Resurrect Dead

CAST AND CREW BIOS

	Jon Foy Director, producer, writer, editor, composer In 2011 Jon Foy won the 2011 Sundance Directing Award for U.S. Documentary with his debut film Resurrect Dead. Jon started planning this documentary about the mysterious Toynbee tiles with artist Justin Duerr a decade ago, and began filming in 2005 after dropping out of film school in Austin, TX. While working on the film, the Philadelphia native sustained himself by cleaning houses and participating in medical research studies. A seasoned rock musician, Foy taught himself the art of film score composition for Resurrect Dead.
	Doug Block Executive producer Doug Block is a New York-based filmmaker best known as the director of the critically lauded documentaries The Heck With Hollywood! (1991), Home Page (1999), 51 Birch Street (2005) and The Kids Grow Up (2010), currently in theatrical release. His producing credits include the Sundance award-winners Silverlake Life and Jupiter's Wife, Love and Diane, Paternal Instinct, A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory and The Edge of Dreaming. Block is also the founder and cohost of The D-Word (www.d-word.com), the popular online discussion forum for documentary filmmakers worldwide.
	Justin Duerr Star Justin Duerr is a prolific musician and artist. He has closely followed the Toynbee tiles since his relocation to Philadelphia in 1994, and serves as a leading voice in Toynbee tile scholarship. Duerr is a veteran of the celebrated art-punk bands Northern Liberties, Eulogy, Hex 9, and other musical projects too extensive to list. His art has appeared in numerous galleries and disparate media. Since 2008 he has shown his pieces though Coalition Ingenu, a local non-profit that presents work by self-taught artists. He is employed in Philadelphia as a house painter.
	Colin Smith Producer, writer, co-star In addition to moderating the Toynbee Tiles' Internet message board, also called Resurrect Dead, Colin Smith has written and spoken about the Toynbee tiles in numerous capacities. Smith holds B.A. degrees in Philosophy and Classics from Temple University, and is a life-long Philadelphia area resident. Like director Jon Foy, he sustained himself during the making of the film by working as a house cleaner. Smith is also a musician and writer. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles is his first film.
	Steve Weinik Associate producer, photographer, co-star Steve Weinik has followed the Toynbee tiles since his days in Philadelphia grade schools, and has served as a leading voice in Toynbee tile research. He holds a degree in History from the University of Pennsylvania and is a life-long Philadelphia resident. He is a photographer, writer and blogger, and works with Philadelphia's renowned Mural Arts Program.