Randy Kent - Director, Co-writer
As of the start of 2024, Randy has wrapped shooting his 12th feature called "Loose Ends Down" with longtime filmmaking partner John Luksetich and is also completing post-production on the British folk horror tale, "Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In", which will mark the 4th collaboration with the UK based production company, Black Coppice Films. Expect both films to release in 2024.
After a successful theatrical run in Bangalore, India last year, the Kannada film "Road King" will make it's worldwide streaming debut in 2024. This one-of-a-kind experiment was directed exclusively over Skype from Los Angeles and shot on location in Bangalore and racked up numerous award wins all around the world.
He is also finishing up post-production on the sure-to-be-controversial television mini-series, "Cafe in the Void". Co-directed & produced alongside John Luksetich, this "of-the-times" fantasy/comedy/drama is the biggest production they have done to date and set for a 2023 release.
Along with that, Randy is celebrating the release of the UK based horror film, "Demons At Dawn" along with the horror/comedy, "Chinese Speaking Vampires", both currently available across multiple VOD platforms.
Throughout his career, Randy has garnered multiple awards as a producer, director and editor in the commercial and film arena. With his keen ability to make a little go a long way and look like it was made for a lot, Randy has earned a reputation for the work he has created across every genre and in many different countries - from his beginnings in the Atlanta comedy world, to directing heavy dramas in India over a computer, shooting tight thrillers in the streets of Holland, making straight-up horror in Buffalo and England, and then smaller, more experimental work he has done in his hometown of Los Angeles.
Other recent projects out in the world include the first season of the BLK Prime web series, "Sweet As Pye"; The 1970s throwback thriller, "Blood Tulips", that is now setting up special screenings; And the indie feature, "Shadow Of The Monarch", which is available across most VOD platforms like Amazon Prime, DirecTV and iTunes.
Kent won several Best Director awards for "Road King"; Best Film Maker and Best Short Film at the Glendale International Film Festival for "The Pursuit", Best Experimental Short Film and an Award of Merit for "Forgotten" and a Silver Ace Award at the Las Vegas International Film Festival for the feature film, "Life Of Lemon". Other awards include 2 Best Director and Best Feature Film Awards at 2 different festivals for the horror anthology feature, "The Perfect House" and an Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film for the short, "Timmy, The Bag Boy". A planned feature film version of "Timmy" is now in the works along with several other feature and short projects.
Randy shot Bagboy Productions first feature film, "Life, Death & Mini-Golf", in the summer of 2002. The production was an entirely self-financed project and now sells on Amazon and various other sites. Filmed in three locations in 12 days, this drama ensemble stars comedy superstar actress, Kristen Wiig.
Bill Redding - Co-Writer / Story / Bob
BOB'S BEST FRIENDS won the Best Drama Screenplay and the Screenplay of The Year at the Southern California International Film Festival (2023) and Grand Prize Winner at the First Frame International Film Festival (2023). Additionally a Semi-Finalist at the prestigious Flickers Rhode Island International Festival (2023) and a Finalist at 5 other festivals. Bill has been acting since his 20s and recently was a Co-Star on an episode of Chicago PD.
Christine Mahaney - Head Animal Trainer
Christine, the owner of WHATADOG, LLC has been training animals for nearly 20 years. She has been the Animal Trainer for several recent popular TV shows, including Chicago Fire (2018-2024), Fargo (6 episodes in 2020), and Utopia (6 episodes in 2020). Christine recently trained Aaron Paul's character's dog in the movie Adam (2020) and she has trained animals in an additional 20+ movies and over a dozen TV series and shows. Christine's training skills have been demonstrated in many TV commercials.
mike kwielford - director of photography
Emmy-winning filmmaker Mike Kwielford has been working in the film industry for nearly three decades and has lensed feature films along with numerous shorts, commercials and countless new media projects. He was nominated for an EMMY® Award for Outstanding Crafts Achievement in Photography for Emergence, which won the EMMY® for Outstanding Achievement in Arts Programming. He was director of photography with Adcolor's concert "Wyclef, Live from the Apollo", which was nominated for an EMMY®for Entertainment Long Form Content. Mike won a Golden Telly Award for Cinematography for his work on the Zoom Workplace launch at Zoomtopia, and his films have won awards and been featured in film festivals nationwide.
Mike is a Jeep fanatic and loves to spend time in Wisconsin with his wife and children.
Kimberly Christianson KennedY - EXECUTIVE Producer
Kimberly Kennedy spends most of her time in the magical land of make believe, reading and writing heartfelt stories, watching enchanting and warm movies, or daydreaming about new characters and stories. She has indie published five sweet, small-town romances under the pen name Kasey Kennedy and has several more in the works.
She has a B.A. in English from Southern Illinois University; is a member of the Chicago Writers Association; Chicago North Romance Writers Association; and a 2021 participant in StoryStudio Chicago’s Novel in a Year program.
When not dreaming up new characters and stories, Kimberly is reading or planning what to read next. Occasionally, she pulls out the guitar she has been trying to learn for 30+ years and strums enough to annoy her cat, Pepper.
wrigley - emotional support coach
Wrigley is a great cuddles and kisser. He appeared at the end of the short film “Bob and Edgar”. He is also very athletic. One time he fetched 53 ball throws in a row and could have probably kept going.