Ross Williams grew up in Northern California during the 80’s. As a kid, he was deeply influenced by the movies he saw on HBO, but it wasn’t until his mid-twenties that he figured out he wanted to make films of his own. In 2002, his first short film “eRATicate”, a super-8, B&W horror-comedy about a pair of killer rats, garnered him a few film festival awards and some mild attention.  He's been largely ignored since. But for the past 17 years, he's soldiered on, writing, directing & editing narrative films, documentaries, music videos and commercials, mostly so he can laugh at his own jokes.  He now lives in southern Oregon with his wife and two kids, where he owns and operates XRATS Productions, producing local commercials, product videos, business profiles and the like.  He continues to dream big, hone his craft and always looking for new ways to stretch his filmmaking dollar.  He’s slowly working towards making his first feature film.  Find his work at http://www.XRATS.net