Meet the Team

  • Sean Patrick Higgins (Producer)

    It has been a labor of love these last four years working alongside Andrew and Matt on ST. GEORGE to alchemize Andrew’s beautiful script from the black and white of the page to the living dream.  Sean is the Founder / CEO of Story House (parent corporation of Story House Village, Story House Montana, Story House Partners, etc.)

    A man of many hats. Sean is an actor, writer, artist who slipped down the rabbit hole into producing in order to elevate stories he believes the world needs to experience. Long story short, Sean and his teams envision things and people trust us with various amounts of money to bring those visions into reality. Off Broadway: Sleep No More (PunchDrunk NYC)A Clockwork Orange (New World Stages), This Land Was Made (Vineyard), Awful Event! (Baryshnikov Arts Center). Regional: D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (Pennsylvania Shakespeare), Robin Hood in Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood (New Theatre), Macbeth in Macbeth (STL Rebel & Misfits), Idaho Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Livermore Shakespeare Festival, produdly notching 14 plays from Shakespeare’s cannon. TV: “The Blacklist." FILM: Hyacinth, And Tomorrow The Entire World, Qingren, Early Light, Dirty, White Flags, Small Dancing Particles, The Mess He Made. 

    Independent Films that Sean has acted in, written, or produced have played at over 60 film festivals internationally and have won 8 awards. Certificate from Oxford (BADA). BFA, University of Wyoming. MFA, Yale School of Drama. 


  • Andrew Pastides (Writer/Director/Producer)

    Andrew Pastides has devoted himself to telling stories in a myriad of ways. Through the words of others (including Williams, Sheppard, Kaufman, Kolvenbach, on stage, as well as a variety of performances on network television), through his own words (short stories, sketch comedy, poems, teaching), through dance (a former cast member at Sleep No More), and through the beautiful visuals of feature film (Celia Rowlson-Hall’s MA, James Duff’s Hank and Asha).

    Andrew’s performances have been seen on screen at the TriBeca, Venice, Thessaloniki, Rotterdam, AFI, and SXSW film festivals, to name a few. He was awarded Best Actor at the Napa Valley Film Festival as well as nominated for an IRNE for his work in the theatre.  

    Whatever the medium, Andrew prioritizes aligning himself with meaningful, risky, and evocative stories in his pursuit to lay bare the most vivid rendering of the truth. A graduate of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Andrew holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

  • Matt Lauria (Producer)

    Matt Lauria is an actor/producer who you may have most recently seen starring in the juggernaut CBS franchise CSI:  VEGAS, and Amazon’s OUTER RANGE.

    Soon you will see him in the upcoming HBO/Max/JJ Abrams series, DUSTER.  And next year, starring in the future films DROWNING, and DUE WEST.

    His former credits include NBC’s acclaimed series FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, and PARENTHOOD, as well as DirecTV’s KINGDOM, FOX’s THE CHICAGO CODE, and the UK limited series, LITTLE BIRDS.  He has appeared in multiple feature films, including SHAFT, MISS BALA, 80 FOR BRADY, and the Academy Award nominated TO LESLIE. Matt trained at University of North Carolina School of the Arts before becoming a professional actor.

  • James Brown III (Producer)

    James is the President & Chief Creative Officer of Story House, Inc., a company developing a 240-acre sustainable community in Sheridan, WY and a 47-acre film studio campus in Missoula, MT. Through his former production company, Tríonóide Entertainment, James produced 3 award winning short films, White Flags, Qingren, and most recently, Early Light. Founded Broadway Style Guide, a popular web-based lifestyle magazine focused on bridging the gap between Fashion and Broadway, where he served as the magazine’s Creative Director & Fashion Editor until he sold the brand to TodayTix in 2017. JB III has also had a successful career as an Actor, Singer, Dancer. He's performed in 12 Broadway shows and dozens of television shows and films. James has a B.S. from Brown University in Psychology, studied screenwriting at Gotham Writers and Writer’s Bootcamp, and is currently getting his MBA at The Wharton School.

  • Bianca Butti (Director of Photography)

    Bianca Butti is a cinematographer and camera operator based out of New York. Her work has premiered at numerous festivals around the world including Sundance, SXSW, Slamdance, Byron Bay International Film Festival, New Horizons Film Festival in Poland and the Scenecs Film Festival in Holland. Bianca recently wrapped production on LOVERS, an indie feature starring Angela Trimbur, Amelia Meath, and Benedict Samuel, directed by Taylor McFadden. Recently released was another feature she lensed, MEASURE OF REVENGE, starring Melissa Leo and Bella Thorne. She is also known for THE UNCANNY, which was released in 2023 and AN AMERICAN IN TEXAS starring James Paxton, Tony Cavallero and Barry Corbin, directed by Anthony Pedone. The feature, HANK AND ASHA starring Andrew Pastides, directed by James Duff won her the Director’s Award for Best Cinematography at the Woods Hole Film Festival. And the critically acclaimed short UNTITLED MARFA FILM, directed by Emily Elizabeth Thomas, she shot in 2019, also won for Best Cinematography at the Victoria Texas Independent Film Festival. Bianca has also shot numerous docu-series, shorts and music videos, including GREY DOG, directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall and PETTING ZOO starring Natasha Leone, directed by Durga Chew-Bose.

    As an “A” Camera Operator, Bianca has worked exclusively on the last three Luca Guadagnino films, BONES AND ALL, staring Timothée Chalamet, CHALLENGERS (2024), starring Zendaya and QUEER (2025), staring Daniel Craig. As well as numerous television shows, such as, REBOOT staring Keean-Michael Key.

    Bianca studied cinematography at San Francisco State University, graduating with a BA in Cinema and a minor in painting and drawing. She is interested in the art of creating visually compelling images for motion pictures with the use of light and framing to translate complex human emotions.

  • Sara Lynn Krupnick (Line Producer)

    Sara Lynn Krupnick is a dynamic, solutions-driven leader with a passion for managing complex film and television productions. Highly organized and creatively grounded, she specializes in executing high-caliber content on time and on budget.

    A multi–Emmy Award-winning Producer and Production Executive, Sara has overseen budgets exceeding $50 million and managed 10+ productions simultaneously during her tenure at TIME Studios. Her portfolio includes Frida (Amazon/Imagine — Emmy for Outstanding Direction, Sundance winner, Oscar-shortlisted), Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words (Gracie Award Winner), and Val (Amazon — Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Best Narration and Most Compelling Living Subject).

    Other notable credits include Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul (Netflix/Amblin — Emmy for Outstanding Business & Economic Documentary), Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam, The Innocence Files, Salt Fat Acid Heat, Last Chance U: Basketball and Cheer (Netflix), The Visit(M. Night Shyamalan/Universal Pictures), Limitless (Neil Burger/Paramount), and Why We Hate(Discovery).

    A proud Philadelphia native, Sara began her career at just 16 when she was invited onto the set of Invincible in 2004—and was immediately hooked by the electric energy of being on location. She earned her B.A. in Film & Media Arts with a minor in Anthropology from Temple University, where she was also selected as the School of Communications and Theater’s Commencement Speaker.

    Sara has led productions across the globe for companies such as TIME Studios, Imagine Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Jigsaw Productions, NFL Films, Zero Point Zero, Blumhouse, RadicalMedia, and Kartemquin Films.

    She is known for cultivating positive, collaborative environments and leading with confidence, fairness, and a calm, can-do attitude—even in the most high-pressure circumstances.

    Sara thrives on turning bold creative visions into seamless realities.


  • Lynn-Wood Fields (Associate Producer)

    Award-winning filmmaker, producer and educator, Lynn-Wood Fields graduated with her MFA in digital filmmaking from the University of Montana. Her work has since gone on to screen at over 50 film festivals and venues globally including “Are we There Yet” screening at Indie Memphis Film Festival, 2016; Western History Association Conference, 2015; Frozen River Film Festival, 2014.

    Her current projects include the feature film “Perma Red” in pre-production with the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, “House Calls”, premiering on PBS in 2022, “Social Impact” with the Institute for Family and “Snqʷeyɫmistn” a documentary on Salish forever foster homes which premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. She owns Montana Film Tax Credits and Media Training Center, which focuses on training Montana filmmakers. She is also the Executive Director of the Montana Media Coalition(MMC), which works on legislation around the MEDIA (Montana Economic Development Industry Advancement) tax credits and cap raises. She is passionate about the work to connect Montanans to film and media rapid training courses for them to economically benefit from this industry through workforce development.

Praise for Our Creative Team

 

Variety

“One of the year’s most original debuts” - Peter Debruge (Ma)

New York Times

“Mr. Pastides gives us a hostile but likable and even poignant Tom whose regret seems to grow as the play progresses”