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- Melinda Sward was born on 10 June 1979 in Oakdale, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Do Over (2002), Wieners (2008) and Passions (1999).
- Jane Monheit was born on 3 November 1977 in Oakdale, New York, USA. She has been married to Rick Montalbano Jr. since 19 May 2002. They have one child.
- Producer
- Actress
Laura Foy was born on 16 March 1976 in Oakdale, Long Island, New York, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Gang Girls 2000 (1999), G4tv.com (2005) and Attack of the Doc! (2023).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
- Editor
Director Heath Crawford began his journey to Hollywood in the South. He was born in the small town of Oakdale, Louisiana and raised in the even smaller town of Calcasieu, with a population of just 200 people. He is the youngest in a family of seven brothers and sisters. He first began to dream of working in the film industry as a 10-year-old boy.
Crawford recalls the impact that a certain George Lucas film had on him as a child. "I remember seeing Star Wars as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. The idea of being able to present such a fantastic tale to so many people is what first inspired me to become a film director." He says he never had any doubts about his ability to achieve this lifelong ambition: "I knew if I put my mind to it and believed in myself that it would happen one day."
After graduating from high school in 1989, Crawford joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Upon finishing his military service, he returned to Louisiana. There he spent two years working alongside his father in the family tree logging company before heading off to college. Crawford graduated from Northwestern State University in 2000 with a degree in journalism and moved to Washington, D.C. to work for Washington Speakers Bureau as an assistant agent. A year later he returned to Louisiana to gain experience working in local radio. There he was hired to be the promotions director and on-air DJ for a classic rock radio station.
The following year Crawford moved to Los Angeles, where he began working as an extra on the sets of films such as Spiderman 2 and various TV shows. At the same time, he started pursuing work behind-the-scenes to learn the production side of the business. Crawford began as a production assistant, but soon graduated to grip, lighting and, eventually, camera work. He has since worked as a cameraman for NBC, Spike TV, Speed Channel and on a few independent films.
In 2004, Crawford began directing his own films. In the last six months, he has completed a feature length documentary ("Iwo Jima: Sixty Years of Silence"), a short horror film ("Something Waits") and a music video for the Los Angeles based band Road Movie. He has also worked with screenwriters to create and edit concept videos used in pitching film projects to major film studios.
Crawford says his mission is simple: "I want to make movies that matter. Whether it is a documentary or an original screenplay or a book adaptation, I think it is important to tell compelling stories that touch people on a very basic level. My goal is to create films that are honest depictions of the human experience. And, my wish is to have audiences walk out of theaters changed, or at least somehow impacted, in a positive way."- Actor
- Soundtrack
Dwight Butcher was born on 6 August 1911 in Oakdale, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Sundown on the Prairie (1939) and The Gene Autry Show (1950). He died on 11 November 1978 in Covina, California, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Justino Garza was born on 19 October 1993 in Oakdale, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Fate of Tension, Chasing Rain and The Life of Mentos Man (2016). He has been married to Emily Madsen-Garza since 8 September 2019.- Margaret B. McFarland was born on 3 July 1905 in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret B. is known for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968), Old Friends... New Friends (1978) and Springtime with Mister Rogers (1979). Margaret B. died on 12 September 1988 in Morgan, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Soundtrack
King Pleasure was born on 24 March 1922 in Oakdale, Tennessee, USA. He died on 21 March 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Set Decorator
Mike Kroll was born on 24 June 1982 in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and set decorator, known for T.K.O. (2007), My So-Called Co Star Life (2015) and The Investigators (2000).- Actor
- Music Department
Glyn Hale was born in 1940 in Oakdale, Monmouthshire, South Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for The Jazz Age (1968), No Hiding Place (1959) and Hullabaloo (1968). He is married to Gillian Burrows.- R.C. Slocum was born on 7 November 1944 in Oakdale, Louisiana, USA.
- Bruce Coslet was born on 5 August 1946 in Oakdale, California, USA.