About the Filmmakers 

Todd Bartlett
Born and raised in Marin County, California, Todd Bartlett has fond memories of his teenage years - this is when he first met a sharp, eighty-year-old Chuck O’Connor. Todd holds a degree from UCLA’s Department of Theater, Film, and Television. He has spent the past several years documenting this incredible life story, in addition to hundreds of Chuck’s underworld associates. As part of this exhaustive research effort, he pieced together and verified Chuck’s criminal past via prison records, FBI files, newspaper articles, and in conversations with various crime historians.  

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Bill Wright
Bill Wright is a Bay Area native from Lafayette, California, who has worked tirelessly for two decades to bring the screen version of Chuck O’Connor’s story to life. After attending the American Conservatory Theater and the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop, his screenplay for the film version of Chuck’s life, “O’Connor,” placed in the semi-finals of the Coppola/Zoetrope Screenplay Competition. 

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Aldyn Jones
Aldyn Jones has a Business and Law degree from the University of Missouri, and studied International Law at University College, London. As an accomplished writer, he is the author of nine novels, one play, and over one thousand poems. Chuck O’Connor selected Aldyn out of 50 applicants to write his autobiography in the form of a novel, and the two worked together to complete the rough draft of Chuck’s life story, Thief on the Cross. Aldyn still considers Chuck to be the most interesting person he has ever met.