Director: Philip Hamer
“Philip Hamer graduated from Chapman University with a degree in Film editing in 2004 where he edited many short films including "Husk" (Sundance Film Festival) and "Fetch" (Cannes Film Festival). Since graduating he has been focusing on his own documentary projects and editing television shows for FuelTV, a division of Fox Sports. Philip has a personal interest in Kenya (the filming location of Glue Boys) having spent significant time there both filming and also assisting his parents in the adoption of his two youngest brothers (orphans who were the inspiration for the movie Glue Boys).”
Writer: Cameron Bird
"Cameron Bird is a freelance journalist, documentarian, chronic power-napper and archetypal middle child. His byline has appeared in Filter magazine, Paste magazine, Lowercase People and Newsday. As of December 2007, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in print journalism and philosophy from the University of Southern California."
Original Music:
TEKDBZ was formed in 2005 by visionary producer Photek as the pilotprogram for a new type of music. Assembling a cadre of soldiers from the worlds of hip hop, drum n bass, and dancehall TEKDBZ is the sound of the streets in the 21st century. A hybrid of various forms of music, TEKDBZ includes as members Super-Producer Photek, 3x World DMC champion DJ CRAZE, Americas number one drum n bass mc's Mental Sharp, and rookies of the year, Hochi & Infiltrata. There hugely anticipated Debut Album TEKDBZ:AMMO pairs the camp with superstar vocalists from different genres.
Cinematography: Zac Baney
“Zac Baney is an aspiring cinematographer who attends Orange Coast College in Southern California. From a very young age Zac has been interested in the world of film and video. This interest led him to work on short films, documentaries, commercials, music videos, and other projects through his company, Ultraviolet Media Productions.”
Additional Cinematography and Graphic Design: Ryan Fitzgerald
“While achieving only an AA degree in graphic design, Ryan has been mostly self-taught. He continued his education by working for RedSquare TV and studying motion graphics, video editing and cinematography. At RedSquare, Ryan helped produce over 200 episodes of television shows for Fuel TV and Fox Sports Net. Ryan was responsible for shooting interviews and animating the title sequence for "Glue Boys” with additional work done through his production company Urchin Studios. He was recently hired by DC Shoes' film department, DC Films, to help produce video content.”
Additional Photography (South America and Asia): Chris Gregerson
“Chris Gregerson is a Minneapolis-based photographer who shares both scenic and humanistic photography through his website www.CGstock.com. He recently lived in the Philippines with his Filipina wife, Arlene where they documented the daily life of adults and children in the impoverished areas of Manila and Angeles City.”
narrator Norman Ellis-Flint
“Norman Ellis-Flint is a street bred voice talent that began his career as a disc jockey in the late ‘60’s. He was the afternoon drive personality on America’s first FM “Underground” rock station KMPX-FM, San Francisco in 1967. In ’69 he moved to WCBS-FM, NYC. He left CBS to join John and Yoko’s Kharma Productions in Toronto, Canada staying until the Beatles’ break up in April of 1970. The next 20 years were a string of stations including Portland, Seattle and San Diego, California, where he now writes, produces and voices radio campaigns from his independent audio production facilities. Norman’s voice over work has been recognized with the CLIO for Announcer Technique and awarded the Southern California Broadcasters Association’s Announcer of the Year.”