Born and raised in Oregon, Renée Intlekofer excelled in athletics. She was an All-State Basketball player and a top gymnast in the state of Oregon. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Sociology, Renée began pursuing a career in entertainment and became a professional wrestler for a syndicated television show call Women of Wrestling. After that stint, Renée has continued to pursue a career in front of the camera, in addition to taking a crack behind the camera as a producer. After two years of producing several short projects, she has now begun producing her first feature film. In addition to her production efforts, Renée has also started her own non-profit company the Northwest Film Foundation, and is putting together a national high school film festival called TakeOne Film Fest.

Making his start in the theater community in Phoenix, Arizona, Jay Holben directed several plays before moving into the filmmaking world. He has directed six previous short films (Wall, Fly, Paranoid, The Night Before, Hunger and most recently, Descent) in addition to working for several years as a Director of Photography.

Prior to his work as a Cinematographer, he worked as a Gaffer on many popular music videos for Korn, Brandy, Shaquille O'Neal and Ice Cube in addition to feature films such as Free Enterprise.

His short, Paranoid, which was adapted from the poem by Stephen King, garnered overwhelming praise for its stylistic excellence and the personal endorsement of Mr. King. His short Hunger appeared as one of horrormeister John Carpenter's favorites on American Movie Classics as part of a Halloween special and was also listed as a favorite of New York Post's film critic Linda Stasi.

As a Producer, Jay has also made three independent feature films in addition to more than a dozen short films and commercials. Additionally, he is a frequent contributing writer for American Cinematographer magazine.

Your Half Pictures, LLC was formed in 1999 by Ryan Harper, Josh R. Jaggars and Rusty Gray to produce feature films, short films, television, commercials and documentaries.

Your Half Pictures recently completed production of their first feature film 30 Miles. In addition, YHP also executive produced a new short film entitled Descent, by award winning director Jay Holben.

YHP also has their hand in television, as they are currently co-producing a reality-based sports series called Rookies which is currently in development with Craig Piligian (Survivor, Cupid, and American Chopper).

The company is also involved in documentary filmmaking, creating a segment for the documentry on the World Festival of Sacred Music, which was hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The film aired on the Los Angeles PBS station (KCET) and won an award at the Moab Film Festival.