What is Ares Studios?
Ares Studios is a unique film studio, open to all independent film and Star Trek fan film makers who want to use the amazing sets originally built for the ground-breaking film “Prelude to Axanar”. Ares Studios also works with the Gwinnett County Video Production Curriculum, servicing 28 local high school programs, allowing students to film on Hollywood-quality sets, in a professional film environment.
Our Mission
Ares Studios is dedicated to helping filmmakers, from students to seasoned professionals, create exciting content on hollywood-quality sets.
We endeavor to give students opportunities to make films in an environment not otherwise available to them, while giving independent filmmakers the chance to shoot on a quality of set they could not achieve themselves.
Ares Studios, Inc. is a Georgia not-for-profit corporation and has applied for 501c3 status
Our Team
Alec Peters
Alec is the president of Ares Studios, having created the studio in 2017
Crysstal Hubbard
Crysstal serves as Director of Production Services of Ares Studios.
Pasha Souvorin
Pasha Souvorin is the lead video teacher for Gwinnett County Public Schools. He also serves as the Ares Studios Director of Education.
Dana Wagner
Dana is the Director of Production and is primarily responsible for set construction and finishing.
dale simpson
Dale is Ares Studios Director of Security and a veteran of US Special Forces.
Trey McElwain
Trey is Ares Studios Director of Graphic Media. Trey also created Axanar Comics, the first-ever comic book of a fan film!
Lee Quessenberry
Lee is Ares Studios Art Director and Web guru.
Lyssa Beck
Lyssa is the Social Media Director for Area Studios. In her day to day life, she is the Director of Communications for the Atlanta based Archetype Films LLC and a freelance writer.
Rick Torcynski
Rick is the senior Software Engineer, and lends his talent to Ares Digital, our crowd funding donor management software.
Seannita Parmer
Seannita serves as Wardrobe Director, with over twenty years experience in the costume and wardrobe industry in LA, NYC, and Atlanta.
Darren Laughlin Means
Darren is the (remote) all around Tech Guru, and one of the Ares Studio’s lead in–house video editors. He works in Networking and Technology Administration and is the Drama Director for a school district in Montana.