About the green brothers

Mike is a former TV Producer/Director and published Journalist. He holds a Communications Degree from Portland State University.  As Lead Writer for The Tao of Piddle Paddle Panda he penned the 160-page First Draft, later collaborated into an internationally awarded screenplay. A long-time San Diego resident, he now resides in Portland, Oregon, along with his 3 grown children and 3 small grandchildren.

Larry (Muddtoe) Baker is an award-winning Disc Jockey who pilots the Muddtoe in the Morning radio program on KNCP-FM in Central Oregon. Muddtoe was named Central Oregon's Broadcaster of the Year in 2019.  He and Mike have written several screenplays together, beginning at age 14.  The Tao of Piddle Paddle Panda is their first published script. Larry resides in La Pine, Oregon with his loyal sidekick, Coltrane.

Caleb Green grew up creating comedy sketches with his family and friends which eventually found their way onto Youtube and turned into a life of their own. He continues to collaborate with his friends for various sketches, shorts, and now a full-length comedy. Caleb resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife Erin and twin girls, Sophie and Emma. 

Jared holds a Masters of Physics and is currently a Production Manager at INTEL. A prolific content creator since childhood, Jared is now writing a Science-Fiction series expounding the notions of James Blish (Science Fiction HOF). He resides in Portland, Oregon with wife Mary and son Miles. The Tao of Piddle Paddle Panda is his first feature collaboration. 

Dave is a Producer/Director/Photographer who specializes in nature photos and historical documentary videos about people, places, and events.  He resides in Eugene, Oregon not far from his hometown of Mapleton, where he grew up along the Oregon Coast. Dave is Lead Writer for The Green Brothers next comedy feature currently in development. 

The Tao of Piddle Paddle Panda is inspired by the true story of Hazel and David Green, and young Michael. David and Hazel married and had three more children. Hazel became a champion of the Foster Care System, logging over 10,000 "care-calls" to foster parents in Lane County, Oregon. She passed away in 2016.  David remained Michael's loving "Daddy" until his death in 2003. Their story offers hope and redemption to young single parents, everywhere.