Rod Washington (Producer/ Director/ Founder)

Rod's interest in filmmaking started in grade school. After years of taking countless film/ video courses dating back as early as High School, Rod became a partner in the formation of First Choice Productions in Southern California. Even though FCP ceased operations in 1993, they had produced several independent projects; including the critically acclaimed, award winning series Almost There,  also Fiction Theater, The McAllister Affair and two feature projects, Imminent Contact and Until Tomorrow Comes. In 1996, Rod started RCW Film/ Video Works where both he and Mike Sliwa wrote short stories and screenplays. And in 1999, they both worked on their first short film A LONG WALK HOME, which starred Sliwa. Later that year the name of the organization was changed to RCW MediaWorks. Since then, they have been working on several independent video/ film productions and had one project shown at the Phoenix Film Festival

Mike Sliwa (Actor/ Producer/ Director/ Co-Founder)

My career in the industry began with the 1980’s phenomenon of “lip syncing’.  I appeared on the television show Puttin’ On The Hits in 1987.  From there I had briefly tried my hand at Comedy Sports sketch comedy in the early 1990’s.  I met Rod Washington in 1995 and began to take an interest in video/ film production.  During this time I did some commercial/extra work as well as appearing in some of Rod’s small independent films. I taught High School Theater for two years directing various plays and musicals. In 2003, I appeared in a Cactus Pix production titled Cloud 9. This short film appeared in the 2004 Phoenix Film Festival.  Today I am the co-founder of Cactus Pix Motion Picture Company and continue to make films and I have also expanded into the service sector of the industry. 

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