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NOTHING SO STRANGE is the brainchild of Los Angeles filmmaker and playwright Brian Flemming. He co-wrote the recent off-Broadway hit Bat Boy: The Musical (Best Off-Broadway Musical 2001-Lucille Lortel Awards and Outer Critics Circle; 8 Drama Desk nominations); wrote and directed the feature film Hang Your Dog in the Wind (Special Jury Prize, 1997 Florida Film Festival); and produced, directed and appeared in segments for IFC's former newsmagazine show "Split Screen." He is also the co-founder of Slumdance, an alternative festival that appeared in Park City in 1997. He is currently writing his next feature film, which will be produced under the banner of Free Cinema, a new filmmaking organization inspired by the Open Source and Free Software movements. He produced, directed, shot and edited "Nothing So Strange." Brian maintains a weblog.

To partner in the production, Flemming turned to Orlando-based media production company GMD Studios, whose Brian Clark and Tammy J. Kearns serve as executive producers for NOTHING SO STRANGE. GMD Studios' work has most often focused on the intersection of new media with traditional entertainment, but NOTHING SO STRANGE represent their first foray into feature film production. In 1997, the firm's online documentary about the handover of Hong Kong for PBS Online earned rave reviews, and the resulting joint production approach with P.O.V. founder Marc Weiss gave birth to the web content think tank Weblab. Since then, GMD Studios' clients and collaborators have included independent production houses like Haxan Films (The Blair Witch Project, "Freakylinks"), broadcasters and distributors such as the Independent Film Channel, dozens of film festivals and over 22 independent filmmakers. Clark is a Managing Member of indieWIRE, the leading voice in news coverage for specialty film professionals, and the co-founder of filmmag.com with FILMMAKER Magazine's founding publisher Karol Martesko.