Sandy Sternshein is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer living in Orange County, California.  He produced, co-wrote, and co-directed the feature film Later Days (David Walton, Majandra Delfino) with Brad Riddell. They are currently writing Back to the Grind for Branded Pictures Entertainment and Tony Hawk Productions. He is also the co-creator of the award-winning web series Distant Learners with Brad and David Pasquesi. He wrote and directed the short film Pegged (Jason Boggs). He wrote the film Pushing Forty for producer Rick Rosenthal (Halloween, Bad Boys). Prior to earning his MFA in Screenwriting from USC, Sandy worked as an Assistant Director on numerous independent features.  His screenplay Mouths of the Upright was featured on the very first Black List of best un-produced screenplays. Over the past decade, he has taught Screenwriting, Directing, and Producing at Santiago Canyon College, Santa Ana College, and the Orange County School of the Arts.

Brad Riddell has written four produced feature films for Hollywood studios including Paramount, MTV, and Universal. His first film, American Pie: Band Camp (Eugene Levy), remains one of the highest grossing live-action DVD releases in history, and is now syndicated on TBS. Crooked Arrows (Brandon Routh, Gil Birmingham), was released nationally in theaters, and is the first mainstream lacrosse movie ever produced. Brad’s other writing credits include films in the Road Trip (Danny Pudi, DJ Qualls) and Slap Shot (Leslie Nielsen) franchises. His award-winning directorial debut, Ten More (David Pasquesi, Ellie Reed) played at over twenty festivals in the U.S., and his series, Other People's Children, won critical acclaim from juries around the world. He is currently writing BACK TO THE GRIND for Branded Pictures Entertainment and Tony Hawk Productions, and writing/producing Max Q, a sci-fi VR film for Joel Benjamin. Brad teaches screenwriting at DePaul University in Chicago.