Byrd Mcdonald has written, lensed, directed and edited over 200 unique media stories for a range of clients, as well as a slew of art projects. Just recently, he completed his very first video installation for Fashion Week in New York City.

A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts by way of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, McDonald worked for Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme from 1994 to 1999, working in development and shepherding features from script to screen including Demme’s award-winning BELOVED (1997). McDonald was a founding producer of the HBO sponsored short film series Phat Shorts  from 1994-2000.  McDonald produced and directed the feature length documentary HAUNTERS, and in 2006, McDonald produced the award-winning feature FILM GEEK.  In 2007, McDonald was selected for the Sundance Producers’ Workshop with his screenplay COMING UP CLOSE.  Most recently, McDonald produced and co-edited the feature THE AUTEUR, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and is released through Cinetic Rights Management. McDonald’s film THE LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY shared the audience award at the Portland International Film Festival and continues to tour the international film circuit.

Davis Priestley has worked as an Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager, Line Producer, and Producer for many film and TV projects. His background includes extensive corporate and commercial production for clients such as Intel, Hewlett‐Packard, Cartoon Network, MAC Cosmetics, and Audi, as well as several live event projects with music talents like Madonna and Paul McCartney.

A native of Northern California, Davis Priestley’s recent film projects include the independent feature The Auteur, (which premiered at Tribeca in 2008), Byrd McDonald’s 2009 short film The Lady Who Swallowed A Fly, Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park, Craig Lucas’ The Dying Gaul, HBO’s Entourage, and the Emmy‐nominated Bravo series Project Runway. As a member of the development team at Mythgarden, Davis also helped produce the 2007 Sundance film Save Me. Priestley has a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from Marylhurst University.