Filmmaker Biographies

Zack Arnold – Director/Editor

Zack Arnold is currently an editor for the show Burn Notice on USA Network. His background includes editing feature films for studios such as Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros, and Walt Disney Pictures, as well as numerous independent films. He has also worked on web series, theatrical trailers, documentaries, and other various promotional materials. His list of professional editing credits can be viewed on IMDB.

Zack originally met Chris in college at the University of Michigan in a film production course. The first day of class, Chris (a quadriplegic paralyzed from the neck down) was wheeled into the classroom to stares of disbelief and silence. After all, how could someone paralyzed function in a high level film production course that was 100% hands-on? Despite the whispers and stares, Zack took it upon himself to include Chris in his group, and thus a lasting friendship was born, and they were good friends from that point on. The last time Zack saw Chris was the day he was a groomsman in Zack's wedding. Chris passed away shortly after.

Zack can be followed on Twitter @BurnEditor.

Dorian Cheah – Film Composer

Dorian’s journey in music began with violin lessons at the very early age of 2 1/2. By age 5 he was performing regularly in and around his hometown, Pittsburgh, PA. When he was 13, he and his family moved to the New York area and he continued his musical studies at The Juilliard School.

Since arriving in Los Angeles, in addition to his work as a solo artist, he has composed scores to several short and feature films and has had hundreds of music placements in films and major network television shows. Last year his critically acclaimed score to “Am Limit”, helmed by Oscar winning director Pepe Danquart, helped this German feature documentary to win the Bavarian Film Prize. Dorian has toured and/or recorded with many major label acts, from LA-based band The Apex Theory to Rockstar:INXS finalist MiG, to Celine Dion, En Vogue, Hayley Westenra, and more.

In 2007, Dorian released his own solo album on Metastation. Produced by Bill Laswell, this instrumental work features collaborations with Zakir Hussain, Bernie Worrell, Karsh Kale, and others. He is currently co-writing and playing on another Laswell-produced project featuring world renowned African kora player Foday Musa Suso, which will feature collaborations with Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana.

In addition to his career as a musician and composer, Dorian also has extensive experience as a sound designer and editor, working on such blockbuster films as The Great Debaters, Austin Power: The Spy Who Shagged Me, One Missed Call, The Ruins, and Stomp the Yard, to name a few.

Sam Aronson - Sound Designer/Re-recording Mixer

Sam Aronson is a musician and award-winning audio professional who has worked in the Hollywood film industry for many years. In addition, he is the CEO of his own audio post-production company, Sammy Sound, Inc. He has extensive experience providing sound design, audio post-production services, and studio mixing for a wide range of projects from theatrical feature films and trailers to DVD commentaries and televisions specials. He also employs a full staff of audio professionals capable of providing every service necessary for this film from sound design, audio sweetening, dialog clean-up, foley and ADR, narration recording, and the final Dolby-certified audio mix in 5.1 surround.

Some if his recent credits include The Bannen Way for Sony Pictures Entertainment, numerous marketing materials for Disney's A Christmas Carol, the trailer for the Will Ferrell comedy Step Brothers, Dreamworks' Bee Movie, the Oscar-winning films Dreamgirls, The Departed, Walk the Line, and Flags of Our Fathers, blockbuster releases such as Jumper, 10,000 B.C., American Gangster, Moulin Rouge, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Master & Commander, and Kingdom of Heaven.