UPSTAIRS INFERNO - Documentary Contributors

Alan Lefebvre has been a professional filmmaker since 1981, after graduating from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with a BFA in Film with Honors. Alan has performed professionally as a cinematographer/DP/director for hundreds of local and regional commercials, corporate, institutional and educational projects, television shows, and more.

Rice is a New York Times best selling author. His debut, "A Density of Souls", was an overnight best seller and was greeted with a landslide of media attention, much of it due to the fact that Christopher is the son of legendary vampire chronicler, Anne Rice. Much of his writing is heavily influenced by the years he and his Mom lived in New Orleans. Rice considers New Orleans his "hometown". Christopher currently co-hosts his own Internet radio show, THE DINNER PARTY SHOW, with fellow New York Times best selling novelist, Eric Shaw Quinn. Rice recently published the novel, "The Vines", which is set in the outskirts of New Orleans. Christopher Rice also wrote the adapted screenplay for Anne Rice's novel, "The Tale of the Body Thief", which was acquired by Universal Pictures in November 2014, according to Variety Magazine.

Nick Morr received his BFA in Cinematography from the School of Visual Arts and his MA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago. He works as a Director of Photography and Video Artist in Los Angeles. A highlight in his portfolio includes the film festival favorite, "Leather" by Patrick McGuinn. The film premiered at Philadelphia's QFest in 2012 to enthusiastic audiences and it continued to play the film festival circuit throughout the year.

Nickolas Rossi was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Columbia College Chicago for fine art photography and graduated from Portland State University with a B.Sc in Sociology. Following university, he lived and worked in Montréal, London, Prague and Los Angeles. His portfolio includes the award winning Del Shores’ film "Southern Baptist Sissies" and the award winning documentaries, “Power of Two” and “Still Around”. As a cinematographer, he has worked extensively across the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Mexico. His work has screened in numerous film festivals across the globe, as well as PBS Independent Lens, CNN, MTV/LOGO and Fuel TV.

Digital cinema colorist Omar Godinez began his career as a DaVinci artist in 1984. He built a solid reputation color grading national and regional commercials. In 2005, Omar fulfilled his dream of owning his own shop, Colour Cafe, which provides a high-performance DaVinci Resolve color grading suite. Godinez grades HD to 5K formats using unlimited layers of Power Windows with 3D Auto Tracking, Precise Color Isolation, Noise Reduction and Image Stabilization, all in real-time. His suite is equipped with state-of-the-art video scopes and video monitoring to ensure accurate color reproduction. As he states it, Omar's mission is this: "My role, as digital cinema colorist, is to interpret and fulfill my client's vision, utilizing the latest technology available".

Camina's previous film, RAID OF THE RAINBOW LOUNGE is a documentary about the controversial 2009 police raid of a Fort Worth, Texas, gay bar that sparked an unprecedented outcry by the gay community leading to historic change. The film, narrated by TV icon Meredith Baxter, opened to rave reviews and a media frenzy in March 2012. Since the premiere, the film screened at dozens of film festivals and garnered a number of awards, including 5 “Best” film awards. Camina is very proud that the film is helping to create change. The film is still being used to turn an unfortunate event into far-reaching teachable opportunities. RAID OF THE RAINBOW LOUNGE is strengthening grassroots organizations, engaging local communities and advancing social change. Camina looks to use UPSTAIRS INFERNO in a similar way. A highlight of Camina's career was receiving an invitation to the White House for President Obama's 2012 LGBT Pride Month Reception and greeting the President.

Roy Machado – Owner and Creative Director and Supervising Sound Editor for DAPG. With decades of experience in film/television and advertising, Roy has brought well-rounded knowledge to clients such as Lions Gate Films, New Horizons, Universal Pictures, NBC TV, Fox TV and Hasbro Games. He has composed music, sound designed and mixed audio for hundreds of movie trailers, TV spots, toys, games and corporate video productions. As part of the team Roy continues to expand his knowledge in all aspects of audio and post production. He studied music performance and composition as well as radio/television and film at the University of North Texas. Roy and his team worked on Camina's previous award winning film, RAID OF THE RAINBOW LOUNGE.