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THE CORE TEAM

 

Writer-Director

Michael Modak-Truran, Writer and Directo

Anastasia Lampton Triplett

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Michael Modak-Truran

Producer

Jeremy Culver

Producer

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Executive Producer

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Anita Modak-Truran

OUR CREATIVE VILLAGE 

WILLIAM FAULKNER

Michael Modak-Truran
Writer-Director

Anita Modak-Truran
Executive Producer

Anastasia  Lampton Triplett
Producer

Jeremy Culver
Producer

Emma Morris
Editor

Osei Essed
Composer

Lee Caplin
Executive Producer

Hudson Hickman
Executive Producer

Akis Konstantakopoulos
Director of Photography

Dianna Maher
Music Supervisor
Executive Producer on Soundtrack


PETER BRODERICK,  EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 

Steve Choo
Animator

Don Warren
Co-Producer

Ward Emling 
Co-Producer

Avery LaFlamme
Co-Producer

Charleene Closshey
Co-Producer

Don Warren
Second Unit  Photography

Matthew Hill
Production Designer

Karen Young
Costume Designer

Steve Swadling
Co-Producer

Greg Johnson
Third Unit  Photography
Nashville, TN

Madeleine Staszak
Third Unit  Photography
Boston, MA

Bryce Carey
Hair Department

John Read
Associate Producer

William Griffith
Associate Producer

Guilermo Camero Molero
Third Unit  Photography
New York, NY

Jennifer Stamps
Assistant Editor

Zack Marotta
Third Unit  Photography
Charlottesville, VA

Jane Chase Wells
Associate Producer

John McAllister
Assistant Producer

Andrew George
Associate Producer

Ranae Dubaj
Research Producer

Keith Ochwat
Distribution Consultant

Show & Tell

 

Rory Ledbetter
Dialect Coach

Matthew Morgan
Casting Director

Jo Turner Cantu
Casting Coordinator

Lisa Riley
Line Producer

Consultant 

John Henegan

Rachel Lane
Light House Studio


ANDREW WEAVER
Outreach Program Director

Dungeon Beach Post Production

 

THOSE IN THE KNOW
 

Our Faulkner Journey Began with...

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Professor Jay Watson
University of Mississippi

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Dr. Molly Schwartzburg
 Harvard University
Formerly  University of Virginia

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Professor Emeritus
Robert Hamblin

Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO)

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Professor Jay Watson, the Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies at University of Mississippi, who provided us with a framework to understand the writer and the work.  Dr. Watson's exceptional guidance and unwavering support have been instrumental to our collective growth on this incredible journey, leaving an indelible mark of excellence on each step we've taken.

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Dr. Molly Schwartzburg, who was at that time the Curator Special Collections at the University of Virginia, provided us with unfettered access and assistance to the multiple Faulkner collections at University of Virginia. Dr. Schwartzburg is currently the Philip Hofer Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. 

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Professor Emeritus Robert W. Hamblin, founding director of the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University, invested his time selflessly, enlightening us with a deep appreciation for Faulkner's pivotal role in shaping both American and global literary perspectives.   Professor Hamblin has written nineteen books on Faulkner and was chosen as  one of only three professors to lead the discussion of Faulkner for Oprah's Summer of Faulkner in 2005.

 

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In addition to Mississippi, Virginia and Missouri, our team traveled to Texas, New York and Japan to analyze rich archival  material.  We gathered information from many sources, including Faulkner scholars, academics, writers, librarians, Civil War re-enactors, Faulkner's family and friends and more.   

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INTERVIEWEES & CONSULTANTS

Professor Emeritus Ann Abadi (University of Mississippi (Aug. 15, 1939-July 30, 2024);  Professor Tim Armstrong (University of London); Professor Edward Baptist (Cornell University); Professor Martyn Bone (University of Copenhagen); Gloria J. McEwen Burgess (UCLA, University of Washington and Slovenia's IEDC-Bled School of Management); Lee Caplin (Executor of the Faulkner Literary Trust and Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media); Jerry W. Carlson (CUNY); Christopher Cerf (writer, filmmaker, Grammy winner and son of Random House founder Bennett Cerf); Dr. Linda Chavers (Allston Burr Resident Dean of Wintrhop House, Assistant Dean of Harvard College):  Professor Duncan McColl Chesney (Northern Taiwan University);  Dr. Steven L. Cobb (University of North Texas); John Cofield (The Cofield Collection, Coifeld Press); Professor Deborah Cohn (Indiana University); Professor Joanna Davis-McElligatt (University of North Texas); Florence Dore (University of North Carolina); Dr. Roxanne Dunn (Special Collections/Archives Librarian, Southeast Missouri State University); Professor John Duvall (Purdue College); Dr. W. Ralph Eubanks (Author, Writer, Essayist, Guggenheim recipient, visiting professor of English and Southern Studies); Rusty Faulkner (Faulkner relative); Professor Emeritus William Ferris (Former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities); Professor Amy Anne Foley (Providence College); Professor Koichi Fujino (Seinan Gawain University); Professor Sarah Gleeson-White (University of Sydney, Australia); William Griffith (Curator of Rowan Oak); Professor Richard Godden (Professor of  Suffix); Professor Michael Gora (Smith College);  Dr.  Eva Gourdoux (University of Pau, France); Professor Emeritus Robert Hamlin (Founding Director of the Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University); John Henegan (lawyer); Professor Emeritus Jere Richmond Hoar (University of Mississippi); Dr. Ahmed Honeini (University of London, England); Richard Howorth (Square Books); Dr. Greg Johnson (Special Collections at University of Mississippi); Professor Sherita Johnson (University of Southern Mississippi); Daniel P. Jordan, Ph.D. (Faulkner friend and former head of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation); Dr. Bernard T. Joy (Scotland); Randall Kenan (award winning author); Professor Heidi Kim (University of North Carolina); Professor Pei-Wen Clio Kao (National Ilan University, Taiwan); Dr. Hyo Sean Kim (lecturer and film critic in South Korea); Mary A. Knighton (Professor Aoyama Gaukin University, Japan); Dr. Camille Le Gall (France); Professor Mengyu Li (Ocean University, China); Professor John T. Matthews (Boston University); Professor Kim Manganelli (Clemson University); John Maxwell (writer/actor/storyteller and creator of the critically acclaimed "Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?"); Professor Emeritus Thomas McCaney (Georgia); Jane  McLarty (Faulkner friend); Professor Arinori Mori (Chukyo University, Japan); Luther Munford (lawyer); Dr. Julie Beth Napolin (Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts); Professor Rebecca Nisetich (University of Southern Maine); Professor Eiko Owada (University of Tokyo); Professor Tom Rankin (Duke University); Professor Steve Railton (University of Virginia); Professor Carl Rollyson (Baruch College, City University of New York); Professor Christopher Rieger (Director of Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University); Robert Saarino (Director the University of Mississippi Museums); Dr. Molly Schwartzberg (Curator of Special Collection, University of Virginia); Professor Elizabeth Spenser (Morehead State University); Dr. Frederique Spill (University of Picardy-Jules Verne, France); Paul Summers (Faulkner's grandson);  Professor Koichi Suwabi (University of Tokyo); Professor Takako Tanaka (Nagoya City University, Japan); Dr. Auore Touya (Editor of foreign fiction Gaillimard, based in France); Professor Jay Watson (Distinguished Professor of English and Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies and Director of the Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference, University of Mississippi); Dr. Laura Wilson (Fisk University); Professor Yuko Yamamoto (Chiba University, Japan).

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