Executive Team

Kelly Galindo | Writer, Director, Editor, Creative and Executive Producer
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Kelly Galindo is an American actress, director, and producer. Her work has spanned decades in television, theater, and film. She is currently in post-production for her first directorial feature documentary 26 Seconds, which is based on the horrific sex trade. The documentary is driven by her passion for giving a voice to the victimized children. For the past four years, she has produced and directed 26 Seconds; her mission of exposing these atrocities has taken her around the world. Kelly highlights the nonprofit organizations that have actively stepped forward to do something about it. In addition, Kelly balances her directing and acting careers while passing her craft onto future generations of students as a professor at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts of Chapman University. She has also taught at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television and at Orange County School of the Arts. Kelly is also a proud lifetime member of the Actors Studio.

Sid Ganis | Supervising Producer
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Sid Ganis is an American motion picture executive and producer who is serving as an advisor on 26 Seconds. Ganis is a past President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He also served as Chairman of the Academy’s International Outreach Committee up until 2017. Prior to this, Ganis was also on the Board of Directors at Marvel Entertainment until its sale to Disney. His film career in marketing and publicity includes working at 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Brothers, Lucasfilm, and Paramount Pictures. In 1996, Sid founded his independent production company Out of the Blue Entertainment. Recently Ganis has been working in China with the Chinese government as Co-Founder and Chairman of Jiaflix Enterprises.

Paul Lauer | Executive Producer
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Paul Lauer is the Founder, President, and CEO of Motive Entertainment, a Los Angeles based marketing and content development company.Motive Entertainment is a marketing and content creation company focused on serving niche audiences, particularly the faith-based and family community. Motive designed and executed the grass-roots marketing campaign for The Passion of the Christ, one of the most successful movie campaigns ever. For their work on The Passion of the Christ, Motive was named Top 50 Marketer of the year by Ad Age magazine. They have also managed major grassroots marketing campaigns for The Polar Express, The Chronicles of Narnia, the unexpected hits Rocky Balboa, Expelled and The Secret Life of Bees, and overall have worked on 6 of the top 10 highest grossing faith-based movies. Over the last few years, Motive has run the grass roots marketing for the record-breaking mini-series The Bible and the hit feature film Son of God, and helped Sony launch the highly successful movie, Heaven is for Real.

Mark Wilcken | Supervising Editor
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Mark is an award-winning independent producer with over 25 credits to his name. Since his first documentary "Play On," Mark has cultivated his skills to encompass all aspects of production, from writing and directing to cinematography and editing. Included among the 20 awards Mark has received over the years are three Regional Emmys for Writing, Editing, and Cultural Documentary for his piece, “Clean Lines, Open Spaces." He holds a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Film Production and currently resides in Southern California, where he produces documentaries for national distribution, new media/online content, and corporate projects.

Scott Arundale | Editor | Short Doc
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Scott Arundale is an Associate Professor at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts with over 20 years of experience as an editor and producer of film entertainment. Scott edited a documentary short entitled “Catholic School,” which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival. Recent credits include “John F. Kennedy at 100” and “Camp Pendleton 75th Year Celebration.” He is currently editing “Not One More Day,” which chronicles the opiate abuse epidemic in the United States.