Roger Slagle, MFA MSW is an award winning feature film Director, Producer and Screenwriter. He is a Graduate of the professionals Program in Screenwriting at UCLA School of Film and Television. He also holds a Masters Degree in Social Work from California State University Sacramento and has held a Clinical License in Social Work sense 1984 to current. Roger Slagle has worked in Child Protective Service Agencies, Psychiatric inpatient units, Group Homes, Schools and Northern California State Prisons (CDC R) as a Psychiatric Social Worker II. Roger has also worked in the Native villages and clinics of Northwestern Alaska. He is the Author of Up River, A journey to Alaska without getting cold (Author House 2021)