Cody Knotts is a director, producer, writer and actor. A native of Taylorstown, Pennsylvania, Knotts previously served as the editor of the Weekly Recorder, a newspaper covering Pennsylvania and national politics which helped free two individuals who had been wrongly accused of murder. He was also a two-time candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

As a young man, Knotts was chosen by the Boy Scouts of America as the first recipient of the Handicapped Awareness Merit Badge because of his devotion to disabled students, and his Eagle Scout project helped inspire the national Scouting for Food program.

Representation: Nuala Quinn-Barton, The Film Co-Operative