
	About the Filmmakers Debbie and Steve are friends who began creating video productions together in 1996. Both are avid videographers who enjoy the technical and artistic challenges inherent in filmmaking. The pair collaborates on every aspect of the film with a fun-loving and precise artistic process. Steve handles more of the technical aspect of computer graphics and editing, while Deb handles more of the writing and planning. As tenors in Kol Halev, they both doubled as camera people during their Argentina and Eastern Europe travels. Upon their return, they spent hundreds of hours cataloguing, editing, researching, writing, narrating, packaging, and distributing their Eastern European film. Heavy funding and time demands have meant that some of Deb and Steve’s planned films have not made it past the script and raw footage stage, so they are creating a fundraising trailer for a full length documentary film about Kol Halev’s Argentina journey. The filmmakers would love to hear from you with your questions, comments, suggestions, or requests for additional copies of the film: Filmmakers Deb Merion and Steve Haskin at the Government House, Sofia, Bulgaria Steve Haskin Steve Haskin has over 30 years experience in professional video production as cameraman, film editor, graphic artist, producer, director, and narrator. He has created award-winning websites, television commercials, documentaries and distance learning courses on the web for business and academia, and is a frequent speaker at video conferences and seminars. A recent video that he produced for the University of Michigan Cancer Center to educate oncology care providers received a top video Aurora award. Steve is a graduate of Indiana University with a BFA and currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Highland Park, Illinois. Steve currently directs and consults for distance learning projects and video for his company, S > Media at stephenhaskin.com Debbie Merion Debbie Merion has 25 years of professional writing experience. She has over 50 publications as a technical writer, journalist, essayist, short-story author and poet, and is the recipient of six writing awards including the Excellence in Journalism Award from the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists for a feature in Hour Detroit. Debbie is a frequent contributor to the Ann Arbor Observer, The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal,The Huron River Review, and the Ann Arbor Business Review, where her “Health Watch” column appears monthly. With a B.A. and M.S.W from the University of Michigan, she has taught college English and currently coaches students and adults on ways they can naturally and enjoyably tell their stories through compelling essays and books. A life-long lover of home video and professional films, she began creating video productions in 1996. You can read more about Deb at spark-com.com and essaycoaching.com

About the Filmmakers

Debbie and Steve are friends who began creating video productions together in 1996. Both are avid videographers who enjoy the technical and artistic challenges inherent in filmmaking.

The pair collaborates on every aspect of the film with a fun-loving and precise artistic process. Steve handles more of the technical aspect of computer graphics and editing, while Deb handles more of the writing and planning.

As tenors in Kol Halev, they both doubled as camera people during their Argentina and Eastern Europe travels. Upon their return, they spent hundreds of hours cataloguing, editing, researching, writing, narrating, packaging, and distributing their Eastern European film.

Heavy funding and time demands have meant that some of Deb and Steve’s planned films have not made it past the script and raw footage stage, so they are creating a fundraising trailer for a full length documentary film about Kol Halev’s Argentina journey.

The filmmakers would love to hear from you with your questions, comments, suggestions, or requests for additional copies of the film:

Debbie Merion and Steve Haskin
Filmmakers Deb Merion and Steve Haskin at the Government House, Sofia, Bulgaria

Steve Haskin
Steve Haskin has over 30 years experience in professional video production as cameraman, film editor, graphic artist, producer, director, and narrator. He has created award-winning websites, television commercials, documentaries and distance learning courses on the web for business and academia, and is a frequent speaker at video conferences and seminars. A recent video that he produced for the University of Michigan Cancer Center to educate oncology care providers received a top video Aurora award. Steve is a graduate of Indiana University with a BFA and currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Highland Park, Illinois. Steve currently directs and consults for distance learning projects and video for his company, S > Media at stephenhaskin.com

Debbie Merion
Debbie Merion has 25 years of professional writing experience. She has over 50 publications as a technical writer, journalist, essayist, short-story author and poet, and is the recipient of six writing awards including the Excellence in Journalism Award from the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists for a feature in Hour Detroit. Debbie is a frequent contributor to the Ann Arbor Observer, The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal,The Huron River Review, and the Ann Arbor Business Review, where her “Health Watch” column appears monthly. With a B.A. and M.S.W from the University of Michigan, she has taught college English and currently coaches students and adults on ways they can naturally and enjoyably tell their stories through compelling essays and books. A life-long lover of home video and professional films, she began creating video productions in 1996. You can read more about Deb at spark-com.com and essaycoaching.com