Lawrence B. Dillon – Producer / Director

“Bud,” as he is known to his friends in the chorus, is a television professional with over 15 years experience. He has worked for PBS and Cable TV Stations as producer, director, editor and cameraman on a wide variety of programs including several documentaries. “Whose Body, Whose Rights,” aired on PBS and won several national film festival awards.Mr. Dillon has also worked as a freelance editor in Los Angeles.When he joined the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, he was presented the opportunity to combine his filmmaking talents and love of music. “Flash Gordon – Queen of the Universe” a sci-fi music video for the SFGMC Queen concert in 2002, was a hit at the SF International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. “Home for the Holidays” won the national Hometown Video Award for performing arts.He currently produces, directs and instructs at San Francisco’s public access television station and he still sings with the chorus.

Eric Jansen – Co-Producer / Writer

Eric Jansen was an active print and broadcast journalist for more than 15 years, including numerous editing, reporting and production assignments at KQED Radio. His news reports and mini-documentaries have aired on National Public Radio, Public Radio International's Marketplace, Minnesota Public Radio, and on local radio and television programs, including KQED-FM and Q-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has written for a wide variety of print publications, including the San Jose Mercury News, The Business Journal, San Francisco Business magazine, and The Advocate. He has developed, written and edited scripts for interactive educational software and has performed voice-overs for audio, video and online media. He holds a master's degree in Journalism from Northwestern University.

Michael Wees - Videographer

Since graduating from Concordia University with a degree in Film Production, Michael Wees has distinguished himself as one of Montreal’s top cinematographers in both narrative and documentary film. He has balanced a career shooting independent feature films and shorts with an extensive resume of documentary projects, as well as a number of music videos, dance and art films, and corporate productions. His work has had theatrical distribution, as well as national and international broadcast by CBC, TMN, PBS, Showcase, National Geographic, and Discovery, among others. Notable titles include the features “Seducing Maarya” and “So Far Away and Blue”, the short film “Take Out”, as well as the documentary series “The Deadly Arts” which aired on National Geographic and History Television.

Ashley Moore - Audio Post-Production

Ashley Moore began recording and producing records in 1991, trying to help promising bands reach their potential at the various recording studios where she worked. She was also writing and performing original music around the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1996, she opened her own studio and has been fiercely independent ever since.Today her work as a composer, performer, producer and engineer can be heard on radio, television, theater and film.You can visit her web page, AMOR Productions, on our links page

Dave Lara- Assistant Editor

Mr. Lara is the owner/operator of Digital Memories, a video editing and DVD authoring service for both corporate clients and individuals. He specializes in corporate focus group material, but also works with businesses and individuals that need to organize video archives in a coherent, accessible format.  He has trained at the Bay Area Video Coalition, Apple Software Courses for Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio pro plus LiveType and Adobe Photoshop.

Skip Myers – Web Developer

Moose Maravalla - Graphic Design

SFGMC Documentary Team

My deepest thanks and admiration to my fellow chorus brothers who have given their time and energy to make this project a reality:

Chris Ugalde, Dave Clements, Paul Saccone, Yann Jouvenot, Bruce Friedrichsen, Dominic Viterbo, Jim Haungs, Kevin Jones, Dave Feldman, David Tuner, Larry Limon.

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