Chad Burns, director of Beyond the Mask, is also the award-winning director and co-producer of Burns Family Studios' first feature film, Pendragon: Sword of His Father. Chad was homeschooled from K-12 and went on to complete his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Illinois in the spring of 2011. Chad, his wife Angie, and their two girls live in Edwardsville, Illinois.