SYNOPSIS

In the Lowcountry of South Carolina, a group of true Southern belles reveal their more
rugged side, providing a glimpse into what drives them to hunt in the wild.

FILMMAKER BIOS
MARIA WHITE DIRECTOR / PRODUCER
Maria White directed and produced The Debutante Hunters, through a grant awarded
by the South Carolina Film Commission. Prior to this, Maria produced the award-winning
short films Tackle Box and Down and Out. Maria was born in Las Vegas, raised in South
Carolina, and studied art at Winthrop University. Maria is also a professional ceramic
artist. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

MATTHEW MEBANE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
The Debutante Hunters marks the third collaboration between Matthew and his wife,
Maria White. Previously they made the critically acclaimed short film Tackle Box, which
screened in over fifty festivals and earned 16 awards. Their follow-up film, Down and
Out, starring Golden Globe winner Ricky Schroder and lensed by Academy Award-
winner Russell Carpenter, will be included in the soon-to-be-released anthology feature
film Locker 13. Matthew and Maria are currently developing three features: the
comedy, Fast Cars & Babies, the drama/romance Taxi Dancer and the
crime/drama/thriller Lowcountry. Matthew grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and
graduated from Sewanee with a degree in Economics. He also attended British Studies
at St. Johns College Oxford. Matthew learned filmmaking first hand as a camera
assistant and has had the opportunity to work with directors such as Robert Redford,
Terrence Malick and Paul Thomas Anderson.

TOM CLARK EXECUTIVE PRODUER
Tom Clark brings 30 years experience in television, radio, film, and multi media
production and management, to the South Carolina Film Commission and the INDIE
GRANTS. As writer, producer, executive producer, A1, A2, and crew member, he has
produced hundreds of audio, video, High Definition, and film projects, from complex
presidential debates and college football to international shoots. With 3000 hours as a
commercial pilot and flight instructor, he has seen most all of South Carolina from the
air, and as a PADI certified Divemaster, he has even seen under SCs lakes, rivers and
ocean.


BRAD JAYNE PRODUCER
Brad Jayne is an independent writer, director, and producer based in Charleston, SC,
creating short films, commercial projects for national and international clients, and
music videos, including a recent music video project with film icon Bill Murray. He also
founded and administers the South Carolina Film Commission's INDIE GRANT program,
funding short films by South Carolina filmmakers, and this year established the Young
Filmmakers Project, a high school filmmaking competition. Brad will be shooting his
first feature in Fall 2012 along coastal South Carolina.

KRISTY OLSON CUTHBERT PRODUCER
The Debutante Hunters is Kristys first credit producing but she is no stranger to
production as this is the second film where she has collaborated on with Director /
Producer, Maria White. In 2003 Kristy worked on the award-winning short film Tackle
Box as key hair and make-up artist. For the making of The Debutante Hunters, not only
was Kristy the inspiration for Whites short, her strong relationships within the hunting
community enabled the filmmakers access to some of the most talented hunters in the
region and shoot in wildlife preserves never captured before on film. Kristy is a member
of the National Wild Turkey Federation, the National Rifle Association and has held a
hunting license in the state of South Carolina for many years. Born and raised in
Summerville, South Carolina, Kristy is an accomplished hair stylist and is the proud
mother of two boys. She lives with her family in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

SANDRA KEATS CO-PRODUCER
Sandra Keats is a Los Angeles-based documentary film and television producer, whose
work focuses largely on social and environmental issues. In addition to co-producing The
Debutante Hunters, she most recently worked as an associate producer on the
Participant Media documentary Last Call at the Oasis about the growing water crisis.
The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival and will be released in theaters in
May 2012. Her other credits include the documentary series In Their Boots (Brave New
Foundation) and shows for the Travel Channel and Sundance Channel.

ERIK C. ANDERSEN EDITOR / CO-PRODUCER
Having worked with many talented directors like Peyton Reed (Bring it On), Robert
Rodriguez (Desperado), Jan De Bont (Speed), Brett Ratner (Rush Hour), and Doug Liman
(The Bourne films), Erik C. Andersen learned the craft of editing by working with the
masters. Andersen found early success when he won his first Emmy cutting A
COMMUNITY OF CARING - JOE" for the American Heart Assoc. That success has followed
him throughout his editing career with the projects he has edited winning over 100
prestigious awards for their directors. In the early 90s, Andersen helped introduce one


of the first computer-based editing systems, Lightworks, to the film industry. These
systems have revolutionized the way editors cut today. He is one of 15 editors who
authored the book Transitions - Voices on the Craft of Digital Editing. Andersens talents
extend not only to editing, but also to directing. He has created a huge following with
his internet videos Star Wars Made Me This Way, Stop Blink Look, Behind the Scenes of
the Family Guy, Battlestar Galactica Live Concert, and Double Trouble and just directed a
TV pilot for Nancy Fox, founder of Mrs. Beasley's Gift Baskets. In post-production is his
first feature-length documentary called The Fright Gallery, which makes him one of
the industrys brightest and most promising new talents.

ALAN NEWCOMB CINEMATOGRAPHER
Alan began taking still photographs & making his own short films as a child growing up
in Charlotte, NC. In high school, he decided that cinematography was where he wanted
to end up, and began learning to shoot under his father Bob while learning the business
working as a PA on commercials and local indie projects. He graduated in 2003 with
departmental honors from the Studio Arts program at Bard College in southern NY,
where he focused on sculpture, light installation, and still photography while DP-ing for
film student friends. After college, he began working in the camera department as a
loader, 2nd AC & focus puller, and has gone on to DP & operate on a wide variety of
short films, documentaries & independent narrative features.

JASPER RANDALL COMPOSER
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Jasper began studying and composing music at
an early age, always knowing he wanted to pursue film music. After completing his
undergraduate degree in Music Composition from Azusa Pacific University in Los
Angeles, he was then accepted into the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television
program at the University of Southern California. Upon graduation from USC, he spent
the next three years working alongside veteran film composer Christopher Young on
over a dozen feature films, including the Golden Globe nominated score to The Shipping
News and Sam Raimis blockbuster film Spiderman 3. Since that time, Jasper has gone on
to score dozens of films, both theatrical features and short subjects, as well as for
television shows and national commercials. His projects have seen wonderful success in
theaters and festivals worldwide, garnering multiple awards including a Student Emmy
for his score to the stop motion animated film, Mum. In addition to his original scores,
Jasper has established himself as one of the top vocal contractors in Los Angeles, having
worked with such notable composers as James Horner, Hans Zimmer, James Newton
Howard, Harry Gregson Williams, Alan Menken, Trevor Rabin and Teddy Shapiro. Jasper
has contracted and conducted choruses on such blockbuster films as Avatar, Tangled,
National Treasure 2, Tropic Thunder, 2012, Battle: Los Angeles, The Rite, X-Men Origins:
Wolverine and Disneynature's Earth. Jasper has contracted vocals for numerous
television shows as well as for major recording artists such as Josh Grobin, David Cook
and Adam Lambert. Jasper resides in Los Angeles, and is a proud ASCAP member.


ONNALEE BLANK SOUND DESIGNER / RE-RECORDING MIXER
Since Onnalee can remember, she has always loved sound and how it can influence her
mood and thinking. From a young age, she began to express her love for sound through
dance. Growing up in Portland Oregon and training 6 days a week with the Oregon
Ballet Theater defiantly inspired her to be who she is today. Onnalee started dancing
professional roles at the age of 13 and traveled all over the country to dance with
various companies starting when she was 15 years old. Due to a car accident at 20, her
professional career came to a screeching halt. This devastating experience forced
Onnalee to open up her eyes to other possibilities in life other than dance. She then
decided to pursue her next passion, and packed up her car and moved to Los Angeles to
study audio engineering. Since school, Onnalee has worked with such talents as Rick
Rubin, Johnny Cash, System of a Down, Jay-Z, Jimmy Gnecco (OURS), Red Hot Chilli
Peppers, and Shakira. Onnalee went on to work with Oscar nominated composer, Danny
Elfman. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and CORPSE BRIDE are just a few of
the projects she worked with Elfman. For five years now Onnalee has been working for
Todd AO Post Production Facilities creating sound design for feature films. Onnalee
recently got promoted to Re-Recording Mixer, and she is currently working on the
television series CSI NEW YORK, BROTHERS AND SISTERS as well as feature films
including last years Sundance feature, MELT WITH YOU.

ROBERTA MARIE MUNROE CONSULTING PRODUCER
Roberta Munroe is an author, writer/director, producer and CEO of her film consulting
company. She programmed the acclaimed short film program at The Sundance Film
Festival for 5 years learning how to, and how NOT to make a short film great. You can
find Roberta at www.robertamunroe.com, and her book, How Not To Make A Short
Film: Secrets from A Sundance Programmer, on Amazon.com. As a writer/director,
Roberta was invited into the Fox Searchlight Directors Program and made 2 award
winning short films (Dani and Alice and Happy Birthday) that have played at over 150
film festivals worldwide and gained distribution deals on iTunes, Logo and Wolfe Video.
As a producer, she has assisted over 25 filmmakers on projects such as Suicide Canaries
(SXSW 2010), The Procession (Starring Lily Tomlin & Jesse Tyler Ferguson), The High
Level Bridge, (Sundance 2011), The Debutante Hunters (Sundance 2012, Palm Springs
2011), The Thing (Sundance 2012), and My Night With Andrew Cunanan (Melbourne
LGBT Film Festival 2012). Roberta is also a producer with the INDIE GRANT program at
the South Carolina Film Commission, producing 6 short films a year.

MAIN CAST
KRISTY OLSON CUTHBERT, SARA FRAMPTON, SUSAN FRAMPTON, BEVERLY MEBANE
HELMS, KACEY BATES PATRICK

PRODUCTION NOTES
The director, Maria White, volunteered for the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 & 2002
(along with her husband and producing partner, Matthew Mebane) dreaming of
becoming a filmmaker one day. Her experience at Sundance was inspiring, life changing.
Having a film screen at this years festival is such an honor and dream come true for
Maria. For THE DEBUTANTE HUNTERS collaborated for the third time with her husband
and producing partner and for the first time with her close friend of many years,
passionate hunter, hair stylist, mother of two and southern debutante, Kristy Olson
Cuthbert, to make The Debutante Hunters, the short documentary after being moved by
Kristys love for hunting. Maria was drawn to filming this subject and meeting more
female hunters when realizing there was a whole other side to hunting she was unaware
of. Maria made The Debutante Hunters in part through an Indie grant awarded by the
South Carolina Film Commissions Indie Grants program, independent fundraising
through Kickstarter and fiscal sponsorship provided by Los Angeles based, Filmmakers
Alliance. Director was pregnant during pre-production, production and post-production
and completed the film just weeks before her son was born. She was determined to get
her film completed during this time window (baby was an excellent source of
motivation---inspiration!) The Debutante Hunters is a proud product of the South
Carolina Film Commission's INDIE GRANT program, where South Carolina filmmakers
receive production grants and other support to make their short films. The selected
projects use Trident Technical College film students as crew, providing hands-on training
for these future production professionals, while also supporting indigenous South
Carolina filmmaking and producing short films that showcase the state's rich cultural,
historical, and geographic fabric. For more information on the INDIE GRANTS, visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRJeWfgNClM

STILLS

Beverly Mebane Helms, Kacey Bates Patrick, Kristy Olson Cuthbert, Sara Frampton, Susan Frampton

Kristy Olson Cuthbert on a hunt in South Carolina

CONTACT
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER: MARIA WHITE maria@debutantehunters.com 323.841.3377
PUBLICIST: CARA WHITE Cara.White@mac.com 843.881.1480