ERIC J. ADAMS is a producer, screenwriter and author. He co-wrote and produced My Suicide, winner of the Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Jury Award and Audience Award for “Best Picture” at the Gen Art Film Festival, and the “Outstanding Achievement in Film Award“ at the Newport Beach International Film Festival. My Suicide was also an official selection at SXSW, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Seattle Film Festival.
Eric is also the author of six books, including the suspense/thrillers Birdland (Hodder & Stoughton) and Plot Twist (St. Martin's Press). He wrote and directed To Save A Child, an award-winning documentary on suicide, as well as a number of other documentary and short films. As a journalist, Eric has written for dozens of national and regional periodicals, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Wired, and Salon.
For his new company, Sleeperwave Films, Eric is relying on his unique background to develop a number of film projects exploring contemporary social issues, including teen suicide, racism, prison inmates rights, and isolation on Native American reservations.
Before his life in film, Eric founded MediaBank Communications, a successful San Francisco media communications firm. Eric is the Northern California director of Regenerate, a by-youth-for-youth digital arts non-profit organization and he teaches writing at conferences and seminars nationwide.
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MORTY WIGGINS launched his career in the music business over 30 years ago promoting concerts for the world -renowned concert promoter and artist manager Bill Graham. During his 15 successful years at Bill Graham Presents, Morty rose to the rank of Vice President/Partner and signed for management representation the “multi-platinum” recording artists Sheryl Crow; Gin Blossoms; Aaron Neville; and “gold” recording artists Monster Magnet and the Neville Brothers, among others.
In 1996, Morty was recruited by A&M Records to become their General Manager. He oversaw the marketing, sales, promotion, publicity, and creative services departments, created and executed quarterly budgets of $7M and scheduled the release of 40 to 50 new album releases and over 100 promotional singles.
In November 2000, Morty conceived, developed and executive-produced the music television series, “Live at the Fillmore,” which he syndicated monthly in select cable markets. Episodes featured such up-and-coming acts that went on to break including Coldplay, Pete Yorn, Linkin Park, and others.
In January 2001 Morty launched and was named President of 33rd Street Records, the independent record company of Tower Records, where he developed a novel approach to licensing finished masters from established touring artists. Morty then took on Tower Record’s independent distribution business, Bayside Entertainment Distribution and ran Bayside profitably ($25M annual sales) until the sale of the company.
In October 2005 Morty accepted the position of president at the digital media company Outhink. He successfully negotiated some of the first exclusive production contracts for videobloggers and advertising revenue share agreements with publishing sites including Yahoo and Blip.TV. Morty also launched the Outhink podcasting site Towerpod.com, one of the first websites to feature DRM-free, full-length songs in the MP3 format.
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PAUL MARTIN is a member of the Directors Guild of America and has worked with film studios 20th Century Fox, HBO, and Columbia Pictures as a first assistant director in such exotic locations as Estonia, Bali, Wales and Bulgaria. Feature credits include: Dude Where's My Car, Drive Me Crazy, Lambada: The Forbidden Dance, Hellraiser III and the cult classic, Lobster Man From Mars.
Paul wrote and directed the award-winning short film Ash Wednesday and Widow Maker, recognized in the National Film Challenge. He has produced a number short films, including Flashcards, a narrative on child abuse, which garnered the Audience Choice Award at the New York International Film and Video Festival and was selected for the “Marche Du Film” at Cannes.
Paul served four years in the U.S. Army in Italy, attaining the rank of Captain, before moving to Northern California.
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