Red Sanders – President, Producer, Dreamer

Red Sanders started his first successful entertainment company at the ripe age of 14. Since then, he has combined his entrepreneurial spirit, media expertise, and love of visual storytelling to create one of the premier media companies in DFW.

An adventurer at heart, Red has traveled the globe producing content for major brands and the silver screen alike. Recently, Red returned from DR Congo where he began filming a documentary on child soldiers. After being accused of spying, he and his team subsequently spent six days in a Congolese jail before being deported back to the United States.

Red Sanders graduated from Texas Christian University where he majored in Radio, Television and Film, and studied in the Neeley Entrepreneurship Program. His first documentary film, REGENERATION, landed an Emmy for Outstanding Student Achievement. His first feature film, KARMA POLICE, was invited to premiere at the AFI Dallas Film Festival and has played at festivals throughout the U.S. and internationally, landing a distribution deal in early 2009. His next film SEARCHING FOR SONNY will be released in 2011.

Red loves giving back in terms of time, talent, touch, and treasure. He enjoys mentoring students and teaching through his company’s internship program. Red also donates video services to meaningful organizations such as Happy Hill Farm Academy and he puts on a yearly conference in Austin called the Texas Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values.

Greg Beauchamp – Producer, Director

Greg has always had a passion for storytelling, new media, and entrepreneurship. His focus on developing strong creative projects and executing them on budget makes him an asset for the Red Productions’ team. On the client side, Greg serves as Producer and Director, creating content across multiple platforms. He has won Telly, CASE, and Addy awards for his work.

On the film side, Greg heads up our Film Development Office in New York City. Dedicated to expanding Red Productions’ reach in both narrative and documentary filmmaking, Greg pursues and develops feature length content for wide audiences. His titles include KARMA POLICE and SEARCHING FOR SONNY.

Greg has studied at NYU Film School’s Producing Intensive Program and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the Honors Program at Texas Christian University.

Greg is an avid baseball fan and a fervent supporter of the Texas Rangers. He’s also recently taken up Hurling – the greatest sport ever created. Greg lives in Manhattan with his beautiful and talented wife Katia who co-founded www.birchbox.com. As a result, he probably knows more about makeup than you do.

Sam Parnell – Senior Editor

Sam runs all post-production activities at Red Productions – developing streamlined processes and ensuring we’re at the forefront of technology, equipment, and content delivery. He is also a very accomplished editor, having worked on feature films, national TV spots, highlight videos for professional sports teams, music videos and more.

Sam’s editing skills likely come from his “tiny editing fingers,” which blaze across the keyboard, knowing every Final Cut shortcut in their little finger-brains. It’s been claimed that Sam knows Final Cut’s ins and outs so well, he could edit blindfolded – although we couldn’t promise that the final product would be any good.

Sam has a degree from the Radio/TV/Film Department at TCU, a fancy “REDucation” certificate from RED post-production training, and is two-time TCU intramural champion for Texas Hold’em poker. He would also like to challenge you to game of NCAA Football 2011, but only if he gets to be the Horned Frogs.

Chris Rodriguez – Director, DP, Producer

Chris is a curious student of life, who’s passion for visual art began at a very early age. Charcoal, oil paints, prisma sticks – these were his tools. But during his senior year of high school, Chris began to long for new visual tools and ultimately turned to film. He married his visual skills with a strong sense of story while pursuing a degree in Film from the University of North Texas.

Upon graduation, Chris joined the Red Productions team and quickly proved that his talents extended beyond cinematography, to directing and producing as well. Chris thrives under pressure and hot lights. He has filmed and directed several award winning videos for Red Productions and he is equally proud of is his role as Camera Operator on the feature film, SEARCHING FOR SONNY.

Chris is an expert in the RED Digital Cinema Camera and brings this important skill to all of our projects.

Erin Ostenson – Account Director

Erin loves learning people’s stories and finding the most creative and impacting way to share them with the world. This is an important piece of her job as Account Director because much time is spent learning about our clients and carefully walking a project through each phase of the creative process, always ensuring we stay in line with the client’s goals.

After graduating from Texas Christian University with a degree in Advertising and Public Relations, Erin went on to manage key accounts for The Wall Street Journal. As a Board Member of Cuisine For Healing, she has the opportunity to exercise her passion for nutrition and wellness by developing new programs to engage with the community and grow the organization.

Erin spearheads the development of our dedicated client services team and is always searching for new ways Red Productions can add to its suite of creative services.

Scott Nichols – Marketing and Distribution Director

Growing up in a small town in the Texas Panhandle, Scott Nichols looked to technology as an escape from the prairie. He built his own computer when he was 15, edited his first video at 16, and believe it or not, kissed a girl before the age of 17.

After receiving a degree in Advertising/Public Relations from Texas Christian University, Scott worked as an Interactive Account Executive at the Balcom Agency in Fort Worth. At Balcom, Scott worked primarily on digital projects and video production before joining Red Productions in 2011. Scott has extensive experience creating digital marketing strategies and implementing social media initiatives.

When he’s not on twitter or facebook, Scott enjoys playing guitar and drinking scotch, though not always in that order.

Matt Munson – Production Assistant, Assistant Editor

The baby of the group, Matt discovered his talent for visual storytelling in high school where he made critically acclaimed videos for his Spanish class in Brownwood, TX. Hoping to share his talent with the world, Matt graduated from TCU with a degree in Film Television & Digital Media.

Matt loves all aspects of filmmaking and serves as a valuable member of our team by organizing physical production, as well as shooting, editing and special effects. Kids can do it all these days! He plans to one day write, compose, produce, and direct the greatest movie musical of all time.

Sherry Gaff – Office Manager

Sherry likes to keep everyone in line. She has a background in HR, and does everything possible to keep the office running smoothly. Born and raised in West Texas, she had to rely on her huge imagination from an early age. She first became passionate about film after being blown away by “Jaws”, and then never wanting to venture out into the water again! With this new-found passion for movies, Sherry gained a wealth of knowledge when it comes to film. And music as well, she probably knows the words to every song on your playlist!

She has been happily married for seven years, and has the cutest little boy in the world named Jenson. She hopes to raise the next Paul Newman or Jimmy Stewart.

Her interests include television shows that are so good that they are cancelled after one season, and any documentary she can get her hands on.

Andrew Disney – Director in Residence

Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Andrew was introduced to the world of film at a very young age when his older brother, Jason Disney, showed him Raiders of the Lost Ark. Making home movies in his backyard, Andrew grew up aspiring to be a film director. By the age of eighteen, Andrew had exhibited a short film at the Los Angeles International Film Festival and studied abroad at the famous Cinecetta Studios in Rome, Italy. After high school, he went on to study film production at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

At the end of 2007, Andrew completed his award-winning short film Frank’s Last Shot, which debuted at the Lone Star International Film Festival and has played in festivals across the country. Since then, he has won a Best in Show Addy, a Fort Worth Weekly Visionary Award, an Audience Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and been featured in Filmmaker Magazine and Popular Photography. Now at the age of 26, Andrew recently completed his first feature film, Searching for Sonny, starring Minka Kelly, Jason Dohring, and Masi Oka.

Jonathan Bryant – AFX, Animation

Jonathan loves to create images with visual beauty and realism. As a freelancer, he has been our primary 3D/motion graphics artist, compositor and visual/special effects artist since 2005. He would say his favorite projects are the ones no one will notice, like the visual effect shots in Searching for Sonny.

Jonathan got his start in production while still in high school more than 16 years ago and has been full-time in the field for over a decade. He has received a number of national awards including a Beacon Award for Best Public Service Announcement.

His years and breadth of experience allow him to jump into any role a project requires; from writing, directing, lighting, and camera operation to editing, graphics and sound design.

He has been happily married to his wife Amanda for 11 years and they have 2 amazing children Angelea and Andrew.

Jeremy Johnstone – Director

Jeremy Johnstone is a New York City based director of commercials, music videos and narrative film. With a background in both live action and traditional graphic design, Jeremy’s work consists of carefully considered compositions combined with rich, textured dimension to create compelling narratives through live action and animation.

Jeremy was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for his achievements in animation on the title sequence of the AMC show RUBICON. Jeremy has partnered up with Red Productions on many projects including the animated title sequence for their feature length film SEARCHING FOR SONNY, as well as live action projects for New York based clients like Bliss World.

Raised in Portland, OR, Jeremy spent his early years playing in rock bands and shooting super 8mm & 16mm snowboard videos. In 2005, seeking more challenging opportunities, he moved to New York City to fill the role of art director at the Sundance Channel. After conceptualizing and executing the entire The Green campaign, Jeremy left to pursue freelance projects at some of the most successful studios in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. During these 5 years, he directed, designed and animated various commercial projects for Microsoft, IBM, Pepsi, Kodak, Vitman Water, Yahoo, among many other respected brands.

Jeremy’s work has been featured in and recognized by Stash Magazine, Digit Magazine, Computer Arts and Computer Arts Projects magazines, SXSW Film Festival, as well as The Indie Music Video Film Festival, where he won Best Animated Video and Best Performance Video.

Jeremy teamed up with Red Productions for the hit band Wye Oak’s new music video for “Holy Holy.” Be on the lookout for its world premiere in late September.

Sophie – Moral Support

Sophie was born into a creative family. From painting to interior design to filmmaking, Sophie has experienced it all. Through the years she has had the opportunity to sit in on multiple creative meetings, visit a variety of sets and witness first hand the growth of Red Productions. She always makes time to serve as an extra when needed or simply keep the staff warm on a winter day. She has dedicated workspace in Red’s office where she listens intently, picking up new video tips and tricks along the way. When not working, Sophie enjoys spending time at the family ranch where she can run freely and clear her mind.

Sophie makes it a priority to personally greet each new visitor to the studio so feel free to drop in and introduce yourself.