Todd Croak-Falen graduated from Chapman University with a BFA in Film Production, having won Best Picture for producing Accusation (directed by David Malki !), and the Cinetech Most Promising Filmmaker Award. While at Chapman, he also served as RPM Music Director for KNAB-FM, and wrote a play called The Image-Conscious War Zone. The play was directed by Todd Luoto, and Croak-Falen in turn directed a play written by Luoto.

Croak-Falen is the author of several screenplays and one novel, Catch Up To Myself. Most recently, he co-wrote and produced the film Expendable (also directed by David Malki !).

He is a Level 3 student in Krav Maga, the official self-defense system of the Israeli Special Forces, at the National Training Center in West Los Angeles.