The Team

Rick Carlson is a 40-year Silicon Valley electronics industry business executive whose technology has fueled the transformation of film making and video streaming.  His step into cinema production occurred after moving to Colorado where he co-produced El Inmigrante, an award-winning documentary about a border tragedy in a rural Texas town. He subsequently co-produced The Wedding Weekend, a comedy about college friends who sang a capella in college and reunite for a wedding. Rick was a board member at Aspen Film, one of Colorado’s most active film arts organizations.  Aspen Film’s Shortsfest is a qualifier for the Academy Awards.  Rick is a member of the Board of Advisors for the College of Computing and the EE/CE Department at Illinois Tech in Chicago.   Rick’s holds a BS in Mathematics from Illinois Tech and is an investment partner with Lanza TechVentures in Palo Alto and an active angel with West Slope Angels and CoVenture, both in Colorado. 

Barclay Lottimer has been involved in the development, production and distribution of films, television, and theatre for the past 40 years. He has produced feature documentaries, films, shorts, commercials, and television projects working with numerous major studios such as Disney, MGM, Columbia, CBS, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Orion, 20th Century Fox. Mr. Lottimer has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University; an Associate Degree in Business from Champlain College and he has studied Psychology and Contract Law at UVM and Santa Monica College. He has been involved in over 75 theatre productions from Shakespeare in Europe to Off-Broadway in NYC with Joseph Papp. Throughout his career he has lectured frequently at universities in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Boulder on topics that include strategic marketing, finance, developing, producing and distribution of film. Barclay has co-produced a well-known, yearly international summit called “AREDAY” in Aspen Colorado, featuring such luminaries as Jimmy Carter, Sylvia Earle, Ted Turner, James Cameron. Mr. Lottimer sat on numerous Boards for theatres, non-profits, and educational organizations. Currently he is a Board Member of the well-known “Delaware Valley Opera Company” in NY.

Award-winning filmmaker Maitland Lottimer has worked in the film and music industry for over 15 years. He got his start as a sound engineer on a  FoxSports travel series where he learned how to use cinema cameras and work on a set. He soon got experience directing actors and writing for productions. He was a touring musician and music producer and worked with many artists and Labels in Los Angeles. Maitland was selected to be an "Olympus Visionary" (with his brother Austin) and has sinse produced a feature documentary, music videos, short films and a multitude of commercial and documentary work out of his video production company Anatomist Films in Denver, CO.

Maitland is a proficient sound designer, film composer, Editor, Adobe CC expert, a camera operator,  screen writer, producer, director and actor. 

Daniel is an award winning filmmaker based in Denver, Colorado. After graduating from the film production program at Colorado University in Boulder, he spent 2 years working as a cinematographer and editor for the documentary production company, Havey Productions, where they completed several, long-form documentary projects, including the Emmy nominated, feature length documentary, The Great Divide, about the history and future of water in Colorado. Clients include: Visible, Telemundo, Vladimir Jones, Amazon, Vega, Silk Milk, Dymatize, Mutant Nutrition, Salesforce, HubSpot, Breckenridge Brewery, History Colorado, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Vail Dance Festival, Arvada Center, USA Cycling, Schar, Andrea Gibson, Joseph Keckler, Nathaniel Ratliff, and The Cable Center.

Varushka is an award-winning producer, film director, screenwriter, and media strategist working at the intersection of storytelling, sustainability, and social impact. Based between Sweden and upstate New York, she brings a global perspective shaped by a diplomatic upbringing and an artistic lineage tracing back to the Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca. After training at L’École Jacques Lecoq and the American University in Paris, Varushka began her career in London as an actress and model, appearing in British theater and BBC television before transitioning into production. She has worked with artists such as Krzysztof Zanussi and Ben Gazzara, and later founded Quantum Surge Productions, a company focused on cinematic and advocacy-driven media. Her work has been recognized by the Lifeboat Foundation, where she serves on the Media & Arts and Sustainability Advisory Boards. She is also a producer for the AREDAY Summit (AREI), and has created content for Young & Rubicam, Lumiinant, and the Katie Halper Show on YouTube.