Chris Worland (editor) discovered his craft while working as a sound editor. Since then he has learned, fine-tuned, and applied that craft to a wide variety of projects. Worland has edited more than 16 features, including festival winners Welcome to September and The Gold Bracelet. In addition to these features, Worland has also edited television series and MOWS, documentaries, and many shorts, among which Alex Munoz's Dilemma. As a native of Sweden, Chris Worland entered the dark world of the editing room through the dark world of the movie theatre, where he spent much of his youth admiring the films of Ingmar Bergman, Eric Rohmer, John Cassavettes and many others.
He also edited Beyond the Page, an award winning children's series for Disney Educational. Worland's editing experience editing also includes numerous promos for BBC Worldwide and many other trailers and promos, as well as behind-the-scenes pieces for The Apartrnent Complex, The Glass Jar, Wrinkle in Time and Scarecrow.
Alex Muñoz, Producer
Award-winning filmmaker Alex Muñoz supervises the Films by Youth Inside program. A native of San Jose, Calif., Muñoz received his MFA from the Graduate School of Cinema and Television at the University of Southern California. He began directing television commercials while still a student. Interested in portraying the minority experience with honesty and insight, Muñoz made his first short film, Por Vida, which won several awards and was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival. He went on to direct Riot, a film about the LA Riots of 1992, for Showtime Networks. Riot premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, won the Jury Prize at the Geneva Film Festival and won the Best TV Movie award from the NY Daily News.
Muñoz' first feature film, Living The Life, won Best Domestic Feature film at the New York Latino Film Festival and was released in 2004. Muñoz just completed a short narrative film, Dilemma, which was funded by a grant from the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center as part of its Anti-Gang BHERC Fights Back Media Initiative. It has been shown at film festivals worldwide. His short, Lil Skrappy Boy won Best Short at the Urban World VIBE Film Festival. Muñoz is the recipient of a filmmaking grant from the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. He has selected two FYI alumni to direct and produce the short.
Gov. Felix Camacho signed a proclamation on Feb. 13, 2008, declaring the month of February 2008 as Filipino-American History Month in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the opening of Camp Roxas. Shown are Gov. Camacho and members and supporters of the Camp Roxas Association. (Click photo to see larger image).
Bernadette Provido Schumann, Producer
Bernadette Provido Schumann, producer, is a professional public health advocate who utilizes the creative power of film to showcase the uniqueness of Guam and Pacific Islander communities.
The daughter of Ilonggo migrant workers, Schumann began her career in public service with the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services. Her professional experience includes collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Office of Minority Health, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the World Health Organization.
She co-produced Prutehi Hao (Protect Yourself), an HIV prevention youth video, and Matto Saina-Ta as Hurao(The Return of the Elder), a short film about an ancient Chamorro chief. She also served as the site location coordinator for the documentary, Out In Silence, a fear of disclosure project.
Schumann is the co-founder for the Rotary Club of Guam Sunrise Films For Youth, a program which engages at-risk youth in the film making process. She also is a member of the Rotary Club of Guam
Sunrise and board member for the Pay-Less SupermarketsCommunity Foundation. In 2009, Schumann was named one of 12 outstanding Filipinos on Guam by the University of the Philippines Alumni Associationof Guam.
Schumann earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Guam. She is also an avid runner competing in short- to long-distance events.
His work has appeared in journals such as North American Review, Columbia, Folio, and many anthologies including The NuyorAsian Anthology, Pinoy Poetics, and The Beacon Best. He has been a featured reader at many venues around the country, in Buenos Aires, London, and on the BBC radio program 'The World Today". His second full-length collection, My American Kundiman, was published by Persea Books in fall 2006.
Alex Munoz, Native Networks, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, December 2006
Therese Matanane (director of photography) earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Motion Picture/ Video, from the Brooks Institute of Photography and the Arts And Sciences in Santa Barbara, California. Therese has extensive experience in the media arts. She has served as Director of Photography on numerous productions, including Hurao Series 1 and 2, Prutehi Hao (Protect Yourself), Megan, Series 1 and 2, Buckle up for Safety, and the promotional reel for the documentary, Under the American Sun.
She served as Executive Producer, Editor and DP on Catholics On The Move, a 60-minute, monthly television program. Therese spent a decade as Creative Director for Images Advertising, where she was responsible for conceptualizing, realizing and implementing advertising campaign strategies to include radio, television, print production and corresponding
collateral material and public relations events. Images' client list included Bank of Guam, GTE, Motorola, Nikko Hotel, and numerous candidates for public office. Therese's contributions to the community includes past service on the Board of Directors of Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC). She is a Recipient of the Interpacific Fellowship. She recently founded Matanane Creative, an advertising and television production house in Guam.
Julius Sambajon (Mainland camera operator) graduated with a Bachelor's in Film Studies and minor in Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2004. Upon graduation, he entered the film industry working as a Motion Graphic Designer and Junior Online Editor at Lynne Lussier Productions, and worked on television promos/presentations for such clients as Touchstone Television, ABC, Spike TV Lifetime,USA Networks,SonyTelevision, as well as many other major concerns.
Recent experience includes work as camera operator on Alex Muñoz's short, Lil'Scrappy Boy,Camp One
Strike (a mockumentary about a probation camp), as well as a documentary on AIDS aids awareness/vaccinations. Sambajon's current endeavors expand beyond camera work. He is currently in pre-production on two untitled documentaries: one project dealing with the homeless in Hawaii and another project profiling a Capoeira Mestre, a master teacher of the Brazilian martial art, capoeira, to underserved and underprivileged youth in the Los Angeles areas. Sambajon is Filipino-American.
Film Crew: Nancy Pacheco, production coordinator; Greg Perez, grip; Corey Caso, grip; Bill Camacho and Ernie Guerrero, art department; John Raposas
Support: Alan Pacheco, Tom Matanane, John Astorga, Victor Damian, Julius Ceda
Films By Youth Inside Interns: Daniel Sanchez, Kathleen Teloso, Isa B. Baza
Aaron Symonds (composer) combines sensitivity to the drama of a scene with knowledge of traditional orchestral techniques, and a strong melodic sensibility. His musical style ranges from the big and epic to the small and intimate, often incorporating elements from various cultures, electronic textures and contemporary classical techniques. He has scored numerous projects, including five independent feature films, and his most recent projects include Beyond the Big Bang (History Channel), a Mercedes commercial, a CGI film for AMD /AT Radeon, an animation for Joe Dante/Elizabeth Stanley, and conducting his music on the Fox Studios Scoring Stage.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts,Aaron Symonds grew up in Israel where he studied composition, orchestration, conducting and numerous instruments from an early age. As a teenager he moved to Australia and began working on films, TV series and theatre productions for some of Australia's flagship theatre companies. After several years, he moved to Los Angeles where he resides with his wife, Abigail, his state-of-the-art film scoring studio and his conducting baton.
Burt Sardoma Jr., Director
Burt Sardoma Jr., a Camp Roxas descendant, is an up-and-coming director whose extensive television production experience spans roles as editor, cameraman and lighting technician, including work for Past Forward Productions for Discovery Channel, 1998 on Storm Warning, a recreation of Typhoon Paka devastating the island.
Co-owner of his own production company, Videoworks, Burt directed large corporate projects including the Bank of Guam, DFS, Louis Vuitton, Citibank, Guam Humanities Council’s Guampedia.com website and government public service announcements. His company has conducted research and public relations work for the Government of Guam and launched numerous products for private companies in Guam and the CNMI.
Josephine Mallo-Garrido, Associate Producer
Josephine Mallo-Garrido (associate producer) brings to the Camp Roxas Film Project an in-depth knowledge of strategic marketing based on her experience over two decades in corporate advertising throughout Hawaii, California and Guam.
A journalist by training, Josephine held positions early in her career as reporter and editor in newspapers in Guam, Hawaii and California. In California, her work as an Asian-American journalist earned a number of journalism and marketing awards.
With the rapid development of information technology in the early 1990s and work experience as marketing manager of a major computer retailer, Josephine developed an expertise in the emerging field of information technology and website development. Josephine then opened her own advertising agency, specializing in developing advertising strategy for small businesses with minimum budgets. She currently helps market and support social service organizations, small nonprofit community groups and specialty commemorative projects.
She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Seattle University in Seattle, Wash., and her MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Josephine, an Ilongga and the daughter of a pioneer immigrant Filipino worker to Guam, is a long-time practitioner of shorin-ryu shido-kan karate.
Burt gained exceptional film production experience under the personal direction of Los Angeles-based Director Alex Muñoz. In conjunction with the island's youth on a film production team, Burt worked with Director Alex Muñoz on three short films which included Prutehi Hao (Protect Yourself), an HIV/AIDS 15-minute video, Chief Hurao, a 60-second film spot, and recently, Who Took My Kelaguen? In addition, he served as a video and editing instructor for Guam Community College. He is the son of Felixberto "Burt" Sardoma Sr., former Camp Roxas resident.
Norman Analista (special projects) is the marketing director for Triple J Enterprises, Inc. and is a Pacific Daily News columnist . Born and raised on Guam, Norman earned his bachelor’s degree in communications and master's degree in public administration from the University of Guam. An active member of the Filipino Community of Guam, he is currently a member of Sanctuary, Inc. board of directors and a member of the Salvation Army Guam Corps media advisory board.
His parents, Gorgonio and Carina Analista, originally from Oton, Iloilo, migrated to Guam in the mid 1960s. Analista's father, Gorgonio, was a former Camp Roxas resident in the 1950s.
