Mark Tapio Kines

The film stars Melanie Lynskey, Wil Wheaton, Corin Nemec and Yelena Danova and is split into two entirely separate stories, the first entitled "Dear Jenny" and the second "Love, Trevor."

Judith O'Dea (who had starred in the classic zombie film Night of the Living Dead) also appeared in a small, non-speaking role.

The film was distributed in North America in 2004 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment, who changed the title to Serial Slayer.

In late 2005, Kines entered a pitch in a one-minute film competition sponsored by stock photo company Getty Images.

[5] In 2005, Kines began working as a freelance copywriter, creating trivia-based content for the Blu-ray releases of several major studio films, and for the well-received end credit sequence for the 2010 comedy The Other Guys.

[6] Kines wrote and/or directed several short films after The Closest Thing to Time Travel, including Portrait of a Pensive Lady (2008),[7] Party Pooper (2008),[8] and Ron and Nancy (2010).