Fred Surr is a producer, writer, and director. As Vice President and Co-founder of Video Research, Inc. from 1983-90, he co-created, developed and produced the children's series Spinnaker Videos, which sold over 250,000 units in the home video market; and The Adventures of Commander Crumbcake, a thirteen-episode series which aired on Showtime, Canada's Global Network, and in 22 overseas markets. Additional writing and directing credits include Reading Rainbow (PBS), as well as two children's series for Silver Burdett & Ginn, a division of Simon & Schuster. Surr has over a decade of experience running his own production company, producing a wide variety of programming for corporations and ad agencies.

As a principal with Fred and Ted Entertainment, Fred's responsibilities include producing, directing, and story development. Most recently, Fred produced and directed THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM PAWTUCKET, Fred & Ted's short film comedy currently appearing at film festivals.


Ted Page began his career as a copywriter/scriptwriter with the McCann-Erickson advertising agency in New York City. In 1993, Page formed Captains of Industry, a consulting business that provided ad agencies and video/multimedia production companies with copy and scripts for a wide range of projects, from videos to radio commercials, print ads, Web sites, CD-ROMs, and DVDs. Page is the author of true-life feature magazine stories which have appeared in Boston Magazine, as well as THE WILLOUGHBY CHRONICLES, a memoir. As a principal with Fred and Ted Entertainment, Page is primarily responsible for producing and script development. He wrote the script for (and acted in) THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM PAWTUCKET.