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Drew Breedlove was born on 19 May 1996 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Putting Love to the Test (2022), Blue Lock (2022) and Reign of the Seven Spellblades (2023).

Tony Frank was born on 9 December 1943 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Young Guns II (1990), Lone Star (1996) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He was married to Katherine Swango. He died on 18 April 2000 in Houston, Texas, USA.

Tyler Walker was born on 9 July 1975 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992), The Boy and the Beast (2015) and Orbital (2009).

Tim was born in East Texas and grew up interested in the arts from a young age. He performed in countless Church and school musicals when he was young. He stopped performing once he joined the Army and toured the world as a demolitions expert.

When he returned home, Tim joined the fire service as a Fireman/EMT and was eventually elected Chief of his small town fire department. During his years as a fireman he began to miss the stage, so he began singing bass for the Southern Gospel group "Southern Spirit" and then later with the "Calvary Boys Trio." Tim was also a frequent cast member of the Lamplite Theater Company in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Tim eventually retired his position as fire chief and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.

Marcus Anderson was born on 10 September 1987 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for The Angel at the Crossroads, Sundown (2024) and Switched Up Christmas.

Logan Leistikow is a filmmaker with a penchant for comedy and a dynamic repertoire.

He began his career in 2006 by creating and distributing viral videos via the internet. His video Mustache Montage got picked up by IFC's Media Lab TV show and earned him the title of "Featured Director" for the month of August, 2006.

That same year, Leistikow released a video called Michael Jordan's Phobia Clinic, which was entered into a Yahoo video contest. During the contest, celebrity judge Tom Green enjoyed the piece and noted "I think these guys need to have their own sketch comedy show online." A few months later Leistikow was hired by Green to produce, direct, and edit his online celebrity talk show, Tom Green Live.

After the first version of Tom Green Live ended in 2007, Leistikow freelanced around Los Angeles taking many different types of gigs, most of which pertained to show business. These gigs included camera work, background acting, editing, gripping, producing, and even carpentry.

During this period, Leistikow met a group of comics who performed monthly comedy shows in their garage and called it "The Comedy Garage." After attending a live Comedy Garage show, he decided to produce and direct an hour long film that would be an infusion stand-up show and documentary.

In 2010 Leistikow signed a one-year contract to produce and edit video for NBC.com. He worked on several behind-the-scenes and promotional projects for NBC shows Last Comic Standing, The Apprentice, Parenthood, Days of Our Lives, Minute to Win It, and The Marriage Ref, among others.

Shortly after his NBC contract ended in February of 2011, Leistikow released his documentary, The Comedy Garage.

Johnavon Miller was born on 17 November 1989 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Austere (2018) and The Lesser (2018).

Son Hooker was born on 11 November 1939 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964), J W Coop (1971) and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). He died on 14 October 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bob Luman was born on 15 April 1937 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Rain Man (1988), Carnival Rock (1957) and Changing Hearts (2002). He died on 27 December 1978.

Aaron Kozak is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and show businessman. Originally from Grapevine, Texas; Aaron received a B.F.A. in Drama from the Max Weitzenhoffer college of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma, where he studied theatre and film. He moved to Los Angeles in 2005, and still lives there today. He's the president of Winner Entertainment LLC, a company which offers a very unique variety of business and creative services for a multitude of well-known entertainment companies and projects.

Aaron studied acting under many teachers, including Emmy Award Winner Larry Drake and Lou Diamond Phillips, and performed in over forty plays before taking time to focus on writing/directing. In 2010, Kozak won the first ever Fringe First Award at the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival with his play "The Birthday Boys." The show went on to get rave Off-Broadway reviews, and the Springboard grant from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia; along with a highly publicized international run. The show was also produced as the first live theatre event since the Vaudeville era at the Historic Texas Theatre in Dallas, Texas; a venue best known as the capture location of Lee Harvey Oswald. The run was recognized as Dallas' top touring show of the year, alongside the Broadway tour of "Billy Elliot."

During that period, Aaron also spent time behind the scenes as a production accountant. In his early years in Los Angeles, Aaron worked freelance in many different accounting departments, servicing nearly every area of the movie business. This included working on set, agencies, managers, distributors, editing facilities, feature marketing, media fulfillment, and the personal books for a few celebrities. He even completed a temporary gig in the corporate accounting department of Landmark Theaters, auditing the revenue for around seventy movie theaters across the country.

His unique blend of business and creative backgrounds, led him to form his own company, Winner Entertainment LLC. Through the company, he and his team offer many different services, including: accounting/business management, writing, producing, scoring, audio/video editing, and more. He also continues to develop his own projects and scripts.

Kasey Lansdale is primarily known publicly as a singer, musician and songwriter, mostly in the country-music field. She has also edited two published anthologies of fiction, numerous short stories, and is the daughter of award winning author, Joe R. Lansdale. She is an actress and voiceover artist, as well as host and model.

Michael O'Connor was born on 16 January 1938 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for The Super 6 (1966), He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985) and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983). He died on 5 May 1992 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Clint Dempsey was born on 9 March 1983 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA.

David Francis was born on 4 November 1986 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Snowflake (2011), Sleighing (2010) and Shilo (2016). He was previously married to A.N. Calaway.

Francelle Fuller was born on 4 June 1945 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Brothers O'Toole (1973).

Rasheed Ali Akbar was born on 5 February 1952 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Secret Kingdom (1998). He was married to Patricia Johnson. He died on 8 October 2022 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.

Kristen Maxwell was born on 13 December 1977 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Persistence of Vision (2004), The Cacophone (2006) and Bartlett (2007).

Ernie Fields was born on 26 August 1905 in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. He died on 11 May 1997 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

Born in East Texas, and raised in Kerrville, Shaun first became involved with filmmaking in high school. He made several short animated films. He continued to produce more films through the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. He graduated New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film & TV Production.