Actor / Writer / Director
Rob's passion for acting began in Los Angeles, where he landed ad campaigns for Levis 501 Blues, Minute Maid and Coca Cola. His commercial success caught the eye of the film industry, and he soon found himself acting beside the legendary Mickey Rooney in "The Face on the Barroom Floor". More recently, Rob worked with Mia Kirschner in the award winning film "Cowboys and Angels", and starred in the independent film "Slow".

For the past several years, Rob has focused on the development of his own projects. In the summer of 1999, he wrote, directed and produced "Three Days to Live". More recently, Rob teamed up with writer Adam Taylor to create a powerful and touching documentary, "Elusive Beauty", about the life of Holocaust survivor and Prima Ballerina Yanina Cywinska.

Rob is also the founder and instructor of the The Actor's Lounge, an acting studio specializing in scene study devoted to the film actor. Rob works closely with other actors helping them realize their dreams of acting in film while honing and perfecting his own skills as an actor, writer and director.

"Ripple Effect" is the culmination of Rob's hopes, dreams, and experiences as a filmmaker. Again, teaming up with Adam Taylor for the writing of the screenplay, the two have created a property, which haunts anyone who reads it. The partners of "Ripple Effect" have dedicated themselves to the production of a film to be remembered.

In 1995 he founded the Professional Actors Conervetory of Salt Lake in Salt Lake City Utah, where he continues to teach today.

He was a founding member of Salt City Productions Theatre Company and in 1998 Directed their first production "The Odd Couple (female version)" which was the innaugural theatrical performance at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City.

In 2000 he directed "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" at the Don Bagget Theatre in Grass Valley, Ca. This Production was dedicated to the memory of Charles Schultz, attended by his immediate family and was the first recognized theatrical tribute to the great cartoonist following his death.

Camille Dixon, an independent announcer and producer, has worked in public and commercial settings for more than twelve years. She is an announcer and on- camera host for PBS station KOCE-TV, in Huntington Beach, California. Other broadcast credits include her work as host for live radio broadcasts of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, as host of the nationally released Grand Teton Music Festival series on public radio, and as narrator on the PBS television series "Ancestors." Dixon's commercial credits include projects for Random House, IBM, the U.S. Air Force, the Discovery Channel, and numerous radio and television commercials across the country. She is also a voice usage specialist with the Ethos Institute, a consulting group providing media training at the executive level.

Merrill Dodge has appeared on the television series Touched By An Angel as well as several films produced by the LDS Church. He has also directed several plays at the Hale Centre Theatre in Orem, UT and performs with the singing group the Sterling Singers.

Curt Doussett has appeared in numerous stage productions and commercials. Television and film credits include Everwood, Touched By An Angel and Dumb & Dumber. He is also the director of ComedySportz Utah, an improvisational comedy troupe based in Provo, UT.

An award winning advertising agency executive who was once mauled by a grizzly bear... worked as a freelance print journalist, radio and television reporter, and writer and producer for two Salt Lake City advertising agencies before opening his own ad agency... "Mr. Dunn's creativity and ambition have earned him some lofty recognition," Neal Cox... points out. "Among his national awards are two gold medals from the New York Film Festival, six Clio awards for advertising excellence, two Emmy nominations and an Emmy award. In March of this year, he became the first recipient of the Young Professional of the Year award from the Utah Advertising Federation." Just prior to opening his own agency, Dunn Communications, Inc., Dunn spent 13 years as a senior writer and producer for Bonneville Communications and Fotheringham & Associates, two full service ad agencies based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has written and produced three documentary films: "Shared Vision," a story about American doctors on a humanitarian mission in a remote African village; "In Those Days," which chronicles life in Utah during the Depression; and "Flagship in the Desert," which celebrates the 150-year history of the University of Utah. A recent project is a four-volume set of exercise videos starring Karl Malone, an NBA basketball player with the Utah Jazz. In the late summer of 1994 Dunn was severely mauled by a grizzly bear while he was running in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. After his recovery, he shared his story as a featured speaker and on several national television programs including "Prime Time Live," "The Leeza Gibbons Show," "Inside Edition," and "The Jenny Jones Show." An avid runner, Dunn has completed 23 marathons, including the Boston Marathon and the 100-mile Wasatch 100. He is a graduate of the University of Utah.

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