BIOGRAPHIES OF JOURNEYS BELOW THE LINE STAFF

Bruce Bilson – Executive Producer and Director of Journeys Below the Line
As a Governor of the Television Academy and Chair of its Educational Programs and Services Committee, Bruce has been the main creative force behind Journeys Below the Line. In his professional career he has directed almost four hundred television shows and developed a strong respect for and many lasting friendships with his fellow crew members. Along the way he won an Emmy for Get Smart and was nominated for the DGA Award in Comedy Directing for his work on The Odd Couple. Early in his career he was an assistant film editor for You Bet Your Life and then worked as a first assistant director on The Andy Griffith Show. Some of Bruce's directing credits include Hogan’s Heroes, Barney Miller, Life With Lucy, The Love Boat, Hawaii 5-0, Spenser for Hire, Fall Guy, Touched by an Angel, and The Flash.

Ray Colcord – Composer for Journeys Below the Line
Ray Colcord is a film and TV composer who is a current Governor of the Television Academy and a past President of the Society of Composers and Lyricists. He has written the music for more than 700 television shows and feature films including Family Affair, Lost at Home, Big Brother, Boy Meets World, Promised Land, Dinosaurs, The Facts of Life, 2-2-7, Silver Spoons, Touched by an Angel, and The Simpsons. He signed Aerosmith to their first record deal, co-produced their second album, Get Your Wings, and played keyboards on albums such as Don Maclean’s American Pie and Lou Reed’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live.

Steve Fisch – Legal Advisor for Journeys Below the Line
Steve Fisch, Esq. is a legal and business affairs executive, having worked on over 60 produced television motion pictures and numerous series for units of Viacom and Fox. Earlier he was on the production side of the house, getting his start on the NBC series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and later as a segment producer/researcher on the ABC series Ripley's Believe It or Not! He also produced the syndicated television feature length documentary Doomsday Chronicles and the Peabody Award winning Snippets spots before attending law school.

Steve has been a guest speaker for the past seven years at the Television Academy Faculty Seminar discussing legal clearances in student productions. He is a graduate of UCLA film school and Loyola Law School.

Michael Gallant – Producer for Journeys Below the Line
Michael Gallant’s producing credits include over 25 features, movies-for-television, and mini-series. He produced ESPN’s critically lauded movie The Junction Boys as well as the highest-rated cable movie in history, First Daughter.Prior to his career as an independent producer, Gallant served as production executive for ABC Circle Films where he supervised film and television projects including Attica, Inside the Third Reich, The Day After, Baby M, and War and Remembrance. He has taught seminars in television production at universities around the world including Concordia University in Montreal and Flinders University in Australia.

Christopher Gallo – Director of Photography for Journeys Below the Line
A black and white photography class that he took at age 14 and a job at a local newspaper launched Christopher Gallo on his career. He studied art and filmmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University then honed his photography skills at the Art Institute in Fort Lauderdale. He moved to Los Angeles and worked under such legendary feature D. P.s as Michael Chapman (Raging Bull) and Andrzej Sekula (Pulp Fiction). Branching out on his own, he lensed his first feature documentary, Full Tilt Boogie, which was acquired by Miramax and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.

Lynne Gross – Associate Producer for Journeys Below the Line
Lynne Gross is currently a professor at California State University, Fullerton where she teaches radio-television-film production and theory courses. She has worked in the television business as program director for Valley Cable TV and as producer for several hundred television programs, including the series From Chant to Chance for public television, Effective Living for KABC, and Surveying the Universe for KHJ-TV. She is the author of eleven books and numerous magazine articles dealing with media and is the recipient of the top educational awards given by the Broadcast Education Association and the International Radio and Television Society.

Judd Maslansky – Editor for Journeys Below the Line
Shortly after Judd Maslansky graduated in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he went to work as a film editor at a TV station in Washington, cutting in commercial breaks for old movies and cartoons. From there he went to New York where he worked as an editor/segment producer for the official production company for the United States Football League. Once he moved to Los Angles, his first job was as a runner in the editing department for Cagney and Lacey. Since that time his editing and assistant editing jobs have included dramas, comedies, feature films, reality series, and docudramas.