Craig Detweiler
 is a filmmaker, author, and cultural commentator who's been featured in The New York Times, CNN, and NPR. Films he has written include The Duke (1999) for Disney's Buena Vista and the comedic road trip, ExtremeDays (2001). His one-hour documentary, Williams Syndrome: A Highly Musical Species (1996), premiered at the Boston Film Festival, won a Cine Golden Eagle, the Silver Award at WorldFest Charleston, Best Documentary at the Carolina Film and Video Fest, and the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival.
Craig co-directs the Reel Spirituality Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His first book, A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture, connects the dots between movies, music, TV and the divine. It has been adopted as the standard text in the field of theology and pop culture on college campuses around the world.
Craig grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. He's a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Davidson College and earned an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema/TV. Craig just completed his Ph.D. in Theology and Culture from Fuller Seminary. His dissertation, Soul Meets Body: Faith in the Internet Movie Database, will be published in 2008.
Craig and his wife, Caroline, live in Los Angeles, with their children, Zoe and Theo.
John Marks
 is a novelist, journalist and a former 60 Minutes producer. His first novel, The Wall, was named a New York Times Notable Book in 1998. His second, War Torn, made Publishers Weekly's Best of 2003. His third novel, Fangland, appeared in January 2007 and has been optioned for a feature film by Hilary Swank. His 60 Minutes segment 'Submission', about the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, received a 2006 Gracie Allen award from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television for Best Hard News Feature.
John's first work of non-fiction, Reasons to Believe, a portrait of American Christianity, will be published by the Ecco Press, an imprint of Harper Collins, in February 2008.
John, 44, grew up in Dallas, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in German from Davidson College and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa's Iowa Writers Workshop.
He currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts with his wife, Debra, and his son, Joe.
Purple State of Mind is both Craig and John's feature documentary directing debut.
Priddy Brothers
John and Ed Priddy, co-founders of Priddy Brothers develop, produce and distribute independent films that explore with respect, grace and artistry the depth and breadth of the human experience.
The company champions high-quality film projects created by self-energized, entrepreneurial filmmakers passionate about their art and its message. Staunch supporters of young filmmakers, the Priddy's were instrumental in launching the Windrider Forum, which takes place each year during the Sundance Film Festival. The Forum includes lively, creative workshops and discussions, which allow both cutting-edge graduate and undergraduate film students to interact with the year's top film projects.
John and Ed are long-time sponsors of the Angelus Student Film Awards and creators of the Triumph Award.
The Priddys are executive producers of award-winning documentaries: 39 Pounds of Love, Doug Block's thought provoking film 51 Birch Street, Hilla Medalia's To Die in Jerusalem and most recently, Michael Hoffman's Out of the Blue.
Their upcoming projects include Hilla Medalia's After the Storm, scheduled to be completed in 2008, and Heather Rae's First Circle, anticipated to be released in 2009.
Mark Priddy, Executive Producer
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