DIRECTOR
Cameron Mullenneaux is an Emmy-nominated independent filmmaker. Exit Music, her directorial debut, is a co-production with ITVS and broadcast on PBS in 2019. She directed and produced the Emmy-nominated short film Angelique which was acquired by Conde Nast/Glamour. Cameron has an MFA in documentary film production from Wake Forest University and received a BA in death and dying studies from Warren Wilson College. She currently helms ISLANDIA PRODUCTIONS. She lives in Ventura, California with her husband and 2 boys.
COMPOSER / MAIN CHARACTER
Ethan Rice (1986-2018) not only starred in Exit Music but provided all the original music for the film. “His love of music was eclectic and so dynamic. He experimented with sound and rhythm, wrote lyrics and melodies. He played rhythm guitar, mandolin and a little banjo. He attended any concert he could get to but haunted the Flaming Lips shows. Paul McCartney, BB King, Miles Davis and Neutral Milk Hotel were among his favorite artists and groups. On his massive “to-do” list was to make a album on vinyl of his original music. That he did. Lemon Gold and the Sneaky Snakes came to life with a little help and encouragement from his family and friends. Ethan taught himself the art of stopaction filmmaking and claymation animation. The results reflected his world views and his particular brand of humor - a commentary was always forthcoming.” (excerpt from his obituary)
PRODUCER
Linda Davis Garkow is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who produced The Force, an inside look at the troubled Oakland police department, which won the Directing Award at Sundance in 2017. She also produced The Kill Team, about a soldier in Afghanistan who attempted to report war crimes committed by his platoon, which won Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca in 2013 and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism. Before that she produced The Waiting Room, a verite portrait of a day in the life at a public hospital in Oakland, California, which was released theatrically in 2012 to critical acclaim and won numerous awards including the Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit award.
EDITOR
Nels Bangerter is the editor of CAMERAPERSON, VERY SEMI-SERIOUS, LET THE FIRE BURN, THE HOTTEST AUGUST, and other award-winning documentary films. He has been nominated for two Emmys, won best editing awards from the Cinema Eye Honors, Tribeca Film Festival, and the IDA, and was selected as a Sundance Labs creative advisor. Nels has two terrific kids and lives in Oakland, CA.
EDITOR
Amy Foote is a documentary editor based in Brooklyn, NY. Her editing credits include The Work (Grand Jury Prize SXSW 2017, nominated for a Gotham Award and Cinema Eye Audience Award); Peabody award winning Mavis! (HBO); 1964 (PBS American Experience) the Emmy-nominated and James Beard Award winning film, A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt (HBO, BBC); For Once In My Life, (PBS Independent Lens, SXSW Audience Award 2010, IDA Best Music Documentary). and the Emmy-nominated film, Finishing Heaven (HBO). She was also was the Consulting Editor on Chef Flynn (Sundance and Berlin 2018), and was an Additional Editor on Long Strange Trip (Oscar Short list 2018, Amazon) and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (PBS American Masters).
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Sally Jo Fifer
SOUND DESIGNER
Berkeley Sound Artists
Music Producer
Jake Bloomfield-Misrach
EXIT MUSIC is a co-production with ITVS, with additional support from SFFILM, IFP, LEF Foundation, and Visual Storytelling Consortium.