Gift of Peace

Christen Hill

Christen, plays Atlanta. She is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. She has always had an enthusiasm for the arts and media, so when she majored in Broadcast Communications at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she knew she was headed on the right path. After graduating from UT, she moved to Washington, DC, to pursue her career in media as a television producer in a small production company. Although she knew that media was her passion she yearned for her true passion to be in front of the camera. "I always felt like being in TV production was like being with the brother of the man I really wanted to be with- Acting." After making the decision to finally follow her dream of acting she moved to San Francisco to attend American Conservatory Theater Summer Training Congress. She loved the city and her new life so much that she decided to stay in San Francisco and develop a strong foundation for her new life of acting!

Kimberly Contreras

Kimberly plays the role of Terra. She was born in Los Angeles, California, attended High School in Hawaii and moved to San Francisco in 2002. She has been involved in the arts most of her life pursuing acting, music or both. She has had the pleasure of working on so many wonderful projects over the years from doing Voice Over for various children's toy commercials to performing "Saint," a play written by a High School student, at the Diego Rivera Theatre for the 07 SF Young Playwrights Festival. In addition to acting, Kimberly is the lead singer in the band The Brokenmusicbox. This year they released their debut studio album "Waking the Sound".

Bonnie Steiger

Native New Yorker, Bonnie Steiger, who plays Julie, copped out of an acting career early in life. Instead, after graduating from CUNY with two degrees she tries to use daily, she became a drifter: sex literature translator in Stockholm; lumberjack in the depths of the Swedish woods; eggplant picker in the Canary Islands; bartender in Cannes; yacht sailor in the Mediterranean, trans-Atlantic and Caribbean. She finally settled in San Francisco where there was nothing left but to finally pursue her first love - acting. Since then, Bonnie has appeared in scores of films, commercials and industrials. She appeared in the punk classic "Mod Fuck Explosion," and the TV detective drama, "Midnight Caller." She recently appeared in The History Channel's "The Plot to Kill Reagan," and will soon be seen in Investigative Discovery's crime recreation show, "Extreme Forensics -- The Ohio Sniper." Bonnie can be picked from the shelves of major video stores in "Naked Beneath the Water," "San Franpsycho," "Troubadour," "In Search of Lovecraft," and "American Vampire in America." Watch her vintage celebrity interviews Interviewees include: Jeff Bridges, Kim Bassinger, John Sayles, John Waters, Joan Chen, Douglas Adams, Devine, Weird Al Yankovic, Jim Varney, and many, many more. She now hosts "Movie Close Up," a live, call-in, public access talk show. Bonnie has written two children's books (as all women of a certain age must). Excerpts can be found on her website: www.bonniesteiger.com.

Ronald Sebilo-Tibbits

Ronald, a graduate student at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, is pursuing a career as a film producer. His primary interest is in harnessing the power of a good story to engage the human imagination. "Through the catharsis of laughter and sorrow we open ourselves to another's perspective. We experience lives and worlds outside or our own from the safety of our seats in a theater audience. That's what I want to give to people,"said Ronald.

Born and raised in Lesotho, Southern Africa he is deeply moved and influenced by filmmakers such as the late great Senegalese writer/director Ousmane Sembene, who used this medium not only to engage and educate the largely illiterate population of rural West Africa, but also to illuminate the stories of their lives. "He opened the eyes of the world to the beauty of what was commonly referred to in the west as the 'dark continent,'" he shared. It is in this spirit of curiosity, with an aim for enlightenment and reverence for nature and humanity that he approaches film. More about Ronald at Naledi Media.

Brandon A. Paddock

(Director of Photography)

Brandon is a Kansas City, KS native and has spent his entire life in production. He comes from a family oriented around film and video, being the fourth generation to work for the family business, Paddock Productions (now Producers Direct). His great grandfather started the company, and shot nine of Robert Altman's films in the 50's. His grandfather is a DP, his father is a gaffer, and two of his uncles are editors.

Currently, Brandon is in his eleventh semester at Academy of Art University pursuing a degree in Visual Effects and Compositing.

In his childhood, Brandon acted in numerous commercials, and in his teens he worked in the grip/electric department. He worked on his first feature at thirteen, and has continued to grow in the production industry. He has worked on five features, twelve infomercials and over a thousand commercials. In twelve years of production, Brandon has worked as a grip, electrician, prompter operator, generator operator, dolly grip, key grip, best boy electric, gaffer, visual effects artist, visual effects consultant, photographer, editor, cinematographer and director. With his experience in almost every field of production, Brandon offers adaptive and quick solutions that may rise during any shooting situation.