MARICOPA TAFT PRODUCTIONS
ADRIAN DIAMOND
SHOWRUNNER | CO-CREATOR | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | ACTOR
Adrian is an actor, musician, writer & director. He starred in the Los Angeles production of Disney's "The Lion King" and his performance earned him an NAACP Theatre nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He's appeared in numerous television commercials, performed on shows including "Star Search" and was featured in the Season Three Finale of "The West Wing." After graduating from Harvard College in 2011, Adrian traveled to Ghana with Students of the World to produce a series of short documentary films for Opportunity International, a microfinance initiative committed to ending poverty in Africa and Southeast Asia. One of those films premiered at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2012. One of Adrian's original songs, "Is It Wrong?," has been selected by the International Portuguese Music Awards as a contender for the 2017 IPMA Azores Airlines People's Choice Award. Adrian loves making music and movies and believes in the power of art to inspire and change the world.
WRITERS
TRAVIS LAMBIRTH
CO-CREATOR | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER I ACTOR
A monumental force in the entertainment industry for the last quarter century, Travis has been involved in everything from VHS camera productions to old Nokia cellphone shorts. With so many awards to his name, listing them here would just be silly. If you’re really interested in knowing what they are, then you’re too caught up in credentials when you should be paying attention to the actual art. Come on now. In all seriousness, Travis is a talented young filmmaker/ actor that graduated from UC Berkeley and is making movies because it’s his passion. He may not have won any awards yet, but there’s still plenty of time.
DAVID MARX
CO-CREATOR | CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER
David is an up and coming Los Angeles-based writer/director. In 2011, he graduated from Northwestern's Directing and Creative Writing for the Media Programs. His Full-Length Play “Would” Premiered Off-Off Broadway & Won Overall Excellence Award in Playwriting at The 2012 New York International Fringe Festival. Most recently he has worked as assistant to two-time Oscar Winning Screenwriter, Alvin Sargent. He has worked in development as a script reader for the producers of Requiem for a Dream, Across the Universe, and Garden State. David is also a full-stack web developer currently exploring VR.
TAYLOR FERRARI
ACTOR | PRODUCER
Taylor is a curious young sprite that has her hands in a variety of projects. She grew up in Los Angeles performing in theater productions and commercials. After graduating from UCLA for her love, Anthropology, she became a User Experience researcher. Among acting and research, Taylor is interested in creating socially engaged & educational art. She also loves cooking and dining.
NICK BAKER
Nick Baker proudly hails from Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 2007 with a degree in history before eventually transitioning from fact to fiction and moving to Los Angeles in 2013 to become a working screenwriter. During the years prior, he worked in both the nonprofit and renewable energy sectors, and also trained as an Olympic Hopeful in the sport of rowing. He now aspires to write for both television and film, but still coaches rowing in Marina del Rey… Monday and Wednesday mornings... if anyone out there wants a lesson.
DANIELLE CALVERT
Danielle Calvert is a writer from Knoxville, Tennessee. After studying screenwriting at Northwestern University, Danielle continued to study and perform improv and sketch comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade in LA. She produces and hosts a monthly live sketch show at The Clubhouse, co-wrote the web series, Roommates Forever, and continues to write, shoot and perform sketch comedy around LA. Danielle currently works as a Writer's Assistant for the Disney Channel.
MOLLY LYONS
Molly Lyons is a New York-raised, Chicago-trained actor, writer and producer. Since graduating from Northwestern University’s Theatre and Radio/Television/Film programs, Molly has worked on a variety of projects, from classical theater to new plays to independent film and television. Molly also is a proud co-founder of Broken Ant Farm, a Los Angeles-based production company.