Only A Dream represents a group of students and professionals from around the world trying to bring an independent animated feature film to life.

Ben Rush is the writer, director, creator of Only A Dream and an animator at Pixar Animation Studios.  Prior to this, Ben worked for Google ATAP on On Ice, which garnered an Annie Award nomination, and at Digital Domain developing the character “Beast” for Disney’s upcoming live action remake of Beauty and the Beast.  Ben has also served a supervising animator and supervising character technical director at DreamWorks Animation and Square Pictures.

Ben Rush

Director

Writer

Christian Kane will play Scarecrow in Only A Dream if the feature version of the film is successfully financed.  Kane hails from Angel (from the Buffy The Vampire Slayer-verse), The Librarians on TNT, and Dawson’s Creek, The Donner party and numerous other movies and television shows.

Christian Kane

Actor

Chalet Lizette Brannan will play Lucy in Only A Dream if the feature version of the film is successfully financed.  Chalet is a leukemia survivor and one of the most prolific actors for her age in film history.  She has appeared in numerous feature films including Cyborg X, Junkie, The Sparrows, Nightmares, and Tinker.

Chalet Lizette Brannan

Actor

Pierre Perifel is the character designer for Only A Dream, and a head of animation at DreamWorks Animation.  Pierre graduated from the prestigious Gobelins L’École de L’Image in Paris, and has won numerous awards and accolades for his work as a 2D and 3D animator, including Annie Awards for his leadership on “Lord Shen” in Kung Fu Panda 2 and “North” in Rise of the Guardians, among others.

Pierre Perifel

Character Designer

Mattias IA Eklundh is a composer for Only A Dream, and widely considered one of the most innovative and ground breaking guitar players in the world.  As the guitar and vocals helmer for the metal band “Freak Kitchen”, Mattias has attracted a fast-growing global following, from “guitar nerds” to distinguished critics.  His minimalist, home-brewed, and stripped down approach to the guitar has surprised record buyers and journalists around the world.  Ken Sharp wrote of Eklundh’s musical genius as a “frontier with no boundaries, no limitations, no restrictions” and a “force of insane explorations of sound that consistently presses the musical envelope”.  Eklundh’s love of ‘left of the dial’ mavericks profoundly impacted his own artistic direction.

Mattias IA Eklundh

Composer

Clint Heidorn is an Only A Dream composer, and a guitarist based in Los Angeles, California. His first album, Atwater, was released on his own Ashes, Ashes Publishing imprint in October of 2011. Deeply personal, his music explores simple melodies, themes of death and futility, and the sounds and impressions of his native Southern California. Atwater was followed in Fall 2012 with +33° 58′ 41.85″, -117° 49′ 13.74″, a limited edition release about the oak tree near his childhood home.

Clint Heidorn

Composer

Currently an animation director at Digital Domain, Steve Preeg has helped bring some of the world’s most memorable digital characters to life.  He received an Academy Award for his work created the aged likeness of Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. As the animation director for TRON: Legacy, he led he development  of the CG likeness of Jeff Bridges.  He also acted as the lead creative behind the virtual likeness of Tupac Shakur for the Coachella Music Festival.  Steve has created digital characters for movies including Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and King Kong. He’s also worked on Flags of Our Fathers, I, Robot and served as the animation supervisor on Oblivion.  Steve is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and hold a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Steve Preeg

Head of VFX

Barr Potter, founder and CEO of Tripod Entertainment, Inc. (d/b/a MediaWide Consultants), has been in the entertainment industry for over 35 years developing, financing and producing feature films and television series (both live-action and animation). Prior to Tripod, Barr was Chairman and CEO of Largo Entertainment, Inc., which was involved in the financing, acquisition and worldwide sales of 20 feature films. During his tenure, Largo became one of the top independent foreign sales agencies in the world, and Barr was recognized by Screen International Magazine as one of the “Power 100” executives in the industry.  Barr holds a degree from Columbia University School of Law. He is also a screenwriter and member of the New York State Bar and the California State Bar.

Barr Potter

Executive Producer

L7 Pictures is a “virtual” animation studio founded by Ben Rush to produce Only A Dream.  The online company has zero budget and no income, operating strictly as an internship and educational facility for animation students.   In exchange for their work, artists are offered production experience in a collaborative environment, animation direction, industry networking opportunities, and a credit on the film.  To date, nearly 100 artists worldwide have joined L7 production at various times.  Numerous animation professionals have also been involved.

L7 Pictures

Production House

L7 Pictures Trailer Crew

Writer, Director

Ben Rush

Cast

Makena Rush
C.V. Canoe

Executive Producer

Barr Potter

Original Score

Clint Heidorn
Mattias IA Eklundh

CG Supervisor

Leif Pedersen

Character Design

Pierre Perifel

Sound Design and Re-Recording Mixing

Jamey Scott

Mixing Consultant

Michael Babcock

Editors

Christopher Capp
Todd Glover

Additional Music

Mattias IA Eklundh
Jamey Scott

Additional Editing

Maurice Bolton

Storyboards

Alfredo Cassano
Todd Glover
Kelly Nakasone
Pierre Perifel
Ben Rush

Layout

Maurice Bolton
Filippo Dattola
Todd Glover
Kelly Nakasone
Larry Vasquez
Gregg Wrenn

Characters made possible by

Jason Ryan & iAnimate.net

Character modeling

Victor Vinyals
Juan Solis

Character Rigging

Victor Vinyals

Character surfacing

Barrett Davis
Todd Glover
Roberto Raio
Joost van Schaik
Jose “Weecho” Velasquez
Victor Vinyals

Character Animation

Viki Lopez Amores
Jorge Alvarez
Maurice Bolton
Auguste Chang
Lorenzo Colaiori
Filippo Dattola
Rami Daoud
Wayne Dixon
Avner Engel
Andrew Ford
Jorge Garcia
Todd Glover
Ravi Govind
Brad Jacobson
Dave Johnson
Rob Kim
Daniel Klug
Hanung Lee
Dustin Mackay
Nicolai Marcher
Casey McDermott
West Munz
Mike Padilla
Erica Pinto
Cesc Pujol
Roberto Raio
Jason Ryan
Jonathan Sakamoto
Joost van Schaik
Angelo Sta. Catalina
Rastko Stefanovic
Roy Stein
Juan Mi Vadell
Darrell Vasquez
Leslie Watters
Benjamin Willis
Mitch Yager

Sets modeling

Filippo Dattola
Harry Ellard
Todd Glover
Barrett Martin
Immanuel Matias
Randell Potts
Joost van Schaik

Sets rigging

Anthony Durand
Brad Jacobson
Angelo Sta. Catalina

Sets Surfacing

Scot Andreason
Barrett Davis
Christopher George
Todd Glover
Jason Hutchins
Jay Mossman
Jonathan Sakamoto
Jose “Weecho” Velasquez
Megan Walker
Bin Zhang

Lighting

Filippo Dattola
Lorenzo Colaiori
Christopher George
Todd Glover
Hadi Gol
Roberto Raio
Joost van Schaik
Greg White

Visual Effects

Harry Ellard
Christopher George
Todd Glover
Joost van Shaik
Don Smith
Milad Savar
Alexander Ware

Matte Painting

Aaditi Dutt
Christopher George
Joost van Shaik

Compositing

Christopher George
Kelvin Liang
Joost van Schaik
Don Smith

Technical Direction

Todd Glover
Firmin Saint-Amour

Production Assistant

Mou Sarin

Special Thanks

iAnimate.net
Duncan Studio
Elevant Productions
Meat & Potatoes Brand Graphics
Moham Media
GlowHost
Dramatic Audio Post
Full Sail University
Jason Ryan
Barr Potter
Warren Kohler
William Baldwin
Pierre Perifel
Ken Fountain
Ares Deveaux
Todd Gollopo
Ken Morrissey
Ken Duncan
Lisa Poole
Jamey Hopper
Steve Preeg
Sujay Kanth
Tracy Rush
Kai Rush
Leif Rush
Makena Rush
Sara Mossman
Julien Chery
John David Marte