BIOGRAPHIES
Code of Silence is AMY HAPP’S (director, editor) first feature-length documentary. She is a graduate of San Francisco State University’s MFA in Cinema program. Her short 16mm films Resilience (1997), about a native Alaskan woman's struggle with alcoholism, and Naysayer (2000), a portrait of an unrepentant anarchist, screened at film festivals around the world. Resilience was distributed by Women Make Movies.
Though his name conceals his mixed-ethnicity, MICHAEL WILSON (cinematography, editing advisor, motion stills) has explored both his own Japanese-American heritage as well as more universal depictions of being – or being seen as – the Other, through his films, videotapes, and installations. His works include Flora's Film (2003), aerial elegy (2003), Turk Street (2000), and Brown (1998) and have been screened widely at festivals in the United States and abroad. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he worked closely with Asian American media organizations to help produce film screenings and events. In 2002 he received his Masters in Fine Arts degree in Cinema from San Francisco State University. Awards include the John Gutmann Memorial Filmmaker Award of Excellence and an honorarium from the Princess Grace Foundation USA. In 2004, he was in residence at the MacDowell Colony where he completed a feature film screenplay. He has taught film theory, production and guest lectured at numerous Bay Area universities and currently works as a freelance editor and videographer.
JOHN MILNE (cinematography, tireless technical troubleshooter) has been working in educational and corporate video production since 1990. In addition to his professional production and post-production work, John is interested in film and photo preservation and archiving.

DEBBIE LUM (cinematography, editing advisor) is an independent filmmaker based in San Francisco, California. Early in her career, she distinguished herself as an editor and producer of internationally recognized award-winning documentaries such as AKA Don Bonus (winner National Emmy, official selection Berlin International Film Festival) and Kelly Loves Tony (best feature nomination Int’l Documentary Association), among others. Her numerous editing credits from the The Joy Luck Club to To You Sweetheart Aloha, attest to her passion for making original, innovative independent cinema. In addition, she has written, produced and directed several short narrative films, including One April Morning, A Great Deal! and Chinese Beauty, which have entertained audiences in festivals across the US, from San Francisco to LA, to Chicago, DC and Honolulu. Currently she is producing/directing a feature documentary called Gentlemen Don’t Always Prefer Blondes about men who love Asian women. She also teaches editing at San Francisco State University. She holds a B.A. in East Asian Religion from Brown University and an M.F.A in Cinema from San Francisco State University.