Jerred Metz, earned a Ph.D. in literature and philosophy from the University of Minnesota. He has taught literature and writing at several universities. He has had several careers in addition. Five books of poetry—Speak like Rain, Angels in the House, The Temperate Voluptuary, Brains, 25 Cents: Drive In, and Three Legs up, Cold as Stone: Six Legs down, Blood and Bone, three of non-fiction prose—Drinking the Dipper Dry: Nine Plain-Spoken Lives; Halley’s Comet, 1910: Fire in the Sky, and The Last Eleven Days of Earl Durand have been published. His novel, The Angel of Mons: A World War I Legend,appeared in 2014.

Preston Randolph is the owner of Cactus Productions, an award-winning documentary production company out of Wyoming. 

Randolph's passion for using film to generate awareness for social issues has been showcased through many of his short documentaries, PSA's and interactive national media campaigns. Randolph has been involved in many causes with a focus on prison reform, wrongful imprisonments and Native American issues. This work has teamed him with individuals like Tom Morello, Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, David France, Jessie Short Bull, Steven Van Zandt and Pete Seeger as well as organizations like the Innocence Project and Amnesty International.

Randolph is producing and directing the upcoming documentary film, All We've Lost, which follows a wrongful imprisonment case. 

Randolph has generated a visual style that collaborates with his passion to reveal stories of the human element.