Founder, Elora Media
Co-author, The Creative Activity Book

Founder of Elora Media and author of the I Can Be Anything Creative Activity Book, Betsy Chasse was part of the creative team behind the sleeper hit, What The Bleep Do We Know?!. She is credited as Writer, Director and Producer of the movie, along with William Arntz and Mark Vicente. To date, “The Bleep” is one of the highest grossing documentaries of all time, and has shipped over 1 million DVDs in the first six months of its DVD release. Betsy was listed in Variety’s top 50 Independent Producers of 2004.

As well as being part of the creative team for “The Bleep,” Betsy also created a grassroots marketing campaign which is credited with the success of the film. Several books have been written about the campaign, the film and its incredible success. In 2005 she co-authored the book What The Bleep Do We Know?! Discovering the endless possibilities for altering your everyday reality, now in its third printing.

Betsy began her film production career as a Production Assistant on a low, low, low budget action picture where, on her first day, she promptly totaled her car. Fortunately, the Producer was in the car with her and could think of no other way to assist her except by promoting her to Production Coordinator (She didn’t need a car for that). After that, Betsy served as Production Coordinator on several films including, Best of the Best 2, and Robert Altman’s, The Player. Her first outing as a Production Manager came with the independent film, Public Access, directed by Bryan Singer, which won the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.

Since then she has freelanced as a Production Manager and Line Producer on over 30 feature films. In 1996 Betsy started her own production company, Rampant Feline Films, which has produced several features, cable specials, and music videos.

In 2006 Betsy started her own media and publishing company, Elora Media, which offers spiritually oriented, motivational books, videos and music for children of all ages – adults included! She is a highly sought after speaker on such subjects as spirituality, the blending of science and spirituality, and marketing to the cultural creative demographic.

Betsy lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband Gordie, and their daughter Elorathea. When not producing, directing, writing, marketing, or traveling, she can be found happily at work in her enormous organic vegetable and flower garden.

Author & Illustrator, Where Does the Sun Go?
Author & Illustrator, You Can Be Anything!
Co-author & Illustrator, The Creative Activity Book

Author and illustrator of You Can Be Anything!, Where Does the Sun Go?, and the I Can Be Anything Creative Activity Book, Gary is also the Illustrator of all the wonderful characters featured on the Elora Media Website.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Gary Craig has been a dedicated artist since age twelve. By the time he was fifteen he had already won several awards for artistic achievement. At sixteen Gary moved to California and continued his artistic endeavors while studying the history of art in depth. In 1968 he attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, expanding his artistic repetoire to set design and theater.

After graduating, Gary attended school in England and went on to travel extensively as a painter. He lived and worked on the artist’s colony island of Hydra, Greece. After that he spent several years in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Paris where he painted many fascinating people. On returning to America Gary focused his talents on fine portraiture. He took up residence in San Francisco where he was privileged to paint many of the city’s society elite. Moving later to the Napa Valley, he accepted a wide variety of commissions from family portraits to enormous abstract bas reliefs. Gary’s artwork has been exhibited in Germany, New York, and San Francisco and is part of many private collections around the world.

Over the past thirty years Gary has achieved creative excellence in fine portraiture, mural painting, and illustration. Gary has mastered many styles and is known for his exceptional brushwork and brilliant use of color. In each piece, he captures the finest detail of light and perspective. His illustrative works have been commissioned by boutique manufacturers and the largest commercial corporations in the world. With over a hundred images licensed to the publishing, stationery, gift, and software industries, Gary’s offerings range from sophisticated illustrations to pen and ink humor to the bold and colorful palette for children.

In 1986 Gary moved to Washington state and has spent the last twenty years devoting himself to spiritual studies. In 2002 he married and began a family. Having children inspired him to finally fulfill a lifelong wish to write stories and illustrate books specifically aimed towards the education and the empowerment of children. For more information about Gary Craig art, visit garycraigart.com

Etan Boritzer is the author of the book series “What Is?”. He currently self publishes his titles. Elora Media is excited to be working with Etan on bringing his insightful and inspiring books to life in a video series to be released in 2007.

Etan Boritzer was first published when he was 13 years old and wrote an essay on John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The essay was published in a New York City Public School children’s anthology and tribute to the President. Etan now lives by the beach near Santa Monica, California where he also writes his children’sbooks. Sometimes he does readings in schools and other places where there are kids, like at libraries and hospitals. Sometimes he travels around to book festivals and meets a lot of people, some of whom even like his books. Etan also teaches and consults with other writers about writing and publishing. He believes as Audrey Hepburn said while Director of UNICEF: Children are the only hope!