Robert J. Emery has won more than 75 industry awards for his work over the past 32 years as a writer, producer and director in the film and video production industry. In the past eight years his work has been honored by the New York Festivals eight times and the Chicago International Film & TV Festival twice.

          Mr. Emery is currently producing the 52-hour Encore Network series "The Directors", and is in production on the six-hour history of Western Cinema titled "Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs", as well as the two-hour documentary "In Search of the Lincoln Brigade", which revisits eleven American volunteer survivors of the Spanish Civil War.

          SWIMMING UPSTREAM, a Feature Film written and directed by Robert J. Emery, and starring Michael Moriarty (Law & Order) & Ben Savage (Boy Meets World), debuted at Digidance in January, 2001, and in February, 2001, Swimming Upstream was honored with the award for the Best Dramatic Feature Film at the 2001 AngelCiti Film Festival.

          Robert Emery shot the film entirely in SONY's new High Definition 24P Digital system and it is only the second film, worldwide, to be completed in this new cutting edge technology format.

          Manoug Manougian, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, is Professor of Mathematics at the University of South Florida. He has authored numerous articles and books, chaired the Department of Mathematics for ten years, and directed research on the design, construction and launching of rocket propulsion systems.

          Dr. Manougian has done research on domestic violence and genocide, and he is currently developing a curriculum on genocide education for students in schools and colleges. He has edited and published such books as: "Hear Me Now: Tragedy in Cambodia" by Sophal Leng Stagg, "Working Together to End Domestic Violence" by P. Jaffe, N. Lemon, J. Sandler and D. Wolfe, and "A Voyage of Discovery: From the Big Bang to the Ice Age." by Marc J. Defant.

          Jack Sandler is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, University of South Florida. He is a licensed Psychologist and a Certified Behavior Analyst who has had numerous articles published in various Psychology journals and magazines. He co-authored a book on domestic violence and has done research on genocide and the Holocaust.

          Dr. Sandler has served on the Board of Editors: APA Journal of Selected Documents in Psychology, Board of Editors: Family Violence and Pathology, and as a participating reviewer for Psychonomic Science, Contemporary Psychology, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Therapy, Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.