Kung Fu Teenage Bigfoot

DAVID AUSTIN, Writer/Director

David Austin is a Dallas native. Possessed with the desire to create, David naively set out to work his way up the entertainment industry. After slogging it out in the trenches of horrible, first-time-director-low-budget film hell, David landed a crew position on the short-lived Walker, Texas Ranger spin-off, Sons of Thunder. After that was cancelled, he moved to the fringes of Bollywood, working as a producer/editor for an Indian satellite TV network.

Interesting fact: David once answered phones for the adult novelty giant, Adam & Eve.

DOUG SILVER, Producer

Doug Silver was born and raised in Dallas, but it was on the mean streets of Syracuse, NY that Doug got his real education. Returning to Texas after four brutal winters, Doug entered the world of production. The highlight of Doug's career was a month long trip to Mali, West Africa, to assist and shoot second camera on the pilot Journeyman: The Trip to Timbuktu. Returning twelve pounds lighter, Austin felt Doug was in shape to help him with his lifelong dream of making Kung Fu Teenage Bigfoot a reality. After seven years of both staff and freelance experience in production, Doug still doesn't know much, but what a talker.

Interesting fact: While working on the independent feature The Anarchist Cookbook, Doug enjoyed weekly basketball games with Devon Gummersall, better known as Brian Krackow from the hit series My So Called Life. He also went electronics shopping with Vilmos Zigmund.

JEN TSAI, Line Producer

Jen Tsai is a Taiwan-born producer now living in Texas. A graduate of UT Austin, Jen has had a successful career as a camera assistant and DP. She recently directed the short film When, which has been well received at film festivals around the world. A superior organizer and leader, Jen earned the nickname, "little General" while working as Production Manager on feature films.

Interesting fact: Jen worked closely with Sammo Hung and Jet Li on Once Upon a Time in China XI. Among other duties, she was responsible for keeping Sammo supplied with Rice Crispie Treats and Marlboro Lights.

CHRIS FLEMMONS, Director of Photography

GRAND MASTER ALISH-TASEN, Fight Choreographer