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An award winning actor and producer, Shannon Brown has starred in upwards of 100 projects, ranging from short and feature films to commercials and stage. With over 60 film credits alone, Shannon has been cast as a lead in many of them. Known for his seemingly unlimited range, Brown has played a wide variety of characters in the full spectrum of genres. Delivering what critics have called raw, honest and magnetic performances, Shannon has won Best Actor awards for lead roles in both comedic and dramatic pieces.
After starting his professional career in 1999 on NBC's hit sit com, Friends, Shannon's career was on the upswing. He continued to stay busy in L.A. for the next four years. Due to a terrible family tragedy, he was forced to move back to his home market, Chicago. After taking seven years off, Shannon could not put his passion on hold any longer. In 2010, he jumped back in the business and did so with great vigor. Shannon worked out of his home market while traveling to other markets quite a bit before recently moving back to Los Angeles in the late summer of 2017.
Focusing purely on TV and Film, Shannon added over 50 credits to his resume since his return to the business. The most recent to hit the theaters (early 2017), Vertical Entertainment's dramatic thriller, The Crash. Produced by Hilary Shor (The Butler) Directed by Aram Rappaport (Syrup) and starring Minnie Driver, Frank Grillo, Dianna Agron, Ed Westwick, John Leguizamo, Maggie Q and Anna Sophia Robb, among others.
Also releasing in 2017, the raunchy, dark comedy, Halloweed, where Shannon plays the main character leading a strong cast that includes Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Simon Rex, Jason Mewes, Ray Wise, and Jim O'Heir, among others. Halloweed can be found on Netflix, VOD, iTunes as well as other platforms. During the filming of Halloweed, he was also cast as the lead in Weichert Media's comedy, Smothered by Mothers, which lead to him winning multiple Best Actor awards from various festivals. Directed by Brian Herzlinger (My Date with Drew; Baby on Board) and also starring Heather Matarazzo, Burt Young, Jim O'Heir, Alice Amter, Jamie Bernadette, Juliette Bennet and Robert Craighead. Smothered by Mothers is slated to hit theaters Fall 2017.
Most recently, Brown played the lead, opposite Kelly Thiebaud, in the dramatic true story, Every 21 Seconds, which wrapped filming in Chicago, summer (2017). Shortly after moving back to L.A., he was cast in Ben Hickernell's dramatic thriller, The Buried Girl, which also stars Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost, Revolution, V)) and Oona Laurence (Southpaw; Pete's Dragon) among others.
Late in 2012, Shannon launched his production company, Two 9 Productions, along with his wife, actress and producer, Suzette Brown. Although an actor first and foremost, Brown and his team at Two 9 have been very busy, with five feature films and seven shorts already under their belt.
Shannon doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon, as multiple critics have said, he is definitely a talent to keep your eye on in 2017!- Jim Cantafio was born on 8 September 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Million Dollar Baby (2004), Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and Changeling (2008).
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Glenda Remo Jinks is known for Broken Chains (2017), Anywhere But Here (2016) and Bare Knuckle Brawler (2019).- Producer
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Joseph Graziani is known for Lucky: The Evil Talking Cat (2014), The Holidaze Show (2013) and Cafe Kremlin (2012).- Stunts
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An imposing presence on screen, due to his size and athletic build, Jordan Vintryst is also cutting his own path off screen, as well. As an actor Jordan gained notice in the well known web-series "Cafe Kremlin." While not content to just act in the project, Jordan was soon tasked with the duties of stunt coordinator, prop master, and locations. While showing his talents in those areas of production, he added writing, editing and casting to his resume.
While working on the big budget feature Divergent, Jordan was approached by industry respected stunt coordinator, Garrett Warren, to have a higher profile in the movie. This golden opportunity lead to more featured acting and stunt work on such shows as Chicago Fire and Chicago PD. Jordan can also be seen in the highly anticipated show Phillip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.
Jordan is building on his momentum in the industry by never staying complacent. Jordan Is writing scripts as well as teaming up with local and national talent to create new and exciting material. Jordan currently owns his own production company: Norwich Gate Pictures. A natural leader...and driven to be successful, Jordan remains humble and open to helping others on their own path to success. He has just scratched the surface with many more achievements in the industry to follow soon.- Director
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Brian Herzlinger was born on 19 February 1976 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for My Date with Drew (2004), Meet My Valentine (2015) and Twinkle All the Way (2019).- Actor
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Armed with a Burt Reynolds-like laid-back grin, virility and swagger, handsome soap actor Josh Taylor was first noticed tending bar near the popular Burbank Studios, where Days of Our Lives (1965) was being cast. He won the role of working-class "Chris Kositchek" (a bartender, natch) and, for four seasons, won the hearts of many a lady fan, from 1977-1981, returning to the role again in 1982 for another five years.
Born Tommy Tim Taylor in Princeton, Illinois. When he was two-years-old, his family moved to nearby Chillicothe, Illinois. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth University. Despite his good-ol'-boy reputation, he managed to buckle down and holds a Juris Doctorate in Law. Following his daytime fame in the mid-80s, Josh was successful in crossing over to prime-time TV with the sitcom, Valerie (1986), as series star Valerie Harper's husband, "Michael Hogan". In 1988, squabbles between the title star and the network led to Harper's abrupt dismissal. Instead of the expected cancellation, a surprise change showed up in the form of Sandy Duncan, who came to the rescue as Valerie's sister and household help, changing the name of the show to "The Hogan Family" (1988). The program went on for another three seasons.
Brief forays into mini-movies and episodics (Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Matlock (1986)) and a recurring role as Luke Perry's ne'er-do-well father on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) failed to keep up a steady pace, so Josh returned to the daytime fold in the mid-1990s with brief stints on The Young and the Restless (1973) and Guiding Light (1952). In 1997, he came home to NBC and "Days..." as "Roman Brady" this time, and stayed with the show until 2004 when his character (and many others in a studio cost-cutting measure) fell victim to a serial killer. Later, it was discovered his character managed to survive after all. Josh continues to live a "nine lives" cat-like existence on the show while playing out an attention-getting love triangle with stars Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn. Divorced from film action bombshell Sandahl Bergman of Red Sonja (1985) fame, Josh remarried and lives with wife, Lisa, in Burbank. He has a daughter, Tristen, from his first marriage.- Actress
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Suzette Brown was born in Tracy, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Finding Hope (2019), Halloweed (2016) and For Hannah (2021). She has been married to Shannon Brown since 29 September 2006.- Writer
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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.- Actor
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Derrick is an artist at heart and by the end of university he'd won a string of citations in writing, design, architecture, singing and acting. Educated at Yale, Georgetown, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, UCB, ComedySportz, PIT, The Second City & The National Theater Institute, led to performing on stage at The Kennedy Center, prime time TV, soaps, Off Broadway, major hit films and starring in many Indie films. He was put on pause while healing from deadly accidents. After these life-changing events he re-launched his acting career in 2015. Derrick starred in 9 indie/feature films in a very short time frame, wrote & filmed a short, cast-funded-produced films and had a blast doing an Off-Broadway play, which also went to Philly.
As a singer-songwriter his songs have won 3 national Billboard Awards. He's also volunteered as a Certified Red Cross Medic & disaster relief, walked on fire...
"Eyes that speak" Patsy Rodenburg; "Smoldering intensity" Maggie Low; "Angelic devil" Helga Bullock; "Damions doesn't even need to talk on screen" Tim Phillips; "Damions, his deep eyes speak a sexy mix of vulnerability that also can leak danger at the drop of a hat", NYT.
Damions lives being an authentic dual-brain artist that reflects what we know, will know and don't want to know in ourselves in society.
What he's learned so far: Words are tiny mirrors ever reflecting the heart of the speaker...Acceptance is smarter than resistance, it's the shortest road to peace...Acting & singing are 2 sides of the same coin - they both use the voice-body to convey story, which is the connective fabric of humanity...Art is the transfer of emotion to others...Worthy stories can be an agent of change for our culture, which fuels our evolution to a better direction.- Producer
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Carolyn Sames is known for Invasion Planet Earth (2019), Of Infinite Worlds (2025) and Casting Kill (2023).- Producer
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Vito Glazers is an American media entrepreneur, producer, author, actor, stand up comedian and international television personality most known for his appearances on WE TV, Bravo, and Netflix reality shows. Alongside his onscreen endeavors, Vito Glazers is highly regarded as an expert on News, Television and Film Production and specializes in Reputation Management, Public Relations, Influencer and Celebrity Marketing.
Vito got his start on Television on Telemundo's Al Rojo Vivo (2009). Later on he was cast to be the lead in the season finale of WE TV's Mystery Millionaire (2014). He became a part of Fox TV's Mancow's Morning Madhouse (2014) and was also cast on the season finale of Fox's Empire (2015) His appearances on Below Deck (2015) were the highest rated in the series history according to NBC Universal and now appears on Netflix in countries internationally. His latest work includes co-producing and appearing in Hollywood Disclosure and Dream Life, both of which made it to the Emmy Awards Ballot (2021).
In 2010 Vito began supporting various organizations that support orphans, widows, the elderly, education, entrepreneurship and the Northwestern University theater program. Vito Glazers donated his expertise as a contributing author to the Business, Media and Entertainment sections of The Huffington Post. He was de-platformed by the Huffington Post in 2015 for refusing to write biased negative articles about then Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump.
One World Publishing, founded by Glazers, was presented with the 2 Comma Club award in Nashville, TN for being the first digital publicity and reputation management company to do 7 figures in sales during one year through ClickFunnels (2019). In 2020 he renamed the agency Glazers Media and moved offices exclusively to West Hollywood, California. Known for being a performance marketing pioneer, Vito Glazers has spearheaded advertising and media ventures that have helped deliver billions of television viewers and website visitors to audiences and advertisers around the world.- Actress
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Juliette Bennett is known for Making the Day (2021) and The Nth Ward (2017).- Actor
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