The Creative Team

Rajko Grlic, Director, Producer
Rajko Grlic was born in Zagreb, Croatia. He graduated from the FAMU Film School in Prague, Czech Republic. He has directed and co-written seven feature films including: Charuga, That Summer of White Roses, Three for Happiness, In the Jaws of Life, You Love Only Once, Bravo Maestro, and If It Kills Me.

His films have been distributed all around the world and shown in competition at many major film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival. He has received more then fifty international awards including "Grand Prix" for Best Film and the prize for Best Director at the Tokyo International Festival.

Rajko has also written nine feature screenplays and two television serials, and has received numerous writing awards including the UNESCO Award and the Peter Kastner Award. He has produced two feature films and five short films. He has also directed three television documentaries, serials, and a dozen short films. Four of his films are available on home video and laserdisc in the U.S.
Rajko Grlic's website: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~grlic

Tom Erlewine, Art Director,
Program Designer
Tom Erlewine has been creating graphics for the software industry for twenty years. A commercial photographer and communications designer, his experience includes book design and illustration as well as computer interface design.

As Art Director at Electronic Vision, Tom has designed effective interfaces for more than thirty CD-ROM programs, several web sites, and a dozen Video-CD programs to be used in training, education, and presentation by clients in an array of industries. Tom directed the design and production of this Interactive Film School, as well as creating the majority of the graphics.

Daric Christian, Lead Programmer,
Assistant Art Director
Daric Christian received his BFA from Savannah College of Art & Design, and his MFA from Ohio University. As Director of Electronic Imaging at Northern Michigan University, Daric is responsible for teaching, curriculum development and facility management. Daric's creative programming is essential to this project, and his contribution to the interface design and creation of many graphics is felt throughout the Interactive Film School.

Electronic Vision, Inc.
Electronic Vision is a 12 year-old multimedia production company with success in developing multimedia-based educational, training, and presentation programs for higher education, business and industry, health care, government, and the military.

More than a decade ago, founders Dan Krivicich and David Burke foresaw that interactive multimedia would grow significantly — and it did. Home of talented instructional designers, graphic artists, writers, video producers, and programmers, Electronic Vision takes projects from the conceptual stage to finished interactive products.

This year Electronic Vision was named one of the "Top 100 Multimedia Producers" in the U.S. by AV Video & Multimedia Producer Magazine.

Ohio University
Ohio University's website: http://www.ohiou.edu

Ed Talavera, Co-Producer
Ed Talavera has been Director of Photography on numerous features including films for HBO, Showtime and Cinemax. He has also shot award winning music videos, commercials and short films. Born in Costa Rica, Ed attended New York University's graduate film program and is currently teaching advanced production courses at Ohio University.
Ed Talavera's website: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~talavera

Aaron Reiser, Graphics, Programming
Aaron Reiser received a BFA from Ohio University's School of Visual Communication. His experience includes documentary and commercial photography, graphic design, web/interactive design and programming. Aaron played many roles in this project, including a large part of the creation of the "building" that houses our Interactive Film School. Aaron was also responsible for the design, production and programming of the interactive advertisements in the school.