Duck Up members have well over 50 combined years of experience and formal education in applicable areas.

At DUP's core are founders and a creative team who bring successful entrepreneurial experience and expertise in motion picture production. The team is complemented by a support group of consultants and advisers in the industry.

Management and Organization
The primary strength of any company is in its management team. DUP's principals are driven individuals who have extensive experience in business, marketing and the entertainment industry. In addition, DUP has relationships with key consultants and advisers who will be available to fill important roles on an as-needed basis. The following individuals make up the current management and creative team:

Duck Up members have well over 50 combined years of experience and formal education in applicable areas.

Jay Tormohlen, Ceo
Writer, Director, Producer and Marketing Development
Jay has completed over a dozen screenplays, as well as books and short stories while making a living writing articles for national magazines, marketing materials, and web site content. He has lived around the globe much of his life, including working with BBC as a Peace Corps volunteer establishing and producing daily educational programming in the Indian Ocean area, for which he received recognition from international organizations and a federal agency for his work. He has studied under Cynthia Whitcomb (former teacher at UCLA and writer of over 20 produced movies, and David Ciminello, Sundance Winner and writer for Seinfeld). He also has been a finalist in Nichol Fellowship, American Accolades, Page International Awards, Scriptapalooza, Expo 5 Screenplay Competition and Red Inkworks screenwriting competitions.

His experience since 1972 also covers graphic design and illustration; web design; management and sales training; and photography for major national and international corporations, for which he's won national, state and city awards and contests. He has founded, operated and sold several successful companies, in the U.S. and abroad, including a building contracting business, a wholesale tour company marketing trips to tropical islands, a recreational billiard parlor, an advertising agency, and a graphic & web design company. His clients have included national and international corporations; such as British Airways, Monsanto, Nissan Corporation, Oxis International, DEX Media and Verizon; as well as federal and state government agencies; and national associations.

Joe Hill, President
Cinematographer and Editor
Joe graduated from Saint Cloud State University in Minnesota with a B.S degree in Television Production and a minor in Film Studies. Over the past eight years he has worked as a producer, director, cinematographer and editor on a variety of different projects including industrial videos, music videos, wedding videos, and several short films, most notably, The Blue Solution, which was featured at the 2001 Angelciti Film Festival in Hollywood. He has also been working at a local TV station for the past four years, where he has shot and directed local government programming and local events.

His current projects include production of his tenth short film, Prose Rhythmically, which he is producing, filming and editing. He has produced films for Adidas and Glacier Northwest as well.