CREW ...

WILL MOORE : Writer/Director/Producer

Filmmaker Will Moore was born and raised in Victoria, TX. After high school, Will moved to Austin where he would spend his next four years at the University of Texas playing football for the Longhorns and earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. The son of Costume Supervisor Stanley Moore, Will spent his summers while in college employed by his father, working on such films as Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty and Mel Gibson's We Were Soldiers. It was while on these summer “breaks” that Will discovered his life’s calling, filmmaking.

Never one to procrastinate, a week after graduating Will set out after the dream and moved to Los Angeles. He quickly began working as a production assistant, pulling grunt duties on a number of films, including Big Momma's House and Dude Where's My Car. Then by a chance, Will landed a job at one of the top literary and talent agencies in Los Angeles, the Gersh Agency. While at Gersh Will assisted several A-list writers; working directly on rewrites with the likes of Dennis O'Neill, scribe of The River Wild and John Rice, who penned Windtalkers for John Woo. This exposure instilled in Will a sense of confidence and by the close of 2000 he knew it was time to move on.

Will returned to Austin in early 2000 and over the next two years he would write and direct over twenty short films. In the Fall of 2002 Will enrolled in the highly acclaimed Austin Film Works Production Program taught by Steve Mims (Professor of Robert Rodriquez) where he would write, direct, and edit three films, all of which would be screened at the Alamo Draft House in downtown Austin, Texas.

By the close of 2002 Will decided it was time to make his first feature film, a script he had written called Wesley Cash. In order to raise the money for Wesley Cash Will worked two jobs and then in desperation sold his recently paid off 2000 Ford Explorer. In August of 2003 Will returned to his hometown of Victoria and on a shoestring budget of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) completed his first feature film. To accomplish this task Will had to produce, story board, direct, operate the camera, design the sound, color correct, and edit the film all on his own. In late Will sold the North American rights of Wesley Cash to Vanguard Cinema. He is currently developing his second feature film, Cowboy Smoke, which he hopes to begin production on in the summer 2006. In addition to this, Will is in post-production on a short film titled Quarter To Life as well as a short documentary titled Storm Chasers.
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FAGAN PATTERSON : Producer

Fagan Patterson was born and raised in Victoria, Texas. A sixth generation Texan his ties to the area run deep. The Fagan Ranch was founded in 1820's from a Spanish land grant and is one of the oldest ranches in Texas still in continuous operation by the same family. At age 15 Fagan began working as a roughneck on oil rigs and did so each summer to earn money for the school year. He continued this work while attending Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. After graduating with a BBA in Business Management Fagan moved to Austin and over the next several years would work for a venture capitalist firm as mid level manager helping raise money for a variety of projects.

Yearning to get back home, Fagan moved to the family ranch where he would learn the family cattle business from his grandfather. While working at the ranch cowboying, Fagan acquired his first two cows and from this modest beginning, over the years, has built up a herd which he now runs on family land under the banner The Patterson Cattle Company. In 1991 Fagan teamed up with a childhood friend and formed Appraisal Associates, a full service real estate appraisal firm handling residential, commercial and agricultural appraisal work in the gulf coast area. In 1995 he formed his own company, Patterson Appraisal Service which he still currently owns. A partial client list includes local and national banks, nationwide mortgage companies, universities, and law firms. In 2001 as a secondary business line Fagan formed Patterson Homes a small volume builder in Victoria County. His first year in the parade of homes he was able to successfully compete against established builders and win a design award for his series of homes.

In the late summer of 2003 Will Moore was in Victoria casting for his upcoming feature Wesley Cash. By chance at a casting call the two met and hit it off immediately. Fagan would go on to help with the production of Wesley Cash as a financial investor and many hours were spent during which Will and Fagan discussed all aspects of the film business. The two men both quickly recognized their work ethic, drive and desire to succeed where one and the same and shortly thereafter Fagan became an executive producer with Bandwagon Films and a partner in the company.
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DUNCAN MONTGOMERY : Legal Counsel

Mr. Montgomery received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Texas and a Law Degree from Southern Methodist University. After graduating from law school, Mr. Montgomery accepted a federal clerkship with the Honorable Paul Stickney in the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. Upon completion of his clerkship, Mr. Montgomery moved to Austin, Texas and began practicing law with a boutique entertainment law firm where he worked primarily with independent filmmakers, producers, and writers.

In the summer of 2003, Mr. Montgomery started his own firm, Montgomery Law, where he provides a variety of services including the creation of financing entities, drafting and negotiating production agreements, and negotiating distribution contracts. Mr. Montgomery has offices in Dallas and Austin and travels regularly to Los Angeles to represent the interests of his clients. Mr. Montgomery maintains a relationship with a broad network of agents, producers, writers, directors, distributors, and content buyers.

In addition to his role as an entertainment attorney, Mr. Montgomery recently produced his first feature length film entitled Drop Dead Sexy.
The picture, starring Jason Lee, Crispin Glover, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Lin Shaye, Xander Berkeley, and Brad Dourif, premiered domestically at the South by Southwest film festival and internationally at the Cannes Film Market. Mr. Montgomery is currently working with Creative Artists Agency on his next feature film which is scheduled to begin shooting in the spring of 2006. Mr. Montgomery’s film representation company, FilmRep.com, has formed an alliance with a Texas based distribution company and has direct access to DVD retail stores such as Blockbuster, Wall-Mart, and Barnes & Noble.
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JACK FITSGERALD : Production Accountant (bio coming soon)


STEPHEN ACEVEDO : Director of Photography

Stephen Acevedo graduated from St. Mary’s University with a degree in English/Communications Arts. Following graduation, he worked for several video production companies as a camera operator and an editor. He moved to Acapulco, Mexico in 2002, where he worked as a production assistant on John Sayles’ Casa de los Babys. Upon returning to the United States, he was hired by GP Blick, Inc. to write and direct a short spec film for their video production reel.

Stephen was accepted to the Film School at Florida State University in
2003 and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in Film Production in 2005. He received his thesis in Cinematography. Working on over 60 short films as a director, DP, AC, AD, grip, gaffer, production designer, editor, etc., he greatly increased his technical knowledge of filmmaking, but more importantly, developed a stronger understanding of storytelling.

Stephen has recently camera assisted on numerous commercials in Texas, and has directed 4 commercials for Laszlo Rain based out of San Antonio. He continues to pursue directing and cinematography while living between San Antonio, TX and New York City.
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WENDY SHEPHERD : Online Publicity and Consulting + Web Design

Wendy Shepherd was born in Salem, Ohio. She has lived in various places such as Arizona, California, and Maryland over the years. She attended two years of Community College for Business Administration in Arizona with her husband. They now have 3 children whom they home school. Wendy stays at home with her children, and works on the computer in her spare time.

Wendy is a self-taught internet entrepreneur. You could say being an entrepreneur is in her family blood. Her father, Gary Brinker, was also an entrepreneur in art and construction. She has worked in many aspects of the internet for about 10 years. She owns and built multiple websites that successfully make money with many affiliate programs and direct advertising. She is a website designer, graphics designer, and freelances for large companies and small businesses. She works on the local newspapers in Maryland. She has also been an online Affiliate Manager. She networks with many people online from some of the top marketing professionals in the online world to the smaller family-oriented businesses.

Wendy has a six-page story in the book, "The Online Millionaire". She has a published interview in the Wall Street Journal (April 2006), was featured in Revenue Magazine in 2004 and again in 2006 as "Five Who Thrive." She also has done audio interviews. She was first interviewed by The Emmitsburg Dispatch newspaper in Maryland in 2001.

Wendy has achieved her goal of helping her family get their first home in February of 2003. Wendy has now earned enough with her online work to have her husband, Michael, work part time and stay home with their family more. He was a full time retail manager who has been in retail for about 15 years. Wendy and Michael feel that spending lots of time with their boys as a family is very important.

Wendy has a passion for many things including the making of movies and film. She started Movievine.com and BuildMovies.com in hopes of helping people in the film business get exposure for their work. She met up with Will Moore when interviewing him for Dreamish.com which ultimately led to working on the CowboySmoke.com website.
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CHRIS LAMBRIGHT : Chris Lambright grew up on the island of Java, Indonesia, the son of medical missionaries. Returning to the U.S., he eventually graduated from Baylor University with a degree in Psychology and went on to train in Art and Advertising. His background includes technical illustration, graphic design, web design, sci-fi and fantasy art...and one instance of old-style matte painting on glass (as well as a keen interest in special-effects). After spending several years in corporate America, managing computer systems and network security, Chris decided to return to his interest in filmmaking and writing, heading from Dallas to Austin.

Teaming up with Will Moore on artwork for "Wesley Cash" led to a number of other projects for Bandwagon Films...including a redesign of the BWF web site. To date he has produced artwork for several Bandwagon Films projects, including the forthcoming "Cowboy Smoke". Other designs are in development.


CAST ...

MIKE LUTZ - Actor : Cowboy Smoke Character : Joe

Credits: The Faculty, Malcolm in the Middle, and NBC’s Crossing Jordan, Buffalo Soldiers, Rough Riders, The Day Lincoln Was Shot

Mike Lutz was born and raised in the south Texas town of Kingsville. As a teenager, Lutz began acting and starred in many plays and musicals at the University of Texas A&M – Kingsville where he received his B.A. in Theater. After making the move to Los Angeles, Lutz landed his first professional film role in the 1997 TNT miniseries Rough Riders directed by John Milius. He followed that by being cast in several TNT Original Films, including Buffalo Soldiers starring Danny Glover. In 1998, Lutz was featured in Robert Rodriguez’s teen sci-fi thriller, The Faculty, starring Elijah Wood who later was cast as Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy with the help of an audition tape in which Lutz co-starred. He’s also made several network television appearances on such shows as Fox’s Malcolm in the Middle, and NBC’s Crossing Jordan. When he’s not acting, Lutz is a set costumer who has worked closely with A-List actors such as Jim Carrey, Mel Gibson, Will Ferrell, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Bill Murray, as well as on the films of Steven Spielberg.

Most recently, Lutz can be seen in Will Moore’s short film Quarter To Life in the role of Carl Gaskamp. Lutz is thrilled to be working with director Moore again as he joins the cast of his upcoming feature film Cowboy Smoke.
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MATT JOHNSTON - Actor : Cowboy Smoke Character : Travis

Credits: Host of Discovery Series It Takes A Thief, Jimmy Kimmel’s Live, The Today Show, The Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch and The Abrams Report

Matt Johnston was born in Odessa, Texas in 1976. After years of studying and making low budget video and film projects, Johnston decided to go west. He formed his own production company in California and specialized in sketch writing, local music video producing and free lance editing. In an interesting plot twist, Johnston found himself on the business end of a camera when he accepted a job hosting the Discovery Channel's hit television series It Takes a Thief. A reality television series about two reformed criminals who break into peoples homes and then offer advice on how to improve home security, It Takes A Thief has been a huge success and is now in it's second season. On a recent promotional whirlwind, Johnston was a guest on such shows as Jimmy Kimmel’s Live, The Today Show, The Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch and The Abrams Report. He has been seen in nationally televised commercials and print ads for All State Insurance. He continues writing, producing, directing and editing with his production company, Trigger Entertainment in Austin, Texas. He will be appearing as an Assistant Coach in the television series pilot directed by Peter Berg, Friday Night Lights.
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CHAD MATHEWS - Actor : Cowboy Smoke Character : Wes

Credits: Wesley Cash, NBC’s Profiler, Get Your Stuff, Me, Me, Me

A native Texan, Chad Mathews graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in Radio, Television, and Film. Not ready to join the real world quite yet, Chad was encouraged to pursue a modeling career and moved overseas for eight months. He worked as a model in Barcelona, Munich, Hamburg, and Milan before settling back down in the United States. Residing in Los Angeles, a career as an actor and writer has served Chad well. Studying extensively under Anthony Barnao and Brian Reise, initial success was found with TV commercials. A consistent performer of the stage, productions such as Bums Luck, Fool For Love, and most recently Godot Has Left the Building has garnered local recognition.

Film credits include Loretta, and Get Your Stuff - with the most notable performance as the lead in Will Moore’s film, Wesley Cash. Chad has also been featured on NBC’s Profiler and most recently starred opposite Tori Spelling in the UPN pilot Me, Me, Me.
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