MYTHIC ALLIES
— Collaboration is Key to Successful Creativity —
MYTHWORKS is a company that expands and streamlines according to the unique needs of each project. As a longtime media producer-director MYTHWORKS founder Pamela Jaye Smith has worked with crews of over eighty people to just a handful.
We have a rich cadre of colleagues, consultants, researchers, and performers on whom to call for various projects.
Areas of expertise include media, art, education, entertainment, transmedia, XR, screenplays, fiction and non-fiction, the military, government, science, technology, civil society, law, health care, religion, Masonry, metaphysics, NGOs, and more.
Our colleagues include award-winning filmmakers, studio and development execs, story consultants, designers, web series creators, authenticity directors, futurists, entertainment attorneys, military officers, life coaches, university professors, corporate execs, health professionals, and more.
We have working relationships with people whose ages range from elementary school students to the very seasoned individual. They’re all around the world so we can offer a global perspective for your project.
Whatever your media, story, professional, or personal development needs, we’ll be happy to discuss how we might assist you to better achieve your goals.
Monty Hayes McMillan – Public Relations
Brian Dyer – Marketing Consultant
Didacus Ramos – Producer
Aurora J. Miller – Technical Consultant
Paula J. Lewis – Business Affairs
Sally Shepard – Publications Manager
Mike Restaino – Sales
MONTY HAYES MCMILLAN
Public Relations
Monty has 25+ years experience in the media industry on feature films, TV series, commercials, documentaries, MTV, corporate, and military projects.
He has presented projects to U.S. Senators, Vice Presidents, foreign Ambassadors, heads of multi-national corporations, and heads of state in sometimes dicey situations.
A world traveler, McMillan has taught television production in Malaysia, filmed on the Arctic ice cap, and photographed the indigenous peoples of the Andes. He was media consultant for the China Exploration and Research Society, and in conjunction with documentary projects has spent time in Burma [Myanmar], the Philippines, and throughout SE Asia.
Monty is a member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and has attended the National Security Forum at the Air Force’s Air War College as well as the National Security Seminar at the U.S. Army War College. As a director, he has worked on several episodes of AUSA’s America’s Army.
A favored host among friends and colleagues, Monty is an expert with the barbecue grill and makes his own bread.
He contributes articles to various publications, including the Daedalus pages of the MYTHWORKS website. Monty was a Director, Cinematographer, and Writer at High Tech Media in Austin TX.
To consult with McMillan on your PR needs:
Email McMillan
BRIAN DYER
Marketing Consultant
Brian brings the art of theatre to the marketing process.
Dyer was a Marketing Senior at Arthur Andersen. Yes, before the Fall. He helped coordinate marketing events, press releases, and their CNBC TV series Business Unusual.
Brian has an extensive theatre and dance background, was a fashion model in Italy (you should see the marvelous photos!) and has a great grasp for catchy copy and flyer design.
Besides many theatrical performances, Brian has appeared in a national eBay commercial, the film Death Tunnel, and the acclaimed stage play “Cock Tales”.
To consult with Brian Dyer about your marketing needs:
Email Brian
Producer 
Didacus Ramos is an Urban Planner working to convert California sprawl into something that includes people. What a concept.
But he started out making documentary films in Jerusalem and as a stringer for Israel Television and Canadian Broadcasting Company. After studying at USC he turned to feature filmmaking, finishing those years with Chartoff-Winkler and yet another “Rocky” film.
As a producer, he arranged meetings with the US Vice President’s office, the Chinese Embassy in DC, heads of major corporations, and officials in the State Department. He was on the team with McMillan setting up TV3, the first national TV network in Malaysia.
As an Urban Planner, Didacus used his years of filmmaking to make sure that affordable housing was better constructed than a film set. He worked with cities in Southern California trying to include the well-being of the residents as much as that of businesses and industry.
Now he is busy helping to build a Public Bank in the San Francisco East Bay, a Community Land Trust in the Eden area, and the Literacy Plus Council improving literacy in Hayward, California.
When not saving the world he enjoys sputtering in Spanish and perfecting his cooking skills on way-too-hot dishes.
Email Didacus – didacus90035@gmail.com
AURORA J. MILLER
Technical Consultant
Aurora was raised on the premise, “Think Globally, Act Locally”. Steeped in Science Fiction from a young age, her 
coinciding passion for the media decided her direction and tactics in the ongoing war against societal decay.
Credits include an Oscar-nominated feature film, a nationally-syndicated television show, a handful of commercials and independent films, and a medal for surviving both Electronic Arts and SEGA relatively intact (at EA and SEGA she designed and produced video games).
Recognizing that “The 21st century is when everything changes,” Miller has embraced the virtual world through coursework and collaboration with Oregon Story Board, and was brought in as a consultant by MetroEast Community Media regarding how best to make VR development accessible to marginalized communities, as well as helping TRIPP develop a VR application for mental and emotional wellness. For more on her work in VR, check out this video of a demo app she created to highlight basic functionality, her presentation exploring the relationship between VR and the subconscious, and her report on the potential economic impact of VR in the coming years, which was presented to the National Governors Association during their symposium on innovation.
She has also published a boozy cookbook, an erotic novel that emphasizes the importance of consent in all interpersonal interactions, and a guidebook to transformation. More fiction and non-fiction to follow!
Using her experiences in television, film, video games, web development, virtual reality, and traditional publishing, plus a smattering of academic and esoteric disciplines, Aurora helps individuals and organizations turn dreams into reality—virtual or otherwise. She’s delighted to support the MYTHWORKS vision in a variety of ways, recognizing the importance of story in making the world a better place.
PAULA J. LEWIS
Business Affairs
As a Producer/Production Manager with nearly thirty years of experience in media-related industries, Paula has taken several network, PBS, and cable documentary films from inception to air date.
Her early career featured Financial Planning and Analysis for the 100-store chain of CBS Retail Stores. Paula was Production Manager for the National Geographic’s five-year $20 million series Infinite Voyage. She was also Production Manager for award-winning documentaries and commercials and has sent film crews to every continent on the planet — and gotten them back, bringing each film in on time and under budget.
As a civic leader with military outreach programs, Lewis has toured destroyers, air craft carriers and air bases, and has witnessed simulated tank warfare in the high desert and mid-air refueling of FA/16 fighter jets.
Paula is a roller coaster enthusiast, a gourmet cook, and a loyal fan of the San Francisco Forty-Niners. She lives in California’s wine country and writes a monthly column for five Los Angeles-based newspaper magazines. “Wine News From The North” reflects her passion for wine appreciation.
To consult with Paula about your finances:
Email Paula
SALLY SHEPARD 
Publications Manager
With the colorful background that only being an extroverted Texan can provide, Sally has explored both sides of the Industry from both on and off camera, to East and West coasts. Originally from Texas, Sally has spent her life pursuing the arts with a primary focus in acting for film.
With dozens of credits over the last decade spanning acting, independent film producing, and voice over, her most recent accomplishment is receiving her MFA from the New York Film Academy in 2015.
Coming off the recent success of her award-winning short film “Expectations”, currently making the festival circuit, Sally decided to embrace the new challenge of writing with “The Body” (her first foray into feature film screenwriting).
As Publications Manager, Sally works on the technical side to prepare materials for publication and presentation. Whether it be script transposing and formatting, or book prep for online platforms, she works quickly and diligently to get projects to their greenlight.
MIKE RESTAINO
Sales
A filmmaker, writer and adventurer, Mike Restaino’s workplace talents are as varied as artistic achievements. His 2001 short film ShowChickens – made as a thesis film for the Master’s program at the University of Southern California’s film school – traveled with acclaim to more than 50 film festivals worldwide and has sold more than 25,000 VHS copies. A DVD featuring ShowChickens and ten other shorts directed by Mike is slated for release in May 2007. Other examples of Mike’s filmmaking have been featured on PBS, The IFC Channel and NBC’s The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
Mike is also a head DVD critic for Yahoo! Movies, a major contributor to DVDFile (the biggest independent DVD news/review site in the world), and has a weekly column in Entertainment Today magazine. He has additionally contributed to two recently-published best-selling entertainment books: Crystal Lake Memories: The History of Friday the 13th (one of the biggest-selling film-related coffee table books of 2006) and Ultimate DVD.
He has also lectured on filmmaking and film history at the University of California at Berkeley (his alma mater) and San Francisco State University, and is currently in Northern California shooting his first feature film as a writer/director. Better Than Crazy is soon scheduled for release.
Board of Advisors
Judith Claire
Colonel Tom Dempsey, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Major General Lon E. Maggart, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Bruce Logan
Kate McCallum
Dr. Linda Seger
Kathie Fong Yoneda