About Production
Meet the team
Kim "The Cooler" Shaw
Born on a pool table in her uncle’s pub in England, Shaw became a world-class snooker player at age 16 & reached the
final of the 1995 Ladies World
Championship at 26. In 2001, Kim journeyed across the pond to join the WPBA 9-ball tour & was nominated ‘Rookie of the Year’. Now retired from competitive play, living in North Carolina, Kim keeps her finger on the pulse of the sport & will forever be in love with it.
Ashley Archer Tindall
Director/Producer/Writer. Tindall has produced for National Geographic, HBO and PBS as well as non-profits organizations and universities. Her feature-length crowdfunded documentary 27 Months: Journeys in the Peace Corps followed the transformations of three Peace Corps volunteers in Azerbaijan, Liberia & the Philippines. She is a competitive rower & fierce champion of women’s sports.
Julie Edwards
Edwards is a BAFTA-nominated director & producer based in the UK. In 30 years at the BBC, she has directed dozens of TV episodes including the beloved dramas Casualty & EastEnders, plus the wildly popular Footballers’ Wives providing insight into sports stars’ family dramas, sacrifices & so many juicy stories. She is also writing a screenplay set in the world of international billiards.
Lita Lopez
Actor / Writer / Producer / Poolplayer / Texican. Based in L.A. since 2006, Lopez is an award winning screenwriter & proud SAG-AFTRA member. Favorite on screen roles include Good Girls Revolt (Amazon), Ratched (Netflix), Henry Danger (Nickelodeon) & her writer / producer debut short, The Good Balloon. She joined the American Poolplayers Association league in 2014 & is training hard to make a mark on the SoCal Women’s 9-Ball Tour.
Why Now?
The popularity of international billiards is at an all-time high, with tens of millions of fans attending massive tournaments and streaming the pro tours from across the world. The time is right to turn the top women players into household names by paying proper tribute to the sport and its history. These world class athletes are long overdue for recognition and an equal paycheck.