Ben Scholle

Director: Catching Bullets

Director Ben Scholle completed his first feature documentary in 2005. HairKuTT followed a barber struggling to kick his heroin addiction. It was selected for MoMA's Documentary Fortnight and aired on BET and the Documentary Channel. It also played theatrically in Indianapolis and Boston and screened in schools and universities nationwide. Scholle's recently completed third feature film, The Worst Crime, examines the story of a capital murder case from 2002, provoking questions about the death penalty and mental illness. The film is distributed in the US by Cineverse. Ben Scholle is a senior professor of cinema at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO.

Derrick Phillips

Producer Derrick Phillips is a filmmaker and activist based in the St. Louis area. He earned a BA in Cinema Arts from Lindenwood University in 2011. He covered the Ferguson protests extensively, beginning in 2014, and he has created relationships with protesters, community organizers, activists, and politicians. In 2020, on the eve of the pandemic, he partnered with Ben Scholle to document anti-gun violence efforts in the city of St. Louis.