Jae is the founder and principal of BallBoy Productions, a unique digital video production company based in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. BBP originated in 1998, the year Jae left his job as a video scout for the Phoenix Suns with whom he had worked for 18 years. In 2005, Jae founded the Almost Famous Film Festival which has in just three short years, become one of the largest and most successful film festivals in the country.

A graduate of Arizona State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Industrial Design, Kai Staats is co-founder and CEO of Terra Soft Solutions, a Colorado-based open-source software development firm that produces the famed operating system Yellow Dog Linux. Kai's personal passion for film started with childhood stop-action Lego and clay animations. Kai brings writing, directing, and project management experience to Staats Bros. short films.