Tony Estrada - Producer
Tony Estrada is a Navajo director, producer, and line producer who started out in the business initially as an assistant director on Los Angeles film and television productions, and has since progressed to producing or directing corporate communications projects, broadcast television, documentaries, or long form narratives (features) in HD, video, or film formats. His reputable business savvy and knowledge of film scheduling & budgeting, as well as his calm supervision on set, have put him in demand for TV documentaries, indie films, & high-profile cultural projects.
Some notable documentaries Tony has worked on include: Lowel Pierce's documentary on Native Americans, The Elders Speak; the HBO television series From the Earth to the Moon ; a heartfelt documentary focusing on the lives of professional wrestlers, Beyond the Mat; and the PBS documentary, Mining in the West, for Director/Producer Scott Slack of Turtle Island Media.
Tony was the producer for Roughout Productions' Spirit of the Western Horse, a documentary on the influence of horses on Native American culture and in the history of the American West. And he's also researched, written, and completed two Government RFP's for Riche-Heape Films, and was also an uncredited researcher and production manager for their award-winning documentary The Trail of Tears.
Tony's also a director in his own right. Executive Producer Mel Klein has complimented Tony on the TV pilot Quality Time that Tony directed as being "a fast director who's great with kids, animals, and large groups." As a director, Tony transcends cultural boundaries to create documentary films that matter.
Tony Estrada is pleased to be the producer of this important documentary, Many Paths, One Source, and he believes the essence of its message, if taken to heart by its audience, will accomplish much in promoting world peace.
Joshua Raymond Frenk
Director and Executive Producer: Memnosyne Foundation Many Paths - One Source DocumentaryJoshua is inspired by exotic beauty that transcends form and function, rhythm and cadence, the concrete and the ethereal. Intuitive, inquisitive and imaginative, Joshua's essence is deeply centered in creating art that inspires thought and arouses involvement.
Joshua co-wrote and co-directed Exploring Polyester with Alan Keith, which was performed at the Dallas Theater Center in 2000. He also served as Writer, Director, Editor, and Director of Photography for The Emotion of Image.
A Dallas Resident, Joshua serves as CEO of Thompson Fine Arts and vice president of the Memnosyne Foundation.
Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk
Executive Producer: Memnosyne Foundation Many Paths - One Source DocumentaryMary Ann is an artist, businesswoman and humanitarian. As a professional artist, Mary Ann received ARTV's 2005 Sculptor of The Year Award. Her company, Thompson Fine Arts, Inc., was nominated for DBCA's prestigious Obelisk Award for donating gallery space to the Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas, which represents over 7,500 visual artists.
President and founder of the Memnosyne Foundation, Mary Ann leads a mission to empower people from all walks of life to become conscious cultural creators in a global world through the sharing and enrichment of all knowledge through programs that advance humanity by bridging Western, Eastern, Indigenous and Holistic cultures. Mary Ann was the visionary and catalyst for bringing together the spiritual leaders for the conference from which the documentary was created.
Mary Ann lives in Dallas with her husband, Joshua Raymond Frenk. Together, they sponsor programs promoting human rights and clean environment, and launched the John Philp Thompson Foundation to support research for non-radiation/non-chemotherapy healing and cures for Glioblastoma.
Alan Keith
Producer: Memnosyne Foundation Many Paths - One Source DocumentaryAlan Keith, a.k.a. "Alan Darling," is a study in perpetual exuberance. An uncommon person with a flair for flamboyancy and a heart filled with goodwill, Alan mixes creativity and business with unbridled joy. Producer, director, writer, photographer, Alan attended Mountain View college musical theater conservatory for acting and voice and studied black and white photography and film making at North Lake College, both in Dallas, Texas.
At the Pocket Sandwich Theater/Dallas in 1998, Alan stared in Exploring Polyester, which he co-wrote, directed and produced with Joshua Frenk. Alan traveled to Amsterdam in 1998 to perform Exploring Polyester in a one-man show at the Gay Games and performed again in the 2000 Exploring Polyester the Revival at the Dallas Theater Center. Alan's other theater production credits at the Pocket Theater include: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Fools by Neil Simon. Alan resides in Dallas.
Alan Keith is executive vice president of Thompson Fine Arts and serves as vice president of operations for the Memnosyne Foundation.
