Andi Hicks, DIRECTOR/MPI, has been affiliated with the Mary Pickford Library and Timeline Films since 1996 as a producer/writer/editor/graphic artist. She has been a part of the Mary Pickford Institute since its inception, as a project manager and teacher. Andi has an extensive background in the performing arts and has traveled extensively in Central America and Europe and created and published Expedition, The Magazine of the Americas. In addition to her production work, she choreographs and teaches dance at community colleges and professional dance schools. She currently teaches and lectures in the dance department at CSULB.

Hugh Munro Neely, CURATOR/MARY PICKFORD LIBRARY, is a Los Angeles native. Educated in the Santa Monica public schools and at USC, Mr. Neely is a documentary filmmaker, professional musician and theater director. In addition to his work at the Mary Pickford Institute, he has produced silent film soundtracks for Milestone Films and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), and directed documentary films on film history.

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Manon Banta, a teaching artist with a MFA from The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, shifted her storytelling skills to documentary filmmaking - directing, producing and editing the short documentary, “Probable Odds,” filmed during the 2003 Breeder’s Cup at Santa Anita Race Track. She’s worked as an Interviewer for the AFI Film Festival’s red carpet premieres, Field Producer for the Associated Press Television at the Sundance Film Festival, production coordinator/ line producer for numerous independent films as well as occasionally appearing in front of the camera. She began teaching with The Mary Pickford Institute in 2008 and currently designs and teaches curriculum that combines the VAPA and CTE Standards for Media with real world, hands-on experience.