Melissa Martin (Director/Writer)
Melissa Martin has written and directed plays produced in New York, Chicago, Toronto and at home in Pittsburgh. Her plays include The Shriveled Arm of Uma Kimball, The Last Bridge, and The Convalescence of Marge among others. Martin holds an MFA in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon’s school of drama, where she also studied directing, and a BFA in acting from University of Illinois. She is a university professor and has begun to direct commercials. The Bread, My Sweet is her first film. Melissa & Adrienne were recently honored to be named among the Top 50 Cultural Forces in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Currently they are in development for their next feature Nights of the Tutu Parties, along with a documentary and a TV pilot and a series of shorts

Adrienne Wehr (Producer)
Adrienne Wehr spent 10 years as Associate Producer of the Emmy-award winning Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. She has served as producer, writer & art director for such companies as Family Communications, HBM/Creamer, and Gateway Studios, and is an educator. As a performer she works in film, television, stage, radio & and print. Recent film performance credits include Disney’s Inspector Gadget, Kevin Smith’s Dogma, & The Bread, My Sweet. She has a BA in Writing/Literature with a Performing & Visual Arts minor from Denison University. The Legacy of Amenartas, a short she produced, directed and performed in, continues to screen internationally as well as in the States. The Bread, My Sweet is the first feature film she has produced. She was recently honored for her achievements in the arts as one of 40 Under 40 by Pittsburgh Magazine and along with Melissa as among the Top 50 Cultural Forces in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Currently Adrienne and Melissa are in development for their next feature, along with a documentary and a TV pilot and a series of shorts.

Mark Knobil (Director of Photography)
For more than 20 years, Mark Knobil has worked with 16mm, 35mm, & video formats. As a documentarian he has over two dozen credits as DP for National Geographic, Nova, other PBS specials and the Discovery Channel. Credits include: Volcanoes of the Deep (Nova, PBS); TITANIC: Anatomy of a Disaster (Discovery Channel); The Shape of Life, Cats: Caressing the Tiger, and Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods (all National Geographic). Other projects range from Mister Rogers Visits the USSR (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) to I Ain Cha Hoe (music video for The Missfits/Saturn). Two of his projects have been Emmy-nominated. His corporate clients include USAirways, IBM, Westinghouse and
PPG Industries.