Kristen Elizabeth Snyder – Director

With $700 and a lot of big ideas, Pennsylvania native Kristen Elizabeth Snyder hit the road alone 17 years ago for Los Angeles. Kristen’s love for film began at the age of five when her father would allow her to stay up with him well after her bedtime to watch old western films. She spent her childhood reenacting films, and shooting short skits on her Quasar VHS Palmcorder. In fifth grade, she wrote and directed a short play, The Midnight Burial, which her class ended up performing in front of the entire school.

Snyder moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to pursue her dream of becoming a screenwriter. She has worked on several television projects including an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She has also worked at other jobs that allowed her to pursue her creative ambitions. In fact, Snyder has worked multiple jobs over the last 13 years and spent $100,000 of her own money to complete the film.

In addition to her work on the documentary, Snyder is and has been involved with several other ventures. She handles executive operations for a private equity firm, and is a Writer, Producer & On-Air Host with over 15 years of experience in the Podcast Industry. She hosted the Afterbuzz TV AfterShow for Breaking Bad with Maria Menounos, The Teen Wolf Aftershow which led to several appearances on MTV, and The Game of Thrones Aftershow which led to her most recent hosting work at HBO.

She met her co-host of “Becoming an Expert” on the last podcast they worked on together called Sex with Emily, which was a SiriusXM Radio show of the same name. Her past experiences also include working in the writer’s room on the Boy Meets World remake, Girl Meets World. When Kristen isn’t podcasting she’s been working on this documentary about her circus family history and the nature of pursuing a dream.

Kristen graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelor’s of Science in Cinema, Photography & Media Arts, a concentration in Screenwriting, and a minor in Business Administration. She was a semifinalist in the International Screenwriting Competition – Scriptapalooza in 2009, and a Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition finalist for two separate entries in 2010.

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J. Edward “Joe” Cecala – Executive Producer

General Manager of The Watson Hotel in New York this former Marine Corps office has in the past twenty years produced numerous Off-Off Broadway productions including “Swim Shorts” in 2002, 2003 and 2007, “The Criminals”, “Acts of Providence” “Faith”, “Saving the Greeks”, “It’s Not Even Past”, “Marat/Sade” “January 1968” and “The Secret Agenda of Trees” to name a few. He serves as Executive Board President of PUSH Productions, Executive Board member of The Theatre Project in Union NJ, Executive Producer of Word of Mouth Productions, Executive Producer of Alter Ego Theatre of New York and Executive Producer of his documentary “Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation” directed by Laura Archibald and narrated by Susan Sarandon now prominent on NETFLIX and a major success. He is proud to be one of the major producers of the hit Off-Broadway musical sensation “CAGNEY”. An original Lower East Side kid he cut his teeth with firsthand experience acting in LES productions with The Tompkins Square Players during the 1950’s and 1960’s and has developed a great empathy not only for actors but for anyone interested in the arts. He has tried to be that friendly face and helping hand that’s so frightfully scarce in the creative arenas. Coupled with his boundless enthusiasm for all things and people creative he is a theater “angel” in the truest sense of the word. Joe is married to his “bride”, Kathy, of 45 years and they have three children and five grandchildren all active in some measure with the creative arts. Thanks to them all for allowing him to continually follow his dream and to Kristen Snyder for taking him on as Executive Producer of “One Dream Too Many”.

Meghan Moxsky- Editor

Documentary filmmaking is what Meghan is most passionate about. It’s the perfect field for someone who is curious and loves to learn. With each new project, she gets to explore worlds she never would have discovered otherwise and meet people she might never have crossed paths with in her everyday life. It has been a privilege for her to tell the story of Kristen’s family.

Meghan’s portfolio can be found at http://www.MeghanParkansky.com (http://www.meghanparkansky.com/).

She is originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and her first documentary film project, The Packers’ Fan Experience, was Directed, Produced, and Edited by her. The film aired on PBS in 2013. Meghan attended film school at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Kelly O’Malley – Marketing Manager

Kelly is a 2016 Oneonta graduate who earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication, with a minor in Advertising. Her love for digital media was inspired by her first high school video production class. She was lucky enough to work in California last summer, interning with IFC Studios, and a Los Angeles based movie trailer house. She is currently working at Carat, a media agency located in New York. She is on the Microsoft account as a Social Media Activation Associate.

Frankie Alteri – Marketing Coordinator

Frankie is a rising senior at Ithaca College, majoring in Television and Radio. He has a passion for both sports broadcasting and the film industry. At Ithaca, he hosts numerous sports talk shows and pre-game coverage for Ithaca College football. He is also entering his 4th season as a host on a movie review show called The Screening Room on ICTV.  He has worked as a production runner for Fox Sports for 4 years in pursuit of being a play by play sportscaster. In addition, Frankie writes sports and entertainment articles for AfterBuzz TV and Black Hollywood Live.

Bears and You – Film Score and Musical Content

During his time at college, Nick Bottomley (Bears and You) spent a lot of late nights staying up listening to the campus radio station, where the music played often reflected the sleeplessness and haziness of its audience. It was these sounds that inspired his second EP, Yearbook. The songs on it are reflective of his time spent at school, and by the oddly intimate connection of tuning in to the lonely radio transmissions bouncing up and down the coast.

In between class and homework, the record came together over the course of 3 years, eventually becoming four perfect, versatile, vulnerable, electronic songs. Subsequently, Yearbook is four years in twenty minutes; the sound of growing up and letting go as you watch a rocket pierce the sky before daybreak.