François Dompierre • Writer/Director

all the days before tomorrow represents the first feature project by François Dompierre, fresh from his studies at the University of Southern California, an institution with graduates responsible for such innovative fare as “Napoleon Dynamite," “Special” and “Brick.”

The coach of his school's comedy improv team in sixth grade, François led the squad to a silver medal in the national championships. Building on this momentum, every year at the holidays he would sing and dance in front of his whole family. He was quite the entertainer, at least according to his mom. Perhaps that’s where the passion began.

Born and raised in Quebec City, Canada, François obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of Montreal in 1997. His undergraduate thesis film “Trente Secondes (Thirty Seconds)” screened at several prominent festivals, including the Montreal World Film Festival.

After a short stint at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, he started working as a second assistant director in Montreal, immersing himself in both film and television projects there. François then made his way back to Los Angeles a few years later when he was accepted into the graduate film program at the University of Southern California, where he honed his creative skills.

While at USC, François wrote and directed several innovative short films. He also contributed creatively to “Playing,” “2+1,” “A Kiss on the Nose,” and the award-winning “9:30,” screening to critical acclaim at Cannes and other festivals internationally.

Gavin Kelly • Director of Photography

Gavin Kelly is an award-winning director of photography who has lensed a wide spectrum of narrative features and shorts, music videos, commercials, documentaries and television projects. His extensive background in visual arts, music, and film has helped him become a distinctive, dynamic visual collaborator.

While in undergraduate studies in Visual Arts at U.C.S.D., Gavin was awarded two Student Emmys for his films. Gavin went on to receive an M.F.A. in film production at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television in 2004.

In 2005 Gavin received the prestigious A.S.C. Charles B. Lang Heritage Award for Outstanding Cinematography, Honorable Mention, from the American Society of Cinematographers, a distinction that celebrates rising new talent in cinematography.

Besides all the days before tomorrow, Gavin's recent credits include West Bank Story, a bold musical-comedy take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and after winning dozens of awards at international festivals has just been nominated for an Oscar in the 2007 Academy Awards.

Aran Reo Mann • Production Designer

Building on her formal education in the arts – earning both a BFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Goldsmiths College in London – Aran decided to turn her attention to film.

She started her career as assistant art director on “Collateral,” but quickly moved on to full-blown production design. In addition to all the days before tomorrow, her credits include “The Garbageman” and Miranda July’s Sundance award-winning “Me and You and Everyone We Know.”Aran recently completed work on the feature version of the classic 80’s television show “Miami Vice,” released internationally this past summer.