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Director/Executive Producer Thérèse Bartholomew Therese grew up in Charlotte, NC and graduated from UNC- Charlotte with a BA in English and Secondary Education, and a MS in Criminal Justice. She is a writer, speaker, filmmaker, teacher, and mother. Her writing has been published in The Charlotte Observer, Emrys Journal, Iodine, Compassion, and Main Street Rag. Therese’s memoir, Coffee Shop God, is the companion piece to The Final Gift – “the essays are the victim voice and the film, the survivor.” Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, calls Coffee Shop God “a moving account of the author’s struggle to make sense of life, faith, and humanity after the tragic loss of her brother.”Therese speaks across North Carolina about faith, forgiveness, and restorative justice. She lives in Charlotte with her husband Douglas and four of her six children. About the film: “It’s about finding faith and humanity in dark and unexpected places and then being willing to see possibilities.” More about Coffee Shop
God Director of Photography Erik Murphy Erik grew up in Charlotte, NC and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill. Afterwards, he traveled the Great Plains documenting storm chasers as they hunted down tornadoes. The next adventure for him was a solo bicycle journey across America. He got his first break in the film industry working in the visual effects department on the film The Patriot. Later, he was on the crew of the feature films Shallow Hal and Talladega Nights. Erik has also worked hundreds of national commercial spots, and dozens of feature films and television shows. Currently, Erik is based out of Charlotte as a freelance director of photography. Recent documentary projects had him traveling around the globe, from deep into the Amazon region of Brazil, to Africa, Mongolia, India, and Haiti to name a few. As a director of photography, Erik has shot eight feature films, numerous short films, music videos, documentaries and television shows.
Email: erik@thefinalgiftfilm.com Editor Tony Elwood Co-Producers Doug Bartholomew, Paul Barrett & Melissa Mummert Lead Field Producer Ruth Duncan Ruth Duncan grew up outside Chicago, Illinois asking too many questions. She inquired about so many things that her Dad bought her an encyclopedia set to quiet her down. Ruth believes that when you stop learning at your job it’s time to move on. As an adult, she happened onto a career path that feeds someone with an insatiable inquisitiveness. Film production offers never-ending challenges and opportunities for learning. Ruth spent a decade gaining her experience from the bottom rung up. She started as a production assistant and quickly gained a reputation for being hard working, reliable and passionate. She knew she loved the work immediately and it didn’t take long for her to move up the ladder. Ruth has been fortunate to work with an impressive slate of directors and cinematographers on hundreds of national commercials in the role of manager or coordinator. Print campaigns, independent film and documentary projects have allowed her to cut her teeth as a producer. Ruth’s professional future holds more documentary films. She is particularly focused on projects that have the ability to bring positive change to fruition. She believes that being heard empowers people. “Being a conduit for that empowerment,” she says, “is a privilege and a pleasure.” http://www.fruitionfilmworks.com Email: ruth@thefinalgiftfilm.com Producer Tamara Titus Tamara
is a freelance writer whose short stories, essays, and poems appear
regularly in literary magazines around the country. Her fiction
has appeared most recently in Sou’wester, Glimmer Train Stories,
and Rock & Sling. Tamara is a regular contributor to The
Charlotte Observer’s book page. In addition to Tamara’s
keen sense of narrative, she brings development experience to The
Final Gift. Tamara’s most recent venture is joining Preservation
North Carolina’s Board of Directors where she stays busy protecting
the historic architecture in Dilworth, one of Charlotte’s
oldest neighborhoods. Email: tamara@thefinalgiftfilm.com Associate Editor Jordan Marshall Jordan is the president of StoryWorks
Digital LLC. She has been involved in a number of documentary projects
in a variety of capacities over the past few years. Some of these
include: "Heaven on Earth: A Documentary about Spirituality
and Nature" (2006 to present), shot on location in Atlanta
and The San Juan Islands of Washington State. Member of Production
Team and Assistant Editor; The American Cancer Society's "Story
Studio: America's Stories of Hope". 2007. jProduction/Promotional Assistants Sarah Combs & Deanna Byrd - fundraising and social networking. Assistant to the Director AND Editorial Assistant Justin Tosco - fundraising, post production, and editing. Co-Producer, Consultant Melissa Mummert
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