Victoria Emmons as Ashley
From an early age, Victoria Emmons has loved entertaining people. She and her three sisters have a gospel bluegrass band, The Emmons Sisters, and they are also members of The Ivy Street Band. During high school, Victoria competed in two different speech leagues, going to Nationals twice and placing fourth in the nation with her pro-life speech. Victoria lives in Grants Pass Oregon with her parents and three sisters. She played the female lead in the feature film Come What May which was released in March 2009 by Advent Film Group. She also played the lead in the movie, Rosemary, which is in post production. She hopes to use her passion for performing and love for God to touch and affect people's lives.
Meghan McCabe-Habrat as Aunt Diane
Meghan McCabe-Habrat hails from Oregon originally. She has lived and traveled all over and worked in amateur theatre in the US and England. She has studied the Stella Adler method of acting in Los Angeles with Master Teacher Ron Burrus. Her goal is to continue to work on projects with a positive message that glorifies God.
Austin Kearney as Travis
Austin Kearney is a 20-year-old entertainer from Portland, Oregon. His film roles have included Caleb in Advent Film Group's Come What May, and Alex in Epicenter's Rosemary. He also enjoys music, and plays guitar in the Ivy Street Band, while producing various projects for other singers and songwriters. He is excited to be involved in Saving Winston playing the role of Travis.
Shane Hawks Director
Shane Hawks was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon. He received a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications and Film from the University of Oregon and worked at the local NBC-TV affiliate, directing the live evening newscasts. In 1999, Shane wrote and directed his first feature film, Eyes to Heaven. It was officially selected into several film festivals, including the New York Underground Film Festival and the Euro Underground Film Festival. In 2001, Shane wrote and directed his second feature film, Meat Clever Love. The film had its premiere screening in Los Angeles.
In 2002, Shane and wife Carrie moved to Los Angeles to pursue filmmaking. In 2006, this venture led to Shane writing and directing his third feature film, Naomi. While also in L.A., Shane wrote the script, Midnight , a Screenplay Finalist in the L.A. SCREAMFEST Film Festival. In 2009, Shane, Carrie and daughter Avery moved back to Oregon, to escape the rat race of Los Angeles and to direct his fourth feature film, Saving Winston.
Jodi Johnson Writer/Producer
Jodi Johnson is an Oregon native who grew up competing on the West Coast horse show circuit. After high school, she attended Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, for her degree in Broadcasting and Visual Design. While at Lane, she wrote, produced, and directed three short student films. Once she completed her college program, she continued on in the film industry working for Law and Order: SVU in New York City, and for Paramount, among others.
While working in the industry, she began to write her own screenplays. One of her first, Slidin' Home , was a Screenwriting Grand Prize Winner at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Aside from her writing, Jodi has worked the last two years for the Sundance Film Festival.
Carrie Hawks Producer
Carrie Hawks is an Oregon native born and raised in Portland. After graduating from The University of Oregon in Broadcast Journalism, she went to work on the Warner Brothers feature film Without Limits in the production office. She also spent three years in television news production at the local Eugene NBC affiliate.
Carrie produced a short children's film Bouncer , which was shown at several film festivals, including KIDFilm in Dallas, TX and the largest children's film festival in the country, the Chicago International Film Festival. She produced her first feature Naomi with her husband Shane. While living in Los Angeles Carrie worked for a small literary management/production company and was also a judge for the Bluecat Screenplay Contest.
