​Bailey Pryor & Richard Seale

Teaches at Astor Center

Bailey has worked as a writer, producer and director in the film and television industry for over 25 years, in that time garnering 16 Emmy Award nominations, winning 7 Emmy awards. He has produced seven feature films and over 150 television programs for ABC, PBS, Discovery Channel, Fox Sports Net, ESPN, Spike TV, Animal Planet, and Travel Channel. Bailey is the President & CEO of Telemark Films in Mystic, CT and was formerly the President & CEO of Warren Miller Entertainment in Boulder, Colorado. Bailey is also the Founder and CEO of The Real McCoy rum, which is based on a film he produced for PBS, of the same name. The Real McCoy rum has won over 100 major spirits industry awards worldwide and is currently being distributed in more than 40 states in the US, as well as 23 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Richard is the Master Distiller and Blender at the family owned Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados and producer of The Real McCoy Rum. Richard's products have garnered outstanding global recognition, including winner of "Rum Producer of the Year" 2016, 2017, 2018, and “Supreme Champion” at the prestigious ISC awards in London. This is the first occasion in the 23 year history of the ISC, that a rum was named Supreme Champion over all other spirits.