Nathan Cutietta
Producer / Director / Writer / Cinematographer / Editor
Nathan's television career started at 15 when he got a job as an editor at Jorgensen Productions, a small post-production house in Tucson, Arizona. Nathan worked there through school and then got a job at a Warner Brothers Affiliate as a producer. He later moved to Los Angeles and worked as a Director and Producer for Fox and Fox Sports. While at Fox Nathan started to play around with the idea producing his own show and decided to create Swashbuckler Studios. "Lost Legends of the West" was the studio's first project and it earned 2 Emmy nominations. Welcome Back Riders is Nathan's first feature film.
Email: ncutietta@swashbucklerstudios.com
Joanna Skye
Producer / Director / Co-Writer
Joanna was nominated for 2 Emmy Awards for On-Air Talent/Host for Swashbuckler Studio's first project "Lost Legends of the West" in 2004. A feat made even more impressive considering it marked her television debut and first professional audition. Clearly Joanna was a natural on-camera, but it was her creativity behind the camera that became valuable to Swashbuckler. She soon found herself researching and writing along side Nathan, developing what would become a great producing relationship. Welcome Back Riders is Joanna's first feature film. She also serves as President of Penn State Manchester AIG Board of Directors, sits on the Penn State Film and Video Guild Board of Directors, and is an active member of Women In Film. She grew-up outside Philadelphia, PA, studied film and television at the University of Manchester, England, and graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Communications.
Email:jskye@swashbucklerstudios.com
Robert Cutietta
Music Producer
Rob Cutietta is the musical producer of the shows and movies created at Swashbuckler Studios. For every production he writes or arranges the music and oversees the recording sessions. He also performs many of the instruments you hear on the productions. His goal at Swashbuckler Studios is to make the music authentic and historically accurate for every production. He starts working with the producers Nathan and Joanna at the conceptual stage of a project to make the music an intergral part of everything Swashbuckler does. He is also an educator, researcher and author. He has been a tenured professor at Kent State, the University of Arizona, and currently is the Dean of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. As a researcher and author, he has publised over 50 referred articles on the learning of music and has authored or co-authored five music related books. His most recent "Raising Musical Kids: A Parent's Guide".
Garry Michael Kluger
Finishing Writer
Garry has been the head writer for television several series including "The FX Friday Night FiX," the sitcom "Office Hours," and "The Ultimate Guide" documentary series for The Discovery Channel. For the last, Garry received a CableAce nomination. For the past 9 years Garry has worked as head writer for Disneyland on various live and interactive shows, such as Innoventions and the TiVo Corportation's Interactive Live Show. Garry has also created shows for Disney World, Disney Down Under and the Japanese theme park, Huis Ten Bosch. As an author, Garry has written four books including Original Audition Scenes for Actors and 50 Professional Scenes for Student Actors. Also a playwright, his plays include "Till Death, or Whatever, Do Us Part", "Office Hours", "In a Yellow Wood", and "Leather Sculpture, Tourmaline, and Gold."
For more info, www.iktproductions.com.