Bios YOUSSEF DELARA Writer/Director/Producer Youssef Delara, a native of Los Angeles, began his education in the art of film at Loyola Marymount Film School where he focused on directing while pursuing additional coursework in photography at Art Center College of Art and Design. After college he applied his acute visual sense working as a Visual Effects Associate on the highly successful Paramount Television series, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." There he eventually became a Visual Effects Supervisor, before going on to produce visual effects for "Star Trek: Voyager" as well as sequences for the popular "Star Trek" feature films "Generations" and "Insurrection." After a stint working on another visual effects heavy television series, Universal Studio's "Burning Zone," and two heavy visual effects features, "The Karate Dog & Baby Genius's 2", Delara took his sharp creative eye and practical production skills to the world of advertising where he worked as Creative Director for Cima Productions, a full service advertising agency catering to the burgeoning Latin American market in Southern California. In addition to launching countless radio and print advertising campaigns at Cima, Delara has written, produced, directed, and edited nearly a dozen recurring commercials which have aired on major Spanish language television networks. In 2004, Delara turned his focus back to entertainment by writing and directing his first feature, "English as a Second Language," a story loosely based on his experiences living in Los Angeles. The film has garnered critical acclaim as well as multiple awards at the New York Latino, Newport Beach, Boston Latino, Orlando Latino, Portland Pine and the Santa Fe Film Festivals. In 2009, Delara established Cima Productions as a burgeoning production service and picture editorial company having edited as well as post produced multiple feature films and commercials. Delara has recently produced, wrote and directed Cima's 2nd feature film, "Bedrooms" starring: Julie Benz, Moon Bloodgood, Sarah Clarke, Xander Berkely and Barry Bostwick. The Cima team is actively in development on a wide array of feature films as well as a ground-breaking web series. VICTOR TERAN Director/Writer/Producer Teran began his career in the film industry in 1996 as an assistant and script analyst for Seven Arts Pictures where he first began to learn the business of independent film eventually working his way up to VP of Production. While at Seven Arts he continued to pursue his own projects both as a writer and as a producer. In 2004 he left Seven Arts to produce his first feature film, “English as a Second Language,” with writer/director, Youssef Delara. From 2005 to 2008, while continuing to write and develop his own projects, Mr. Teran served as VP of Physical Production for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment where he worked on 18 mid-budget films including “Lars & The Real Girl,” “Death at a Funeral,” “Charlie Bartlett” and “Synecdoche, NY.” In 2009, Mr. Teran made his writing/directing debut in “Bedrooms,” a multi-director feature film starring Julie Benz and Moon Bloodgood which will premier on Showtime in November, 2010. Mr. Teran is currently a partner/producer in Cima Productions. The company is developing an eclectic slate of lower budget films, including Mr. Teran’s “Snap,” which is scheduled to shoot later this year. In addition to his activities with Cima Productions, Mr. Teran has written 7 feature scripts and currently has projects in development at John Wells Productions and Mike Tollin Productions.   MICHAEL D. OLMOS Director Olmos found his love of storytelling from an early age. From his fascination of drawing comic books, to his passion for reading fiction and watching movies, this love of story continues to inspire him. Michael's passion for film brought him to Columbia University, NY where he studied literature during the year and traveled during the summer to Chiapas, Mexico to document the suffering of the indigenous people of the region. Running from military backed death squads, while trying to bring food to refugees and protecting the footage they had captured on film, the trip, which had begun as little more than a summer adventure became a life changing journey that cemented his belief in the power of filmmaking. After graduating from Columbia with degrees in Creative Writing and Contemporary American Literature, and working on movies in different departments to learn all facets of filmmaking, Michael was honored to achieve a top position in the IFP Film Market Emerging Narratives for his feature script "After Hours." The story traces the lives of interrelated characters in Manhattan, on the eve of 9/11. His first short "The Last Winter" was an official selection of the Los Angeles Latino Int. Film Festival. In 2005, Olmos founded Chamber Six Productions, LLC an independent comic book publishing and film production where he produced animated shorts based on the 28 Days Later graphic novels for Fox Atomic, and his own online comics series, "Puro Yayo." Dark Horse Entertainment produced his first feature film "Splinter." The film was a selection in several festivals and won the Best Editing award at the NY Latino Film Festival. In 2009, he directed "Division Day" from the feature film, "Bedrooms." Olmos currently serves as Vice President of Motion Pictures for Academy Award Nominee Edward James Olmos' Olmos Productions and is in development on several projects. SHAB AZMA Producer Azma holds over a decade of diverse entertainment, production, talent and brand management experience. With her start at NBC’s press and publicity department, Azma got a quick taste for entertainment and yearned to get into film. From NBC, Azma landed a position at Universal, managing domestic licensing and branding for such notable films as Jurassic Park, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, The Mummy, and The Fast and the Furious. Azma eventually left her studio post to work in talent management when she took on the role as VP of licensing at the Firm. There she provided a unique service in extending the brands of the company’s exclusive client roster (Leonardo Dicaprio, Cameron Diaz, Vin Diesel, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lopez etc). In addition to working closely with the talent, Azma also worked with Joe Roth’s former film company, Revolution Studios (a Firm client), managing domestic licensing and merchandising for their film library. In 2003, Azma started her own boutique entertainment company Fireball Group. Her work has included extending the brand of America’s funniest family, the Wayans, most known for “In Living Color”, “Scary Movie” and “White Chicks”. Taking their brand of humor from adult comedy to family entertainment, Azma secured deals with Nickelodeon and Warner Bros. Home Video to create the animated series “Thugaboo”. Serving as an executive in charge of production on “Thugaboo”, Azma quickly realized her passion for producing. Most recently, she took on the role as Executive Producer, on a new reality television show she sold to The Weinstein Company entitled “The Live In Guru” featuring former supermodel turned holistic healer, Cameron Alborzian. In addition, she also produced a documentary with Alborzian shot almost entirely in India,entitled “Beyond the Mind” which explores natural healing through Ayurveda. Having a passion for humanitarian causes, she additionally produced groundbreaking viral video campaigns about the recent violent protests in Iran and the war over conflict minerals in the Congo. Azma partnered up with Cima Productions in 2008, after watching“ESL”. “Bedrooms” was Azma’s first indie feature and collaboration with Cima.