PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
Gail Reaben
Gail Reaben is the Producer/Director of Be Bop Babies, winner, Platinum Remi Award for
Best Documentary Short at Worldfest Film Festival in 2006. In 2007, it screened
internationally, including the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival, 2007, the
Jecheon Music and Film Festival in Jecheon, Korea and the NXNE Music and Film Festival
in Toronto, 2008. Be Bop Babies was also selected, in 2007, for PBS’ The Territory, a series
of 13 short films chosen from international submissions.
Reaben is former president of a video duplication and video production company which
she owned for 15 years.
She has a BA in Art from St. Thomas University, Houston, Texas. She also attended Sam
Houston State University, the University of Oklahoma, Glassell School of Art and Jamaica
School of Art, Kingston, Jamaica. She is an award winning painter as well as a published
writer of mystical phenomenon.
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EDITING CONSULTANT
Soodabeh (Sudi) Babcock
Sudi Babcock is an award winning documentary and live action filmmaker whose films include:
Comedy, Middle Eastern Style, ChrisGreg&Beans which won the Remington Award at Worldfest Film
Festival, The Circuit, ;and Someone Special -- all of which have won major awards. She has just
completed the documentary, Diverse Works Tribute 2008. A well known stage director for the
Houston scene, she has directed: "Social Security", A Mid Summer's Night Dream, Death of a
Salesman, and Rendez-Vous Avec Artaud. She has a BA from Long Beach State University and an
MFA in Drama from the University of Houston.
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Steve Faytis
Steve Faytis an avid collector of Cuban political posters, especially those of OSPAAAL,
Organization of Solidarity with the People from Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has made many
trips to Cuba during the past decade and has worked with the Cuban Olympic committee in past
projects to promote an invitational Basketball game. He has a BS from Marquette University and
an MBA from the University of Wisconsin.