DISTANCE RUNNERS marks Robert Vicencio's directorial debut.

Robert reprised the role of 'General Thuy', MISS SAIGON performing throughout the world including, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Scotland, Ireland, London's West End and throughout the UK.

In 1999, Robert's composition A CHRISTMAS SONG was one of the winners at the West End Cares Song Competition, later being released as part of an album compilation in London.

Using his great experience onstage and backstage, Robert Vicencio produced and directed in 2000, ALL YOU NEED IS?, the first and only commemorative concert dedicated to the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death, bringing together the star's original band, THE QUARRYMEN, at the prestigious Palace Theatre in London's West End and earning him an exclusive interview on BBC WORLD NEWS.

Robert has since then, produced and directed many cabarets, short films and video productions across the UK, Australia and Asia. With his co-writer in London, Thomas Sch??nberg, Robert was commissioned by the Singaporean Government to write SINGAPORE'S SPORTS NATIONAL ANTHEM and has also just recently released once again with his co-writer, a Charity Single CD in London called REACH FOR THE STARS benefiting the abandoned children in the Philippines.

Robert was the China Casting Director & 3rd Assistant Director for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S documentary on Admiral Zheng He filmed in Heng Dien, China. He then returned in late 2006 to film his 3rd Hollywood movie, MARCO POLO to be released sometime in 2007. Last year Robert co-produced, co-directed and stared in a successful run of MUSICAL MOMENTS in Hong Kong and reprised his roles in his very own show in Shanghai entitled ROBERT VICENCIO & FRIENDS – BRINGING THE WEST END TO SHANGHAI which was performed to a sold out house.

Haiyan has written screenplays for four movies. Her debut Before Born (2004) was accepted for showing by the Berlin Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and several others. Her second film Dark Legend (2004) won Hubert Bals Fund at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and was also shown at the Pusan Promotion Plan. Haiyan is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Film at Peking University.

Richard Trombly graduated from the University of Massachusetts where he studied film, theater and literature. He has worked as an educator and was a business journalist and editor for national-level publications. He arrived in China in 2003 originally working as an editor for the Shanghai Daily newspaper and since that time has returned to his interests in film and stage. He was a founding member of Shanghai's East West Theater, a locally-based English-language stage company.

Jeffery Chu出生成长于台湾，1993年移居美国。他曾与Hot Bed Media工作室合作拍摄了包括纪录片Confession of a Burning Man的许多影片。他参与拍摄的影片Happily Even After于Tribeca电影节上首映。2004，Jeffrey移居到纽约，在那里拍摄了电视节目JoJo New York,纪录片Pipe Dream及两部故事片Bonnie Situation和Chloroformkid。