I. Michael Toth

Writer - Director

I. MICHAEL TOTH has over 25 years of professional experience in the film and television industry. After graduating from the prestigious University of Arts, Film and Television Production Department in Belgrade, he started his professional career as an assistant director to Srdjan Karanovic on the feature film “Petrija’s Coronet” (Petrijin Venac). He worked as assistant director on various feature films, as a documentary filmmaker and writer/ director for the documentary TV series “Man and Time” for TV Novi Sad. Michael moved to the United States in 1987 and settled in Chicago, where he has produced, directed, filmed and edited a number of short films and documentaries. He also produced, directed and edited numerous commercials, industrial and point of purchase videos for major corporations, including American Dental Association, GE, Hilton Hotels, McDonald's, Nestle, Sears, State of Illinois and United Nations among others. Michael wrote, produced and directed several short and feature length documentaries including SCULPTURES: PIECES OF MY DREAMS (for PBS); THE FREEMASONS (distributed internationally); and UNSEEN JOURNEY (ITVA award winner). He recently adapted for the screen, ON THE OPEN ROAD, from the play by Steve Tesich (Academy Award winning screenwriter for BREAKING AWAY). His original screenplay, THE MAN WHO LIVED IN DREAMS, is slated by Life is a Dream Productions for production in 2011 (see imdb.com details).

Christopher Gentry

Producer

CHRISTOPHER GENTRY formed Life is a Dream Productions with Michael Toth in 2000 to produce feature films to be directed by Michael. Since graduating with a degree in Corporate Finance from Arizona State University, Chris has worked in commercial and investment banking with several leading financial institutions including FleetBoston Financial, BankBoston and Sanwa Bank. He is a founding partner and managing director of Monroe Credit Advisors LLC, a boutique investment banking firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Chris produced Michael Toth’s short film, CAST IN GRAY, in 2004 and the feature film project, GRAY IN WHITE AND BLACK in 2009 (see imdb.com details).