Filmmaker/Businessman Vernon Mortensen has led an amazing life.  The son of Christian Missionaries, he was born in Bangkok Thailand and by the age of twelve, had traveled all over the world.   After finishing high school in the USA, he went on to serve as a commando in the US Navy's elite Special Boat Teams where much of what he did remains classified to this day.  His life has always been very eclectic and although always considering himself to be a filmmaker and businessman, he has also worked as an engineer, a photographer, a bodyguard, an emergency medical technician, a private investigator, a librarian, and as a substitute teacher for the inner-city schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Vernon is a master storyteller and filmmaker who applies his wealth of knowledge and experience to fuel his creativity.  As a writer, he has written screenplays, short stories, plays, novels, and essays in a variety of genres and subjects.  As a filmmaker, Vernon's movies have been exhibited at several international film festivals and have been extremely well received by audiences around the world.

Vernon has a Master's Degree in Professional Writing (Drama, TV & Cinema Writing) from the University of Southern California's prestigious Professional Writing Program where he received an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Fellowship.  He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from the world renowned Art Center College of Design, as well as Bachelor of Science from New York State's Excelsior College.  In the 1999, Vernon was selected for a highly coveted Director's Internship at the Los Angeles classical repertory theater, A Noise Within, where he studied under celebrated stage and theater director, Sabin Epstein.

Shortly after graduating from USC in 2003, Vernon was recalled from the Naval Reserve to serve on active duty in the Special Boat Teams one last time. After completing his term of service, Vernon permanently retired from the United States Navy in 2008 and returned to filmmaking.