Tom has been involved in the entertainment industry for over thirty years. His background includes screenwriting, producing, development, packaging, financing, and production of feature films, episodic television, and television news. He has also partnered with non-profits and political campaigns on fundraising, organizing, and event management. Tom has written several screenplays, and recently completed EIGHT THIRTY TWO with co-writer Rick Mischke. They are currently collaborating on EIGHT THIRTY TWO PART II.

Lope has over fifty years of production experience in the motion picture industry, with an emphasis in feature films and episodic shows for television, and as a director, producer, production manager and/or 1st assistant director on over 1,500 national and international commercials. He has extensive experience in specialty films, IMAX large-format films, corporate industrial films, music videos, short films, and numerous visual effects projects. Lope has been a member of the Directors Guild of America since 1980. 

Rick is retired Air Force, serving most of his twenty-year career overseas in a Special Tactics unit of U.S. Special Operations Command. Following retirement, Rick turned to writing about his military experiences, which led to acting in short films and theatre, production work as a precision driver, background performer, stand-in, double, and technical advisor for film and television productions. He co-wrote EIGHT THIRTY TWO, while serving as technical advisor, and he is currently collaborating on EIGHT THIRTY TWO PART II.