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RORY FIELDING - President & Executive Producer

 

Rory Fielding roryfielding.com is an award winning broadcast professional with over 25 years experience in television production and distribution. His short-form and documentary work can be seen on PBS, ESPN and other networks.

 

Fielding directed 1955, Seven Days of Fall, which was broadcast nationwide on ESPN and PBS and inducted in the collection of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The film earned three major awards including the Aurora Platinum Best of Show, New York Independent Film Festival Award for Best Sports Documentary and the Accolade Award for Excellence.

 

His director credits also include the music series Frequency hosted by jazz musician Dave Koz on location from Capitol Records in Hollywood. He has produced profiles on music icons BB King, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Bon Jovi, Fleetwood Mac and more.

 

He was twice honored by the Associated Press for excellence in broadcast journalism and is a graduate of New York University where he served as Associate Professor of Film & Television.

 

 

 

CORTNEY FIELDING - Senior Editor

 

Cortney Fielding is a multi-media journalist based in San Francisco. She has been writing and producing for the Fast Focus series since 2003. Her broadcast work has been featured on PBS stations across the country. Cortney earned a B.A. in telecommunications from the University of Florida, and later received an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Southern California.

 

 

KELLY BOSSARD KELLEHER - Co-Executive Producer

 

Kelly has been a broadcast professional since 1991 when she started her career at CNN in the Chicago bureau as an associate producer. She later joined WABU-TV in Boston and was nominated for an Emmy for the program “Consider This”. She has worked for NFL Films and developed a film asset management program for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

As a broadcast PR executive she developed and distributed public relations content to television stations nationwide. Kelly was a member of the Emmy Award winning team that produced the rock documentary “You Gotta Move” on Aerosmith for the A&E Television Network as well as the rock doc “Paul McCartney in Red Square” for the ABC Concert Series.

Kelly has enjoyed a long relationship with Fast Focus and has been instrumental in developing relationships and content for EMI, Capitol Records and Arista. Kelly is a graduate of Villanova University where she majored in Communication Arts.

 

 

JUSTIN FIELDING - Producer, Los Angeles

 

Justin moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in stand-up comedy and writing after graduating from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Finance. He produced and co-wrote several humorous commercials and sketches for viral media and television broadcast and has a recurring role on the upcoming web series The Grenada Hills. When he is not conducting West Coast business relations for Fast Focus, he can be seen performing in local Los Angeles comedy clubs.

 

 

JOHN MALIK - Production

 

John has more than twenty years experience as a video editor, cameraman and recording engineer. John lends his many talents to non-profits by way of marketing, development, media relations and production. His varied talents and expertise are a boon to both Fast Focus and the non-profits which he serves. He works with such organizations as Jackson Memorial Hospital Organ Transplant Division, His House Children's Home, Miami Lyric Opera, Miami Jazz Cooperative and the Orange Bowl. John recently filmed a reunion project for the 1969 New York Mets.

John’s extensive background with nonprofit organizations gives him a distinct understanding of the unique struggles they face. In his spare time John serves on the board of directors of several non-profit organizations including the Miami Contemporary Dance Company.

 

 

RAY SULLIVAN - Artistic Director, Fast Focus on Arts

 

Ray has been in the dance world for close to thirty years. After a successful career performing works by more than forty choreographers in North America, South America, Asia and Europe; he became the founding artistic director of the Miami Contemporary Dance Company in 2000. Ray is credited with choreographing forty-five works to date. He has directed international cultural exchanges over the last ten years from Miami as well as Italy and South America. Ray performed for five years with Argentina’s El Ballet Contemporáneo del Teatro San Martín.

Ray was trained in Martha Graham and José Limón Techniques and also trained at the Paul Taylor School, the Joffrey Ballet School, the David Howard School and Broadway Dance Center. He earned a B.F.A. in dance from State University of New York at Purchase and currently spearheads the Fast Focus initiative to support the arts through its global audience.

 

 

DAVID MORROW - Programmer

 

David Morrow has over 20 years of entertainment industry experience spanning music, radio, television and the internet. He began his career in entertainment as manager of the Grammy Award winning artist B.J. Thomas. Other clients included Kenny Rogers Productions, the Buddy Holly Estate, and Lee Trevino / William Graves Golf Course Design Company. He has also been a field producer for shows such as Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, and Inside Edition. Having been involved with Fast Focus since the beginning; he was instrumental in the creation and design of the Fast Focus web site, which was one of the first video streaming sites of its kind.

 

 

CYNTHIA BILDER - Script Development

 

A veteran of thirty years in the entertainment and communications industries, Ms. Bilder’s strong background in creative endeavors brings a wealth of experience and talent to Fast Focus.

A member of the Directors Guild of America since 1976, she spent 16 years producing advertising and variety specials working with many of New York’s video pioneers. In 1985 Ms. Bilder joined acclaimed documentarian, Peter Rosen, as Associate Producer on five television documentary programs for network and PBS including the Emmy Award winning “America Is”. She has penned several children’s programs, a romance novel and created and continues to author a weekly column of original content for an Internet portal.

Ms. Bilder is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is a member of Women in Communications


 

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