Alex Dobrenko is the writer and creator of "Distance." He recently acted in "Krisha," which won the John Cassavettes Independent Spirit Award and SXSW 2015's Grand Jury and Audience Choice Awards before being purchased by A24. Before that, Alex starred in the comed-y­mystery "Arlo and Julie" which premiered at SXSW 2014 to rave reviews from Variety, BadAss Digest, Austin Chronicle and others including Wired Magazine calling Alex one of the "15 Most Fascinating Filmmakers and Stars at SXSW." You can catch him next in "The Program" starring Ben Foster, Lee Pace and Dustin Hoffman (Alex played Dustin Hoffman's son ­ a personal dream come true), the indie comedy "Here We Are, and the horror comedy "The Lumberjack Man" starring Michael Madsen. You can also catch Alex at improv theaters across Los Angeles CA. He is currently taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade. Alex also retains an active role at Tugg, a film start up based out of Austin.

CARLYN HUDSON (writer/director) studied acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and finished her undergraduate film degree at the University of Texas at Austin. Since then, Carlyn has directed short films that have premiered at SXSW, Austin Film Festival, LA Comedy Shorts, and was a part of the 2012 Texas Filmmakers Showcase in Los Angeles. She was selected as a segment director of the remake, "Slacker: 20 Years Later," and field produced the Richard Linklater-directed “Up To Speed” series for Hulu. Carlynco-produced Andrew Bujalski’s “Computer Chess” (Sundance 2013) and was the casting director for his latest effort “Results” (Magnolia Pictures). She also programs the popular indie film series Cinema East, was one of Austin Monthly's 20 in their 20s, and is in post-production for her first feature comedy as writer/director, entitled "The Big Spoon."