W. Scott Peake – Writer / Director / Producer

W. Scott Peake born March 13, 1965 in Mountain View, California received his MFA from the Florida State University Film School in 1993. In Scott’s final year at FSU he was chosen to direct one of the five thesis films the film school produced that year. During his last semester Scott was offered an internship at W. B. Doner advertising in Southfield, Michigan. Upon graduation Scott was the first intern in Doner’s history to be offered a full time job as a Producer. While at Doner, Scott started to build his reel directing several campaigns for the Detroit Zoo and the Michigan Humane Society. His spot, “Zoo Cruise, ” went on to win several awards, including a Clio and was named one of Ad Ages’ “100 Best” in 1996.

Scott soon left Doner and was snapped up by BBDO/Detroit to work on the Dodge account. Due to the nature of the Dodge campaigns, Scott has become very knowledgeable in special effects and post-production. This knowledge has become extremely valuable in Scott’s approach to directing.

Scott left BBDO and moved to Los Angeles in the fall of 1996. While building his directing reel, Scott freelanced at Ogilvy & Mather/ Detroit and Chiat/Day. In January of ’99, Scott signed with the now defunct Elsewhere Films, for commercial and music video representation.

Currently, Scott is in development on several project with his company Whatever Films.

Gina Viola - Writer

Gina Viola, born September 11, 1968 in New York received her bachelor’s degree from The University of California-Riverside in 1990. For several years after graduating, Gina worked in the trade show industry, by 1997 she was producing trades shows for Canon Communications in Los Angeles.

It was around this time that Gina noticed that there was a serious lack of a qualified temporary workforce to hire for her events. So near the end of 1997, Gina left her position at Canon and started her own temporary employment agency, Trade Show Temps, aimed specifically at the trade show industry in California. Today Trade Show Temps is a multi million-dollar business with over 500 temporary employees on her roster and staffing events all over California.

In 2003, Gina and her husband, W. Scott Peake, started Whatever Entertainment for the purpose of developing and producing motion pictures. “Permanent Vacation” is Gina’s first feature film