Who We Are

We are master storytellers. We invent new ways to help tell your stories by bringing together brilliant writers, illustrators, musicians, sound designers, filmmakers, animators and technologists. We are innovators and we’re here for you.

LIZ DUBELMAN is the founder of VidLit. Her pre-digital career included ten years in film production. Her television work won her two Emmys — one as a producer and one as a director. She was the first woman member of the labor negotiating committee of I.A.T.S.E., New York local 644 (cinematographers), and is an establishing member of Women in New Technology. She has been consultant to all of the major studios in the area of digital rights and Internet content. Ms. Dubelman is a graduate of Hampshire College.  She can be contacted at: liz@vidlit.com

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PACA THOMAS (pronounced PAY-ka) has spent the better part of his adult life finding ways to make ADD profitable. Educated in Theatre and Music, he has alternately and coincidentally made his way as an actor, singer, composer, lyricist, artist, and sound designer. In the guise of the latter, his work at Advantage Audio, including countless projects for Disney, Universal, Sony, and Dreamworks in animation sound has garnered him five Emmy awards and more than a dozen nominations for the MPSE Golden Reel award. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/manager Sheri Anderson Thomas, and a bunch of Scottish Fold cats. Paca is eternally grateful to Liz Dubelman for letting him be a part of her unique and brilliant concept. He can be contacted at: paca@vidlit.com

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DAN DUBELMAN won a Golden Lion at the Cannes Film Festival for his role co-starring with Jack Gilford in the “Sharing” commercial for Cracker Jacks. After graduating Cornell, Dan earned a scholarship and fellowship to Johns Hopkins. He won the LA Music Award for Most Creative Marketing, and the title song hit #11 on the KPIG charts.  Dan was the special guest of Willie Nelson’s at Farm Aid 2004, performing with Willie, Neil Young, Dave Mathews, Lucinda Williams, John Mellencamp etc.  He was the first ever head of Online Entertainment for FoxKids, and he headed the development of the Sports Product Youbet.com, a public company.  He has produced websites foreverything from Snack Foods to Seinfeld to Girls Gone Wild.  These days, Dan is heavily involved in micro blogging and social media marketing. He can be reached at info@dandubelman.com

PAUL SLANSKY is a humor writer for The New Yorker. His work has also appeared in, among other publications, The New York Observer, Spy, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Newsweek, and Esquire, where he was a longtime contributor to the annual “Dubious Achievement Awards.” He is the author of The Clothes Have No Emperor, a best-selling book about the Reagan presidency. He lives in Santa Monica, California. His current website is www.theslanskyslant.com

KRISTINA ROMERO is the owner of KR Media & Designs, has been working with VidLit since 2005. A designer and animator with skills in HTML, CSS, Javascript,PHP, Flash, Photoshop and Motion, she aids in creating VidLits and websites for clients. As a filmmaker Romero has directed for television and produced two short films. She is a graduate of the University of SouthernCalifornia’s Masters of Professional Writing Program and is currentlycompleting her first novel.

ELLIS WEINER has been an editor of National Lampoon, a columnist for Spy, and a contributor to many magazines, including The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine.

BARBARA DAVILMAN lives in Los Angeles, where she writes for television.

EMILY ALEXANDER is experienced in traditional and Flash animation. She graduated from The Art Institute of Seattle with a degree in Computer Animation and Design.She presently animates for VidLit (of course) and Sirius Radio. She lives in Los Angeles, fulfilling her goal in making people laugh with her cartoons…or at least crack a smile. Her website is: http://www.emilycartoons.com

DANIEL LEIGHTON Co-founded Webolution, an award-winning Web development company in business since 1995 with a client roster including Intel Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Warner Music Group and Paramount Pictures. Member of the founding management team for Women in Technology International (WITI), a worldwide professional women’s organization. First person hired by internet pioneer c|net for their Web site development team; worked directly with CEO Halsey Minor. Received the prestigious Regents and Chancellors Scholarship from UC Berkeley where he graduated cum laude with a BA in filmmaking. Comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. His entrepreneurial spirit goes back to his childhood where he started his first business when he was 12. Has received awards and recognition for many of his short films and documentaries.