The Team

JD Herrera

President/CEO

JD is the President/CEO and general counsel for CirrusFilm™ LLC. Founded in 2010, CirrusFilm is an Albuquerque-based film production company.  click for more ...

Charlie Gravina

Vice President/CFO

Entertainment attorney, and UPM on local independent film, specialized in entertainment contracts, film finance and funding issues. Charlie also produces the annual Filmstock New Mexico film festival. click for more ...

Billy Garberina

Producer-Director-Writer

Billy has been referred to by the Albuquerque Journal as an “Indie Film Guru.” His extensive forays in micro-budget cinema and his varied talents more than back that up. click for more ...

Becca Holmes

Director of Story development

Co-Manager of Active Learning through Opera (ALTO) program with the Santa Fe Opera since 2006, where, with the help of her team of opera artists, she has supported over 40 groups of students in grades K-12 to develop and produce their own operas. . click for more.....

Brandy Rodke

Editor/Director

Brandy Rodke is creatively and persistently driven to work in a team environment to Direct, Produce, Assistant Direct, Camera PA, Boom Op, Script Supervise, Screenwrite, and Storyboard the art of motion pictures. click for more.....

Michael Walter

Producer/Director

Renowned stunt coordinator, stuntman and actor, Michael Walter has joined the team as a producer and director. click for more.....

Jesse Lockwood

Associate Producer

Jesse comes on board CirrusFilm™ as an associate producer. Jesse has completed the University of New Mexico Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media program as well as the Central New Mexico film program.click for more.....

Chris Cervantes

Cinematographer

As a Cinematographer Chris love to bring a story to life through compelling images. He believes that every story can be enhanced with a creative use of light, shadow, camera movement, color, and composition. click for more.....

Jim Behnke

Producer/Director

Jim Behnke (“Drive,” “Knight and Day,” “The Majestic”) is a thirty-five year Hollywood insider veteran with credits that read like a list of Hollywood’s biggest movies.
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Marshall Nelson

Director of Musical Development

Marshall is both a phenomenal performer and composer. As a performer, he has opened for huge bands like The Beach Boys, Blue Oyster Cult, Mariah Carey and Kansas.
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Steve Raye Stanard (Stannard)

Director of Public Relations & Marketing

In the summer of 1999, Steve with Roxanne V. Hennig opened a Talent Management Agency in Albuquerque, NM and began building a client database for feature films/TV series coming to take advantage of the liberal NM film incentives program. click for more ...

Robert Baxter

Lead Principle Casting Director

Experienced Casting Director with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry. Skilled in Production Management, Improvisation, Theatre, Event Management, and Strong media and communication professional.. . click for more.....