BIOS

W.W. VOUGHT

The spiral started in 1964 when Bill flunked kindergarten. According to Miss Schilling, Billy failed to contribute worthwhile ideas, relax during quiet periods, keep his hand and feet to himself, listen to and follow directions, talk softly, listen without interrupting, accept responsibility, sing on key, and remember his street and house number. Miss Schilling also felt Billy was much too interested in violent television shows.

After watching the movie, The Longest Day, Bill received permission from his sixth grade teacher to put on a play. Two weeks later, both the fifth and sixth grade classes went to the gym to watch Bill's production of the Normandy Invasion. Ten minutes after the curtain opened, the play was stopped. It seems the teachers felt playing guns on the stage didn't add up to good theatre, but the guys all agreed it was the coolest play they were ever in.

In 1997, Bill was meeting one-on-one with Steven Spielberg to discuss Bill's World War II script entitled When Trumpets Fade. One year later, When Trumpets Fade aired as an HBO original movie starring Ron Eldard, Frank Whaley and Dwight Yoakam. Since that time, Bill has worked for DreamWorks, Disney, Sony, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios. Among the people he has worked for are Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Arnold Kopelson.

In 1999, Bill went to work for Steven Bochco on the CBS series entitled City of Angels, breaking into the television end of the business for the first time. Two years later, Bill created, wrote and co-executive produced Sam's Circus, a CBS series pilot shot in England. Bill has recently signed a deal with Sony Television to develop and write a series pilot. Currently Bill's production company Come Ride The Dark Horse produced Johnny Virus which Bill wrote, and is his directorial debut.

PATRICIA HELLER

Patricia Heller was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has degrees in Communication and Mass Communication with a minor in Theatre from the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After working in the business world in Milwaukee and Chicago for a number of years, she decided to pursue an acting career on a full time basis in the early 1990's.

Heller pursued this career in Theatre in the great theatre town of Chicago. That is where she met and married William Vought. At this time Vought was not yet a produced writer. Heller has been on board as a team member with Vought in brain storming, dreaming and now finally producing their first feature film, Johnny Virus.

In February of 2005, they teamed up with Gulch Entertainment, and successfully got Johnny Virus in the can on time and on budget. Patricia serves as an Executive Producer and also plays the role of Franziska in the film.

Bill and Patty together, have developed the company Come Ride The Dark Horse, and look forward to many more projects in collaboration with Gulch Entertainment.

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REBECCA M. GULLION

Rebecca Gullion was born and raised in Studio City, California. At an early age, Rebecca developed a passion for performing. During her high school years at Mayfield Senior in Pasadena, California, Rebecca was accepted into the conservatory for the arts, with an emphasis in dance. She spent the next four years of her life dancing, performing in more than twelve dance ensemble concerts and three plays. She graduated in 1999.

Rebecca continued onto college at California State University, Long Beach. During her junior year in college, she began an internship at Fox Television Studios. She graduated in 2003 with a BA in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication with an influence in MEDIA.

Immediately following her graduation, Rebecca was hired as an executive assistant to Emmy Award winning Producer, Kevin Burns. It was here that she discovered her passion for performing had taken a transformation into a desire to do behind the scenes work. For the next two years, Rebecca's jobs consisted of research and assistant story editing for various television shows, including A&E Biography, Look Up In The Sky: The Amazing story of Superman, Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy, Playboy's 50th Anniversary Special and Girls Next Door.

In 2004 Rebecca began taking a film production class at UCLA where she met various aspiring producers, directors, and writers. She was approached by a fellow classmate who asked if she was interested in producing a short film. She found she excelled at budget preparation and scheduling, and enjoyed communicating, negotiating and working with people who shared her common interests.

In early 2005 Rebecca and her brother Jesse started their own production company, Gulch Entertainment. In February, screenwriter, W.W. Vought, asked if they would be interested in producing Johnny Virus. Together, with Come Ride the Dark Horse, Inc., Johnny Virus was completed in October 2005. Currently, Gulch Entertainment is in development on a variety of different projects.

JESSE T. GULLION

Jesse Tyler Gullion was born June 20th, 1985 to Steve and Angela Cartwright Gullion in Studio City, California. In his early childhood years, Jesse developed passions for three things that would prove to be signposts for his future. The first was a fascination with computers and technology, the second was a love of photography, and in particular the family video camera with which he began making backyard videos with his neighborhood friends. The third was being an annual participant of summer theatre camps. Although at the time, there were no thoughts of pursuing a career in acting, the passion that Jesse found through the freedom of artistic expression was one that made the later transition a perfect fit.

These three elements fused together when Jesse inherited a MAC G4 computer, branded with Apple's Final Cut Pro 2.0. His focus became tunnel-visioned, absorbing the process of non linear video editing. He purchased books and studied 'the making of' for numerous films. In 8th grade, he directed, wrote, and edited A Day In The Life, a touching, two-part short chronicling the school year. The film was shown at the school's commencement ceremonies. It was then that Jesse's focus had become finite, in the realm of creativity, and the ultimate pursuance of a career in the arts.

Throughout high school at Flintridge Preparatory Jesse continued shooting and editing short music videos and handheld daily documentaries of the life around him. In addition, he continued acting in his school's theater program. His endeavors culminated in his senior year when he played the part of Henry Higgins in the winter production of My Fair Lady. For his senior thesis project, Jesse made The Power of Revenge, a 45 minute film which he wrote, directed, shot, edited and acted in. It was a rousing success when shown to a jam packed theatre at the school. Following his graduation from high school, Jesse and his sister, Rebecca, formed a production company, Gulch Entertainment. In February 2005, they were approached by writer-director W.W. Vought, President of Come Ride The Dark Horse, Inc., to co-produce the independent feature film, Johnny Virus. Over the next eight months, the film was completed. In addition to his role as producer, Jesse also served as editor and post production supervisor on the film. As of this writing, Gulch Entertainment is in development with Come Ride The Dark Horse Inc. on several future projects.

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