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STEVEN HENSLEY - SCRIPTWRITER / PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
His background and training have prepared him well to fulfill this role. A member of the prestigious Writers Guild of America, for 16 years he was a successful Hollywood scriptwriter.
His credits include such hit TV shows as Eight Is Enough, Magnum, P.I., Trapper John, M.D., Murder She Wrote, and Fame, as well as TV Movies and TV series pilots.
In 1995, Steven began applying his Hollywood training to scripting informational media for a long list of national corporate clients and government agencies. Later, he added producing and directing to his services, and now delivers a total package to his clients, overseeing everything from script to final cut.
Steven has taught advanced screenwriting at California State University at San Diego and The Learning Annex. He is a recipient of Vision, Telly and Cindy Awards.
"Steven Hensley and the SunStar Productions team were both creative and responsive to our needs and input, and the finished video exceeded our expectations.”
-- Amadee Madril, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
Bob got his start in media as an Army radio telephone operator during the Vietnam war. After leaving the service, he became a disk jockey, voice over talent, cameraman and editor at an Oregon TV station. He learned his craft and eventually worked his way up to Producer/Director, along the way mastering the full range of TV production skills.
From 1983 through 1997, he was a senior commercial producer-director for KOMO-TV in Seattle, creating over 1000 TV commercials.
In 1997, he relocated to San Diego and became an independent producer/director/editor, focusing on corporate and government training and marketing videos.
His corporate clients include: Loma Linda University Medical Center, West Coast Wellness, Leucadia Pizzeria, San Diego Auto Thrift, Superior Water of Poway, and Home Office Plus. Among his government clients are: United States Environmental Protection Agency, City of La Mesa, City of Solana Beach, and the United States Navy.
Over the years, his craftsmanship and professionalism have garnered him a number of professional awards, including two Tellys and the Ad Club "Best Seller" Award.
“Bob, your professionalism, expertise and artistic ability led to you being selected to produce last year's six "video newsletter" segments…The City Manager, myself, and other city staff involved in the project were exceedingly pleased with the final product… We look forward to working with you on many more video projects for the City.”
- Carol A. McLaughlin, Senior Management Analyst, City of La Mesa, California
A native of Northern California, Stefan Mentil started shooting and editing Super 8mm home movies as a boy. During High School he gained valuable hands-on experience working for a San Francisco production company shooting car and travel commercials. While attending San Diego State’s TV/Film/New Media program, Stefan decided he wanted to become a Director of Photography and went on to earn two Student Emmys in that capacity.
After receiving his degree, Stefan joined the Local 600 Camera Union and worked as a camera assistant on a number of TV shows. Eventually he worked his way up to DP on an independent film, The Reality of Bob Burnquist.
Since then Stefan has shot a host of commercials for clients such as Mercedes Benz and music videos for bands such as Pearl Jam.
In addition, he has worked as Director of Photographer and Cameraman on numerous TV shows and feature films including John From Cincinnati, Fashion House, Desire, Wishing for Yesterday, Begleiter, CMT Small Town Secrets, Fruitcake, Come Home Alive, Stash, Return of the Pirates, and Unspoken.
Olivier Virmont graduated from SDSU film school in 1998. A virtuoso production sound recordist and mixer, he has a wide range of experience including everything from corporate media to feature films.
His corporate video credits include such national household names as Burger King, Coldwell Banker, Islands Restaurants and Anhauser Busch.
His TV work includes National Geographic, The History Channel, Discovery, PBS, ESPN, Fox, Animal Planet, MTV, Sony Entertainment TV, and HBO to name a few.
In the motion picture field he has worked on feature films for many Hollywood production companies including Lions Gate, Warner Brothers, Disney, and Focus Entertainment. For full list of his credits check http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1400874/
His foreign language skills include French and Spanish.
"Nourse's sensitivity to his cast's nuances is matched by his fine cinematographer Aaron Platt's and sound recorder Olivier Virmont's sensual grasp of the sights and sounds of a small town by the shore."
After a career working in Vietnam as a nurse practitioner for the State Department, and later working on her own with the native peoples in Thailand, Mickey Harrison started a mid-life career as an actress in 1990.
But she soon discovered she also liked working behind the scenes. Tapping her acting experience and contacts she became a casting director.
In the last decade she has cast numerous short films that have gone on to appear in film festivals
such as Cannes, Telluride, Houston, and Los Angeles among others.
She has also cast training videos for San Diego County, Solar Turbines, The United States EPA and the San Diego Police Department. Feature films she has cast include El Campo and Gothic West.
In addition to knowing virtually all the actors in San Diego and many of the actors in L.A., Mickey brings warmth, humor and a keen, experienced eye to finding just the right people for any project she takes on.