Matthew D. Kallis
Matthew D. Kallis is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker. His previous projects include the PBS television series The Living Century and The Inside Pitch, for which he received an LA Area Emmy® nomination. Most Valuable Players is his first feature documentary.
Matthew earned a Bachelor of Science from MIT and an MBA from Columbia University. He studied filmmaking and visual arts with eminent artists and scientists including Richard Leacock (pioneer of Direct Cinema), “Doc” Harold Edgerton (inventor of Electronic Strobe Photography) and Nicholas Negroponte (founder of the MIT Media Lab). Matthew spent many years on Wall Street and continues to serve as a board member and advisor for charitable foundations and new media businesses.
Christopher Lockhart
Christopher Lockhart is an executive, filmmaker and educator in Los Angeles. Born and raised in New York City, Christopher received an MFA in dramatic writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is currently the story editor at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and teaches screenwriting at Los Angeles Valley College. Christopher created The Inside Pitch, which aired on local television and earned him an LA Area Emmy® nomination. He set up the comedy A Rhinestone Alibi at Paramount and co-produced the horror film The Collector, which was released nationwide in July 2009. Most Valuable Players is his first feature documentary.
Most Valuable Players shifts the focus from the ultra-competitive and well-funded athletic programs in sports-obsessed Pennsylvania to the no less deserving but sorely underfunded musical theater programs in the state.
Illustrating that arts education encourages the same teamwork, camaraderie and confidence as sports, Most Valuable Players follows multitalented students from three schools as they prepare for the night of their young lives in hopes of appearing on stage at the prestigious Freddy Awards show.
Welcome to the Scientology Network Documentary Showcase
Fundamental to Scientology is a humanitarian mission of extraordinary scope, now extending to some 200 nations. Included therein are programs for human rights, human decency, literacy, morality, drug prevention and disaster relief.
For this reason, the Scientology Network provides a platform for Independent filmmakers who embrace a vision of building a better world.
