HELEN HOOD SCHEER    director / producer / writer / camera
Helen Hood Scheer makes her directorial debut with JUMP! Upon first witnessing a jump rope championship, she was captivated by this hybrid of extreme sport and art form, its particular type of sportsmanship, and also stunned that so many people were experts at something she didn't know existed. Ultimately, Helen became as obsessed as the kids in her documentary. This new undertaking was well served by Helen's previous work as producer on documentaries for HBO about artist Spencer Tunick, Naked World (also music supervisor) and Academy Award® short-listed Positively Naked, which won several awards at festivals worldwide. She also produced critically-acclaimed episodes of A&E Biography, co-produced Emmy-nominated Peter Jennings Reporting: I Have a Dream for ABC, and was archival producer for Emmy and Peabody Award-winning PBS’ American Experience: Two Days in October. She earned a Highest Honors BA in American Studies with a minor in History from UC Santa Cruz. Born and raised in Venice, California, Helen is now developing new documentary films from a converted garage that was once the home of her childhood playgroup.

SCOTT B. MORGAN    editor / writer / consulting producer
Scott B. Morgan has created dozens of hours of non-fiction programming for networks such as NBC, MTV, Discovery Channel, and HBO. He edited the Emmy award-winning A&E Biography on Jackie Gleason and was nominated for his editing on the documentary Empire of Dreams, produced by Lucasfilm. Following work on VH1's The Surreal Life, he served as supervising editor on the hit series’ My Fair Brady and Flavor of Love. Scott co-launched 6;14 Productions with his documentary feature, Greater Southbridge, which earned nine Best Film and Audience Awards. Scott is directing and editing Rank Strangers: The Story of Mrs, Hyatt’s OpraHouse, a documentary about a decades-old weekly bluegrass music jam in North Carolina, which received a Blue Ridge National Heritage Grant.

ANDREW HERWITZ    executive producer
Andrew Herwitz is president of The Film Sales Company, the New York based domestic sales agent/producer’s representative. The Company specializes in securing domestic and international distribution for English and foreign language finished films as well as financing for English language packaged projects. Recently completed fiction films sold include 2007 Sundance Film Festival sensation Waitress (Fox Searchlight ), Dirty Laundry (CodeBlack/FoxFaith) and CSA/Confederate States Of America (IFC). The Company has had particular success in financing and selling documentary films. Among the more notable documentary films the Company has sold are Iraq in Fragments (2007 Academy Award Nominee), Born Into Brothels (2005 Academy Award Winner, Best Documentary), Fahrenheit 9/11( highest grossing documentary film of all time), Paper Clips and My Architect (2004 Academy Award Nominee). Prior to establishing this company, Herwitz was at Miramax for six years where he served as co-head of the film acquisitions department. Before that he practiced entertainment law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York City. Herwitz is a graduate of Harvard College, Columbia Business School and Harvard Law School.
For more information: www.filmsalescorp.com

MATT MESSINA    composer
Matt Messina, an award-winning film and television composer, writes his scores at his studio in the Hollywood Hills. His inimitable style of composition and song-writing has earned him accolades within the recording industry (ASCAP, NARIS). Recently, he took home 2 Best Score awards: The Festival Tous Courts in France and The One Reel Film festival in the US. His credits of late include additional music on Fox Searchlight's Thank You For Smoking and the new feature drama, Bondage; most recently, he composed the original music for Juno. Matt also writes and debuts a new symphony every year to benefit Children's Hospital in Seattle. His energetic score for JUMP! is inspired by the many cultures, attitudes, liveliness, and diversity of the competitors on each team.
For more information: www.mattmessina.com

GARTH TRINIDAD    music supervisor
Since 1996 Garth Trinidad’s award winning radio program, Chocolate City, has aired on 89.9fm KCRW in Los Angeles, and kcrw.com worldwide to critical acclaim. As a world traveling DJ and unique hustler of culture, Garth is considered the foremost curator of urban alternative music with top-ranking career highlights that span music programming and supervision for film & TV, advertising, online & in-flight entertainment, studio music and live event production, and music journalism. As a voting member of NARAS, Garth sits on the Grammy Awards R&B board in support of the new ‘Best Urban Alternative performance’ category, created as a direct result of his continued approach to music programming.
For more information: www.garthtrinidad.biz

BROOKE WENTZ    co-music supervisor
Since 1989 Brooke Wentz has music supervised numerous independent and documentary films (The Devil & Daniel Johnston, Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, The Weather Underground, Imelda, Confessions of a Burning Man), television shows (ESPN’s Summer & Winter X Games, World Cup), and film soundtracks (Ken Burn’s series, Wonders of the African World, An American Love Story). She headed up the music department for ESPN Inc. and was Manager A&R Administration for Arista Records. She is critically acclaimed for her creative work as a producer of over twenty-five recordings of world music, including the Billboard award-winning Global Meditation, Africa: Never Stand Still, Voices of Forgotten Worlds, and Global Divas. Through her music supervision and clearance company, the Rights Workshop, Ms. Wentz handles publishing, licensing, and digital rights, and gives frequent seminars on music and copyright issues. A native San Franciscan, Ms. Wentz sits on the board of the Stern Grove Festival and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Science’s Governor’s Board.
For more information: www.rightsworkshop.com

TOMORROW’S BRIGHTEST MINDS    graphics
Bio coming soon.
For more information: www.tomorrowsbrightestminds.com

SARAH JO MARKS    consultant
Sarah Jo Marks is a Southern California native with extensive experience in the world of non-fiction. She works as a producer's rep through her company At Risk Films and is presently representing several documentaries including the award winning Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? and The Fighting Cholitas. In addition she freelances as a producer, film festival programmer and film distribution consultant. She is also a contributing editor for International Documentary Magazine. Ms. Marks holds a bachelor's degree in Media Theory and Criticism from California State University Northridge.
For more information: www.atriskfilms.com

ERIC WINKLER    website construction
For more information: www.potatogrande.com