Korey Coleman - Director, Writer, Producer

Korey Coleman is best known in the Austin area for his long-running movie review show The Reel Deal, shown on Austin cable access television. In addition, Coleman is an accomplished graphic artist and animator. His illustrations can often be seen in the Austin Statesman and the Austin Chronicle. His comic strip The Reel Deal, based on his show, can be found weekly in the Austin American Statesman. As an animator he served as an effects artist for Heart O’ Texas Productions, developed characters for several video-games at Human Code, and most recently provided animated characters for several music videos and commercial television projects at Horseback Salad Productions.

2 AM is his first full-length narrative feature.

Adam Sear - Producer

Adam Sear is an animator and filmmaker. An active member of the Austin film community, he has helped advise filmmakers on the more mundane tasks of marketing and financing their films. Always available to offer his opinion on any subject even when not asked, Adam has an answer for everything -especially when he knows nothing about it. His friendship with Korey Coleman led to producing 2 AM. Work on 2 AM included marketing, financing, and assisting Korey on some of the more onerous aspects of making a feature. He is currently working on several film projects including feature-length scripts and animation projects.

Janice Rios - Producer

Janice earned her Bachelor of Science in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998. During college, she received her first exposure to a movie set by landing an accounting internship on the film Office Space. She has worked on several independent short projects and feature projects serving in many capacities as production assistant to extras casting. In 2000 she served as an assistant director for Tara Veneruso’s 9 Boyfriends, an original web series for Blastro.com. She was a line producer for Jose Mata’s short film Fear and Trembling which premiered at the 2003 Dallas Video Festival and shown on the Dallas PBS affiliate program, Frame of Mind.

Scott Loras - Producer

Scott Loras has been an attorney for 20 years and has loved the movies ever since he can remember.  A graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, Scott practiced law for 12 years as a court room lawyer in Houston, he finally pursued his wish to return to Austin.  He began mediating disputes, negotiating cases for other lawyers, and consulting on legal/business matters for numerous startups during the tech boom. Scott is active in the Austin Film Society, which led him to Korey Coleman and friends, eventually contributing online reviews for The Reel Deal, and even a bit of acting in local commercials and with Austin acting coach Mona Lee.  He currently pays the bills by negotiating large contracts for a Fortune 50 company.  He is married to Robyn and has a son, Andrew and stepson, Coates, who also love the movies.  2 AM is his inaugural venture as producer of a feature length film.