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CAROLYN COAL, Director

Carolyn Coal is a writer and director with a portfolio in film and advertising.

Originally from Pennsylvania, Coal began her career as a writer's assistant on The Trials of Rosie O'Neil with Sharon Gless. After several seasons as the producer's assistant on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Carolyn accepted a producing role at EMI records making videos for artists like The Red Hot Chili Peppers, D'Angelo and Willie Nelson.

Carolyn attended the Art Center College of Design where she earned an MFA in Film. There she wrote and directed a Clio award winning spec spot and an award winning short film, Cache, toured internationally, culminating in a screening at Sundance and a distribution deal with Picture This! Entertainment. Carolyn's second award-winning short film, Tell Me Who Ruby Was, which was distributed by Atom Films.

In 2005, Coal was invited to attend the Berlinale Talent Campus Script Clinic with her script, The Memory Game. The same script that won her a place in the 2003 Film Independent (IFP) Writer's Lab and the Outfest Screenwriter's Lab in 2007.

Carolyn is currently a director at NoCo Media Group, a production company and creative services agency.

In addition to her work in film and advertising, Carolyn has taught Communications and Film Studies at Chapman University, Brooks College and Cal State University.

A Place to Live is Carolyn's first feature film. It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Outfest, Los Angeles.

CYNTHIA CHILDS, Producer

Cynthia Childs has been a producer and writer on numerous non-scripted television shows since 2006. As supervising story producer, Childs recently completed the fifth season of the Emmy-nominated series Project Runway for Bravo. She also supervised the fifth season of the Emmy award-winning series Top Chef.

Childs is the co-founder of Bittersweet Productions, a Los Angeles based documentary production company dedicated to serving as a catalyst for positive change and drawing attention to social issues. Most recently, Cynthia produced Crossings, a documentary about a parents' call to activism after the tragic loss of their daughter.

Prior to her producing career, Childs was a stage manager for theatrical productions and worked on shows at the Los Angeles Opera, the Goodman Theatre and for Walt Disney Theatricals. She graduated with honors from the Theatre School at DePaul University and credits her roots in theater for her love of crafting story.

Cynthia is incredibly grateful to the seniors who trusted us with their story and for the goodwill of Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing, the organization that built Triangle Square.

SUSAN MUNRO, Editor

A versatile and talented editor, Susan Munro has a diverse career in commercials, music videos and film. In the past 15 years, Susan has developed an extensive commercial portfolio including spots for Nike, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Chevrolet, Nasdaq, Gatorade, AT&T, Citibank, GMC, Sempra Energy and Sierra Mist. Her collaborations with award winning directors like Marcus Nispel, Chapman Baehler and Dean Karr, produced a variety of music video projects for artists such as Elton John, Brian Adams, Bush, Little Kim, Velvet Revolver, and Queens of the Stone Age. In the film world, Susan has worked with multiple directors on award winning shorts which have screened internationally.

“I like editing in multiple platforms because each cutting style tells me so much about the other,” says Munro. “My work as a commercial editor informs my work as a film editor and so on. I specifically enjoy the story telling aspect of editing. It's wonderfully challenging to shape 3 hours into 30 seconds, or in the case of the documentary, 180 hours becomes 90 minutes.”

MARIKA TJELIOS, Composer

Montreal born LA based composer Marika Tjelios is a graduate of Concordia University and Berklee College of Music. Along with A Place to Live, Marika has provided music for Drift racer Rhys Millen's documentary titled Mad Skills as well as Honda Civic's 2008 interactive web campaign. Marika's latest project was for the Tropic Thunder DVD release - a five minute behind the scenes short titled The Art of the Fart featuring Jack Black. She also provided music for Warner's Seasons 1 and 2 DVD releases of Two and a Half Men. Her first feature film, Street Players, is currently in Post-Production. In 2004 she was commissioned by the Sonoma Film Festival to write a score for the 1915 silent film A Fool There Was, starring Theda Bara, which she performed live at the festival. Along with her composing work, Marika produces and engineers in her own Hallway Studio located in Echo Park. Her most recent producing effort is the debut CD by Melissa Moshé titled Small World for Left Hands. The CD had its official release on June 3rd, 2008, at the world famous Whiskey a Go-Go. Marika also plays bass for Leda Atomica, who's song Too Dark For You won the 2006 Los Angeles Music Award for Best Alternative Song. The band is currently working on a follow up to Take It Back which should be released in the Spring of 2009. Marika's past credits include touring and recording with Gogh Van Go, Men Without Hats, Sue Medley, Melissa Ferrick and Jariya.

For more information please visit her website at: http://www.marikatjelios.com

NOAM DROMI, Executive Producer

Noam Dromi is the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of NoCo Media Group (NMG), an entertainment marketing and production company based in Los Angeles. Together with his partner Carolyn Coal, Noam has developed and created original programming for television, film, new media and location based platforms. In addition to partnering with Bittersweet Productions to produce A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square, NMG recently produced the motorsports documentary Mad Skills featuring world champion drifting legend Rhys Millen.

Dromi recently served as Executive Producer and SVP of Production for CMP Impact, a leading entertainment marketing agency. Noam and his team were responsible for developing and producing the broadband, DVD and mobile content applications for a variety of studio and corporate clients including Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Brothers, GoFish Studios, FreMantle and many others.

Previously, he served as SVP of Content Development and Brand Strategy for Cocojambo, the US media and entertainment division of marketing and advertising agency LLW Group Worldwide. At Cocojambo, he oversaw the firm's business development efforts to identify, license and develop entertainment properties and related merchandising as well as sponsor supported branded programming for exploitation in the traditional and new media marketplace.

Noam is involved with a wide range of political causes and charitable organizations. He has also served on the advisory boards of The Bronfman Philanthropies, Chrysalis Foundation, Medicines for Nepal, The Global Film School and Voices in Harmony. He attended the University of Southern California.