SPEAKERS
Keynote Speakers
Tiller Russell is an acclaimed writer, director, and producer who continues to create character-driven films that cover different genres of the most riveting, complex, and unexpected stories. His story-telling allows the viewer to become immersed in lives of the stories he's sharing. He's established himself as one of the top documentary filmmakers with a long impressive resume.
Just to name some of his impressive works ... the three-part doc series
Waco: American Apocalypse which premiered at #1 on Netflix and remained in the Top 10 for 2 weeks; the larger-than-life thriller Silk Road that Tiller wrote and directed;
the highly acclaimed documentary series - The Last Narc which is streaming on Amazon Prime.
But, it is his critically acclaimed four-part doc series - Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer, which sat in a top 10 spot on Netflix, that has garnered a bigger
true-crime following.
Tiller Russell
Night Stalker: The Hunt For A Serial Killer
At BEYOND THE CRIME Tiller will dive into the decisions he made while making the true-crime series about the serial killer who was behind the most terrifying spree of home invasions, where he tormented women, men and children.
Tiller says he approached the project with the highest regard for the survivors and victims. He has also expressed the important role filmmakers have in not glorifying Richard Ramirez -- instead portraying him as "the monster he became."
The Hunt for the West Mesa Murderer
Tamas Nadas
Boneyard, Producer
Tamas Nadas is an esteemed actor and producer. The Hungarian-American actor has made a name for himself on the small screen and on the silver screen in several movies ...including Shrapnel, an action-packed film of a veteran facing off against a Mexican cartel and Fierce Target, a fast pace action feature film.
His move into the producer seat is what's garnering him a lot of attention with the accredited movie Boneyard,
which follows the true-crime
story of the West Mesa
Murder case in
Albuquerque, NM.
The Boneyard has given the case more exposure by giving the world a glimpse of who the victims were and the families left behind, all because of a "potential" serial killer.
Vincent McDaniel
Boneyard, Writer
Vincent E. McDaniel is an acclaimed actor, writer and producer. He has made his mark on the big screen and on several widely popular TV series to include a role in Better Call Saul and Walker. You might recognize Vincent for his roles in several movies, to include MR-9 Do or Die and Boneyard.
One of his recent projects is the critically acclaimed feature film Boneyard, which Vincent was a writer, producer and actor ...taking on the role of Sgt Graham.
Boneyard has become the launching ground for his new project -- A docuseries on the West Mesa Murder Case -- which will include interviews from many people impacted by the horrific crime to include family members of the victims.
Asif Akbar Boneyard, Director
Asif Akbar is a talented filmmaker, writer, producer, and acclaimed director. He has sat in a director's role for many accredited movies, to include the horror film Skeletons in the Closet, the action-packed movie The Commando and the accredited Boneyard.
Boneyard has now become the launching ground for a bigger project that Asif is working on to help bring in more tips for the
unsolved West Mesa Murder case. The docuseries will dive into the details of the case from investigators and family members. It will also have archival footage of the actual investigation.
The West Mesa Murder case has haunted real-life detectives for 15 years. In 2009, the remains of 11 women and an unborn child were found in shallow graves in the desert on the West Mesa of Albuquerque.
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