ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS


BRENT A. BAMBIC
Executive Producer/Director/ Writer

A native Southern Californian, Brent Bambic, 33, studied film and literature at UCLA and American Film Institute, among other prestigious institutions, and began his professional career as a screenwriter. Bambic has sold two screenplays, an adaptation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Zephyr Trophy" and wrote and directed the short film "Beelzebub." Later he gained production experience through staff positions at Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and TriCoast Studios. He subsequently produced and directed "Runaways" through his own Stronghold Productions. Bambic began writing the screenplay for "Runaways" over a decade ago, drawing inspiration from the life of one of his friends. When years later he started volunteering his services to a Catholic Detention Ministry and working with troubled teens, he returned to the screenplay, committed to telling a story that would heighten public awareness of the growing social epidemic of teenage runaways. Adds Bambic, "When I started to

research the topic and conduct interviews with runaway kids, I was overwhelmed. We all know that the homeless population continues to grow, but few realize that children under 18 make up 27% of its base. So many runaway teenagers are fleeing some sort of abusive household and many have lost all hope.".


ETHAN BLACK
Producer

Under the auspices of his Wonderland Productions, Ethan Black produces and directs industrials, commercials, music videos, television pilots and modestly priced independent features. Madonna’s record label, Maverick, has utilized his services for many of its artists’ videos, and he counts IBM, Coke and Wella/Paul Sebastian among his corporate clients. Additionally, he has held executive positions at Warner Bros. Television, Saban and Film Syndicate (Fox Sports) and is currently working with Look Effects Inc. on the mystical adventure children’s series “Majestan.”

A native New Yorker and a graduate of Hunter College with a degree in Financing, Black prepared to become a stock broker but relocated to Los Angeles five years ago to pursue an acting career. He gained his Screen Actors Guild card appearing opposite Tiger Woods in a Nike commercial and went to accrue such credits as the NBC-TV mini-series “Bella Mafia” and the feature film “The Good Life.” To create a strong role for himself as an actor, he decided in 1997 to write and produce a short movie, “True Crime,” which succeeded in earning attention at film festivals and calling attention to his skills at producing. He subsequently launched Wonderland Productions, co-producing such features as “Beyond the Day” with Joe Mantegna for LionÕs Gate, “Lord,” “Room Tone,” “Sex, Lies and Repetition” and “The Underground World of Johnny Lane.”

Always looking for his next project to produce, Black reads five to seven scripts a week and the screenplay for “Runaways” caught his eye. He had been exploring filming a documentary on homeless children, interested in the interplay between parents and runaway youths, and as “Runaways” addressed issues he wished to explore, he committed to the film.