Founders
Nicholas Brendon, who received critical and popular acclaim for his portrayal of sensitive, wisecracking “Xander Harris” on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, turned to acting when his aspirations of playing professional baseball were squelched by a serious arm injury.
Nicholas first appeared on television in a handful of commercials and series guest spots. Feeling slightly disenchanted with Hollywood, he took a personal hiatus to play the “real life” roles of production assistant, plumber’s assistant, veterinary janitor, food delivery guy, script delivery guy, day care counselor and waiter.
He was fired from all but one of the aforementioned positions.
During his seventh year in the F&B (Food and Beverage service, for the layman), Nicholas decided to give acting another go; after two months of auditioning, he landed the role of Xander and hung up his apron for good. During his hiatuses from the show he starred in the motion pictures Psycho Beach Party and Demon Island. After Buffy wrapped, Nicholas tackled the roles of “Dana” in the 2004 ABC Family movie Celeste in the City, “Seth” in the 2005 Fox series Kitchen Confidential and “Gil” in the 2006 ABC Family movie Relative Chaos.
Offscreen, the LA native enjoys quality time with his loved ones, Dodger games and cooking. He also devotes himself to awareness efforts on behalf of the Stuttering Foundation of America. Nicholas, whose fans have raised more than $5,000 for the SFA through his official Web site, served as honorary chairperson of the charity’s Stuttering Awareness Week from 2000-2003. He’s the first person to serve in the role for three consecutive years. (Bio from nickbrendon.com)
Alan O.W. Barnes is a creative professional from Damascus, Virginia who currently lives in Atlanta Georgia. In addition to graduating from the Atlanta Institute of Music where he attended on full scholarship while studying performance, Alan holds a BM from Belmont University in commercial music, composing and arranging emphasis, as well as a Masters Degree in Classical Composition also from Belmont University.
A professional musician since 1992, Alan has worked in a variety of styles and situations as a bassist, arranger, composer, audio engineer, and musical director. Some of the artists Alan has worked with include Third Day (CCM), Peabo Bryson (R&B), Tim Acers (Pop). Beehive (Funk), Doria Roberts (Folk), Randy Hoexter (Jazz), Thorten Price (Country), Knightyme Studios (film/video production), and many others.
Alan has also worked as a writer, graphic designer, and sequential artist since 1999. Clients include Knightyme Studios, Belmont University, Mayko Productions, Galleon Health, as well as many others.
Currently Alan is producing a series of original works in art composition and sequential art (rather than continuing to produce work for hire)
Along with his busy performance, production, and composition workload, Alan taught at the Atlanta Institute of Music for 8 years where he served as the head of the electric bass department, and while in Nashville, he held an adjunct faculty position at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music from 2006-2008. Alan currently teaches Audio Production at the Art Institute of Atlanta. (Bio from alanowbarnes.com)
B.C. Thompson is an Australia-born writer/director, now based in Atlanta. He attended Lee University, majoring in Math and Music. He worked as a singer/songwriter on the Nashville scene for several years, where he joined forces with Alan O.W. Barnes. He then shifted his focus to film and television, where his collaboration with Nicholas Brendon began. Ben has worked on several treatments for Cartoon Network, FX and Starz movie channel. His current projects are: The Damnation Girls, a motion comic; Darkness, a sci-fi western; and Super Cat, an animated television series. Ben Thompson and his wife currently reside in Kennesaw, Georgia, with their small son, and small dog, where caring for the environment means winding down the windows on your pick-em-up.
