Doug Moore, a.k.a. Diadem

If ever there were someone in this world who would be justified in bitterness and anger at his lot in life, it would be Doug Moore. Born in Queens, NY and immediately put into an orphanage, Doug has lived out his entire life without the benefit of arms or legs. Everyday routine for most of us translates to an eternal struggle for him. Laughter is something that isn’t just common, it is downright expected. Isolation? Always.

Gary Monteleone, a.k.a. Status

Gary Monteleone grew up with an alcoholic mother. He hardly knew it though. She was never home. After divorcing her husband and moving to the deep south, Gary’s mother was murdered. This sent Gary into a spiral of depression, without the benefit of close friends to help him cope. Working long hours of backbreaking labor starting at the crack of dawn, Gary’s blue collar life hasn’t exactly been a vacation either.  

The Filmmakers

Mark Covino

Mark was born in Queens, NY and spent much of his youth throughout Long Island. After deciding to be a filmmaker at the ripe young age of 9, he has made it his life long ambition to produce creative films with original stories. He used his artistic abilities in high school to fulfill academic goals and objectives, including studying television production at Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services (B.O.C.E.S.). He furthered his education after graduating high school by working on the feature film In Jest, produced by Kingdom County Productions and directed by noted Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven. Soon after he enrolled at Burlington College (VT) as a Cinema Studies and Film Production major, creating and working on many films while earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2006. After graduation he decided to reside in Essex, VT with his wife Jennifer while working on many projects, both personal and professional. He was the Associate Producer on Unless a Death Occurs: Hazing Examined, a documentary broadcast nationally on PBS. Additionally he co-edited the pilot episode of Rally-Nation, a television program focusing on off-road rally car racing that was optioned for ESPN2, as well as several segments of the highly acclaimed Black Panther documentary What We Want, What We Believe, now a top seller on Amazon.com. 

John Kane

For the past four years John Kane has been working professionally in Los Angeles since graduating from the film program at Full Sail University (Orlando,FL) in 2004. His television credits include: Clean House (Style Network), 10 Years Younger (TLC), Untold Stories From The ER (TLC), How Do I Look? (Style Network), Modern Girls Guide To Life (Style Network), Three Wishes (NBC), Brain Drain (Game Show Network), and Next (MTV). He has also worked on such feature films as: The Hard Easy (David Boreanaz, Nick Lachey, Gary Busey) and License to Wed (Robin Williams, Mandy Moore) as well as production work on Pharrell and Friends Myspace Concert. John was born in Salem, MA and grew up in South Burlington, VT. He currently resides in Provo, UT.