ANTHONY LADESICH
Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer
Two-time Emmy winning film and commercial director, Anthony is based in Kansas City where he lives with his amazing wife and two adorable dogs. They all share space with his stupid record collection and dumb guitars. Ladesich, has worked for over 20 years as a writer, director, cinematographer and editor, producing award-winning films and commercials that have captured audiences around the world. He is a lifelong performing musician who is most at home when he is combining his passion for music with his artistry as a filmmaker. Ladesich is also an adjunct professor of Film and Media Arts at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Ladesich’s film work floats between documentary, narrative film and music videos and includes: “Two Sisters,” “Be it ever so humble, there’s no place,” “Corvalo,” “The Icarus 1,” “The Secret Story of Toys,” “Studio A,” “Cowtown Ballroom, Sweet Jesus,” “Forty Five: The Search for Soul,” “REPO” and “Six Month Chip,” the web series “LOVEsongs,” as well as recent music videos for “Pedaljets: Downtown,” and “Koney: Actin Dumb.”
MICHAEL WEBBER
Producer / Executive Poducer
Austin-based Michael Webber first met Javier Escovedo in the 1980s when Webber worked at record stores in his native Kansas City and also in Lawrence, Kansas where Webber attended college and Escovedo toured with the True Believers. Webber routinely hosted concert after-parties and took touring artists to eat and record shop in his hometown.
After finishing college (including an MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans), Webber left the record business but never lost his passion for music, continuing to host concerts in his Austin home for old friends like Escovedo, Jean Caffeine and Chip Kinman who were contemporaries of The Zeros.
Webber is a world-respected airport planner, having provided cargo consulting for major international gateways like New York’s JFK and Los Angeles’s LAX, as well as airports in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Webber also frequently writes for trade publications and is a consultant to the World Bank and for multinational aviation associations.
Andy Romero
Cinematographer, Producer
With some 25 years in the film and television industry, Andy Romero’s production experience includes everything from feature films, documentaries, and broadcast television shows, to short films, music videos, and tv commercials.
Directors have called on his experience and creative eye for detail as a comedy, lifestyle, and tabletop Director of Photography in recent years, for clients like Wendy’s, Dairy Queen, Kansas Lottery, NAPA Auto Parts, Gatorade, Sprint, McDonald’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Tropicana.
He’s a member of the International Cinematographer’s Guild, the Society of Camera Operators, and has completed the American Society of Cinematographers Master Class program. His work has been featured in AdWeek and Digital FilmMaker magazines.
