Long before McBride Productions was ever created, it's founder - Brian McBride, began developing an intense passion for music, film, video, and other creative arts. Born and raised in Rupert, Idaho, Brian commenced his formal musical training, first with piano lessons, and then later with drum lessons. His love for music sparked heavy involvement in middle and high school marching bands, concert groups, pep clubs, jazz bands, and other performing groups. During this time, Brian also developed and pursued various interests in photography, film, and videography.

FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING: In 1987, Brian traveled to the Los Angeles area to broaden his experience in film and video production. Out of a nation-wide pool of applicants, he was accepted as a Freshman into the University of Southern California's prestigious cinema program. While there, he rubbed shoulders with many talented professionals within the industry. In addition to participation on student film projects, Brian worked for the university's Humanities Audio/Visual Center, gaining skills such as video editing, videography, still photography, and dark room photo developing.

In 1988, Brian decided to move to South Korea, where he would be able to develop strong leadership and communication skills, as well as strengthen his personal values and ethical beliefs. He devoted two years of volunteer missionary service to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he worked among the people of Korea, providing humanitarian service, learning their native tongue, as well as absorbing many aspects of their culture and value systems.

After returning from the Orient, Brian's passion for the industry turned to television. He entered the acclaimed television production program at Brigham Young University in Utah, and received extensive hands-on television experience. Daily student-produced newscasts gave Brian training in directing, lighting, stage managing, audio mixing, chyron, studio camera operation, videography, editing, and technical directing. In addition, Brian worked at KBYU Television as chief editor, and later as chief photographer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: In 1993, after completing a Bachelor's degree in television broadcast production, Brian joined the team at KSL Television in Salt Lake City as a videographer/editor. There he gained years of valuable professional experience in many areas such as editing, original music scoring, studio production, and news photography. Working in a fast-paced Top 40 news market taught him the importance of timeliness, speed, accuracy, and quality. Brian polished his skills on both linear and non-linear video editing systems, mastering many different styles of editing: short-form daily news, sports, promotions, features, as well as long-form documentaries. Furthermore, he learned dozens of valuable television technical skills ranging from coordinating live shots and satellite feeds to assisting in the implementation of complete newsroom format conversions (analog 4:3 Beta to Digital SX 16:9 widescreen).

KSL Television also provided opportunities for him to write and perform musical scores for video documentaries and various local television programming projects. In 1999, Brian mastered and released 3 compact discs featuring original musical scores written for television. Later, in 2001, he finished another music scoring project and mastered his compositions to CDs.

The Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games provided unique exposure and valuable once-in-a-lifetime production experience. KSL-TV positioned itself locally as an "Official Supplier" of NBC's television olympic coverage. Having inside access to Salt Lake's venues, as well as NBC's vast technical support, gave KSL unique product positioning. Brian used his editing and music skills throughout the 17-day games to create compelling video segments viewed by audiences locally, nationally, and in select countries across the world. Furthermore, working alongside production crews from the U.S. and across the globe, hosting the largest (video) party in the world, provided broad understanding and practical application of television production skills on a world-wide platform.

His skills and years of hands-on professional experience have earned him various national and local awards including an Emmy Award nomination, Telly Awards, National R.T.N.D.A., S.P.J., and U.B. A. awards. Over the years, Brian's work has been showcased many times throughout the television broadcasting arena nationwide. His passion for music, film and television have guided his actions and dreams that have spanned across several decades. He looks forward to further developing his skills, as well as sharing his creative talents with all who love to dream.

Peter L. McCrea is our Director of Communications and Client Relations and specialist in 1031 exchange real estate transactions. He attended Principia College in Illinois and Moorpark College in California majoring in media, film and communications. He has served as a feature film editor, documentary film editor, and documentary cinematographer for American Film Consortium in San Francisco and as a writer and photographer for Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles. From 1988 through 1995, he was a partner in Americana Land Company, which specialized in the planning and design of mixed-use, commercial and residential developments in Orange and Ventura Counties in California. He was also the Project Director of a 200-unit, mixed-use development project on the 300-acre McCrea Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California. Prior to joining LHO, he was Director of Operations and Communications for the financial planning firm Diddel & Diddel in Stamford, CT, and Director of Business Development for Osprey Communications in Greenwich, CT. He is a founding advisory board member of the American Cinema Awards Foundation.

Marshall McDonald is a 25-year-old pianist and composer from Salt Lake City, Utah. Marshall's first CD, Sunday Morning Light was nominated for two Pearl awards and won the Covenant Award of Excellence for the best-selling CD of the year 2000. Marshall was also nominated for "Best New Artist of the Year" in the year 2000. In 2001 Marshall released his second CD His Light Divine and composed a film score to Because Sunday is Special, an animated video that teaches the importance of the Sabbath day.

In addition to Marshall's musical career, he teaches full-time seminary at Jordan High School in Salt Lake City and works as a hand double and piano technician for the hit WB network television series, "Everwood."

Catrine has twenty five years of experience in the film industry as a producer, director and casting director and has built a body of work which spans from feature films to TV series, IMAX, commercials and CD-Rom Interactive games. Her career began as a producer for the educational branch of Disney Studios soon after completing the Graduate program in Film and Television from Loyola-Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Her early years in the industry shared credits with people such as Harrison Ford, Sissy Spacek and Brian DePalma. Her career spread into producing with projects that included an award winning innovative 3-D period film, Sensorium, created for the Six Flags Corporation.

Catrine is sought after for her creative eye and attention to detail in putting every possible dollar onto the screen. The 200+ projects that she has cast for Warner Brothers, Disney, Universal, CBS, NBC, ABC, USA, TNT, etc. have given her a fluid approach--and the contacts--for putting together the finest cast possible in both talent and marquis value. McGregor also has a strong professional relationship and knowledge of film crewmembers in Utah.

Catrine is currently in development on a TV series with Meryl Marshall, President of the Television Academy.

Catrine is the author of "Acting Across America" and currently resides in Utah.

Catrine McGregor has cast well over 500 TV series, feature films and commercials during the course of her career. She holds a double Master's Degree in Film & Television / Education from Loyola-Marymount University, is a member of the prestigious Casting Society of America (CSA), and has also produced numerous projects. McGregor/Johnson & Associates Casting, of which Catrine is the co-owner, has been involved in many, many prominent films and TV shows, including Showtime's Just A Dream, which is Danny Glover's directing debut.

McGregor is also the Chairman of the Board of Four Leaf Films, Inc., a film production company which has Thurl Bailey as a partner, and is slated to produce its first film, Ripple Effect, this fall. She is the author of Acting Across America, a no-nonsense book about breaking into acting, which is garnering great critical reviews. Her nationwide seminars have been touted as the best auditioning classes: "I learned more in Catrine McGregor's one seminar than I have in all other acting classes combined."

In Acting Across America, McGregor has created a valuable resource for actors at any stage of their career. It not only provides inside information about how the business really works: McGregor takes an unusually down-to-earth, human approach to the seemingly insurmountable challenge faced by unknown actors all over the country who want to break into a huge and mysterious industry.

Distilling the wealth of information she teaches in seminars coast-to-coast, Acting Across America guides as it encourages. Having worked with such celebrities as John Travolta, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Hamill, Danny Glover and Courtney Cox, McGregor's knowledge and understanding of what it takes to build a thriving career as an on-camera actor is both notable and trustworthy.

Jeanne McKinney, who was featured on the May 22, 2002 cover of Meridian Magazine.com, has for the past 13 years written for television, corporate, radio, print, music and film. In addition to this feature-length movie script Season of Fire, she is currently working on a sequel to Season of Fire; a historical documentary; and a short feature children's film. She will also be conducting a screenwriting workshop at the Salt Lake City Film Festival in August 2002, where her screenplays, Butterfly in Winter and Ancient Warrior and the Atucan City of Gold are competition finalists. Her award-winning short film project, Shattered Dreams will also be screened.

Along with writing, Jeanne has produced and directed a variety of film and video projects. Her own production/writing business, AVtek Productions, has been operating successfully for many years. This steady accumulation of work has resulted in 10 written, polished and completed screenplays (5 features, 3 shorts, 2 PSA shorts) in different genres, (Character-driven and family drama, sci-fi, romantic comedy, animated/adventure). One film short, A Sure Connection, and one PSA short, Shattered Dreams, have been developed and produced; one feature, Butterfly in Winter was optioned for a television movie. Jeanne's portfolio also includes a synopsis for two sequels to Ancient Warrior and the Atucan City of Gold (written) and one feature film project, True Friends Never Die (yet to be written). She was also First Assistant Director on a recent film project, Life Chronicles I: Another (2002).

Michael McLean is known as a performer, composer, songwriter, producer and director, with a list of accomplishments reflecting well in each of those areas.

Michael has written music and lyrics for 21 albums, most of which have been released by Deseret Book. They include Stay with Me, You're Not Alone, Celebrating the Light, A New Kind of Love Song, One Heart in the Right Place, You've Always Been There for Me, Father and Son, and the best-selling The Forgotten Carols. For the past nine Christmas seasons, Michael has performed The Forgotten Carols to sold-out audiences throughout the western United States.

Michael was writer, producer and director of Nora's Christmas Gift starring Celeste Holm and Mr. Krueger's Christmas with Jimmy Stewart. Other well-known works include Our Heavenly Father's Plan, Together Forever, A Labor of Love, What Is Real? and The Prodigal Son.

Michael has written and directed films for Bonneville International where he was active in the creation of the award-winning Home Front television commercial series. During his 17 years with Bonneville, Michael received the prestigious Cleo Award and Addy award as well as the Bronze Lion at the Cannes Film Festival.

Some of his other best-selling works include The Garden, in collaboration with Merrill Jenson and Bryce Neubert; Michael McLean Soundtracks: Original Themes from Favorite Films, Michael McLean: The Collection, Volumes 1 and 2, and Safe Harbors. Notably, in September 2000 his stage musical The Ark, written with Kevin Kelly, was featured in the Festival of New Musicals on Broadway in New York City. Participation in the festival is by invitation only.

His 1999 album, Safe Harbors, served as the inspiration for the "Safe Harbors Service under Cover" project to benefit the Travelers Aid Society of Utah. Several hundred blankets were collected, along with a cash donation, during the album's debut weekend in support of the Society's winter shelter program.

Michael and his wife Lynne have three children. They live in Heber City, Utah.

Michael McNulty Investigative Researcher/Producer Mike McNulty is Investigative Researcher and Producer of "Waco: A New Revelation". His previous investigative work about Waco ["Waco: Rules of Engagement", 1997] earned him an Emmy Award and an Academy Award nomination and Best Documentary of the Year Award from the International Film Association. Mike has in-depth knowledge of the informational and technical demands of documentary productions. He also has refined investigative skills and knowledge of law enforcement, developed as a combat photographer and photojournalist in Vietnam as well as a commercial insurance professional in civilian life. Mike has served as a public relations specialist in several political campaigns. Since 1989, he has been the Director of C.O.P.S. -- Citizens Organization for Public Safety -- a national public safety group

Heidi Mendez (BA '82), Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain, has worked continuously since her graduation as an actress, director and choreographer. She earned a master's equivalent and has taken courses towards her doctorate at the Universidad de Alcala de Henares in Madrid, and has taught in a number of different venues. Her most recent roles have been in a one-woman show, Zelda; in Paginas Ocultas for Television Espanola (that will air in 1998), and as a regular on the TeleMadrid comedy show Inocente Inocente. She also choreographed and performed a cabaret at the residence of the American Ambassador to Spain. She and her husband are the parents of two children, and she adds, "My children were nursed during rehearsals, and played in portable playpens in green rooms. It's not easy filling both roles, but it's possible! This last year has been dedicated to the open house for the Madrid Temple, and we were thrilled to have lunch with the Prophet. My best calling has been as a bishop's wife for the past six years."

In the remote jungles of Western Samoa, Dagen landed his first full-time film job at the age of 13. He has since gained extensive commercial and theatrical production experience above the line including work on Academy Award nominated documentary AMAZON. He holds a BA in Marketing Communications, and was accepted into the USC Peter Stark Production Program where he currently seeks an MFA. Dagen has produced numerous short films, documentaries, music videos, and commercials including the "Coke Refreshing Young Film Maker" award winning short CHILDHOOD DREAMS, the AFI thesis film KING RETURNS, and the USC thesis film AMERICAN GULAG showing this year at "First Look". As a Producer Dagen's goals include the successful integration of "art" films into a commercial market. His work on KING RETURNS has helped him understand the complexities of this goal, but has also given him new impetus to continue forward.

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