About Beacon: Collaborators & Crew

DOUG HASTINGS has been a Director of Photography with Technisonic Studios since October of 1997. Doug worked as a D.P. at Innervision Studios for 17 years. During his career, Doug has been nominated for twelve Emmys and he is a four-time Emmy winner for lighting and photography.

Doug has worked with all the Fortune 500 companies in the St. Louis area and his production credits include hundreds of television commercials for local, regional, and national distribution.

Doug has worked with Beacon Productions on When the Bough Breaks, Dedication, and Slatkin! A Symphony.

DEEDS ROGERS, as part owner of the Arbor Group, has been directing for over 15 years. She favors the beautiful, the poignant, and the humorous. She has won numerous Addy Awards and, together with Petzall and Bonham, has been honored with an Emmy award; a Cable ACE Award nomination; a National Educational Film and Video Festival Silver Apple; ITVA's Golden Reel; two Telly Awards; three Regional EMMY nominations; National Poetry Association and Television Literacy's Rimbaud Award. She has a strong professional background in camera, lighting and editing, plus a particular knack for translating concepts into video and film in an exciting, ingenious manner.

Deeds has worked with Beacon Productions on When the Bough Breaks, Dedication, Veronica's Story, and Slatkin! A Symphony.

CATHERINE CATHERS is the current program coordinator for the Webster University Film Series and the former managing director of MediaARTS Alliance in St. Louis. A media artist herself, Catherine holds her BA in Media Communications with an emphasis in film and video. She has curated two video series at the Forum for Contemporary Arts and continues to be involved with them as a program committee member. In addition to ongoing curatorial projects throughout the St. Louis area, Catherine collaborates with local artists to produce art events including a variety of styles and approaches to various themes. Her own work is included in these exhibitions. Catherine currently teaches Film Appreciation as an adjunct professor at Webster University and continues to consult emerging electronic media artists on proposal and financial development.

Catherine has worked with Beacon Productions on When the Bough Breaks and Dedication.

WENDY HEARN (1958-1992) was founder and president of Heritage Account & VideoPhase Productions.

A native of Bradford, Pennsylvania, she moved to St. Louis in the late 70's after completing an MA at Michigan State University in Communications. While working on her Ph.D. in history at St. Louis University in American Studies, she also taught regularly at Washington University, Forest Park Community College, and University of MO- St. Louis.

In 1981 Hearn founded VideoPhase, the first female owned and operated production company in St. Louis. With profits from this company she started Heritage Account, Inc, a non-profit production company dedicated to chronicling history by emphasizing historical events about people who had little power in mainstream media.

In December 1992 on a rainy winter night, her husband was piloting her in a small pane towards a needed vacation in Jacksonville, Fla. Their plane lost its bearing in the storm and crashed to earth. Her work and her parents survive her.

Her interrupted filmography includes: "The End of the Line, Orphan Trains" "A Strong Seed Planted" "Meet Me at the Fox" "The Magna Carta" "Voices of Missouri's Past" "St. Louis Abby" "LaFayette Square" "Critical Stages, CASA" "St Louis Impressions" work in progress, "Soviet Jewry"

Her videos were distinguished by several Emmy Awards and nominations.

Wendy was my friend and colleague. She was committed to using her videos to democratize the cultural messages offered in mass media.

I wrote scripts for Wendy. With each production we began together, she would say to me, "Remember, I want to evoke the particular time and the particular place." Now her time and place are empty. For all the years that she is missing, she will be missed.





About Beacon Productions: Collaborators & Crew
	WALLY BONHAM, owner of New World Post Productions has excelled in every facet of production, from Cape Girardeau, MO Public Television station manager to camera to producer to editor. For the past 18 years, he has devoted his career entirely to videotape editing. He is known for his creative ability to edit sound and images such that the whole becomes much more significant than the sum of its parts. Winner of many Telly, Addy, and Emmy Awards, he brings a mature approach to ever-new technologies that is evident in the aesthetic clarity and depth of his work. Wally has worked with Beacon Productions on When the Bough Breaks, Dedication, Veronica's Story, November Nine, and Slatkin! A Symphony. DOUG HASTINGS has been a Director of Photography with Technisonic Studios since October of 1997. Doug worked as a D.P. at Innervision Studios for 17 years. During his career, Doug has been nominated for twelve Emmys and he is a four-time Emmy winner for lighting and photography. Doug has worked with all the Fortune 500 companies in the St. Louis area and his production credits include hundreds of television commercials for local, regional, and national distribution. Doug has worked with Beacon Productions on When the Bough Breaks, Dedication, and Slatkin! A Symphony. DEEDS ROGERS, as part owner of the Arbor Group, has been directing for over 15 years. She favors the beautiful, the poignant, and the humorous. She has won numerous Addy Awards and, together with Petzall and Bonham, has been honored with an Emmy award; a Cable ACE Award nomination; a National Educational Film and Video Festival Silver Apple; ITVA's Golden Reel; two Telly Awards; three Regional EMMY nominations; National Poetry Association and Television Literacy's Rimbaud Award. She has a strong professional background in camera, lighting and editing, plus a particular knack for translating concepts into video and film in an exciting, ingenious manner. Deeds has worked with Beacon Productions on When the Bough Breaks, Dedication, Veronica's Story, and Slatkin! A Symphony. CATHERINE CATHERS is the current program coordinator for the Webster University Film Series and the former managing director of MediaARTS Alliance in St. Louis. A media artist herself, Catherine holds her BA in Media Communications with an emphasis in film and video. She has curated two video series at the Forum for Contemporary Arts and continues to be involved with them as a program committee member. In addition to ongoing curatorial projects throughout the St. Louis area, Catherine collaborates with local artists to produce art events including a variety of styles and approaches to various themes. Her own work is included in these exhibitions. Catherine currently teaches Film Appreciation as an adjunct professor at Webster University and continues to consult emerging electronic media artists on proposal and financial development. Catherine has worked with Beacon Productions on When the Bough Breaks and Dedication. WENDY HEARN (1958-1992) was founder and president of Heritage Account & VideoPhase Productions. A native of Bradford, Pennsylvania, she moved to St. Louis in the late 70's after completing an MA at Michigan State University in Communications. While working on her Ph.D. in history at St. Louis University in American Studies, she also taught regularly at Washington University, Forest Park Community College, and University of MO- St. Louis. In 1981 Hearn founded VideoPhase, the first female owned and operated production company in St. Louis. With profits from this company she started Heritage Account, Inc, a non-profit production company dedicated to chronicling history by emphasizing historical events about people who had little power in mainstream media. In December 1992 on a rainy winter night, her husband was piloting her in a small pane towards a needed vacation in Jacksonville, Fla. Their plane lost its bearing in the storm and crashed to earth. Her work and her parents survive her. Her interrupted filmography includes: "The End of the Line, Orphan Trains" "A Strong Seed Planted" "Meet Me at the Fox" "The Magna Carta" "Voices of Missouri's Past" "St. Louis Abby" "LaFayette Square" "Critical Stages, CASA" "St Louis Impressions" work in progress, "Soviet Jewry" Her videos were distinguished by several Emmy Awards and nominations. Wendy was my friend and colleague. She was committed to using her videos to democratize the cultural messages offered in mass media. I wrote scripts for Wendy. With each production we began together, she would say to me, "Remember, I want to evoke the particular time and the particular place." Now her time and place are empty. For all the years that she is missing, she will be missed.