DIG!

THE FILMMAKERS

Ondi Timoner
Director/Producer/Editor

Grammy-nominated director/producer Ondi Timoner graduated Yale University cum laude and founded INTERLOPER in 1994. She filmed the documentaries Voices From Inside Time about incarcerated women in Connecticut, winner of the Yale Film Prize - and later, The Nature of the Beast, about one woman’s heroic journey through the criminal justice system, winner of the Bettina Russel Grand Jury Prize in Canada and The National Society for Visual Anthropology Commendation, which aired on PBS. She later went on to shoot Dam Nation, shot in the oldest living civilization of sub-saharan Africa about a WTO dam.
She has created and directed for broadcast television such as the original series Sound Affects for VH1, the highest-rated pilot in VH1’s history, and ABC’s highly successful Switched. Ondi Timoner’s passion for the underdog is only equaled by her passion for music. Through Interloper she has made music videos and music documentaries for The Dandy Warhols, Dave Koz, Vanessa Carlton, The Vines, Paul Westerberg and Lucinda Williams, among others, while simultaneously financing, producing, directing, and editing DIG!. She has written two feature length narrative pieces, and directed one narrative short, entitled Recycle.
Ondi’s intimate verité style has an immediacy that permeates DIG!, a seven-year project she completed the week she gave birth to her son, Joaquim.

Vasco Lucas Nunes
Cinematographer / Co-Producer

Vasco Lucas Nunes was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and began working in the film and television industry in the early 90’s. He has worked extensively in documentaries and commercials in four Continents while living in Europe and the US. His previous experience in television and film included producing and editing for CNN while finishing his film bachelor degree, producing and shooting for international promo and documentary house 7ate9 Creative, including the feature documentary Jari shot in the Brazilian Amazon.
Since arriving to Los Angeles he has finished a masters in cinematography at the American Film Institute, and started to focus on music media and narrative film. His narrative work includes several shorts, most recently Bamboo by Todd Levin, starring Ted Danson, Robert Wagner, and Zoey Deschannel. His work with Interloper and Ondi Timoner on music videos and feature documentaries for artists like The Vines, Dave Koz, David Lee Roth, Vanessa Carlton, and The Dandy Warhols, is complemented with his involvement as a cinematographer and co-producer on DIG! He is also the Winner of the International Cinematographers Guild Showcase 2004 for the film Recycle, showcase selection of Cannes 2004, and Short Documentary Competition for the Sundance Film Festival 2005.

David Timoner – Co-Producer / Cinematographer

David Timoner's work in film began as an undergraduate at Yale, where he teamed up with his sister Ondi, producing and editing several documentaries and experimental films. After school, David joined Ondi in Los Angeles, where together they founded INTERLOPER, a production company that created music-related documentaries, independent films and original screenplays. In 1996, David and Ondi began shooting DIG!
Over the next few years, David produced and edited a number of short and long form music videos with Ondi, one of which, Fastball: They Wanted The Highway, was nominated for a Grammy Award. In 2001, David edited the feature documentary, Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly, for ITVS/ PBS, which received a Grammy nomination in 2001. Recently, he served as a contributing editor on the feature documentary Sunset Story, which won the audience award at the 2003 Los Angeles Film Festival. Currently, David is editing reality television and commercials. Currently, David edits and writes in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife Kelly and two children, Owen and Genevieve.

TIM RUSH - ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Tim Rush has been an important back bone to the DIG! team with his experience in editing and motion graphics. His title sequence in DIG! is most memorable through its simplicity and easily recognizable 60's style. He has previously worked in the Los Angeles post production world, as a trailer and program editor. His contribution to DIG! has brought about his title as associate producer given the many facets of his dedication.

JEFF FREY- ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Jeff Frey grew up in Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia with majors in both Comparative Literature and Drama. He garnered most of his film experience by working his way up through the A.D. department until he eventually found himself producing. He is still enjoying the film making process merely because he gets to facilitate his friends passions as well as his own.
Jeff has directed, produced or otherwise been creatively involved with many independent film productions including: the feature film OUR BURDEN IS LIGHT (shot on location in Fort Collins, Colorado) featuring from the Foo Fighters and Nathan Webb, music videos for such bands as Twinstar, The Alkaline Trio, Saves the Day and Reggie and the Full Effect. Jeff worked with Vasco Nunes co-producing with Michael J. Katz the AFI short film BAMBO. He has two previously optioned feature film scripts: MURDER MOST GROOVY and KNUMBLAND. He recently finished producing a film project with UBE Media shot in the Philippines and is currently co-producing (again with Mr. Katz) the feature film INN TROUBLE through North 45 Films.