diff --git a/saucebrush/filters.py b/saucebrush/filters.py
index b39d0df..40ab008 100644
--- a/saucebrush/filters.py
+++ b/saucebrush/filters.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class FieldFilter(Filter):
 
     def __init__(self, keys):
         super(FieldFilter, self).__init__()
-        self._target_keys = keys
+        self._target_keys = utils.str_or_list(keys)
 
     def process_record(self, record):
         """ Calls process_field on all keys passed to __init__. """
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class FieldRemover(Filter):
 
     def __init__(self, keys):
         super(FieldRemover, self).__init__()
-        self._target_keys = keys
+        self._target_keys = utils.str_or_list(keys)
 
     def process_record(self, record):
         for key in self._target_keys:
@@ -194,10 +194,7 @@ class FieldAdder(Filter):
     def __init__(self, field_name, field_value):
         super(FieldAdder, self).__init__()
         self._field_name = field_name
-        try:
-            self._field_value = iter(field_value).next
-        except TypeError:
-            self._field_value = field_value
+        self._field_value = field_value
 
     def process_record(self, record):
         if callable(self._field_value):
@@ -318,11 +315,11 @@ class Flattener(FieldFilter):
 class DictFlattener(Filter):
     def __init__(self, keys, separator='_'):
         super(DictFlattener, self).__init__()
-        self._keys = keys
+        self._keys = utils.str_or_list(keys)
         self._separator = separator
     
     def process_record(self, record):
-        utils.flatten(record, keys=self._keys, separator=self._separator)
+        return utils.flatten(record, keys=self._keys, separator=self._separator)
 
 
 class Unique(ConditionalFilter):
@@ -403,11 +400,13 @@ class NameCleaner(Filter):
                                 (?:\s+(?P<suffix>JR\.?|II|III|IV))?
                                 \s*$''', re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)
     
-    def __init__(self, keys, name_formats=None):
+    def __init__(self, keys, prefix='', formats=None, nomatch_name=None):
         super(NameCleaner, self).__init__()
-        self._keys = keys
-        if name_formats:
-            self._name_formats = name_formats
+        self._keys = utils.str_or_list(keys)
+        self._name_prefix = prefix
+        self._nomatch_name = nomatch_name
+        if formats:
+            self._name_formats = formats
         else:
             self._name_formats = [self.FIRST_LAST, self.LAST_FIRST]
 
@@ -424,8 +423,13 @@ class NameCleaner(Filter):
                 if match:
                     record.pop(key)
                     for k,v in match.groupdict().iteritems():
-                        record[k] = v
+                        record[self._name_prefix + k] = v
                     break
-            # can add else statement here to log non-names
+                
+            # if there is no match, move name into nomatch_name
+            else:
+                if self._nomatch_name:
+                    record.pop(key)
+                    record[self._nomatch_name] = name
             
         return record
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/saucebrush/utils.py b/saucebrush/utils.py
index 4499070..d75b624 100644
--- a/saucebrush/utils.py
+++ b/saucebrush/utils.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ def flatten(item, prefix='', separator='_', keys=None):
     else:
         print item, prefix
         return {prefix: item}
+    
+def str_or_list(obj):
+    if isinstance(obj, str):
+        return [obj]
+    else:
+        return obj
 
 def dotted_key_lookup(dict_, dotted_key, default=KeyError, separator='.'):
     """