Crew Biographies

Mark Leialoha - Director of Photography

Mark is a director of photography and photojournalist whose work has been published in over 75 magazines and in 16 countries. He has worked with musicians including Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits, Alice In Chains, Metallica and Nirvana. He is currently one of the principals of Flying Moose Pictures, a video production company.

Marcus Shelby - Composer

Marcus Shelby has been playing acoustic bass for over two decades. He received a Charles Mingus Scholarship at California Institute for Arts in 1991 to study composition under flutist James Newton and bassist Charlie Haden, and was bandleader for Columbia Records and GRP Impulse! Recording Artists Black/Note throughout the early 1990's. Black/Note released four full-length recordings - Nothin' but the Swing, LA Underground, Jungle Music, and 43rd and Degnan. Shelby was also leader of The Marcus Shelby Trio, whose original recorded works include The Sophisticate, Intimate Strangers, and Un Faux Pas! In order to realize a more fuller and textured sound, Shelby began to assemble and refine The Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra in late 1998. The MSJO has recorded original film scores for the independent features King of the Bingo Game, Poetic License, and the Ralph Ellison documentary, which have all been broadcast nationally on PBS.