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The Team

Michael Bayouth

►  Director's Reel

►  Acting Reel

Producer/Director – “1013 Briar Lane” – Son Of Jason Films
Producer/Director – “Sam Hell” – Son Of Jason Films
Producer/Writer/Director – “Take 22” – Son Of Jason Films 
Producer/Writer – “Musical Journey To Freedom” – Bliss Productions
Storyboard Artist – “The Day of the Triffids” – BBC Productions
Production Designer – “Shroud of Turin Documentary” – Darlow Smithson Prod.

Production Designer – “What If” – Sci-Fi Channel
Creative Consultant – “INVASION” – Sonya Films
Puppeteer Videographer – Spider-Man II – SONY Pictures
Writer – “The Dave Thomas Comedy Show” – REM Films
Actor – “Paranormal Activity” – Dreamworks
Actor – "Free Radio" – VH1
Actor – “Bulletface” – Sonya Films
Actor – “Devilgirl” – Monkey Man Films

Michael Bayouth is a successful artist, director, actor and producer with over twenty-seven years experience in the entertainment industry and has held a variety of positions. As an Actor Bayouth has had the opportunity to work on studio and independent features with credits that include "Paranormal Activity" (Dreamworks),

"Bulletface" (Sonya Films) also Bayouth appeared on the debut episode of Free Radio on VH 1 impersonating Christopher Walken from the LA Stage production of "All About Walken".  As a writer Bayouth has penned several independent projects of his own and was very fortunate to early on to work with Dave Thomas, Mike Meyers, Mike Short and Anson Downes writing five episodes for CBS called "The Dave Thomas Comedy Show"which featured guest appearances by John Candy, Dan Ackroyd, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Rick Overton and Catherine O’Hara.  

For the last 20 years he has run his own Entertainment Advertising Agency called Bayouth Productions Inc. specializing in movie advertising and servicing clients such as Disney and Universal.

In 2004, Michael worked on "Spider-Man 2" with Sam Raimi and John Dykstra.  He spent a year on the Sony sound stages lighting, shooting and compositing test shots for the physical tentacle effects for the Doc Ock character, as well as shooting more than 80 hours of behid-the-scenes footage for the DVD.  All of this work earned Michael three credits on the movie and eligibility into the cinematographers union.  

With the establishment of Son of Jason Productions Bayouth has produced several live-action shorts, two feature documentaries and a feature-length horror film titled "Sam Hell", which has been featured on Fangoria.com and is now complete.

Ryan Ball

Producer’s Rep,  Screenwriter & Filmmaker

Ryan Ball has spent the last six years as a staff writer and online editor for Animation Magazine, the premiere monthly publication covering animation and visual effects in filmand television.  He also produces video content for the magazine’s broadband channel, AniMagTV. The job has afforded him access to many of today’s top filmmakers and has even led to work in the industry. He has written for an animated children’s series that is currently in development and collaborated with Chiodo Bros. Prods. (Team America: World Police, Elf) and CBS on mobile projects. Ryan is also a contributing author of the book Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel, the World of Cartoon, Anime, and CGI, published by HarperCollins. 

Prior to joining Animation Magazine, Ryan worked as a radio personality and was an award-winning advertising copywriter on the East coast. He received his Masters degree in English from Radford University, where he broke new ground by being the first in the department to complete a short film as his thesis project. Ryan has since created a number of animated shorts and has written several feature-length screenplays.

David M. Matthews

Screenwriter - WGA

David M. Matthews’ career has been varied, to say the least.

He served as Musical Director for three years on the CBS soap,

“The Young And The Restless” for which he won an Emmy for

Outstanding Musical Direction and Composition.  During his

tenure at “Y&R,” he also executive produced a well-received

album containing performances by several of the show’s stars, distributed

by Nuance-MCA Records. 

He then moved on to sitcom writing, where he penned scripts for “The Nanny” (CBS)

and “Living Single” (FOX), as well as staff writing and producing gigs on

“For Your Love” (NBC/WB), and “Half & Half” (UPN). Subsequently he 

successfully teamed with filmmaker, Michael Bayouth on the screenplays

for “A Howl In One”

and “Kidnight” and helped produce the documentary, “A Musical Journey To Freedom.”  

He has continued to write music for TV and film, composing dramatic

underscore for “Valhalla,”  “The Last Frontier,” “Western Avenue” and “Wave Babes,”

to name just a few.

Bill Bryan - Visual Effects

Bill Bryan began designing, building and performing

effects when he was in high school.  A BFA from

Syracuse University’s School of Visual and

Performing Arts and a trip across the country, hitchhiking

and hopping freights, led to his first job in NBC’s wardrobe department,

where he created costumes and puppets for TV, films and commercials.

Meanwhile he was appearing in Shakespearian productions at

Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum. 

Since then, Bill has built costumes and performed for a number of

major motion pictures. His credits include The Staypuft Marshmallow

Man for Ghostbusters, Grouchy in Men in Black, the robot in

Bicentennial Man, a big ape in King Kong Lives and pteranodons

in Jurassic Park 3. He built Stillsuits for ‘Dune’, shells and parts for

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, creatures for The Outer Limits,

Poltergeist and Stargate, fat suits for Frasier and plastic outfits for

rock band Primus, battery maker Duracell and beer company Fosters. 

Bill’s work has also graced commercials for Energizer, Miller Lite,

Magix Cards and Nissan. He has made puppets for Species, Rex,

Sabretooth, The Amityville Horror 2 and The Gate 2, and made set

pieces for Overboard, Spaceballs, Die Hard, The Naked Gun, Toys,

Hook, Honey I Blew up the Kid, The Cat in the Hat, Baby Boy,

Spider-Man 2, Epcot center, Madonna Videos and more.

JASON D. McKEAN

Visual Effects

Jason D. McKean is an art director,

musician, composer/songwriter, and

has had a lifelong interest in in filmmaking. 

He has scored the soundtracks of 4

features, and countless short films,

including Richard Christian Matheson's

adaptation of his erotic short story "Arousal." 

Grease Trek, a film parody that he created with his brother Scott, was his first

foray into shooting with blue screen and compositing with digital backgrounds.

The film has garnered international praise and was a part of the official 40th

Anniversary Star Trek conventions across the US. 

McKean has wrote and produced 7 albums and his meditation albums have

sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. He has collaborated on two albums with

Richard Christian Matheson (drums / co-producer) on two Existers albums

"of Coffins and Carousels" and "Tiger Walkin' Weather". Currently he is producing

a 30-song album for the band SMASH-CUT, consisting of Matheson,

Preston Sturges and Craig Spector.

He lives in Malibu with his wife, dog, computers, and American Civil War collection.

JEFFREY MICHAEL - Composer

Film composer, pianist and recording artist Jeffrey Michael has performed for millions

of people and sold over 250,000 CD’s worldwide with his self-promotion strategy and

record label Fireheart Music. 

Jeffrey Michael grew up in Sterling Heights and Novi, Michigan. As a 2 year old he used

to bang on his Great Grandmother’s piano. In 1983 she passed away and her piano was

passed along to Jeffrey’s mother. She actually told him not to touch the piano for fear that

he would damage it at such a young age. Naturally, he disobeyed her and began playing

the piano by ear when he was 6 years old, going on to compose his own music by 11 years old.

Jeffrey does not read music but rather is a self-taught musician who utilizes his excellent ear

for his music and composes using a special shorthand that he developed as a child prodigy.

Some of his musical influences include pianists George Winston, David Lanz, Suzanne Ciani

and film composers Alan Silvestri, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer, James Horner,

John Williams and Thomas Newman.

At age 15 Jeffrey broke his right hand and could barely use it to play piano for many months

which caused him to develop his left hand much more fully than many pianists. Now he is

known for his dexterous two-hand counterpoint melodies. That same year Jeffrey borrowed

$1,000 from his father, went to a recording studio and made a tape of his compositions that

he began selling in his high school. In two weeks he paid his dad back. The next year he

made another tape. By the time he graduated, he had sold 5,000 albums of instrumental

music primarily to high schoolers!

1n 1996 after briefly taking business classes at Eastern Michigan University and

Schoolcraft College, Jeffrey created Fireheart Music. Since then he has developed his

company into an independent record label and music production company where he

composes, produces and arranges piano CD’s. Under the Fireheart label he has released

and self-promoted 11 piano CD’s. 

For the past 8 years Jeffrey has been touring the United States performing small concerts

and more recently has become one the top art festival musicians in the country. He has

also performed for many illustrious companies including Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox,

Robert Mondavi Wineries, Versace and The American Cancer Society. 

Jeffrey's main passion is composing music for film and television. He has an elaborate

home recording studio and has composed music for over 40 independent projects and

specializes in the Action, Horror and Drama genres.  Some of his credits include music

on the Sci-Fi Channel, ABC, Bravo and Oxygen as well as various reality TV shows. 

Jeffrey is also co-owner of Half Genius Productions, an independent film production

company in the Los Angeles area. He plays the guitar, enjoys screenwriting, painting,

traveling, fishing, golf, hockey, fantasy football and has played soccer throughout Europe.

He now resides in Hermosa Beach, California."

Doug Ridley is a founding partner and head of the Film and TV Entertainment 

Law division of Quisenberry, Ridley & Shiffman, LLP in Westlake Village, California. 

Prior to founding QRS, Ridley was a prosecutor in the Ventura County District Attorney’s 

office for five and a half years handling cases involving DUI, vehicular manslaughter,

traffic investigation, assault and battery, narcotics, gangs, and sexual assault. 

He entered private practice in November of 2004, handling business and entertainment 

related cases as well as helping out an occasional client who needed assistance in criminal courts.

Ridley serves as counsel for several small production companies as well as for individual talent.  

He has worked as counsel for animation companies, is an avid comic fan, and has many ties 

to the videogame industry. He is part owner of VenTex Productions, LLC as well as counsel 

for Heinesight Entertainment.  He is a producer on several films in development and brings 

this creative aspect to his legal representation.  Few people have Ridley’s passion for the 

industry combined with his level of legal expertise.

His keen eye for reviewing cases comes from a thorough understanding of the elements of offenses 

as well as a unique insight into what a jury loves to hear.  Mr. Ridley graduated from Pepperdine University School 

of Law in 1998 with a focus on Trial Advocacy, earning awards for his exceptional trial skills. 

He passed the bar exam on his first attempt and was admitted to practice law in California in 

December of 1998. He also earned a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine’s 

world renown Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution. Mr. Ridley earned a Bachelor’s degree in 

English from California State University Fullerton in 1994 and a Master’s degree in Political Science 

from Cal State Fullerton in 1995.

Mr. Ridley is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Entertainment Section and the 

San Fernando Valley Bar Association. He is on their panel of attorneys for their Lawyer Referral and 

Information Service. Doug is heavily involved in the business community and is the Chairman of the 

Board of Directors of the Calabasas Chamber of Commerce He is on the Board of Directors of the 

Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, and was awarded the 2006 Business Person of the Year award 

from that Chamber. He is the founding President of the Moorpark Morning Rotary Club.