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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 currently is in post production for the 26 Seconds - USA Docuseries. She recently completed her first directorial feature documentary 26 Seconds; ISIS Sex Slaves, available on Epoch TV. For the past seven years, she has produced and directed the documentary project 26 Seconds​.  The documentary is driven by her passion for giving a voice to victimized children and women worldwide. Her mission of exposing these atrocities has taken her around the world and has filmed in nine countries, including right here in our own backyards in the USA. Kelly highlights the nonprofit organizations that have actively stepped forward to do something about ending human trafficking. 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.
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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.
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Paul Lauer | ​Executive Producer Marketing
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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. 
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​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.
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​Scott Arundale | Supervising Editor 
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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.  Arundale has produced three feature films. The first, Ambush Of Ghosts, starring Anne Heche, Genevieve Bujold, and Stephen Dorff which won an award at the Sundance Film Festival for Best Cinematography in 1993.  The second was one of the first feature films to be shot entirely on DV before transferring to 35mm and is entitled The Gold Cup, written and directed by Lucas Reiner.  The next film is Lucky Bastard, which played at Outfest 2009 and was written and directed by Everett Lewis.  A documentary he edited, Catholic School, screened at Sundance in 1998 and won an award at the San Francisco Film Festival and aired on A & E.  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, and cutting documentaries such as “Next Survivors” and  “26 Seconds.”
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Nathan Slevcove
Editor
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​Nathan Slevcove is a current Dodge College undergrad student with an emphasis on editing.  His passion for creating films has been present since he was a young boy.  His first breakthrough came with the Anaheim Union High School District film festival, where he was nominated for best film of 2019.  Since then, Nathan has created more short films along with commercials, documentaries, and other freelance work.  In 2022, he got multiple opportunities to shoot and edit with social media influencers and YouTubers with hundreds of thousands of followers.  Nathan now focuses on his skillset on learning and editing on all types of media.
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  • HOME
  • Team
    • Executive Team
    • Cinematography & Sound Mixer
    • Sound Design & Colorist
    • Additional Cinematography
    • 2nd Unit Production Team
    • Production Team
    • Post Production Team
    • Assistant Editors
    • Editing Assistants
    • Translation Team
    • Graphic & Animation Team
  • FEATURE DOC
  • SHORT DOC
  • USA Docuseries
  • Press
  • Interviews
  • Trailers
  • Awards - Short Doc
  • Awards - Feature Doc
  • Panel Discussions
  • Panel Discussion Photos
  • Photos
  • Partners
  • Soundtrack
  • Grants
  • HOST A SCREENING
  • Special Thanks