Joe Swanberg (Director)
Joe Swanberg's first three films, KISSING ON THE MOUTH (2005), LOL (2006) and HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS (2007) are available on DVD. His latest, NIGHT AND WEEKENDS (2008), will be released in theaters later this year by IFC. He and his wife, Kris, have been producing the online series, YOUNG AMERICAN BODIES, for the past several years, and he also produced and directed a detective series, BUTTERKNIFE, for Spout.com. He lives and mostly works in Chicago, IL.

Kris Williams
Kris Williams is a rooftop gardener and an experimental ice cream maker. Kris worked with her husband Joe to produce Kissing On The Mouth in 2005 and made her own little short documentary in 2006 called Bathwater. For the past four years Kris has been working with inner city youth in Chicago and has most recently been teaching Film and Video production full time at a high school on the West side of Chicago. She is in pre-production for an adventure film set in Costa Rica.

Nikita Word
Nikita is originally from north central Florida and moved to Chicago a year ago to pursue her small town dream of living in a big city. When she's not working for the man (or more recently being unemployed) you can usually find her out taking photos with toy cameras, having BBQ's and margaritas with friends, or reading books about the lives of Japanese geishas.

Nathan Adloff
Nathan Adloff has been involved in many Chicago-based film projects. He took the director’s chair for “Untied Strangers”, which won a special Jury Prize at the Lake County Film Festival this year. Following his arrival to Chicago in 2003, Adloff co- wrote his first screenplay "Backflip" and worked on Bruce Terris' "Dirty Work," "The Trouble With Dee Dee," "5-25-77," "Stranger Than Fiction," "The Promotion," and last year's Sundance honoree "Grace Is Gone”. Aside from his love of filmmaking, Nathan also possesses a passion for graphic design and bringing quality independent films to audiences who love them by working at various film festivals including the past five years for Sundance.

Mollie Leibovitz
While procrastinating (as per usual) on her last year at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ms. Leibovitz is taking some time off (as per usual) to be a part of this show. Within the last year, Mollie has: a) been fired from a job of three years--only to get hired at a different location two weeks later, but with a massive pay cut, b) contemplated writing a semi-autobiographical novel about the exploits of a girl that works at an upscale grocery store, c) had to manage two dates on Valentine's Day and d) been the maid of honor at her YOUNGER sister's wedding.

Eve Rounds
Eve is new to the Chicago area, having moved from our Nation's capitol. Fond of being on stage and in front of the camera, Eve is an active member in Chicago's artistic scene. She is the Co Founder of smockless studios (www.smockless.com) where she improvises, acts, directs, edits, and whatever the hell she feels like...her goals change on a daily basis and can be tracked at www.everounds.com.