About Golden Echo Films

Golden Echo Films is a Seattle-based team spinning visually stunning narrative stories into evocative modern-day tales to enlighten, educate and entertain.

ABOUT THE WRITER/DIRECTOR

Delighting in the juxtaposition of light and dark themes, musicals, comedy, and true stories that enlighten, educate and entertain, DEIRDRE TIMMONS made her directorial debut with the feature-length documentary, A WINK AND A SMILE. Timmons has been an award-winning journalist for the past 15 years in Seattle. She now writes, directs, edits and produces full-time for the company she founded in 2007, Golden Echo Films.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Combining the skills of a photographer and an artist, PETER WAWERU’s cinematic abilities guarantee that no matter what he’s shooting, he captures visual poetry in each shot. Waweru began his career as a photojournalist covering breaking news and feature stories in East and Central Africa. He was the director of photography for A WINK AND A SMILE and numerous short films. Waweru specializes in photography, cinematography, graphic design and editing for Golden Echo.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

JACK TIMMONS hails from a background in aerospace and high-tech. As a director at Microsoft, Timmons spearheaded new product developments and boasts business acumen that is as flexible as it is solid. He recently completed the Producing Program at UCLA after producing A WINK AND A SMILE. Timmons handles business development and producing for Golden Echo.