodes) include multiple episodes of the recent Emmy Award-Winning show, Arrested Development. Her other work includes The Bernie Mac Show, The George Lopez show, Judging Amy, Spin City, Becker, Just Shoot Me, Mad About You, Murphy Brown, Northern Exposure and The Nanny. Greener Mountains is Ms. Chemel's feature film debut. She directed the CBS Schoolbreak Special Other Mothers starring Meredith Baxter which received seven Emmy nominations including outstanding direction and a GLAAD Award. Ms. Chemel produced and directed a documentary, SCR: A personal History, documenting the artistic journey of the founding members of that Tony award winning repertory theatre.
A recipient of seven Dramalogue Awards and one L.A. Drama Critic's Circle Award for Outstanding Direction in theatre, Ms. Chemel has directed over thirty Equity plays including productions at South Coast Rep., (Ladyhouse Blues, True West w/ Ed Harris), The Showoff, As You Like It among others), Grove Shakespeare Festival (for three seasons), A.C.T. Seattle, Alley Theatre in Houston, Trinity Rep in Providence, the Matrix and the Mark Taper Forum in L.A. Her ten-year tenure at S.C.R. also included the directorship of the Acting Conservatory and the Casting Department. Ms. Chemel served on the Theatre Grants panel of the California Arts Council for two years. She currently serves on the Western Director's Council and the National Board of the Director's Guild of America. She is a member of the Liberty Hill Foundation Grants panel for the Fund for a New L.A.
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Adam Selkowitz | Producer
Adam Selkowitz graduated from Ithaca College with a BA in Drama and a concentration in Public Relations and Advertising. He was a co-founder, performer and executive producer of Spilt Milk, a sketch and improvisational comedy group. Spilt Milk was the official sketch comedy group of Carolines Comedy Club in New York for over 3 years and toured the United States and Canada performing at over 50 colleges and corporate events.
Adam also has an extensive background in event planning and fundraising as well as work with major charitable organizations and high level corporations. Adam has worked with The Michael Bolton Foundation, The SLE Foundation, City Harvest and Susan Bell Special Events. He is the current President of Lupus LA, a fundraising organization dedicated to raising research dollars to fight Lupus. He has been responsible for producing several successful charity events featuring celebrities and major Hollywood power players. His acting credits include appearances in feature films such as The Mirror Has Two Faces and Batman Forever as well as television appearances on Gilmore Girls and most recently a pilot produced by Brillstein-Grey and Touchstone entitled What Leonard Comes Home To.
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Hector Hill | Writer & Producer
Hector Hill is the author of Greener Mountains, the romantic comedy feature that was Waterfall Film's inaugural film. He has written, directed and produced short films which were selections at various film festivals including CineVegas, Texas and Savannah. His script Limited Partnership was a Semi-Finalist for the 2002 Nicholl Fellowship, a screenwriting competition run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has written numerous other scripts on both a freelance basis and with XL21 Productions where he worked on the development of the feature comedy, Board Games.
Hector was also an original member of Spilt Milk, the official sketch comedy group of Caroline's Comedy Club in New York. His other acting credits include roles in the films Fullcourt Press, Single Nature's Double Name and The X-Wives, as well as varied Off-Broadway work. Hector is a graduate of Middlebury College and did further studies in Theater and Film at American Conservatory Theater and The New School where his short film, Things That Go Bump In The Night, was a first place selection.
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