Steven Jay Rubin is an internationally recognized film historian, author, and producer. He is the author of The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia, The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia, and Combat Films: American Realism, 1945–2010.
As a writer and producer, Rubin has worked on multiple feature films and documentaries, including Bleacher Bums (Showtime), Silent Night (Hallmark), My Suicide (Netflix, winner of 25 festival awards), East L.A. Marine (documentary). He also hosts the podcast Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night at the Movies. His work in both narrative and nonfiction storytelling spans decades and genres.
Joey Horvitz is a producer with three
decades of industry experience spanning
film, television, commercials, and brand-
supported content. He has worked across
all phases of filmmaking, from development
and production to post-production,
distribution, marketing, and talent
relations, bringing a holistic perspective
to every project.
His credits include numerous feature films
highlighted by the Academy Award-nominated
The Illusionist. He developed and led the
groundbreaking, award-winning Lexus Short
Films program, which became a global model
for brand-supported storytelling and a
platform for emerging filmmakers worldwide.
Most recently, he served as an EP on the CBS
series The Road.
As a member of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences, he also serves on the
Executive Committee of the Student Academy
Awards. His mission is to champion emerging
talent and produce meaningful stories that
resonate and endure. That vision is realized
in No Name on the Bullet, the Audie Murphy
limited series.
David S. Ward is the Academy Award–winning screenwriter of The Sting, one of the most successful films in Hollywood history. In addition to winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, The Sting also received the Writers Guild Award and the New York Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, as well as nominations from the Golden Globes and BAFTA.
Ward’s career spans decades of major studio films. He wrote and directed the beloved sports comedy Major League, plus Cannery Row, The Program, King Ralph, and Down Periscope. He co-wrote the classic romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, wrote Flyboys and The Milagro Beanfield War, directed by Robert Redford, and did extensive production rewrites on The Mask of Zorro.
Ward’s films often center on outsiders, underdogs, and redemption, themes that echo the life and legacy of Audie Murphy. With a career defined by emotionally resonant storytelling and enduring box office success, Ward brings a seasoned perspective and narrative authority to the series.
Barbara Friedman attended Brandeis University and the Harvard Carpenter Center before serving as Special Assistant and speechwriter to Boston Mayor Kevin H. White.
She later joined Lockwood/Friedman as executive assistant to Roger Lockwood and Arthur Friedman, contributing across the theater division, including the Harvard Square Theatre, and supporting the company’s investments with Circle Distribution and Circle Productions on the first four Coen Brothers films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, and Barton Fink.
She later collaborated with Arthur Friedman on the feature films The Price of Glory and Beyond the Sea.
Arthur E. Friedman began his career at United Artists as Boston Branch Manager, overseeing New England releases of landmark titles including In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Fiddler on the Roof, Last Tango in Paris, and Midnight Cowboy.
He later founded Cinema Film Buying and co-founded Lockwood/Friedman Distribution, New England’s largest film-booking service, handling films such as Halloween, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Gone in 60 Seconds, and Death Race 2000, while also operating the Harvard Square Theatre and venues on Martha’s Vineyard.
Lockwood/Friedman partnered with Circle Films to distribute the Coen Brothers’ early works, including Blood Simple, and Friedman later invested with Circle Productions on Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, and Barton Fink. He subsequently produced The Price of Glory and Beyond the Sea, and consulted on domestic distribution with Barry Levinson on Bugsy and Robert Redford on A River Runs Through It and Quiz Show. He is currently developing the limited series No Name on the Bullet.
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