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American actor BoJesse Christopher is based in Los Angeles, CA, but was born and raised in San Francisco. He was named after legendary blues guitarist Bo Diddley and infamous cowboy outlaw Jesse James. BoJesse is best known for his portrayal of Grommet/LBJ, the reckless younger brother of Patrick Swayze in the 20th Century Fox classic original feature film Point Break, directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), released in 1991. In 2016, he also appeared in the Warner Bros. $100 million dollar re-imagined Point Break directed by Ericson Core, as the FBI Director.
Over a thirty year plus span in the industry, BoJesse has appeared in over 70 film and television projects in collaboration with a wide range of notable talent, including Academy Award Winer Mahershala Ali, Keanu Reeves, Norman Reedus, Patrick Swayze, Academy Award Winner Reese Witherspoon, Academy Award Winner J.K. Simmons, Academy Award Winner Christopher Walken, Academy Award Winner Hilary Swank, Stephen Dorff, Christina Applegate, Edgar Rameriz, Jennifer Aniston, Carmen Ejogo, Gary Busy, Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo, and Neil Patrick Harris, to name a few. His memorable recurring guest star roles on hit shows include Married with Children, Beverly Hills 90210, Picket Fences, Quantum Leap, High Incident, Land's End, and more. More recently, BoJesse reoccur guest starred as Roscoe Turner on the BET hit crime drama series The Family Business (S.5), Max Fielder on the CBS hit TV series NCIS Los Angeles (S.12), Detective Johnson on FOX's hit series Deputy (S.1), and Detective Richard Kitting on HBO's iconic hit series True Detective (S.3).
His memorable recurring guest star roles on hit tv shows include, FOX's Married with Children, FOX's Beverly Hills 90210, CBS' Picket Fences, NBC's Quantum Leap, NBC's Ferris Bueller, CBS' High Incident, FOX's Silk Stalkings, USA's Lands End, to name a few. Plus classic memorable film roles in Stephen Kings Sometimes They Come Back...Again and Sleepwalkers, Meatballs 4, Escape From L.A., Dark Horse, and many more.
BoJesse has also written, produced, and directed a number of projects, such as action crime drama Out In Fifty, starring Mickey Rourke, Christina Applegate, Balthazar Getty, and more.
Mood Elevator Creative Studio is an inspired TV and film company activated by BoJesse in 2020, powered by positive energy. MECS calls to action to embody the healthy spirit of elevated creative flow while exploring the deep meaningful connection, and infinite possibility of life, art and beyond. "Our focus is on developing, strategizing, packaging, activating, and bringing to market - smart, well crafted, meaningful TV and film content. Our motto: "Create, develop, deploy". As an Executive Producer, BoJesse's strength is authentically putting unique combinations of creative people together that add meaningful full service value to the project's objective from start to completion.
BoJesse's training began with legendary acting coach, Stella Adler, at the prestigious Stella Adler Conservatory Theatre. He continued on to be privately mentored by Academy Award-winning actress Shelley Winters at the Actors Studio West, and is honored to be a lifetime member. Later, BoJesse trained with acclaimed acting coach Sandy Marshall, immersing himself into the Sanford Meisner repetition technique.
In 2012, BoJesse founded Truth Be Told Acting Collective to support disciplined actors in achieving emotionally connected work. His process consists of a strong foundation based on Stanislavski's preparation of building a character, combined with Strasberg's method, held together at the heart's core by Meisner's repetition exercise. BoJesse offers private, group, and on-set coaching for adult, teen, and child actors. He coaches an impressive assortment of notable and emerging TV and film actors worldwide. BoJesse Christopher Acting Studio was established in 2018 to coach professional, disciplined, tv and film actors to their true potential. "Inspired heart's, let's get into the work"! ~ BJC- Actor
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Michael Alton Lowder was born on 27 December 1962 in Sumter, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Southern dysComfort (2012), Lock Box (2014) and Fake (2015). He died on 27 May 2015 in West Hollywood, California, USA.- Actor
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Argentine born but American at heart, Ruben Roberto Gomez has spent his entire adult life following his passions. A UCLA alumnus with a Masters in Spanish Literature but also fluent in Italian, he crooned his way through two albums followed by European & South American tours singing romantic ballads in Spanish in the 80's & 90's. Now, back to his roots in acting, he's focusing on a career in TV and film, taking advantage of his ethnically ambiguous looks. He is often mistaken for Middle Easterbn thanks to his Turkish mother, but still able to appear and do Voiceover with an Argentine or Spanish dialect courtesy of his Spanish grandfather. His ambiguous accent in English gives him the versatility of playing not only European or Middle Eastern roles, but South American as well. Ruben's love of acting began with a theatre career as a teenager in Buenos Aires where a well known director at the time, Marcelo Lavalle, encouraged him to come to the United States to pursue his dreams. The move turned out to be a fortuitous, life-changing suggestion where he not only found representation almost immediately with the Carlos Alvarado Agency, but later met and married his American born, actress-wife, Lynne Alana Delaney, with whom he still resides in Los Angeles.- Actress
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Andrea Anderson is an Actress known for Fresh off the Boat(2015), Arrested Development(2005)and award winning Film Southern dysComfort(2012). Was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Hammond, Indiana with three brothers.
Her first experience of performing was at a young age was during years of dance recitals, followed by Modeling. Later came various talent shows and calendar girl contest, along the Miss Fitness USA competition featured on ESPN. Later taking the stage again, she toured the East Coast with dance troupe The Slippendolls. While residing years in Cincinnati, Ohio she took her Ice Skating talent and formed promotion skating group, The ICE BABIES, for hockey team, The Cincinnati Cyclones.
Her background many commercials including Snapple, Boston Market and Toyota. Along with Hosting including lifestyle shows American Hot, Best of Boca and Main Street Del Rey Beach. Singing would not really be part of this list, however while visiting Las Vegas she was chosen onstage by award winning singer Toni Braxton and sang together, "Another Sad Love Song". People were so entertained, asking "are you here every Saturday night"?
Staying determined and focused to be a Actress in TV & Film, once landing in LA she worked many odd jobs including, audience work and a year as a CBS Page learning from behind the scenes.
She keeps busy by donating time to Make A Wish Foundation & The Stuart House. Her passion and talent for Organization & Interior Decorating turned into a business many years ago. Conducting makeovers, space management & treasure hunting.
Back in the day, for many years, she could be found in the neighborhoods and highways of Cincinnati wearing a hard hat, work boots and tool belt. Not as an Actress, but as a Construction worker and member of the Labor Union.- Actress
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Lynne Alana Delaney, a Southern California native whose looks are a definite throwback to her 100% Irish heritage, is the fifth child in a long line of Delaney overachievers who came out west from Chicago. She attributes her strong goal oriented yet creative characteristics to both her father, who was a Time/Motivation Manager in the garment industry, and her mother, who started out in fashion design before becoming a homemaker. When her dream to attend Pasadena Playhouse after high school was thwarted by the closure of their theatrical school, she went the more traditional route for her B.A. by first attending Santa Monica College and then UCLA. After being diverted by a law degree which led to an Immigration practice as well as a wonderful career circling the globe as a Flight Attendant, she decided to take a more direct route and follow her heart back to her first passion of acting. She speaks fluent Spanish, courtesy of her Argentine-born husband, Ruben Roberto Gomez, also an actor, and can proudly say "please", "thank-you" and "Can I get you something to drink?" in 27 different languages thanks to her travels. Her idea of relaxing is creating something, whether it be painting a new abstract in her studio, writing a new script or adding her own gourmet flair to a new recipe. Although her personal 'backstory' includes stints in background acting and continuing study at the Conservatory and with coaches the likes of Brian Reise and Mark Teschner, she feels she is truly arriving at her final destination with her work on both stage and screen.- Actress
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DH Lewis is a versatile, mature actress. She is also a multi-media fine artist. DH thrives on creativity, and is passionate about creating. After a nearly 20 year hiatus from acting to raise her daughter, she is back and is enjoying being cast in a variety of roles in films, TV, commercials and print. DH is proudly an all-natural, silver haired, real woman, a grandmother a nature lover and an animal lover. She feels that it is never to late to fulfill your dreams.- Actress
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Sabrina Culver is not just an actress, but also a producer with a strong focus on sustainability in the film industry. With over 100 film, television, and commercial roles under her belt, Sabrina has made a significant impact in the entertainment world.
One of Sabrina's notable achievements is her involvement in the first sustainable film project in Morocco called "Last Chance." This groundbreaking project brings together a stellar cast and crew and is spearheaded by the sustainable film fund. The dedication to sustainability is evident in every aspect of the film, from production practices to the script itself.
In "Last Chance," the script introduces sustainability through one of the main characters, showcasing the importance of environmental consciousness in storytelling. The commitment to incorporating sustainable practices in her work sets a positive example for the industry and highlights the potential for creating impactful films while minimizing environmental impact.
Through her multifaceted career as an actress and producer, Sabrina Culver continues to push boundaries and advocate for sustainability in film. Her passion for both the art of storytelling and the preservation of our planet makes her a true trailblazer in the industry. Award-winning actress Sabrina Culver holds both United States and Netherlands passports and was born in Cleveland , Ohio to a Scottish mother and Dutch American father .She moved with her family at a young age to Westfield , New Jersey where she became active in local theatre and landed her first modeling and TV commercial spots while still in middle school . She graduated from St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Ct where she studied classical piano and majored in Musical Theatre at Emerson College in Boston, MA . Culver also studied at the famed HB Studios in NYC and alongside Fred Kareman .Work as a model during college led to becoming one of five finalists in a Wella Balsam nationwide "We're Looking for Faces " contest. Dozens of TV Commercials including a Maryland Lottery spot with a young Josh Charles , music videos and day player roles on soaps such as All My Children and Guiding Light were followed by a coveted role as the young Marilyn Monroe in the film "Broken Dreams" She also has been able to combine her passion for travel with her acting working on projects throughout the USA, Europe and China.
Culver has been nominated for and has received several awards from film festivals around the globe for writing, producing and acting in independent films including the viral hit Removed by Nathanael Matanick and its sequel Remember My story . Her role as the birth mother has landed her two awards for best supporting actress as well as a nomination in the same category at the 168 Film Festival in Los Angeles . She owns and runs her own small production company Twin Flames Productions and has produced her own award-winning short films.
She divides her time between Los Angeles and The Netherlands and holds both American and Dutch Nationalities. Recent credits include Erik Peter Carlson's two feature films The Toy Soldiers and Wolf Mother with Tom Sizemore , Najarra Townsend and Traci Lords as well as The Feature films Ted Bundy Had a Son and Hello Au Revoir , the role of Helen in multi -award winning Italian director John Reals' new TV series Feel The Dead also starring Estella Warren, William Mcnamara and Gianni Capaldi shot in Sicily . She can also be seen as the female lead in Guido De Craene (Calpin in the film Kursk ) film Don't Get Mad also starring John Vlanders .- Actress
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Lynne Newton is a Worldwide Multi-Award Winning Creative Visionary, Actress, Writer, Producer and Author. Lynne started her performance career at the young age of seven in the "Show Me State" of Missouri. In the 1990's Lynne moved to Hollywood to continue her craft and has blazed quite an impressive trail since her move west, and has multiple films in various stages of production. With over sixty acting, producing and writing credits (including best actress nominations and awards) Lynne is making a solid name for herself in the filmmaking industry. Lynne's work captures issues relating to the power we as individuals have to influence humankind. Social messages are embedded throughout her projects highlighting the importance and richness of individuality, womanhood, equality, culture, heritage, relationships, and other topics that honor high character values. Lynne is the CEO of Eye in the Sky Pictures and has 58 wins and 10 nominations for her projects which have been screened all over the world.- Actor
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Mike Breyer is a multiple award-winning and nominated actor, writer, producer, director, editor, and founder of Merging Light Pictures. Mike has been recognized and honored with accolades from around the world in 2022 and 2023 for his many creative roles on the film "Enipheres" and the Web Series "The Saga of Enipheres". To date, Mike has 47 wins and 10 nominations. Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Dakota in 1993. Mike's main starring role in the feature film "Gradation" where he stars as Lucrative Street and is also the director, writer, producer, and editor among other titles is streaming on Amazon Prime (2019). Mike's first movie appearance was in the 1992 film "Thunderheart" which was filmed in South Dakota while Mike was working at Mt. Rushmore. Mike has also appeared in movies such as "Ed Wood", "S.F.W.", "Prank", "Skin Props", and a co-starring role as Jake in the feature film "Dream State". Mike has also been featured on Television shows such as "Picket Fences" on CBS and "Players" on NBC. Mike has appeared on the stage in the productions of "The Phantom of the Opera" as Dr. Debienne and as Michael in "Fame". Mike co-starred in the award-winning short film "Southern DysComfort" as the creepy butler Kennedy Gamble. Mike was asked to reprise his role as Kennedy Gamble to star in the feature film now titled "Fake". Mike also starred in the award-winning short film "Lock Box" as Robert Bynum DesChamps. Mike recently played Steven in the award-winning short film "Addiction" and Tony in the award-winning feature film "The Remake" as well as playing Rhett Dabler in the award-winning short film "The Admired". Mike made his directorial debut in the short film "Koffee" which he wrote and starred as Joe Cupta. Mike wrote, starred, and directed again playing Anthony Joseph in the short film "Inosculation". In addition, Mike starred as Loil Grande and continued his directing, writing, and editing on the short film "Rose Petal". Moreover, Mike starred again as Henry Springs in the award-winning short film "Cascade Rd" which he wrote, directed, and filmed in South Dakota where it all began. Mike is hoping to return to shoot the feature to "Cascade Rd" now titled "Cascade Road" in late 2024 in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Mike played Doctor Berg in the feature film "Ass Clowns: Constipated, " now streaming on Amazon Prime. In addition, Mike starred in the TV series "Trailer Park World" and played three different characters showcasing his comedic talent and timing. Moreover, Mike is in development on his new feature film "Five Floors" where he will star as Cliffson Beaker. Mike's latest film acting developments were starring as Hannibal Clemington in the proof of concept film "Enipheres 2020" and its Web Series "The Saga of Enipheres 2022" both of which have won multiple awards. In 2023, Mike is starring as Brasheer in the vampire feature film "Eternal Oath" which is filming in Los Angeles. Mike relocated to Palm Springs, CA after living in West Hollywood for twenty years.- Actress
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Isabella Culver was born in Amsterdam the Netherlands to a Dutch father and an American mother . She moved as an infant to the USA where she began work in commercial print . Her charm and delightful personality helped her to land film roles in Los Angeles including films with her mother actress Sabrina Culver. She enjoys singing and art. She especially enjoys creating cartoons and producing her own funny short films .- Actress
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Born in Austin, Texas to an African American father and Belizean mother, Tamara Goodwin has developed a rich heritage evolving around education, culture and the arts. After graduating Who's Who among High school students at James Bowie High school in Austin Texas, she received a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington, and then later received her Master's degree in Business Administration from Texas Woman's University. Although she had been involved in theater at a young age, it was in college where Tamara developed a strong passion for the arts. She is a multi-talented individual with notable experience in acting, modeling, writing, directing and producing.- Producer
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Ava Sydney is known for Tears of a Clown (2005), The Pugilist (2012) and Feel Better with Ava Sydney (2015).- Actor
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Peter McGlynn is known for Enipheres (2020), Celtic Cross (2020) and Hotel Secrets & Legends (2014).- Producer
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Robyn Von Arx is an award-winning actor, director, and producer. She started acting in regional South Florida theater at the age of nine. She attended Vassar College for her BA in Latin American Studies, where she won the Margaret Peabody Award for International Relations. She took every film and theater course she could at Vassar.
She was awarded the Lew Wasserman Fellowship for her directing while in the MFA Film Production Program at NYU/Tisch. Her shorts have screened in many festivals worldwide and have won numerous awards. Including a best short animation of the year, best use of music, and an audience award. From her documentary portrait of a stripper's emotional pain to her semi-autobiographical dark comedic animation, her films voice stories of unique and less-familiar perspectives.
As an actor, she appears regularly in film, television, and commercials. She won a best actress award for her portrayal of Avery in the film The Mommies.
Robyn also has an MA in Latin American Studies from UCLA, where she was a fellow. English is her first language; she also speaks fluent Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese. When she's not working, Robyn is a devoted yogi.- Susan is from Westfield, NJ and attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She originated the role of Sandy in the 1994 Broadway revival of "Grease" at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. She played Evelyn Nesbitt in the American premiere of "Ragtime" at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, along side Brian Stokes Mitchell and LaChanze. Other Broadway/National Tour credits include David Henry Hwang's "Face Value", "Grand Hotel", "Eating Raoul" and "Chess". After achieving her Broadway dreams, Susan headed out to Los Angeles, where she met her husband, actor Christopher B. Duncan while appearing on "The Jamie Foxx Show" as a series regular. She played Braxton's girlfriend Cameron Caldwell. The two immediately fell in love and now have 3 beautiful children, actress Charlie Ann Duncan, actor Miles Duncan and actor Brock Duncan.
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Craig Bierko was born on 18 August 1964 in Rye Brook, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Thirteenth Floor (1999), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and Scary Movie 4 (2006).- Actor
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John Michaelson is known for Cecil B. Demented (2000), All My Children (1970) and Wolves of Wall Street (2002).- Producer
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Critics have illustrated Erik Peter Carlson's filmmaking style as one with an Italian/German technique. Carlson, also known by his loyal fan base as EPC, was born and raised in Upstate New York to a family of film enthusiasts.
In 2019, EPC opened up a new production company to create an entire world of fairy tale stories and characters for different mediums. Kicking off this endeavor was his fourth feature film, "A Fairy Tale After All," about a stubborn teenage girl who finds herself confronted by whimsical characters when she is transported into a world of fantasy and fairy tales while attending a school marionette show.
EPC is currently producing a sequel to "A Fairy Tale After All, "entitled "Welcome To Fairy Rings," a companion story to the feature, and a children's book based on the "A Fairy Tale After All' Universe of characters.
Before fairy tales, in 2010, he started production (Executive Producer/Writer/Director) on 'Transatlantic Coffee.' The film was completed in 2011, winning numerous awards and rave reviews at film festivals across the globe, including best picture, screenplay and director, actor, and supporting actress. 'Transatlantic Coffee' opened in the fall of 2012.
EPC's second writing/directing feature, 'The Toy Soldiers,' a dramatic, epic coming-of-age picture, premiered in Hollywood at the Chinese Theaters on June 8, 2014, to a record-breaking sold-out audience. It was also invited for an October 2014 presentation at the prestigious Hollywood Film Festival. It was released nationwide in the US on November 14, 2014, in AMC Theaters. In addition, the screenplay was sought after by The Academy of Arts and Sciences to be a part of their permanent library for filmmakers and students worldwide.
'Wolf Mother,' a crime drama about two outlaws looking to redeem themselves by solving a high-profile child abduction case, was released in 2018.- Producer
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With a multicultural background and diverse international experience, Nathanael Matanick infuses his art with his understanding of our shared humanity and rich diversity. His magic touch finds its precision in eliciting a desired emotional response and rarely is an audience left unmoved by his artful storytelling. Simplicity and poise mark his films, raising questions more than offering answers. His most recent contribution to the film community, a short film entitled ReMoved, has won him numerous awards and cultivated an eager anticipation for the next works of art he will create.- Actress
Abigail Evelyn White (Abby White) was born on June 17, 2003 in Santa Barbara, California, USA, to Angela Carreño White and Andy White. Her mother and father are both schoolteachers and musicians as is Abby who has played guitar since the age of 6. She has a younger brother, Aaron(8). Her introduction to film was when she was 9 years old where she played the lead role of a foster child in the short film called Removed(2013), as Zoe Locke. The film was a huge success, and she received a best actress nomination at the 168 Film Festival where the film was award Best Film and received the Audience Choice award. The film was so successful that the filmmakers launched a campaign to produce Removed Part Two (2014) to be released May 2015. Abby has just accepted the role of young Penny in the Fire Catcher Production called The Reins Maker. Filming will begin this summer (2015).- Actor
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Jordan Nice is known for The Shell (2005), The Big Dick Mike Show (2009) and Remember My Story (2015).- Actress
Annie Bergin is a Scottish-born American actor and writer who started acting when she was 10 years old.
She co-starred with David Gedge of The Wedding Present in the music video "I'm From Further North Than You" as "Mystery Girl" (and the song reached number 34 in the UK charts). Then after a starring role in Children of the Mist: The Lost Tribe (2005), she went on to earn her UK Equity card playing the lead in the original stage production of "Peter and the Pirate, Part Deux".
In 2005 Annie moved to Los Angeles where she studied under such talent as Mark Teschner, Jim Holmes, and Todd Sherry. Her short film, Disconnected (2017) premiered at the Pepperdine ScreenFest in 2017.
Annie is married to John W. Bergin- Additional Crew
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John W. Bergin was born on 27 June 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Mobsters (1991), 1 Zer0 (2016) and The Lost Shepherd (2011). He has been married to Annie Bergin since 27 August 2005.- Producer
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John David Ware is known for Final Frequency (2021), Unbridled (2017) and The Chronicles of Hernia: The Lion, the Ditch and the Studio (2008).- Music Department
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Fred Emory Smith was trained at the Berklee College of Music, where he received the Doug Timm Award for Outstanding Musicianship in Film Scoring and had the honor of conducting Howard Shore's unforgettable suite to Martin Scorsese's The Aviator for his commencement ceremony after being coached by Mr. Shore himself.
Once he moved to LA, Fred began working with various established composers and orchestrators. He worked on projects including: Transformers 3, Need for Speed: The Run, Disney XD's Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery 1 & 2, Marvel's Agents of Shield, and Outlanders. As well as a music arranger for the 87th Academy Awards.
He has composed the music for Grace (HBO Asia TV Mini-Series), House in The Alley, The Rich Woman (directed by Le-Van Kiet), Busted Buggy Entertainment's Magic Hour (directed by Cole Mueller & staring Trevor Morgan and William Russ), and a family adventure feature entitled Adventurer's Club (directed by Tomasz Szafranski).
Fred won Best Music Composition for HBO Asia's Halfworlds TV show in the 2017 Apollo Awards.
His current projects include working on the animated series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny for Lucasfilm and a new family adventure feature film entitled Rock 'n Roll Eddie.- Actor
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Cyrus Kowsari is known for Somebody Call My Mama (2013), The Color of Christmas (2012) and Peter the Gullible (2016).- Composer
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Johnny Klimek was born in 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a composer and producer, known for Babylon Berlin (2017), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).- Writer
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Ed Fraiman is a British filmmaker who won the Directors' Guild of Great Britain Best Newcomer Award. He learned his craft at the Polish State Film School in Lodz. He has since directed more than 70 episodes of Television in the US and UK for Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, BBC and Channel 4.
Recently, Ed directed (and executive produced) 'Anaconda' the spin-off/embedded pilot for the Warner Brothers' hit show 'The 100' on CW Network. Ed was the producing director on 29 episodes of the series, directing and/or producing over a third of the 100 episodes across 7 seasons.
Prior to his work on 'The 100', Ed was the producing director on Season 1 of 'Impulse' for Universal Pictures and YouTube Red. Other producing director credits include 'Secret State' starring Gabriel Byrne and Charles Dance for Channel 4. Ed directed and executive produced all episodes of the mini-series, which was nominated for an International Emmy and sold to over 40 territories worldwide.
Ed's US television director credits include 5 episodes of UCP's 'Royal Pains' for USA network, 4 episodes of CBS/Paramount's 'Life Is Wild' for CW Network and Universal's 'The Philanthropist' for NBC. Ed also directed 3 episodes of the Arthurian drama 'Merlin' for NBC and BBC.
UK television credits include directing the award winning procedural 'Murphy's Law' (BBC), 'A Thing Called Love' (BBC), 'Burn It' (BBC) and the critically acclaimed 'As If' (CH4). Ed also directed the TV movie adaptation of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (BBC) which was nominated at the World Television Awards for Best Movie Made For Television.
Ed is a partner at Bigscope Films UK where he has executive produced 5 feature films including 'Don't Hang Up', 'Pressure', 'Alien Outpost' and most recently 'The Banishing' and 'Aasha The Street Dog' which are both in post-production.
Ed is a dual British and American citizen and resides with his family in Santa Monica. He is represented by the Verve Talent and Literary Agency.- Actor
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Born in London, Orlando Seale's career has taken him all over the world. In his native England, Orlando attended Oxford University, earning advanced degree's in Both English and French literature. He also performed many critically acclaimed lead roles in classic Oxford productions, including "Macbeth" in Macbeth, "Caliban" in The Tempest, and "Demetrius" in the Russian touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream - and in recognition of his unique talent, Orlando was awarded the coveted Cuppers Prize for best actor at Oxford. Orlando continued his acting training at the esteemed Ecole Philippe Gaulier in London and the Conservatoire National Superieure D'Art Dramatique in Paris before going on to tour Europe and North America with the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company for three years; where he played "Silvio" in The Servant To Two Masters at the RSC's flagship theater in Stratford-on-Avon as well as at their more avant garde Young Vic theater in London. Orlando also starred as "Orpheus" in the West End production of Eurydice, performed in Brazil alongside "Theater of the Oppressed" creator Augusto Boal, and traveled throughout England and Europe as the leader and principal performer of his own cutting edge Improv Company.
Orlando's first foray into feature films came when Kenneth Branagh handpicked Orlando to serve as his acting understudy in the critically acclaimed and academy award nominated film adaption of Hamlet. Roles in Sleepy Hollow, Pride & Prejudice and Hysteria quickly followed, with Orlando winning high praise from critics and fans alike for his portrayal of Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott. He was also a series regular on Britons top rated television series. Orlando regularly travels back and forth between Los Angeles and London; He also speaks fluent French and has mastered a wide variety of dialects including a perfect American accent. Orlando also gives back to the artistic community by teaching youth acting classes and is working on recording his 2nd album with his band, following the critical success of their 1st album, with music reminiscent of The Talking heads and Bowie and a mesmerizing and original sound that takes one on an intimate and epic journey that is at once both melancholic and euphoric.- Actor
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Stephen Baldwin was born on 12 May 1966 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome (1996) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). He has been married to Kennya Baldwin since 10 June 1990. They have two children.- Actor
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Craig Robert Bruss was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Match-Stick Flame 2: Lunada Bay (2023), The Match-Stick Flame (2020) and The Match-Stick Flame Prologue (2019).- Actress
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Monika Karczmarczyk is known for Wolf Mother (2016), The Toy Soldiers (2014) and A Fairy Tale After All (2022).- Actor
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Jacopo Manfren is known for The Play of the Fate (2014), Addiction: This Is Not a Love Story (2014) and Fake (2015).- Actress
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Christina Matanick is known for ReMoved (2013), Remember My Story (2015) and Remembering Trauma (2016).- Actress
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Brenda Pond was born in Chicago, Il to Freddie Ray Pond and to Maria Ramirez (Pond). She is of Indigenous descent, including (Coahuiltecan). And Wales, England ancestry. Her parents raised Brenda at her dad's ranch in Texas up to her teens. In 2010 she took the opportunity to pursue her career in acting. Brenda Pond is also the founder and CEO of FindersPage.- Actor
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Marc Schryer is known for Jack Suffer (2017), A Psychopath's Memoirs (2015) and Santa Muerte (2022).- Actress
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Blaise Brooks is known for The Work Wife (2019), The Bachelor Next Door (2017) and A Mother Betrayed (2015).- Actress
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Isabella Culver was born in Amsterdam the Netherlands to a Dutch father and an American mother . She moved as an infant to the USA where she began work in commercial print . Her charm and delightful personality helped her to land film roles in Los Angeles including films with her mother actress Sabrina Culver. She enjoys singing and art. She especially enjoys creating cartoons and producing her own funny short films .- Producer
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Described by many critics as a promising director with a touch of Hollywood theatricality, Giovanni Marzagalli, known by his artistic name John Real, has made a name for himself in the Italian film scene with remarkable performances in genre cinema. This talented young artist from Catania has carved out a niche for himself by defining a distinct style and genre, offering a fresh perspective that sets him apart from the traditional offerings of Italian cinema. He strives to be recognized for his unique approach and the American influence that permeates his works, starting with his film titles.
In 2011, at the age of 21, Real won the Golden Globe for Best Breakthrough Director for his film "Native," marking him as the youngest director in Europe. The film premiered at the 68th Venice Film Festival in the festival's "digital expo" section and had the honor of opening at the prestigious Fantasy Horror Awards 2011. In 2012, John founded Real Dreams Entertainment Srl, a production company that immediately embarked on the creation of the thriller film "Midway Between Life and Death" (2013). Real Dreams made its mark in film distribution, releasing the film nationwide in Italy. The film received excellent feedback from critics, who praised its unique blend of suspense, drama, and paranormal elements, and was among the seven Italian films representing Italy at the 2014 Oscars. On August 7, 2014, Real was a guest at the Italian Horror Fest along with renowned directors such as Dario Argento, Ruggero Deodato, and Luigi Cozzi. He was honored with the IHF 2014 award, recognizing him as a director symbolizing a genre that has been a tradition in Italian cinema and was being revitalized by young filmmakers. In the following year, he also won Best Director at the I-Art Festival. In 2017, Real made his debut in the realm of episodic with the highly acclaimed TV series "Feel the Dead - Five Days," starring Estella Warren and William McNamara. The TV series received five awards at the monthly independent festival Oniros Film Awards in Aosta, Italy, including Best Director, Best TV Series, and Best Horror Drama. Real returned to the big screen with "The Music Box" (2019), winning him four more awards including Best Director. Soon after, Real delved into psychological thriller territory with his film "Obsessio" (2019), receiving eight awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Production.
Continuing his streak of success, Real's highly anticipated adventure fantasy film, "The Last Redemption," (James Cosmo, Kevin Sorbo, Angus MacFadyen) is in post-production and awaiting theatrical and distribution release worldwide. With its high-stakes plot, adrenaline-fueled action sequences, and Real's masterful direction, "The Last Redemption" is poised to be another captivating addition to Real's body of work.- Actor
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Antonio Lujak is a Croatian born actor and producer. Lujak was a professional tennis player when he was first scouted as a model at the age of seventeen. One year later, Lujak won the prestigious award of "Mr. Croatia". Shortly after, Lujak was awarded the notable "Best Model of Tourism" at the Model of the World Competition in Istanbul. Lujak's modeling career has spanned top names such as Roberto Cavalli, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, Versace, Olymp, Gilette Fusion, Marco O'Polo, Men's Health, Glamour, In-Style, Maxim, and Hip Hop Weekly. During press appearances as Mr. Croatia, casting directors for the British television show Casanova contacted Lujak for a role in the mini-series. Lujak's talent as an actor was quickly recognized and offers for bigger projects began to role in. Fluent in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Italian, Lujak quickly found himself working on international projects such as Heineken's the Chase with Daniel Craig. In the summer of 2016 Lujak accepted a co-staring role in award winning director John Real's feature film The Carillon. That winter, Lujak reunited with John Real as a co-star and co-producer of Real's new Netflix series Feel The Dead. Lujak is currently attached to a number of projects in pre and post production and has recently wrapped roles in Leonardo DiCaprio's Robin Hood and Star Wars The Last Jedi. Lujak splits his time between Europe and Los Angeles.- Actress
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Fiona Whitelaw is an international actress and writer. Known for 'True Stories - BBC', 'Undocument' and 'Acceptable Damage'. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress at Onirus Film Awards 2017 & for Best Supporting Actress Idyllwild Film Festival 2019. 'Acceptable Damage' won 'Best Action Film' at National Film Awards UK 2021. Her screenplay for Acceptable Damage won Best Screenplay at Idyllwild Film Festival 2019. ' Acceptable Damage' won Best Picture at Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival 2019. Acceptable Damage is nominated for Best Film at British Urban Film Festival 2019.- Actor
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Neb Chupin is an actor and producer originally from Zagreb, Croatia, that will soon be seen as Dr. Loesch in Lionsgate's upcoming thriller Mindcage with John Malkovich and Martin Lawrence, out December 16th. Neb lived in Croatia until he was 22. He later moved to the US to attend Northeastern University in Boston, graduating as a mechanical engineer in 1992. He then worked for the MIT Plasma Fusion Center, Gillete and began an engineering career with Nextel as a Sr. Design Network Engineer. In 2000 he started acting at the CP Casting Studio in Boston and soon after retired from engineering to pursue modeling and acting in Miami.
Neb worked as a stand-in for Michael Shannon in Bad Boys 2 and in 2005 he was cast in James Valentines feature 411 where he first began to learn about producing in addition to acting. He later moved to Los Angeles and continued acting lessons at Anthony Mendel's Actor Workshop. His first dramatic acting role was with Bobby B. Grubic in the award winning short 'Final Stop.' After that he starred in the television series "Feel The Dead" in Italy and a short film in Belgium that garnered him multiple acting award nominations.
Since then, Neb's career quickly took flight and in less than five years he was in twenty films including Fanatic and Poison Rose with John Travolta, Acceleration with Dolph Lundgren and Natalie Burn and Obsessio, again with Natalie Burn. For his role in Obsessio he went on to win a special acting award at The Venice Film Festival. He has multiple films in production that he both acts in and produces including Pig Killer, The Last Redemption and the apocalyptic fantasy The Islander.- Producer
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Brandon Rose is known for When She Showed Up (2017), The Suffering (2016) and A Little Conversation (2013).- Born and raised in Boston MA, Nick Apostolides has developed his heavy dramatic style of method acting in films, worked on over 100 commercials, was nominated for an Emmy (Hosting) and has now taken his physicality, stunt background, and love of video games to the world of Motion Capture/VO. His new animated Netflix series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021) will mark his return in the franchise as leading man Leon Kennedy (full performance capture), after 2019's award-winning RE2 Remake video game. He's worked in other notable franchises such as Call of Duty, Life is Strange, Madden NFL, and Medal of Honor (and a few in the works...)
Nick is also very involved in humanitarian work. As host/builder on The Fixers, he's traveled the globe to help incredible organizations and rebuild communities in 15 different countries. They've tackled 30 massive projects over the course of 3 seasons on this Docu-Build Episodic.
Nick was lucky enough to have been raised with two amazing brothers, Steve and Dave. He led an extremely artistic and creative childhood but eventually shifted his focus to acting due to his love of the cinematic experience. The unconditional support of his parents Steve and Dotty has always played a huge factor in every single endeavor.
Though he is always very sociable and outgoing, Nick often portrays characters that have more stoic, complex and mysterious qualities. Reflection and empathy play the largest role in his preparation. - Actor
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Tom Sizemore rose in prominence throughout the 1990s, establishing himself as a memorable tough-guy actor, sought by the most respected directors in the business.
Thomas Edward Sizemore, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Judith (Schannault), an ombudsman staff member, and Thomas Edward Sizemore, Sr., a lawyer and professor. Sizemore grew up idolizing the tough-guy characters of the movies he watched. After attending Wayne State University, he got his master's degree in theatre from Temple University in 1986.
Like many, he moved to New York City and struggled, waiting tables and performing in plays. His first break came when Oliver Stone cast him in a bit part in Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Bigger roles soon followed throughout the early 1990s, such as Guilty by Suspicion (1991), True Romance (1993), and Striking Distance (1993). 1994 proved to be an even bigger year for Sizemore, as he won the role of "Bat Masterson" in Kevin Costner's star-studded biopic Wyatt Earp (1994), as well as one of his first truly memorable roles as "Detective Jack Scagnetti" in Oliver Stone's controversial Natural Born Killers (1994). In 1995 he appeared in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Strange Days (1995), as well as the acclaimed crime epic Heat (1995), directed by Michael Mann. Sizemore's first big leading role is in The Relic (1997), the big-budget effects thriller directed by Peter Hyams.
According to a 2001 interview in The Calgary Sun, Sizemore entered a drug rehabilitation program in 1998 after his mother and his friend Robert De Niro appeared on his door-step during the filming of Witness to the Mob (1998). Telling him they were there to drive him to jail or to rehabilitation, Sizemore chose the latter. After completing rehabilitation, he counseled adolescents involved in substance abuse.
Offered roles in W.W.II films directed by both Terrence Malick and Steven Spielberg, Sizemore chose the role of "Sergeant Horvath" in Saving Private Ryan (1998). The role and film received wide acclaim and introduced Sizemore's talents to a much broader audience in a more human and well-rounded role than he had previously been given. Sizemore also credits this shoot and Steven Spielberg for helping him with his recovery from addiction, with Steven Spielberg threatening to re-shoot the entire film if Sizemore failed a drug test even once.
After a flamboyant and uncredited mobster role in Enemy of the State (1998), Sizemore then portrayed a psychotic paramedic in Bringing Out the Dead (1999) directed by Martin Scorsese. Seemingly taking it easy, he then turned in fine but stereotypical performances in Play It to the Bone (1999), Red Planet (2000), and Pearl Harbor (2001). Sizemore then received another leading role in the high-profile military drama Black Hawk Down (2001) directed by yet another legendary director, Ridley Scott.
Specializing in the sort of ultimate tough-guy/manly man roles that hearken back to a different era in film, Sizemore continued to be a favorite of Hollywood's greatest directors. Never afraid to speak his mind about anyone and anything, his sense of blunt honesty and lack of pretension was refreshing. A commanding voice and presence on film, Sizemore looked to continue as one of Hollywood's greatest actors, until his untimely death from a brain aneurysm on March 3, 2023.- Actress
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Constance Brenneman began her acting career with one-woman shows portraying Mary Harris Jones "Mother Jones" and other prominent women in American History. After winning national performance competitions for these portrayals, Constance began doing more theater, film, voice over and television work, honing her craft at Carnegie Mellon Universities School of Drama.
Upon graduation, Constance played roles in the one-hour drama's "Alias" and "The Practice," and worked further in feature films such as "Swing," "Mary and Joe," "Love and Other Drugs," "The Next Three Days," and "A Lesson of Love." Additionally, Constance spent nearly four years as a television host and broadcaster for a network television station.- Actor
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Martin Doordan was born in the USA. He is an actor and writer, known for No More Tomorrows (2015), The Eighth House (2017) and Privateers (2024).- Actress
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Bridget Fitzgerald is an actress, comedienne, and model who created and starred in sitcom Musie on Time Warner. She has supporting roles on features Brother's Keeper (Laurence Fishburne, Milo Gibson), Snatchers (Jonathan Fernandez, Dave Hill), Reality Queen! (Denise Richards, Mike Tyson), Joe's War (Ed Asner, Armand Assante), Pearl: The Assassin (Dana Patton, Jennifer Barnes), and Things I Don't Understand (Best Film, 2012 Burbank International Film Festival). She is the creator and star of web series SmileyBridgeTV (Ovation TV finalist) and a writer and lead of web series The Admin (Three Cities Film Fest), and they both earned a quarter million views at Vid.Me, where she was a featured comic. She has been a contributing performer and writer for National Lampoon and has been a featured comic for Vid.Me and Flipagram as well as written jokes for board game That's What She Said (sold in Target) and popular iPhone app Friend-O. She has 12 years of improv experience with training from the Upright Citizens Brigade, 2 years of stand up experience and, thanks to her additional years of theatre experience, can cry on cue.- Actress
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- Mia Marcon is a film actress known for Westworld, Gun & A Hotel Bible, They're Watching, Workaholics, and The Mentalist. Having a passion for Musical Theater at a very young age, she spent her childhood performing in competitive dance teams and choirs. Mia graduated from UCLA where she studied Musical Theater, Film, and competed in International A Cappella. She is a writer, dancer, and singer.
- Raised in Arizona, Mark Grossman discovered an interest in acting at an early age performing in a school rendition of 'Beauty & the Beast'. Playing 'the Beast' was an exhilarating experience and introduced Mark to the creative arts. Soon after graduating high school he pursued a career as a professional actor . After booking a few local indies, Mark made the move to Los Angeles. He quickly secured representation, continued training and hit the audition circuit. In a short time, Mark has landed over a dozen lead and supporting roles in movies-for-television and independent features. Best known for dramatic roles, he recently showcased his comedic skills in the coming-of-age feature, 'Get Big'. Most recently Mark was seen in a recurring role on Freeform's 'Famous in Love' and now joins the cast of 'Young & the Restless' playing Adam Newman.
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Chris Carson Emmons grew up in the Midwest, where he first discovered his passion for filmmaking. After college, several of his films won awards on the festival circuit. His first film based on true events, "Roebling's Bridge," which depicts the family behind the Brooklyn Bridge during a transition of power from father to son, premiered at the Saxonburg Museum in Pennsylvania, then screened outside the Brooklyn Bridge itself at the monument's 135th anniversary celebration. Emmons' feature "Two Cents From a Pariah" was released in 2021, and his 6 episode action series "Privateers" can be seen this fall.- Actor
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Henning Fischer was born in Pforzheim, Germany to parents Wolfgang and Ingrid Fischer. He also has two younger brothers named Konstantin and Sebastian. While some actors are inspired by celebrities or childhood fantasies, it was the more tangible subjects of mathematics and international business that helped actor Henning Fischer to uncover a passion for the arts. His global journey, culminating in Los Angeles, has taken him from studies in Berlin and New York to world travel across three continents. After completing five years of intense training in New York City (at the Stella Adler Studio and the Terry Schreiber Studios), the actor arrived in Hollywood chock full of life experiences. Mr. Fischer specializes in dramatic interpretations of dark characters, and delights in sinking his teeth into psychologically-challenging roles. He has performed with Germany's "Theater in der Kirche", touring extensively with productions of "Minna von Barnhelm" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and "The Imaginary Invalid" by Moliere. In New York, he appeared in "The Amulet" (New Worlds Theatre) and "Cocktails at the Centre of the Earth" (Off-Off-Broadway). Film and television credits include One Fine Sunday (2010) , Synthetic_World (2010) and Snuff Road (2003) . Mr. Fischer is fluent in German and is happy to volunteer his time for a good cause. In his free time, he enjoys photography and the great outdoors.- Actor
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Guido De Craene was born in Antwerp (Belgium). He became an actor, writer, producer and Award-winning director, who has been living and working in Belgium, the Netherlands and the USA. As an actor he's known for his long-running roles in Belgian Tv series and in some international films.
During the nineties he focused on acting and directing for the theatre, and was artistic director of professional theatre company 'The Comet' (Mechelen). As a film director Guido won international recognition with his short movies 'Carrière' (2012), 'Don't get mad, ...' (2018), and his feature film '46, XX' (2015).
Guido has 4 children and is married to actress An Swartenbroekx since 2006.- Actor
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Jason Croot's Acting career started back in 2000. He completed an N.C.F.E. in performing arts in his native home, County Yorkshire. Jason moved to London in 2002 to pursue his acting career, training at the Poor School. He also completed a Drama Diploma at Birkbeck, University of London. His early stage performances included Demetrius in Midsummer's Night's Dream, Edmund Tyrone in Long Days Journey into Night, Biff in Death of a Salesman & Jerry in Pinter's Betrayal. 2003 saw his Film career take off. Since then, he has acted in over 35 Short Films, one of which was made at The New York Film Academy, The Neighbour (2004) directed by Stathis Athanasiou, an Avantgarde filmmaker, the film swept awards in Paris, Barcelona and Athens. The role of a Paranoid Schizophrenic was also shown in Berlin, where it took 3rd place at the Berlinale. He has also acted in 22 feature films. He finished shooting on Freight (2010), where he took on the role of Iosef a Romanian Criminal playing alongside Andrew Tiernan; in the same year Jason played Gilles De Rais in The Death of Love Cradle of Filth Music Video, Jason also appears alongside Tamzin Outhwaite as Bulgarian Hitman Popov in the ITV production The Fixer (2008) directed by the highly acclaimed Sam Miller, Jason was Screen Tested for Barry Levinson (2008). 2011 saw Croot appear as The Good Shepherd in the digital media production Nativity, directed by Bafta-winning Martha Fiennes. In 2009, Jason moved into directing his Feature Film directorial debut, Le Fear (2010), which received some excellent film reviews. Croot waited a few years to make a Follow-up Le Sequel (2016), which attracted interest from HBO and the writer of Seinfeld (1989) and director of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) Larry Charles. Croot has been appearing in film cameo roles and focusing on filmmaking in recent years. In 2024, Croot will release his book titled - My Ego Screwed My Acting Career, based on his life and acting career. Croot spent two years writing it, working night and day. Croot aims to make a documentary film based on his life with the same title My Ego Screwed My Acting Career- Actor
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Theatre actor Rick Irvin relocated to Los Angeles from Seaside, CA to pursue his dream as a television and film actor. Soon after, he landed recurring roles on soap opera "Days of our Lives" and also enjoyed a role on the soap "Passions" as Officer Benson. He also co-starred in Warner Brothers' "Fallen Angels" as Officer Stillman and starred in the horror films "Cryptz" and "Ghost Month." After learning more about the film making process he turned his focus to become a multi-faceted resourceful film producer. Among his film producing credits are "Intersection" which has won an amazing 77 film festival awards and the family faith film "Heavenly Deposit" which he also co directed.- Actor
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Award-winning Scottish actor Gianni Capaldi was born in Motherwell, Scotland to his Italian parents. He won Best actor awards from San Diego's IndieFest and Chicago's Amarcord film festival, and was part of the Bafta-nominated comedy Gasping, and also got nominated at the 2017 BIFA Raindance for that year's Isolani. Capaldi's love for acting came from his family's entertainment background. He is related to Scottish entertainers Jimmy Logan and Peter Capaldi. Capaldi made his first appearance in the poker comedy All In. He then portrayed an English gangster in the Sony action fantasy The Cross, co-starring Brian Austin Green, Vinnie Jones, Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore and the late Michael Clarke Duncan. Soon following, Capaldi worked alongside Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman in Wish Wizard, a short film made in collaboration with the Make a Wish Foundation. Capaldi briefly expanded into television with appearances in the HDnet reality television series Hollywood Royale.
His first breakthrough leading roles came with the Voltage Pictures action crime drama Ambushed alongside Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Randy Couture. Afterwards, Capaldi played an FBI agent out to redeem the murder of his father, alongside Dolph Lundgren, Billy Zane and Robert Davi. In A Certain Justice, Capaldi stepped into the role of Vin, starring alongside Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Briana Evigan.
Capaldi has acting credits in the action drama Crossroads; the romantic drama Don't Pass Me By; Jeremy London's directorial debut Devils Dozen, alongside C. Thomas Howell, Jake Busey and Eric Roberts; Jason Mewes's superhero action comedy Vigilante Diaries; and the paranormal drama The Between with child actors Joel Courtney and Isabelle Furhman.
Capaldi then filmed the Italian theatrically-released horror flick Janara before the BBC comedy short film Gasping, set in Scotland with director Greg Hemphill and comedian Frankie Boyle. Gasping was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival.
Capaldi also had the honor to star in legendary acting icon Mickey Rooney's last film, Jeckyl and Hyde. Capaldi led the cast as the despicable Edward Hyde where he teamed up with Oscar-winner Margaret O'Brien; he won numerous awards for the role. He then went on to work on Last Man's club, Astro and Ulysses alongside Danny Glover.
In 2015, Capaldi starred in Bite alongside Costas Mandylor, which premiered at Festival de Cine de Sitges. Next up was Ghosts of Garip in Turkey, then The Wicked Within, a gothic thriller alongside Sienna Guillory, which was released by After Dark and 20th Century Fox theatrically in North America. Courtney Solomon executive produced Wicked Within.
Capaldi went on to star in Rottentail and other productions such as Nightworld, shot in Bulgaria with Robert Englund, and Shadow Within, where he starred alongside Lindsay Lohan.
He lead the cast with Estella Warren in six episodes of the series Feel The Dead, executive produced by Oscar-winners, Phillip Goldfine and Nicholas Chartier. After that, Capaldi appeared in "River Runs Red" starring alongside John Cusack, Taye Diggs, Luke Hemsworth and George Lopez. It got released in the United States in November 2018.
A major production of Capaldi's in Scotland was the folklore epic "Robert The Bruce", alongside Angus MacFadyen, Jared Harris, Daniel Portman and Zach McGowan. Another was The Becoming in Kentucky starring Toby Kebbel. Capaldi also filmed an episode of BBC's long-running comedy Still Game in Glasgow.
Towards the tail end of 2018, Capaldi starred in the Christmas-themed My Adventures With Santa alongside Denise Richards, before finishing the year with the clown horror flick Circus Road. Afterwards he starred in Cranley Gardens, a thriller filmed in London by the 2018 Berlin Festival-winner Raphael Kaplinsiki.- Actor
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Luca della Valle was born in Santa Maria C. V. a little town south of Naples in Italy. Luca trained Method Acting at "Teatri Possibili Speech and Drama Academy" in Milan, IT (2000/2002). Luca moved to London in 2005 where he studied English and Acting for Film & TV at The Actors Center (2009/2011), Meisner Technique with Dannie-Lu Carr at City Lit, and privately coached by Michael Duval from The Actor Studio New York. Luca played Luca the Racetrack Head Security in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) starring Henry Cavill Alicia Vikander Armie Hammer Elizabeth Debicki and Hugh Grant directed by Guy Ritchie. Luca has also been cast as one of the main supporting roles and involve in the new Francis Ford Coppola project Distant Vision (2016) Luca plays the title role in "Sebastian forever my Lady" pat of the Horror Trilogy "Sebastian"(I) (2023) written and directed by Mann Robison, out on AppleTV, TUBI, The CW.- Actor
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Brandon Johnson is an American award-winning Actor and Television Host. His upcoming Rom Com, "Switch Up," (Cristian de la Fuente, Jeff Fahey & Julieth Restrepo) made its World Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival; plus, you'll also see him in the corporate-thriller "Protocol 7" (Eric Roberts & Matthew Marsden) due for release in the Spring of 2024. Brandon is the Lead Spokesman for "AAA: Roadside Assistance" through 2026. He also can be heard on his podcast "Fully Alive" interviewing guest with stories of adversity, empowerment and inspiration. One of his fondest projects was the TNT reality competition show, 72 Hours, where 9 strangers were dropped into the most remote locations on the planet (Fiji, Tasmania, New Zealand) and competed for a hidden briefcase filled with $100,000. Not more than one day being back in the U.S. he launched into work-shopping NBC's successful singing-show, The Winner Is, alongside Producers Craig Plestis (The Voice/ The Masked Singer) and Toby Gorman (President of Universal Alternative TV) before handing the show over to Nick Lachey. Fremantle also used his talents for the Pilot "Take Off" created by Henrik Nielson and Per Zachiarassen that sold internationally. Brandon continued to stay busy making dreams come true by transforming outdoor spaces on HGTV's, My Yard Goes Disney, a show that offered a once in a lifetime custom backyard makeover inspired by the legacy of Disney. Staying in the Disney family, he also hosted, Meet the Disney Legends. The program honored the many individuals whose imagination and talents have created Disney magic. With Brandon attached as Host the ratings were tripled in the time slot. He also helped launch the incredibly successful infotainment show, Cool In Your Code. Shot entirely throughout all of New York's boroughs. C.I.Y.C. was nominated for 19 NY Emmy Awards and won 4. Because of its success and appeal the show was also formatted in London. Simultaneously he worked as the premiere host for OLN's, Rally America and on the FOX Soccer Channel's, Fox Soccer USA. Attracted to speed and adrenaline, Brandon got his wish as the lead host for Formula D on the G4 TV Network alongside Olivia Munn. When not on the track he soon found himself behind the wheel of a different vehicle. Once again HGTV ignited his love of adventure as the host of RV Travel Show 2 years in a row.
His contributions to the network continued as the face of HGTV's, Get Out, Way Out! The show transformed people's backyards into destinations of bliss, fantasy and entertainment. This also sparked opportunities to co-host HGTV's, Consumer Electronics' Show as well as the Homes and House wares special. In between shoots he found time to host 2 Reality Pilots for VH1: Perfect and Pretty Smart; plus another for TNT tilted The Great American Scavenger Hunt. As if Brandon's schedule wasn't busy enough, he also shot over 100 episodes of USA's, Character Fantasy. This exciting show built self-esteem and allowed people to live out their dreams. In addition to Hosting, Brandon Johnson has been a working actor for 20 years. He's often recognized as the character, "Gary Wilde," from Disney's #1 show, Shake It Up! (opposite Zendaya and Bella Thorne). The opportunity grew from his time performing on Hannah Montana as "Brian Winters." Brandon has also Guest Starred on Nickelodeon's Henry Danger as the electrifying "Rick Richards." You'll also find him in the intense thriller The Devil's Dolls shot on location in Mississippi (IFC Midnight) as well as Fishes N' Loaves (Lionsgate) alongside Patrick Muldoon, Dina Meyer and Dominique Swain. Other film highlights include: The Notorious Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor), the dark comedy Rick (Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford) and Fabled (Desmond Askew, Katheryn Winnick); plus, lead roles in horror films Malevolence (Best Picture L.I. Film Festival & NYC Horror Film Festival) and Little Erin Merryweather (Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival). Brandon is no stranger in the Soap Opera world either. He's created to different recurring characters, "Dr. Michael McBain" and "Chuck Wilson III" for ABC's One Life to Live. In between gigs he flew back in forth to Europe shooting the 20 Lives Campaign for Nokia. There he created the character "Phil Blitz" which showcased his uncanny wit and charm. The campaign aired in 29 countries in all native languages. Brandon went on to be the lead Spokesperson for Lyfe Law, Andersen Windows, Backlounge, Revivogen and OxyPure. When not in front of the camera Brandon lends his voice to the Voice Over world on various Feature Films, Commercials and Video Games. Some of his favorite projects were: The Judge (Robert Downey Jr./Robert Duval), In Time (Justin Timberlake/Olivia Wilde/Matt Bomer), Star Wars: The Old Republic, Titanfall 1& 2, Prototype 2; plus, Commercials: McDonalds, Comcast, Quiznos, Bounty, ESPN & Ralph Lauren to name a few.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Nick DeRuve was born in Schenectady, New York. He attended Niskayuna high school where he discovered his passion for filmmaking. As a senior he produced, wrote and directed his first short film which garnered festival laurels across the country. Nick would graduate with two varsity letters and an honors fine art student. Nick pursued filmmaking at Long Island University at CW Post, earning his BFA in film. He then began his professional career in the grip and electric department. He worked freelance around the tri-state area for four years before deciding to return to school. Making the move from New York to Los Angeles, DeRuve attended New York Film Academy at Universal Studios. He graduated with several award-winning short films and an MFA in filmmaking. In 2014 DeRuve would produce, write, direct and edit the award-winning western drama, The Runaway (2016). The film made its world premiere to a sold out crowd at the Orlando Film Festival where it was nominated for three awards including Best Feature Film, and would win two including Best Screenplay (Nick DeRuve) and Best Lead Performance (Richard Hench). The Runaway (2016) accumulated sixteen award laurels during a twelve months festival tour including Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and six performance awards. DeRuve continues to work in the entertainment industry above the line as a producer, writer, and director. He also works below the line as a Gaffer or Key Grip.- Producer
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Tarek Tohme was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts with a degree in Film & Television Production in 2013. In addition to film, he holds a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Entrepreneurial Studies from the USC Marshall School of Business, where he received the university's prestigious, four-year, full-tuition Trustee Scholarship. Tarek is a director, writer, producer, actor, and former stunt performer, best known for his feature directorial debut Hold On (2019). Among his other credits are In Dubious Battle (2016) starring Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Selena Gomez, Bryan Cranston, and James Franco, The Labyrinth (2017), and Don Quixote (2015). A one-time competitive wrestler and lover of the outdoors, Tarek resides in Los Angeles, where he runs Stone Canyon Pictures, a full-service production company that strives to fill a void in the film and music industries.- Director
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Multi award-winning multi hyphen Palka was born and brought up in Glasgow and moved to New York City at age 17 to study at the Atlantic Theater Company. She studied Suzuki movement for actors, knows how to do any accent, has theater voice projection and is known for being the kindest most enthusiastic director. She wrote, directed and starred in amazingly reviewed Good Dick which played in Dramatic Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2008. The film stars Palka and Jason Ritter (with whom she met in 1999), Martin Starr, Mark Webber, Charles Durning and Tom Arnold. Palka received the Directing Award from Sean Connery for the film. The film explores what intimacy truly can be for someone who has been sexually abused in their childhood. Critics have related it to Hitchcock's Marnie for its vulnerable and strong, masculine and feminine male and female characters. It's been described as the only film with only one female character; that still passes the Bechdel Test. Good Dick played internationally in cinemas across the globe. And has never not been top 5 streaming on Hulu. It was self-released in the US in 2009, in the states, and the New York Times wrote about its success, creating the phrase "The Good Dick business model" At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Palka was a Juror with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Later that year she performed in "Love Loss and What I Wore" at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Palka appeared in Peter Mullan's 2011 film TriBeCa Neds. which Robert DeNiro bought and released in America. In this film Palka played a red-headed Scottish character BETH. Neds was shot on film and is the most critically acclaimed film Palka had done since Good Dick at that time. Palka played the lead role of Texas southern feminist bad-ass JEVA in director Jeremiah Jones independent film Restive. She appeared again at Sundance in 2012 in the short Spoonful (by director Jenee LaMarque about breastfeeding) and in Bryce Dallas Howard's second film When You Find Me. She played a Scottish bookstore owner in director Nathan Sutton's film Autumn Wanderer. She starred in director Sylvia Sether's shot on film short film, King Of Norway.
In 2012, she was in The Ensemble Theater in Santa Barbara, California, reading of The Good Soldier. She appeared in as Irish Girleen Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West at the Actor's Gang Theatre, Los Angeles, and in as another Irish woman in Conor McPherson's Dublin Carol at the Ensemble Theatre Company. Gaining positive reviews and awards for all. In 2014 Marianna produced and was the subject of HBO Lucy Walker documentary Lions Mouth Opens which was nominated for an Emmy and short-listed for an Oscar. In 2015 Palka played 'Minerva', Jemima Kirke's character Jessa's sister in GIRLS HBO in true magical fashion the show's Jenni Konner met Palka at Jeremy Konner's wedding by the pool. Palka was wearing a blue macrame bathing suit. Jenni Konner told Lena Dunham that if they ever need a sister for Jessa on the show, Palka was it. This the exact same bathing suit Palka wore on the show. Along with her Scottish kilt which her Polish grandmother Babcia bought for her from Marks and Spencer's when Palka was 14.
Palka wrote her Sundance 2017 critically acclaimed feature film BITCH over a weekend in Lake Tahoe because she was inspired by Maya Angelou's habit of writing in hotels. The film was produced by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller's who's company Spector Vision developed the film and sold for America right after Sundance and it sold for the world at Cannes 2017. It stars Palka, Jason Ritter, Jaime King, Rio Mangini, Brighton Sharbino, Jason Maybalm and Kingston Foster. The film is based on a true story from Scottish doctor R.D. Laing of a mother becoming a dog after a psychotic break.
While making BITCH summer 2016 Palka got the role of American Olympian 'Reggie Walsh' in Netflix series G.L.O.W. Glow aka Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. With 14 actresses in the show Palka trained as a wrestler with them for 6 weeks. Becoming a body positive girl gang, and learning the ethos of wrestling, changed all of their lives. The show is ground breaking for its feminist humanist stand and for its celebration of women for multiple ethnic and racial back grounds. It's has 94% on rotten tomatoes and the women on the show have been accepted by the wrestling community as ultra heroines.
Marianna was hired summer 2017 to direct feature film EGG the astonishing cast are Christina Hendricks, Alysia Reiner and Anna Camp. Produced by former Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless who is responsible for the ethics of The Daily Show, South Park, The Colbert Report, K and P show, Inside Amy Schumner, Broad City. The film is also produced by Alysia Reiner who made Equity which was at Sundance with BITCH. BITCH also played Sundance London, which Palka attended with her niece and watched all the films there. And BITCH played to a screaming and roaring huge crowd having its Los Angeles premiere at Sundance Next Fest with band Sleigh Bells playing during the same evening.
Training for Season 2 of Glow starts and the shooting begins and continues through the fall 2017. Palka is heavily involved in charities of all kinds. Her work has been Oscar Shortlisted twice and Emmy nominated.
Marianna directed two episodes of epic Universal Studios TV show HAPPY 2021 with Chris Meloni and action love story COLLECTION 2022 with Alex Pettyfer.
The Oscar and Emmy nominations were directly related to Marianna's bravery as an artist. Marianna also hosted the 2019 Sundance Awards Ceremony As well as acted in Restive, Neds opposite Peter Mullan. Marianna's two episodes of HAPPY for SYFY 2nd Season aired in the 2019 season. She is the first female director to direct any episodes for the show*- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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- Darren Reul is known for Barracuda (2013), Fake (2013) and Addiction: This Is Not a Love Story (2014).
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In 2021, Freestyle Digital Media acquired Nick Frangione's Buck Run (James Le Gros, Kevin J. O'Connor, Amy Hargreaves, Alicia Goranson, Jim Parrack, Angus Macfadyen, and starring Nolan Lyons) for release on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Cable, and Satellite On Demand. The atmospheric and delicate drama premiered Opening Weekend at Palm Springs International Film Festival and toured the festival circuit. Buck Run won Best Feature at Flickers Rhode Island International and Fayetteville Film Festival; Best International Feature at Nordic International Film Festival and Santorini Film Festival; Best Actor for lead Nolan Lyons at Breckenridge Film Festival; and the Orson Welles Award for Achievement in Directing at Tiburon International Film Festival.
Critics have called the film "Evocative," "Timelessly Melancholy" (Dennis Harvey, Variety). "Beautifully acted. Very well shot." (Ray Greene, LA Critics Association). "A masterly done meditation on America's working-class dilemma, broken fatherhood, abandonment, and acceptance" (Brazilian Press).
Before Buck Run, Frangione directed Roxie. Tommy Cook of Collider.com said of the film, "Roxie, at its heart, is a tragedy about lives spent reliving the past, an unmasking of the harsh realities of time and aging, on the need for a real connection and how any false one inherently corrupts and leaves you bare. It's a testament to zero-budget filmmaking and how even the smallest of films can possess the greatest of ambitions. It was, by far, the best film I saw during my stay at Sonoma (International Film Festival)"- Actor
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Thatcher Robinson was born on 27 September 1990 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Toy Soldiers (2014), The Raking (2017) and Superior (2015).- Chandler Rylko was born in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for The Toy Soldiers (2014), The Outlaws of Mendocino and Chasing Nightmares.
- Jenna Vanlommel was born on 25 December 1985 in Antwerp, Belgium. She is an actress, known for Spring (2002), Zone stad (2003) and Familie (1991).
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Chanel, an American actress has successfully navigated the acting and modeling industry over the past decade. Descriptions of Chanel are as varied as the roles she plays. A ball of energy with captivating eyes in a pretty blonde package. She's a chameleon with strength, vulnerability, and great comedic timing in equal amounts. She shines in the lighter, bubbly types and specializes in darker material, playing edgy and troubled young women. Ryan's first movie appearance was in the independent film "Waiting For The Rocket". When she auditioned for the film "George Wallace" legendary director John Frankenheimer offered her the part on the spot, working with veteran actors Gary Sinise and Mare Winningham. Next she landed the role of one of the Felon Cheerleaders in the Universal film "BASEkeball", from the creators of South Park and director David Zucker. Her improv training with the Groundlings and ACME Comedy Theater helped her garner a guest starring role opposite Bill Murray in the pilot "The Sweet Spot". In her early professional years, Chanel's main focus was modeling. In 2011, she shifted her attention to acting full time. Her recent roles include a guest appearance on "The Late Late Show" opposite James Corden and John Stamos; Starring roles in two independent films, horror film "Circus Of The Dead" alongside genre legend Bill Oberst Jr., and the psychological thriller "House On Rodeo Gulch". She can also be seen in the upcoming release of the comedy "Hypnotized" starring Vinnie Jones and Kevin Pollak, as well as the drama "Bigger Than The Beatles". Her past work includes Jonas Akerlund's "Small Apartments" with James Caan, Billy Crystal and Matt Lucas; "Dorothy And The Witches Of Oz", starring Sean Astin, Christopher Lloyd and Lance Henrickson; "Skum Rocks" with Alice Cooper and "Bad Kids Go To Hell" based on the best-selling comic book with Judd Nelson and Ben Browder. She appeared as "Fantazia" in the cult classic follow-up "Hobgoblins 2" from director Rick Sloan; "The Haunting of Alice D" , where she played horror icon Kane Hodder's evil sidekick "Isabel"; and Creature Feature "Dead Sea". Always striving for more from her career, the progression to producer was only natural. She is currently in development on several feature films, serving as both producer and co lead:, where she brings her extensive experience, knowledge of public relations/marketing/branding and her vast rolodex to the team. Chanel is enrolled in the second year of a 2 year Meisner program under Alex Taylor (graduating June 2017) and has studied with some of L.A.'s most respected and renowned acting coaches including Margie Haber (Master Class), Aaron Speiser, Lesly Kahn, and Scott Seditas. Her affinity for accents and extensive dialect coaching from the "Master of Voices", Bob Corff, has helped her perfect numerous accents, from British to Southern. She's proficient with handguns, automatic rifles and shotguns, as well as hand to hand combat, including knife and firearm disarmament. To date, Chanel has appeared in over 30 national commercials including Pepsi, Saturn, Volkswagen, Del Taco, Wet & Wild Cosmetics, Audi, Coca-Cola and Visa. You have seen her in campaigns for Anheuser Busch, Burke Williams Spas, Edward Jones, Harley Davidson, Harrah's Casinos, and Miller Beer, as well as in fashion shows for Fredrick's of Hollywood. Named one of the "Sexiest Women on the Planet" by magazines from four continents, her face and body have graced magazines across the globe, including Esquire, GQ, Maxim, FHM and Playboy. In 2004, Chanel created her "Chanel" Swimsuit Calendar; garnishing awards year after year and becoming a seasoned producer of photography and editorial layouts. Her shoots appear regularly on magazine covers and editorials around the world; in publications such as FHM, DT, Nuts, Men's Edge, People, Ralph, etc. Her clients range from fashion designers, models and actors, feature film campaigns and image consultancy. An avid animal lover, activist and "rescuer", Chanel's home is a revolving door for animals in need. Her current roommates include two rescue felines, King Leo and Tigger. A portion of the proceeds from her numerous autograph appearances always go to support animal charities each year.- Actress
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Sally Kellerman arrived quite young on the late 1950s film and television scene with a fresh and distinctively weird, misfit presence. It is this same uniqueness that continued to make her such an attractively offbeat performer. The willowy, swan-necked, flaxen-haired actress shot to film comedy fame after toiling nearly a decade and a half in the business, and is still most brazenly remembered for her career-maker in the irreverent hit Korean War dramedy M*A*S*H (1970), for which she received supporting Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. From there, she went on to enjoy several other hallmark moments as both an actress and a vocalist.
California native Sally Clare Kellerman was born in Long Beach on June 2, 1937, to Edith (née Vaughn), a piano teacher, and John Helm Kellerman, a Shell Oil Company executive. Raised along with her sister in the San Fernando Valley area, Sally was attracted to the performing arts after seeing Marlon Brando star in the film Viva Zapata! (1952). Attending the renowned Hollywood High School as a teenager, she sang in musical productions while there, including a version of "Meet Me in St. Louis." Following graduation, she enrolled at Los Angeles City College but left after a year when enticed by acting guru Jeff Corey's classes.
Initially inhibited by her height (5'10"), noticeably gawky and slinky frame and wide slash of a mouth, Kellerman proved difficult to cast at first but finally found herself up for the lead role in Otto Preminger's "A"-level film Saint Joan (1957). She lost out in the end, however, when Preminger finally decided to give the role of Joan of Arc to fellow newcomer Jean Seberg. Hardly compensation, 20-year-old Sally made her film debut that same year as a girls' reformatory inmate who threatens the titular leading lady in the cult "C" juvenile delinquent drama Reform School Girl (1957) starring "good girl" Gloria Castillo and "bad guy" Edd Byrnes of "777 Sunset Strip" teen idol fame, an actor she met and was dating after attending Corey's workshops. Directed by infamous low-budget horror film Samuel Z. Arkoff, her secondary part in the film did little in the way of advancing her career.
During the same period of time, Sally pursued a singing career and earned a recording contract with Verve Records. The 1960s was an uneventful but growing period for Kellerman, finding spurts of quirky TV roles in both comedies ("Bachelor Father," "My Three Sons," "Dobie Gillis" and "Ozzie and Harriet") and dramas ("Lock Up," "Surfside 6," "Cheyenne," "The Outer Limits," "The Rogues," "Slattery's People" and the second pilot of "Star Trek"). Sally's sophomore film was just as campy as the first, but her part was even smaller. As an ill-fated victim of the Hands of a Stranger (1962), the oft-told horror story of a concert pianist whose transplanted hands become deadly, the film came and went without much fanfare.
Studying later at Los Angeles' Actors' Studio (West), Sally's roles increased toward the end of the 1960s with featured parts in more quality filming, including The Third Day (1965), The Boston Strangler (1968) (as a target for serial killer Tony Curtis) and The April Fools (1969). Sally's monumental break came, of course, via director Robert Altman when he hired her for, and she created a dusky-voiced sensation out of, the aggressively irritating character Major Margaret "'Hot Lips" Houlihan. Her highlighting naked-shower scene in the groundbreaking cinematic comedy M*A*S*H (1970) had audiences ultimately laughing and gasping at the same time. Both she and the film were a spectacular success with Sally the sole actor to earn an Oscar nomination for her marvelous work here. She lost that year to the overly spunky veteran Helen Hayes in Airport (1970).
Becoming extremely good friends with Altman during the movie shoot, Sally went on to film a couple more of the famed director's more winning and prestigious films of the 1970s, beginning with her wildly crazed "angelic" role in Brewster McCloud (1970), and finishing up brilliantly as a man-hungry real estate agent in his Welcome to L.A. (1976), directed by Alan Rudolph. Sally later regretted not taking the Karen Black singing showcase role in one of Altman's best-embraced films, Nashville (1975), when originally offered. Still pursuing her singing interests, she put out her first album, "Roll with the Feelin'" for Decca Records in 1972.
Films continued to be a priority and Sally was deemed a quirky comedy treasure in both co-star and top supporting roles of the 1970s. She was well cast neurotically opposite Alan Arkin in the Neil Simon comedy Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972) and again alongside ex-con James Caan as a sexy but loony delight in Slither (1973), a precursor to the Coen Bros.' darkly comic films. She also co-starred and contributed a song ("Reflections") to the Burt Bacharach/Hal David soundtrack of the Utopian film Lost Horizon (1973), a musical picture that proved lifeless at the box office. More impressive work came with the movies A Little Romance (1979) as young Diane Lane's quirky mom; Foxes (1980) as Jodie Foster's confronting mother; Serial (1980), a California comedy satire starring Martin Mull; That's Life! (1986), a social comedy with Jack Lemmon and Julie Andrews; and Back to School (1986), comic Rodney Dangerfield's raucous vehicle hit.
Sally's films from the 1980s on were a mixed bag. While some, such as the low-grade Moving Violations (1985), Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986), Doppelganger (1993), American Virgin (1999) and Women of the Night (2001) were beneath her considerable talents, her presence in others were, at the very least, catchy such as her Natasha Fatale opposite Dave Thomas' Boris Badenov in Boris and Natasha (1992); director Percy Adlon's inventive Younger and Younger (1993), which reunited her with MASH co-star Donald Sutherland, and in Robert Altman's rather disjointed, ill-received all-star effort Ready to Wear (1994) in which she played a fashion magazine editor.
When her film output waned in later years, Sally lent a fine focus back to her singing career and made a musical dent as a deep-voiced blues and jazz artist. She started hitting the Los Angeles and New York club circuits with solo acts. In 2009, Kellerman released her first album since "Roll with The Feelin'" simply titled "Sally," a jazz and blues-fused album. Along those same lines, Sally played a nightclub singer in the comedy Limit Up (1989) Kellerman's seductively throaty voice has also put her in good standing as a voice-over artist of commercials, feature films, and television.
Among her offbeat output in millennium films were prime/featured roles in the soft-core thriller Women of the Night (2001), written and director by Zalman King, in which she played a lady deejay (she also gets to sing); the real estate musical Open House (2004) in which she played an agent (who gets to sing again); the Florida senior citizens' romantic comedy Boynton Beach Club (2005); the comedy Night Club (2011) where friends and residents start a club in a retirement home; the social dramas A Place for Heroes (2014) and A Timeless Love (2016); and the family dramedy The Remake (2016).
Divorced from Rick Edelstein, Kellerman married Jonathan D. Krane in 1980 and the couple adopted twins, Jack and Hanna. Sally was also the adoptive mother of her niece, Claire Graham. Her husband died unexpectedly in August 2016; less than three months later, daughter Hanna died from heroin and methamphetamine use. Sally died on February 24, 2022 in Los Angeles.- Actress
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Born in New York City on June 25, 1925, the daughter of actors Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart made her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to California, where father Gene enjoyed a long career as one of the screen's great character actors. June made her screen debut in MGM's version of A Christmas Carol (1938), playing--appropriately enough the daughter of stars Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart. June appeared in a dozen or more movies before 1947, when she made her Broadway bow playing the ingénue in the comedy "For Love or Money" with John Loder. She got a standing ovation on opening night; one critic compared her debut to the first big hits of Helen Hayes and Margaret Sullavan. The overnight toast of Broadway, she went on to win a Tony Award, the Donaldson Award, the Theatre World Award and the Associated Press citation for Woman of the Year for Drama for her work in that play. On television, she has co-starred in popular series like Lassie (1954) and Lost in Space (1965).- Actor
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Robert Romanus is an American film/television actor and musician. He played ticket scalper Mike Damone in the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and Natalie Green's boyfriend Snake on The Facts of Life (1979).
Robert is the son of Eileen (Maloof) and Raymond Romanos, a dentist. His brother is actor Richard Romanus. Robert originally came to Los Angeles to become a singer with the possibility of having a band. He instead ended up in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He became a singing busboy at a restaurant for a little while, and later quit to pursue another job. When he came back for a visit and play a few songs at his old job, he met Steve Feldman who was working as a current singing busboy. The two ended up hitting it off and created their own group with the name Papa's Kitchen.
Romanus starred in the 1983 series The Best of Times as Pete Falcone. He also starred in the 1985 film Bad Medicine. His other TV roles include Fame as Miltie Horowitz in 1986-1987, and two short-lived shows: the 21 Jump Street spin-off Booker as Tony DeAngelo in 1989, and as Jeff Foster in Maggie Winters in 1998. Romanus has starred on soap operas such as Days of Our Lives as Marvin 'Speed' Selejko from 1983-1985, and The Young and the Restless as Lou in 2002. He has guest starred on many shows, including CHiPs, 21 Jump Street, Alien Nation, MacGyver, Providence, Will & Grace and My Own Worst Enemy. Romanus directed the 2008 drama Grapefruit Moon and had a small part in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, as himself. In 2010 he played the guitar teacher in The Runaways. Starting 2012, Romanus opened up a café in North Hollywood, Bob's Espresso Bar.
Romanus has three children with his ex-wife, actress Kari Lizer.- Actor
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David Boris Schaefer, is an actor is known for his performances in Lads in the City (2019); Into my Ears (2018) and Eleven (2018). Previously, for 10 years, David worked as an international model for many global high fashion brands, including Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Vogue Mexico and GQ. Signed by top agencies worldwide, one of his later covers was for Men's Health.
As 'David Deen', he is also a professional singer/songwriter and has worked with the internationally renowned DJ Mike Candys. David provides the lead vocals on All Around the World (5.7M+ YouTube views). Signed to Disney/Sony Music Germany, he was a member of the pop band Culture Box, performing throughout Europe to audiences of 20,000+.
Culture Box were a five-piece pop group based in North Rhine-Westphalia. The members had roots from six countries.[2] They were under contract to Sony BMG.[3] As with the band Banaroo, the band was brought together with producers from "Pop Office". The band received support from the TV station Super RTL, which advertised the single and the band.[3] The group was dissolved in 2009. David also released his first solo singles Only You, Nur Du, Hard To Say Goodbye all written and produced by Michael Childs Head Of Steam music productions which had radio airplay and interviews for different radio stations in the UK and Switzerland.- Blond, blue-eyed character actor who has worked on stage, film, and TV for the past 30 years. Born in Washington D.C., Carhart had a globetrotting childhood in Turkey and France before returning to the U.S. and studying theater. Carhart had some success on and off-Broadway and then moved on to small roles in such major films as Ghostbusters (1984), Witness (1985) and Working Girl (1988). He played Harlen who attempted to rape Geena Davis's character in Thelma & Louise (1991), and also had roles in the The Hunt for Red October (1990), Red Rock West (1993) and Air Force One (1997). Carhart has had many guest spots on television shows including a memorable guest turn as a police officer whose testimony against a murderer may reveal the sexuality he has tried to keep secret on The Practice (1997), and as a fat-sucking vampire on The X-Files (1993). He played Eddie Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), the ex-husband of star Marg Helgenberger. He is, (...as of 2017) a recurring character on The Paramount Network series, Yellowstone, playing the Attorney General Stewart and starring Kevin Costner
- Marisa Petroro is an American film and television actress from Elizabeth, New Jersey, who is of Italian and Argentine descent. She is recognized for developing a diverse range of on-screen personalities. It's no wonder this Jersey girl has made a spot for herself in Hollywood.
At the tender age of four, Marisa started participating in East Coast beauty pageants. By eight, this young starlet was taking trips to New York City to study acting at the highly acclaimed HB Studio. After making the pageant circuit as a teenager, Marisa won the title of Miss Italia USA and then retired her pageant days after she went on to place top five in Miss Italia World in 1996.
Marisa then crafted a five-year road-map, packed her bags and convinced a good friend to join her on a 3,000 mile cross-country drive that ended in Los Angeles. Within the first few years, Marisa was landing principal roles in hit films such as MGM's 'Pumpkin' and Columbia Pictures' 'Tomcats'. Also during this breakout period, she built notable television credits on NBC's 'The Pretender', CBS's 'The Young and the Restless', a national commercial directed by David Lynch and starred opposite Rick Schroder in the award-winning country music video, Whiskey Lullaby, sung by Allison Krause and Brad Paisley.
2007-2008 were banner years for this seasoned actor as she starred in Roadside Attraction's feature film, 'Everybody Wants to Be Italian', the story of the struggle of two Italians and their quest to win each other's hearts in Boston's famed North End. She had also returned for her fourth season as one of the most recognized briefcase models (#18) on NBC's top game show 'Deal or No Deal', as well as landed roles on CBS's popular sitcom 'Rules of Engagement', acting alongside David Spade and ABC's award winning comedy drama series 'Desperate Housewives', acting alongside Eva Longoria Parker.
2011-2012 were also banner years with guest star roles on TNT's 'Franklin & Bash', Fox's 'Touch', Lifetime's 'Drop Dead Diva' and a co-star on Disney's 'Kickin' It'.
Over the past decade, Marisa has had a wonderful path working on films opposite Dominic Monaghan in 'The Millionaire Tour,' Richard Tyson in 'Booneville Redemption', French Stewart in 'Hopeless, Romantic' and most recently in 'Ford v. Ferrari' as Mrs. Henry Ford opposite Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas and Jon Bernthal, which won 2 Academy Awards in 2020.
Outside of acting, Marisa holds philanthropy close to her heart. She was the national spokesperson for the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA), an organization dedicated to increasing sarcoma related research from 2007-2010. In fact, Marisa, a cancer survivor of Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, that affects the muscles, has said that taking on this responsibility allowed her to achieve one of her lifetime goals. She continues to volunteer her time to helping individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy.
Marisa is always involved with charity organizations including the Tomorrow's Children Fund, The Young Storytellers Foundation and Project Angel Food.
In 2007, Marisa was asked to be Commencement Speaker at her alma mater, Kean University in New Jersey and was honored as "Woman of the Year" by The Center for Italian and Italian-American Culture in her home state of New Jersey. She also contributed to the book The Vision Board: The Secret to An Extraordinary Life by Joyce Schwarz. - Producer
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Larry King was born on 19 November 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Ghostbusters (1984), Shrek 2 (2004) and Enemy of the State (1998). He was married to Shawn Ora Engemann, Julie Alexander, Sharon Lepore, Alene Akins, Mickey Sutphin, Annette Kaye and Freda Miller. He died on 23 January 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Patrika Darbo was born on 6 April 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Babe (1995) and Rango (2011). She has been married to Rolf Darbo since 29 December 1973.- Actress
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P.J. Marino was born and raised in Boston's one-square mile "everybody knows everybody" Italian neighborhood, the North End. He played sports, worked in restaurants, made friends for life. While studying marketing at Merrimack College, he spent one of his cooperative education work terms as a mutual fund accountant, where he met co-worker and stand-up comic Paul Nardizzi. Nardizzi challenged P.J. to try an open mic at Nick's Comedy Stop, changing P.J.'s life forever. It was at Nick's in 1993 where P.J. started his journey, meeting fellow up-and-coming comics like Gary Gulman, Dane Cook, Bill Burr, many others. After performing around New England for a few years, and booking his first national commercial audition for a Nike spot featuring Ken Griffey Jr., P.J. moved to Los Angeles in 1997. He studied with Aaron Speiser and took casting director workshops. Auditions followed, and P.J. soon became a dependable blue collar character actor. He has since appeared in over 100 TV shows, films, commercials and web series. Some of his favorite gigs include a recurring role in Everybody Hates Chris, burnt-out video game character Luigi Jumpman in the MTV Networks-produced web series Video Game Reunion, and a guest star in the Season 2 finale of HBO's Barry, starring/directed by Bill Hader. On stage, he was seen in 2004's The Talking Cure (written by Oscar-winner Christopher Hampton, directed by the legendary Gordon Davidson) alongside Sam Robards at the Mark Taper Forum, and in Harbor at the Victory Theatre opposite Matthew Lillard.
P.J. has extended his love of TV & film into writing & producing screenplays. His drama-mystery script Captain Tsunami's Army was produced and will be completed in 2024, co-starring P.J., Madeleine McGraw, Tessa Munro and Craig Frank, with Jeremy Sisto as the Captain. He has several other completed scripts in various stages of development.- Nichelle Hines was born in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress, known for A Good Person (2023), The Resident (2018) and Junction (2024).
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Mark Teschner is known for General Hospital (1963), Seven Girlfriends (1999) and Port Charles (1997). He was previously married to Lisa Marie Teschner and Lisa Lord.- Aiden Leeder is known for Fixed (2017), The Remake (2016) and LIP SERVICE: Proof That Baseball Is a Kid's Game (2015).
- Dakota Rillie Somervill is a passionate young actress from Austin, Texas. She's been acting and modeling since she was five years old and resides in Southern California. When she's not acting Dakota loves spending quality time with her family which includes her Mom, Dad & twin brother Julian. She is also very active playing volleyball, running, hiking, soccer & swimming.
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Poonam Basu is an actor, writer, and filmmaker from New York, currently based in Los Angeles. Her first love was dance, beginning at the age of 2. She began reciting nursery rhymes on stage at Indian cultural events at age 3. Her first formal acting class was in 6th grade. In high school, she traveled with a theater troupe to Regensberg, Germany to perform. While studying at Harvard during the summer before her senior year, Poonam did a theater internship with the LOEB experimental theater in Cambridge. While completing her bachelors in Spanish Literature at NYU, Poonam studied in Madrid for a semester and had the opportunity to perform an original piece in Spanish for the public. She returned to NYU for a Master's in Educational Children's Television, an interdisciplinary degree from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, combining coursework in the Film school (Tisch School of the Arts) as well as the Education school (Steinhardt School of Education). Her thesis, "Using Neuroscience to Enhance the Efficacy of Children's Programming," included a pilot episode of an original animated children's show. Poonam has been nominated for Best Actress five times so far, and garnered a Best Screenplay nomination for her film, Everfall in 2021. Poonam believes fiercely in the role of artists to mold the future of human society. She aspires to create work that inspires, uplifts, and engenders love.- Actress
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Sheila Korsi is an Actress, Singer/Entertainer and Producer, known for her role of Luna in "Emily the Criminal," Louise, Hot Dog Vendor, in NBC's "Betty White's Off Their Rockers," Season One (2012), Joey Medina's "El Matador" (2003), and America's Got Talent (2008), where she performed as Sheila-Sheila of The Jungle, Salsa Singer, an original character of her own creation.
Her Father is award winning and acclaimed Panamanian Poet, Journalist and Diplomat Demetrio Korsi, author of "Incidente de Cumbia," his most famous poem and over 20 books. Her Mother is Eloísa Sandoval de Korsi, also an award winning writer, and Demetrio Korsi's historian. Both are now deceased, as are Sheila's siblings, Jacqueline, Dolly Elena and Demetrio III.
Sheila is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and of SAG-AFTRA.- Actress
- Producer
- Cinematographer
Jenifer Krater grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. She currently lives in LA. She is a proud owner of Krater Studios. She was the former owner of Sally Johnson Studios in NYC. She is married to her partner and actor/director Paolo Pagliacolo. They produce independent films together with their company Stranger Films. Jen Krater last appeared as the female star in the award winning comedy "The Dueling Accountant".