Yuri Rutman was born in Kiev, Ukraine and fled the Soviet Union as an infant with his family. Settling in Haifa, Israel and eventually Chicago, IL as a refugee. Growing up in Rogers Park & Lincolnwood, he became addicted to movies & television shows, while performing as a solo and concert violinist. In high school, he participated in many plays and musical theater productions and eventually trained with some of Chicago’s leading acting programs, including “Player’s Workshop Of Second City” & “Act One Studios”. He has appeared in several short and feature films, national television commercials, and tv series, including NBC’s “Chicago PD”. He speaks fluent Russian, English with no accent (unless requested), is pretty good at Muay Thai skip knees, and, he is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Rubens ‘Cobrinha’ Charles Maciel. He has worked as an EP & director with companies such as Fremantle Media, SpikeTV, several docuseries, and he co-directed the feature film “Mr. Id”. He is currently raising financing for “Kiev Nites”, a Ukrainian immigrant crime film that is set in Chicago.
SCOTT DRUCKER is an avid skateboarder, skier, and award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto (originally from Chicago). His thesis film, Between the Harvest, screened at more than 20 film festivals worldwide, including Oscar Qualifiers The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Flickerfest (Australia), and the Uppsala Short Film Festival (Sweden). After receiving his MFA from USC, he went to win a Gold at Cannes for his work on “Endangered Syndrome,” a Cannes Gold and Clio Grand Prix for “Project Understood,” and a Clio Bronze for a spot for BMO featuring Giannis Antetokounmpo. His most recent feature documentary, Who is Arthur Chu?, executive produced by three-time Academy Award winner Mark Jonathan Harris, premiered at the Slamdance and Hot Docs film festivals in 2017. He is currently a member of the Society of Camera Operators and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers
Rebecca Berger is a Chicago based editor and head of Andromeda-Post.com. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia College Chicago with a BA degree in Cinema Art + Science, specializing in post-production. Before launching Andromeda Post, Rebecca interned at Guy Bauer Productions. Rebecca has edited a number of projects for graduate students, including a thesis, as well as a number of corporate videos, and some short films.