Director

Cheryl Bookout is a filmmaker, artist, and nonprofit arts leader based in Joshua Tree, California. Her work explores creativity as a force for healing, memory, and social transformation. Her directing and producing credits include Inside the Beauty Bubble, Acting Like Women, PURE, Gloria’s Call, and Just a Friend. Moving Like Pond Water reflects her long-standing commitment to ethical storytelling and collaborative creative process.

Elizabeth Worley is a producer and film production management professional whose work includes the feature-length films California King (2025) and Good Girl Jane (2022). 

Stacy Sweeting is a producer whose work includes the short documentary Inside the Beauty Bubble and the anthology series Discover Indie Film. Her background spans development, event production, and fundraising, supporting projects from concept through exhibition.

Tracy Jordan Roberts is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law with over 20 years of professional experience. She brings strategic organization, research, and stewardship to the project’s production and planning.

Patrick Wallis is a U.S. Army veteran and President of Mil-Tree Veterans Project, a Joshua Tree–based nonprofit connecting veterans and civilians through collaborative art. He has produced multiple veteran-centered creative projects and serves as a key advisor on community engagement and ethical collaboration. 

Foster V. Corder is a U.S. Navy veteran, filmmaker, and producer with decades of experience in television and independent film. Co-founder of Black Bird Films, he has produced branded and independent content and mentored emerging filmmakers nationwide.

John Darwin Kurc is a cinematographer and photojournalist whose work bridges art and activism. His visual storytelling has been featured in documentary and editorial contexts, including American Scar, produced by The New Yorker. His work on Moving Like Pond Water emphasizes patience, texture, and presence.

Barry Norwood attended the UCLA  School of Theater, Film and Television, Los Angeles. He is known for his work in commercials & music videos . Filmography includes Suicide Kings, Back to Even, The Omega Code, Final Voyage,Inside the Beauty Bubble, plus 70 more credits. 

Joyce Callo is a New York Emmy Award winner, and an independent writer/director for film, television, and other media.  She has written, produced, and directed five short films, written several feature film screenplays as well as various TV projects. She holds an MFA with honors in writing/directing from Columbia University’s Graduate Film School. 

Kat Knight has worked in film for over 12 years, collaborating with more than 20 companies. She/They have experience in diverse fields including independent documentary, premium network series, social impact videos for nonprofit organizations, and web-based branded and commercial content.

Bob Ballard's music can be heard on cable TV shows including Kourtney and Khloe` (Kardashian) Take Miami, the Cult of Personality show on the REELZ network and more than 160 student shorts at colleges around the U.S sponsored by the Campus Music Network. He has received the following awards: ASCAP Plus Award 2011 & 2012, UK National Songwriting Contest, Finalist 2011, Southern California Music Awards, 2006, Best Male Vocalist Runner-up, Billboard Song Contest Finalist, November 2006, VH-1 Save the Planet, Song of the Year Award, Finalist 2004 & 2005. 

Kim Marcus is a Tribal Elder of the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians and a Serrano and Cahuilla culture bearer. A retired Native language teacher and counselor, he advises the project to ensure respectful representation of Indigenous land, ceremony, and cultural context during production in San Bernardino County.