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	Sepehr Dehpour was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. His is an avid skier, storyteller and visual effects designer! In his wide range of career, Sepehr Dehpour has been founder and director of CGTAL active media in Iran. He has also been co-founder and chairman of the 1st National e-Solutions Festival of Iran. Sepehr has been a member of the United Nations World Summit Award (WSA) Grand Jury and also expert panel. Sepehr was the vice-chairman of the 2nd IranWSA in 2007 when he resigned to come to the US; change his life; pursue a dream and become a student again! With the help of his fellowship of USC Annenberg School of Communications, he conducted a scientific visualization research on Catalina Island under the supervision of Professor Eric Hanson at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Having a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Sepehr believes that art has opened new horizons for him. His goal is to make Legend of Arad a memorable movie. And bring something to screen that is not seen before. sepehr.cgtal.com
	Lauren R. Brown was born and raised in New Orleans. She earned her bachelor's degree in Communications: Film, TV, Video at Centenary College of Louisiana and is now pursuing her master's degree in animation at the University of Southern California. Her interests include stop motion animation and 3D projection. Lauren interned with producer and children's book author William Joyce for three years and at Reel FX Studios in Dallas. You can see her work at www.animationnerd.com .
	For Kevin Lipnos, happiness comes from making other people happy. Kevin achieves this through storytelling with the medium of film. Whether it is with writing, editing, or directing, Kevin tries to tell the best story possible. He grew up in suburbs of Ohio and right out of high school he enlisted in the Navy where he honed his already strong work ethic and adopted its attention to detail maxim. Following the service he immediately started to pursue a film production degree at the University of Southern California. Not being able to satisfy his craving for all things film production, he also decided to take on a minor in animation and digital arts where he is learning even more tools to tell stories. Kevin has worked on many professional sets and studio productions and is currently still in school working as an Avid Technician in the post production facilities on campus.
		Taking an interest in all artistic endeavors, Rob incorporates music, art, photography, politics and philosophy into his appreciation and creation of a lasting filmic image. Growing up in Cincinnati, OH and then moving to St. Louis, MO to follow his education, Rob made films that incorporated the small independent Midwest feel until finally choosing to make the logical step of learning the Hollywood system in Los Angeles through USC’s film program. Straying away from one genre, Rob has shot a plethora of projects ranging from video to 35mm film and has won numerous cinematography awards from Fuji Film, Kodak Film, Film Festivals and the Universities. Rob received the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America, reviewed films on a professional level and while staying an active camper, reader and adventurer. An avid cinephile, Rob takes inspiration where he can to hopefully create and image and a product that is not only beautiful but that can have a lasting, meaningful affect.
	Jihyang Yoon started her costume design career in Korea where she worked on over thirty TV commercials and five music videos. In 2001 she decided to leave Korea and come to the US to fulfill her true interest in character making. Soon University of Southern California School of Theatre recognized her talent and gave her full scholarship to help her further focus on costume design. During this time she also worked for LA Opera Company and designed costumes for a number of different shows including The Trojan Woman which was directed by Lora Zane. Since then Jihyang has worked on several independent films and TV series including "Swallow the Sun" in 2009. Jihyang’s excellent illustration and drawing abilities are her great assets in communicating with directors. She believes that what is revealed of a script through costume is one of the most immediate elements of storytelling and that is the joy of her life.
	Sarah Char is an up and coming visual effects professional having recently worked on set and post-production for Universal Pictures' visual fx management team on Fast and Furious the studio's biggest hit of the year. She is currently supervising visual fx on an independent feature film and various short pilots. Previous production experience includes freelance lighting/camera, set design and various positions in live and live remote television productions. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Photography from Brooks Institute of Photography and studies in television production and theatrical stage & lighting design. A small gallery showing (in La Jolla, CA) of Sarah's photography is in preproduction.

Director
Sepehr Dehpour

Producer
Lauren R. Brown

Assistant Director
Sharon Yeung

Story by
Sepehr Dehpour

Written by
Sepehr Dehpour
Kevin Lipnos

Editor
Kevin Lipnos

Director of Photography
Rob Edgecomb

Script Supervisors
Kevin Lipnos
Jon Siebel

Production Supervisor
Mar Elepano

1st AC Antonio Baca
2nd AC Nadege Traore

Gaffer
Justin Rettke

Electric/Grip
Julian Vican
Joel Townsend
David Carstans
Ian Ward
Jon Kondrath
Alysia Russo
Katie Walker

Sound Mixer
Marcello Dubaz

Boom
Justin Arbour
 Camilla Tanabe

Set Photographers
Cha Chi Tseng
Isaiah Inderrieden

Costume Designer
Jihyang Yoon

Wardrobe Assistants
Chung Yeol Yang
Eunji Kim

Makeup Artists
Joe Badiali
Jen Hall
Laura Monteleone

VFX Supervisor on set
Sarah Char

Special Effects
Joe Badiali
Jen Hall

Concept Design
Elizabeth Willy

Storyboarding
Shervin Etaat
Laura Yilmaz

Post VFX Artists
Thomas Huang
Kaitlyn Yang

3D Tracking on set
Cha Chi Tseng

Stunt Coordinator
Eric Mbanda

Production Assistants
Darshan Kenbhavi
Jon Siebel
Adi Cabigting
Steven Turner
Amir Nabet
Eunji Kim
Jigisha Mistry
Jacob Albers

Caterer
Kennard's Caterers

Special Thanks to:
Dehpour Family
Mar Elepano
Shervin Etaat
Tom Sito
Will Weston
Mickael Fallik
Paul Shepherd
Laura Yilmaz
Navid Nabet
Mike Patterson
Candace Reckinger
John Thomas Arellano
Brad Kean
Pooya Ghobadpour
R.T. Richard Taylor
Sandra Joy Lee

Also Thanks to:
Evan Cheng
JessicaMarie Sutherland
Mitsuyo Miyazaki
Peter Bruenner
Yasmin Assemi
Roxy Maronyan

Thank you for visiting the Legend of Arad short film webpage. This movie is in post-production phase and we are actively looking for talented visual effects people to join our team. If you are interested in concept design, matte painting, environment art, compositing and other aspects of visual effects, please don't hesitate to contact us now!
The goal is to bring something to screen that is not seen before!