INTERVIEWS AND ORAL HISTORY
Watch and listen to the people at the center of the project
Cast, crew, and other people with direct knowledge of Killed at Resaca are being interviewed on camera. The interviews will preserve how the film was made, what participants contributed, and how they remember the production from different positions on and off screen.
On-camera interviews with cast, crew, and other relevant people are being recorded. As interviews are completed, approved, and prepared for publication, selected videos will appear on this page.
Jacob L. T. Bates — writer and director
Adapting Bierce; directing the film; historical research; working with actors and reenactors; leadership in the field; editing; and lessons from the production.
Brad Graham — filmmaker and mentor
Historical filmmaking, mentorship, reenactors, the white-flag recovery scene, and the relationship between history and cinematic judgment.
Marc Goodman — Director of Photography
Camera strategy, coverage, composition, terrain, lighting, and photographing battlefield action in woods and on steep ground.
Dietrich Teschner — Combat Director of Photography
Filming combat and battlefield action, camera placement, movement, coverage, and the practical demands of recording military scenes.
Christian Michael Schuster — Assistant Director / battlefield direction
Assistant directing, organizing battlefield movement, coordinating performers and reenactors, and helping translate the director’s plan into field action.
Kenny Capps — Boom / sound / transportation
Recording sound in difficult field conditions, boom work, transportation, production logistics, and practical problem-solving on location.
Michael Courter — Wardrobe / outfitting / historical clothing
Uniforms, outfitting, equipment, historical accuracy, and helping performers wear and use nineteenth-century clothing and military gear.
Sydney Elizabeth Wiemer — Makeup
Makeup, wounds, theatrical blood, continuity, field conditions, and creating effects that read convincingly on camera.
Brian “Speedy” Merrick — Pyrotechnics / practical effects
Pyrotechnics, bullet-strike and practical effects, battlefield realism, preparation, coordination, and safety.
Andrew Darlak — Smoke / lighting support
Smoke, lighting support, atmosphere, visibility, and the practical challenges of shaping an outdoor battlefield scene for the camera.
Guy William Gane III — Lieutenant Herman Brayle
Portraying Lieutenant Herman Brayle; the Brayle vest; character, courage, vanity, performance, and filming the character’s major scenes.
Scott “Scoot” Avellino Jr. — Younger Ambrose Bierce
Portraying the younger Ambrose Bierce, working from Bierce’s life and writing, and performing a historical literary figure on screen.
Ivan F. Ingraham — Older Ambrose Bierce
Portraying the older Ambrose Bierce, narration and characterization, and connecting the film’s remembered past with Bierce as writer and observer.
Jay Scott Barrick — Marian Mendenhall’s butler
Portraying Marian Mendenhall’s butler; period domestic service; character and performance; and filming the Langdon Hill House scenes.
Olivia Treen’s mother — voice contribution
Her voice contribution to the production and her perspective on the filming. Her name will be added when confirmed.
German participant / landowner — name to be confirmed
His participation in the production and perspective on the project. His name and exact role will be added when confirmed.
Laura Langdon — Langdon Hill House
Langdon Hill House, hosting the production, the use of the historic interior for filming, and her perspective on the project.
Olivia Treen — Marian Mendenhall
Portraying Marian Mendenhall, period performance, costume and character, and the film’s treatment of gender, social expectation, and personal relationships.
John Wickett — General William Babcock Hazen
Portraying General Hazen, military bearing and command, uniform and period detail, and working within the film’s headquarters and battlefield scenes.
Logan Smith — Principal Union bummer / forager
Portraying a Union bummer or forager, military and civilian boundaries, field behavior, and the character’s conversations about equality, discrimination, and life after the war.
Ian Schultz — Psychologically wounded Union soldier
Portraying a psychologically wounded Union soldier, the human effects of combat, performance choices, and the challenge of representing wartime trauma on screen.
George E. Edwards — United States Colored Troops soldier
Portraying a Black Union soldier; service, race, equality, discrimination, military duties, and the responsibility of distinguishing the film’s interpretation from what can be documented about the historical Battle of Resaca.
Ron Langdon — Langdon Hill House
Langdon Hill House, hosting the production, the filming there, and his perspective on the project.
Union soldiers — individual interviews
Individual Union performers will discuss reenacting, their portrayals, battlefield filming, uniforms and equipment, and their experiences during the production. Additional individual interview entries will be added as interviews are completed.
Confederate soldiers — individual interviews
Individual Confederate performers will discuss reenacting, their portrayals, battlefield filming, uniforms and equipment, and their experiences during the production. Additional individual interview entries will be added as interviews are completed.
CJ — servant / flag bearer
His participation in the production and his on-screen portrayal. The exact character description will be confirmed and added.