The Quidditas Factor: Recent Episodes
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Brian Elliott continues to demonstrate his versatile acting prowess, bringing a range of complex characters to life in his latest projects. From gritty film noir to heartfelt family dramas and compelling web series, Elliott's performances captivate audiences and critics alike.
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Frankie Pace is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Pace began his career in a Long Island comedy club called "The White House Inn", working alongside Eddie Murphy, Rob Bartlett, Jackie Martling, Bob Nelson, Bob Woods, Richie Minnervini, Rosie O'Donnell, Jim Myers and Don McHenry
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Jeff Oppenheim (Writer/Director/Producer) is a veteran of theater and film production. His live-theater credits include productions for Lincoln Center, the Film Society, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and he has worked in partnership with The Acting Company, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theater, Bay Street Theater and others. Jeff also founded the non-profit literary organization Other Voices and served as the artistic director creating over 100 events, readings and performances throughout NYC. He produced numerous concerts, week-long festivals and international tours including an inaugural party in Washington, DC to commemorate the first-term inaugural of President Obama. He also produced STAT! For New York City's Public Hospitals!, a week-long, five-borough series of concerts to help raise public awareness and funds for NYC's public hospitals. Highlights of the series include: an all-star Tribute to the 'Godfather of Funk' George Clinton at the Apollo Theater, a night of Gospel and R&B with the Temptations, and a of Old School Hip Hop featuring Marley Marl, DJ Kool Herc, Doug E. Fresh, Roxanne Shante, Kangol Kid, and more. In 2012, Jeff produced OsKuduristas.com--an international tour that brought the African music and dance movement known as "Kuduro" to Stockholm, Amsterdam, Paris, New York and DC. As an added featured of the tour, he envisioned a pilot for an international music-focused exchange program between a public high school in Angola, Africa and a public high school in Brooklyn and Queens. Jeff is also a vetted filmmaker. His credits include: the feature film "Funny Valentine" with Anthony Michael Hall, Marlo Marron, and Lord Jamar distributed by Universal Pictures; and the documentary film "A Passion For Giving" that aired nationally on PBS. He served as a Producer for the live stream of Lincoln Center's Out of Door Festival and the Mostly Mozart: A Little Night Music Series. He recently completed a feature-length documentary titled "Real Fake--The Life, Art & Crimes of Elmyr de Hory".
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Brad Jones is the creator of the The Cinema Snob and The Bruno Mattei shows, which are popular on You Tube. His love for exploitation films led him to produce several exploitation films: "Midnight Heat", "Cheap", "Freak Out" and "Game Boys". The last three can be found on his website and the trailers for the rest of the movies can be also found there.
The Cinema Snob is a show inspired by the 1980s review of "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" by Siskel and Ebert. In it, Siskel seemed to get on a soapbox and saw the movie for more than what it really was by calling it the be all, end all for teenage entertainment. And that " it does nothing but teach young people that life is not worth living because you'll just die in the end." In the end, Brad simply said it was just a slasher flick and decided to write and edit his own videos.
Brad also thought that just the very idea of very pretentious film snobs attempting to review any form of exploitation cinema was always very funny to him. So, being an exploitation fan, that's what he based the character on. Even though some films that are exploited, he likes.
Brad also produces a podcast called "Radiodrome" where he and his friend Jerrid Foiles talk about diverse exploitation-related subjects in an informal way.
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The last couple of years has been exciting for The Quidditas Factor! Some episodes enriched our lives while others helped us mentally recover from the traumatic pandemic years we’re all still trying to forget. Several episodes gave great advice on how to make it in the entertainment industry while other episodes helped us improve our relationships with those around us. We learned together from others’ experiences and we overcame the weaknesses and imperfections that hold us back.
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John D. Hancock is an American stage and film director, producer and writer. He is perhaps best known for his work on Bang the Drum Slowly, Weeds and Prancer. Hancock's theatrical work includes direction of both classic and contemporary plays, from Shakespeare to Saul Bellow. He also directed several films with his wife actress and screenwriter Dorothy Tristan. Hancock worked closely with Tristan on a number of projects including the aborted first version of Jaws 2 in 1977 (which Tristan co-wrote with Howard Sackler) as well as California Dreaming, Weeds, A Piece of Eden, Suspended Animation and The Looking Glass. Dorothy Tristan passed away on January 8th 2023.
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Lynda Riess entire career has been a 25 year master class in prep, production, finding rapid solutions to last minute requests and most importantly how to remain calm when the crap hits the fan. As a Property Master she was on set behind the camera for years, working with every department, developing character with actors, back story with directors, and adding texture and layering with Costume and Production design. She know who does what and what is possible.
She took this expereince and made two award winning short films. The first one, technically, was an exploration into visual detail, cinematography and timing. Story wise it was exciting to be able to delve into the darker themes and find a way to make a story about death, age and loneliness entertaining. She made audiences laugh cry and jump all in nine minutes. This short got her into the Sony Pictures Diverse Directors Program, and was also Oscar eligible in 2019. The second short was made to show she could direct television drama. More characters, larger in scope.
Lynda would be bringing her years of experience working on shows like True Detective, Stranger Things. She has done stuff, been places and seen things…..all this means she has a unique rich deep pool of life knowledge that she will bring to projects she will direct.
Born in New York, raised in the UK she have the accent of one and the attitude of the other. If you need a director with a lifetime of production experience, or just someone fun to be on set with in the rain at 3am, then please reach out to her.
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Claudia Myers was named one of "10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2015." by Independent Magazine. Most recently Claudia wrote and directed Above the Shadows, a supernatural drama starring Olivia Thirlby, Alan Ritchson, Jim Gaffigan and Megan Fox. The film opened the 2019 Brooklyn Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. Above the Shadows was released theatrically by Gravitas Ventures. Prior to this, Claudia wrote, directed and produced the dramatic feature Fort Blissstarring Michelle Monaghan and Ron Livingston. The film won several festival awards and top critics for The Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer both cited Fort Bliss among the best films of 2014. Claudia also wrote and directed Kettle of Fish starring Mathew Modine and Gina Gershon. The movie premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2007. She has directed two award-winning short films, including the Sundance short Buddy & Grace.
Outside of narrative fiction, Claudia has worked with veterans and active duty soldiers to make a number of films about the military community. She produced and directed the documentary The Long Road Back, about soldiers who were severely injured in Iraq. The film won two Telly Awards, an Aurora Award, and was nominated for a regional Emmy. In 2010, Claudia produced and directed Women At War, a documentary about the evolution of women’s roles in the military. She also wrote and directed the interactive role-playing feature, Outside the Wire for use by the U.S. Army, which won a Codie Award and a Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award. The film pushes the boundaries of traditional narrative by melding fiction film, gaming, and educational training. Claudia subsequently wrote The War Inside another large-scale interactive, role-playing feature that deals with the psychological impact of war and aims to build resilience in soldiers.
As a screenwriter, Claudia has won numerous awards, was twice a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, and is an alumna of the Hamptons Screenwriters Lab. Andy Tennant directed her script Wild Oats, starring Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange and Demi Moore, which was released in 2016. Claudia is currently in development on a drama series about women in Special Operations.
Claudia studied literature at Yale then received her MFA in film at Columbia University. She is an associate professor in the Film & Media Arts division of American University’s School of Communication in Washington DC.
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Jim Meskimen is an accomplished actor, improviser and voice artist whose work is well-known to TV and film audiences. He appeared on the British series Whose Line Is It Anyway? several times, and was a recurring character onThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for two seasons. He has worked with director Ron Howard on five of his films, including The Paper, Apollo 13, Edtv, How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Frost/Nixon. He has also worked in two films by director Paul Thomas Anderson. A professional artist, Jim exhibits and sells his realist oil paintings. As a designer/cartoonist, he created dozens of characters, weapons and vehicles for the original "Thundercats" animated series. Jim continues to dazzle audiences with his improvisational skills and appears regularly on L.A. stages. Meskimen is married to actress Tamra Meskimen and they have a daughter, Taylor Meskimen. His mother is Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actress Marion Ross of Happy Days and the critically-acclaimed series, Brooklyn Bridge.
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Keith Coogan was born Keith Eric Mitchell on January 13, 1970 in Palm Springs, California. The grandson of legendary character actor Jackie Coogan, Keith began his acting career doing TV commercials -- his first gig was as a stand-in in a McDonald's TV spot -- as well various TV shows and made-for-TV movies. Coogan did the voice of Young Tod for the charming animated Disney picture "The Fox and the Hound." His first on-screen role was the smitten Brad Anderson in the delightful teen comedy cult favorite "Adventures in Babysitting." Keith gave a very funny and engaging performance as Christina Applegate's stoner layabout brother Kenny in the equally enjoyable "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" and was impressive as Jonathan "Snuffy" Bradberry in "Toy Soldiers." Among the television programs Coogan has made guest appearances on are "The Love Boat," "Eight Is Enough," "Mork & Mindy," "Knight Rider," "CHiPS," "Starman," "21 Jump Street," and "Tales from the Crypt." Keith graduated from Santa Monica High School and attended Santa Monica College, where he majored in Drama and minored in English Literature. He also attended Los Angeles City College, where he majored in Java Programming. Coogan resides in Los Angeles, California and continues to act with pleasing regularity. In his spare time he runs a couple of blogs.
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Bennett Yellin is a professional screenwriter, he has honed his skills at crafting a strong story and communicating it with precision and passion. His credits include both the original Dumb and Dumber (1994) as well as its official sequel, Dumb and Dumber To (2014.) Bennett is applying his expertise to the world of themed entertainment. Whether it's a feature film, a television show or an amusement park experience, everything begins with a strong story. Known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Dumb and Dumber To (2014) and Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003).
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Jeffrey Gurian is a “Renaissance Man”, because he’s involved in so many things. He’s a comedy writer, performer, director, author, producer, radio personality, motivational speaker and doctor, and not always in that order.
As a comedy writer he’s worked with and written for legends like Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, George Wallace, Phil Hartman, Richard Belzer, Jerry Lewis, and Andrew “Dice” Clay, among many others plus new superstars like Nick Kroll, and John Mulaney.
Jeffrey has performed stand-up comedy at most of the big clubs in NY and L.A. was a regular on Sirius XM radio for two years with Ron Bennington, and was
Patrice O’Neal’s co-host on The Black Phillip Show on XM radio.
As a comedy journalist he’s been covering the comedy scene since 1999, and has also written for MTV, National Lampoon, Weekly World News, The Weekly Humorist and was the main writer for many Friars Roasts for 12 years.
His Comedy Matters TV, You Tube channel has over 500 A-list celebrity interviews and almost 2 ½ million views, with everyone from Jimmy Fallon, to Amy Schumer and Bill Burr, to Tracy Morgan and D.L. Hughley, and he’s produced shows starring Kevin Hart and Susie Essman. According to Paul Provenza, and Nick Kroll Jeffrey is known by everyone in comedy.
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Steven Adam Renkovish resides in Easley, South Carolina. He is the director of the short films, A Beautiful Silence, Fugue, and 401 Rogers. In 2021, his first feature film, The Awakening of Lilith, entered the festival circuit. Garnering much critical acclaim, the film has won several awards, including Best Feature Film and Best Actress.
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Laura Willoughby was born on October 9, 1963 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. She is a producer and casting director, known for 8-Bit Animal Playhouse with Jason Mewes(2013), Aliens vs Scarecrows vs Zombies and Pet Sematary (1989). She was previously married to Harry Lee Glaser and Robert Richard Gross.
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Nick Taber has an obsession with making the entire world healthy. He grew up with cerebral palsy issues and in the late 80s and 90s and a lot of folks counted him out and making him feel that he was limited in what he could do. With help he worked through 99% of the physical and emotional issues over the years. Nick became a certified personal trainer specializing in training children, teens and adults with reducing and getting rid of anxiety and depression through physical fitness.
Nick is nationally certificated by National Association of Body Fitness (N.A.B.F.) He serves greater areas of Southcoast MA and RI. He loves helping people overcome obstacles and get stronger. He wants everyone to reach their highest potential. He loves being married and loves American History and is a huge fan of Leonardo DaVinci and the band Postmodern Jukebox. Check out his podcasts Real Talk with Sensei Nickand Movie Theater Time Machine.
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Ricardo Aviles was born, raised and educated in Puerto Rico who moved the mainland United States in 2008 to serve in the US Army. After his time in the military Ricardo began training Brazilian jiu jitsu under Brian Stuebner and continues to train. He has worked heavily in the interpreting world helping child trafficking survivors with his language skills that have earned him the nickname Language Ninja. With all his skills and love for others he started the Rico Podcast in 2021 with one of his best friends Eric McElroy. Rico loves cigars, anime, languages and family.
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Jeremy James Miller is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Ben Seaver on Growing Pains and its two reunion movies. He also was the voice of Linus in Happy New Year, Charlie Brown and Snoopy the Musical.
Miller was first cast in a McDonald's commercial and then began to land multiple guest roles in Charles in Charge, Different Strokes, Punky Brewster, and Pryor's Place. He was cast in the NBC mini series Deceptions with Barry Bostwick, Stephanie Powers, and Fairuza Balk before landing the role of Ben Seaver, the youngest son on Growing Pains. Miller was supposed to be a part of the cast of the PBS show Ghostwriter. The creator wanted to make him a mentor to the younger Ghostwriter members, but the producers decided it wasn't a good idea for the show to have an older ghostwriter team member and Miller was not invited back after shooting the pilot. As an actor, probably his most recognizable trademark is the "Ben Seaver Scream", which can be heard and seen in any number of Growing Pains episodes and during the closing credits of the movie Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
After Growing Pains, Jeremy co starred as "Jake" in the TV movie Based on an Untrue Story with Morgan Fairchild, Robert Goulet, Rikki Lake, Dan Hedeya, Victoria Jackson, and Harvey Korman.
He then decided to take a break from acting and attended the University of Southern California for a year where he studied drama. Soon after he began to pursue his passion for cooking and enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at Le Cordon Bleu which he left just short of graduating. Jeremy started his own catering company called "No Small Affair" as well as freelanced as a chef for multiple LA based catering companies. He also teaches private cooking classes and group cooking parties. Jeremy continues to pursue acting and went to Shanghai (where he enjoys a huge popularity and following) to co star in the film Milk and Fashion, He starred in a commercial for McDonald's "Dollar Menunaires" promotion shot as a parody of the VH1 series Best Week Ever. He has also been spotted in Boys and Girls Guide To Getting Down. He can be seen in four movies in 2009: Ditching Party, Never Have I Ever, The Fish and Tar Beach. He will also be co-starring in the upcoming horror film Awakening as well as two new shows; One a recurring role in the comedy - The Comeback Kids and one as the lead in the Paranormal Suspense Drama - 3rd Eye.
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Marc Sheffler used to work as a stage actor for off-Broadway theater. His only film role is of the teenage Junior Stillo in the low-budget Last House on the Left (1972). Since then, Sheffler decided to pursue a career into television writing and production rather than acting.
His credits include episodes of "Sister, Sister", "Harry and the Hendersons", "Who's the Boss", and "Charles in Charge" to name but a few. He's also been involved with all kinds of pilots, made for TV movies, and television specials, including the failed "The Little Shop of Horrors" pilot, "The Happy Days Reunion Show" and "The Best of the Hollywood Palace" specials. He also worked with Mel Blanc, the voice of Warner Bros. cartoons, as the writer of How Bugs Bunny Won The West (1978).
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Kristina Klebe is an American actress, director, producer and writer who came to prominence for her portrayal of Lynda Van Der Klok in Rob Zombie's Halloween. Her other film roles include Proxy, Neil Marshall's Hellboy, and Two Witches, the last of which she also co-wrote.
Tina Krause is an American film actress, producer, director, and model. Tina worked as an artist and graphic designer prior to embarking on an acting career after being discovered by director/producer Gary Whitson at a spring Chiller Theatre horror convention in New Jersey in 1994. Besides acting primarily in horror films, Krause has also worked as a model and continues to work as a graphic designer in between acting assignments. Tina directed her first movie in 2001.
Joseph Zaso is an American actor and filmmaker. He is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990. Zaso, an avid bodybuilder, is usually cast as husky villains.
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Mary Sean Young was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She is the daughter of Lee Guthrie (née Mary Lee Kane), an Emmy-nominated producer, screenwriter, public relations executive, and journalist, and Donald Young, Jr., an Emmy award winning television news producer and journalist. She has Irish, English, and Swiss-German ancestry. She grew up with an older brother Donald Young III and a sister Cathleen Young in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Cleveland Heights High School, and then transferred to and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy. A trained dancer, she studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City, and did some modeling. Sean Young began a promising film career by acting in a Merchant-Ivory film Jane Austen in Manhattan, She followed that up in the comedy hit film Stripes. Soon, important directors were casting her in their films, such as Academy Award nominee David Lynch in Dune and Ridley Scott's film BladeRunner. Oliver Stone cast her in the hit film Wall Street. However, her other hit film No Way Out, which involved a famous steamy scene in the backseat of a limousine with Kevin Cosner, gave her star status. She was at the height of her fame, which led to her being cast as Vicky Vale in Batman. She had an accident while she was training for the film. As a result, she lost the role to Kim Basinger for what turned out to be the biggest hit of 1989. Young put on a brave face and gamely moved on to do comedies Fatal Instinct and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, the latter's box office success made Jim Carreya star, who immediately landed the role of the Riddler in the Batman sequel. Mary Sean Young is living in Austin, Texas. She created a new business venture called Austin Film Tours. It is Austin's first and only film location tour.
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Flynn is a native of Nashville, TN. At a young age he was enthralled with cartoons and acting. Growing up he acquired 8 years of concert, jazz & marching band experience. In 2007, Flynn became an Independent Professional Wrestler & Sports Entertainer, performing in 13 states and working for WWE, including appearing on Pay Per View in 2022. In 2014, he got married and started a family, and in 2018, took some time away from wrestling. However, upon returning in 2022, he immediately laid claim to the UCW Southern States Championship, along with starting a pursuit of the UCW Ultimate Championship. He also created the “I Know You Hear Me!” Title, to remind fans he’ll always be a champion. During his time away from wrestling in 2018, he still had the urge to continue performing and pursued voice acting. While following that dream, he got the chance to learn from so many of the voices of his childhood, developed a love for improv, and also got involved with Shakespeare and live performance (both on stage and on camera). In 2022, Flynn was asked to join the American Immersion Theater & he is also versed in 13 dialects including Southern “Tidewater,” Elevated British, Irish and several more. In August of 2021, he started the “I Know You Hear Me!” Podcast, which is available on iTunes, Spotify and many other platforms.
When Flynn isn’t acting, auditioning, or podcasting, he loves spending time with his family – binge watching shows with his wife, watching his oldest play baseball, playing with his 2 rescue cats. He’s also big into exercise – he converted his garage into a home gym. Flynn is also involved in his church, helping out with security among other things.
Flynn’s bucket list projects include working in the Dragon Ball Franchise, Star Wars, South Park, and Archer.
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Steven Jay Rubin is the founder and president of Fast Carrier Pictures, Inc., a Los Angeles-based motion picture and television production company. He made his producing debut for Showtime in 2001 on the baseball comedy classic Bleacher Bums, starring Peter Riegert, Brad Garrett, Wayne Knight and Charles Durning. In 2002, for the Hallmark Channel, he produced the true World War II drama, Silent Night, starring Linda Hamilton, which was nominated for four Canadian television academy awards.
Rubin was the executive producer of Archie’s Final Project, a teen dramedy which starred David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Joe Mantegna, Nora Dunn, Tony Hale, Harry Shearer and amazing newcomer, Gabriel Sunday – a film that won 19 Best Picture awards around the world, including the Crystal Bear for Best Picture in its class at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival. Additionally, Rubin wrote, produced and directed the feature documentary, East L.A. Marine: The Untold True Story of Guy Gabaldon (Virgil Films).
His upcoming film projects include a number of comedies he wrote with top television writer Billy Riback (Home Improvement, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody), including The Line Kings, about a group of rabid Star Wars fans determined to be the first to see the latest film in the series. He’s also the executive producer of The Coolest Guy Movie Ever, a documentary produced and directed by Chris Espenen, that takes viewers to the locations where The Great Escape was shot in 1962, and which features one of the few interviews with Steve McQueen on record.
Recognized around the world as an expert on the James Bond movies, Rubin previously wrote The James Bond Films: A Behind the Scenes History (Arlington House, 1981, Crown Publishers, 1983), and The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia (Contemporary Books, 1990, 1995, McGraw Hill, 2003). His latest books include The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia (Chicago Review Press, 2017), and the upcoming children’s picture book, The Cat Who Lived With Anne Frank (Penguin/Philomel, 2019), which he co-authored with David Lee Miller. Rubin also frequently writes for CinemaRetro magazine, where his cover stories have included heavily-researched behind-the-scenes studies of Rocky and The Bridge at Remagen. He recently interviewed actor Kirk Douglas for a retrospective look at the actor’s favorite film, Lonely are the Brave.
As a film historian, Rubin was nominated for Best Classic Commentary in 2004 by the DVD Exclusive Academy for his hosting work on the Special Edition DVD release of The Great Escape, a film he also covered in a documentary that debuted on Showtime in 1993. As a marketing executive, with a specialty in publicity and promotion, Rubin worked on the publicity campaigns for over 150 movies and television series.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Elisa, daughter Jaymie and son Darren.
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John Bukowski has been a practicing veterinarian, a public health researcher, and a medical writer. But through it all has been his love of books. Like you, He has always loved to read. And like you his tastes have changed over time from Jules Verne and Tolkien to Hemingway, Steven King, and Michael Crichton. Likewise, his writing has changed from consumer handbooks and website content to fast-paced thriller novels, which are a lot more fun.
Just as great chefs have distinctive styles, every good author has a distinguishing “voice” that both labels and defines their work. Read a couple of pages of Hemingway and you won’t have to be told that Papa cooked the bouillabaisse. His voice diverges a bit between novels and short stories. As a child of the Twilight Zone, his short fiction deals mostly with quirky situations and surprise endings, usually with a touch of humor to leaven the bread. His novels, on the other hand, start out with a thrilling roux of “what if,” then add two cups of violence, a tablespoon of humor, and a hefty dash of spicy sex. He hopes you like what he has been cooking up for you.
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Christen Stovall is an avid reader and lover of fantasy. She began storytelling at a young age but never considered writing until she was an adult.
In 2008 Christen married her first love, Dustin. Sadly, just a year and a half later, Dustin ended his life. At 28 Christen was a widow, alone, and struggling to find meaning in her brief time as Dustin's wife. In her sorrow she turned to fantasy.
Five years later, Christen published her first novel, Soulbound, as a tribute to her late husband. Through the Song of Souls Trilogy Christen has found healing and purpose. Her greatest hope is that her books can provide a long lasting legacy for Dustin.
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Bruce Vilanch is a comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winner. Vilanch is known for his acting roles in The Ice Pirates and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. However he is probably best known to the public for his four-year stint on Hollywood Square, as a celebrity participant; behind the scenes he was head writer for the show. In 2000, he performed off-Broadway in his self-penned one-man show, Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous.
Vilanch was the head writer for the Oscars after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous ten years. He is also a featured writer for the Tony, Grammys and Emmys.
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Mark Christopher Lawrence is best known for his series regular role as Big Mike on the NBC TV series CHUCK. He recently completed production on the hit ADULT SWIM TV show BLACK JESUS and is recurring on The PureFlix Show Malibu Dan The Family Man. He can be seen on the Disney Channel’s original TV movie Life Is Ruff and guest appearances on Lab Rats, Good Luck Charlie, Heroes, Weeds, My Name Is Earl, Reba, Grounded for Life, Crossing Jordan, and Amazing America with Sarah Palin. MCL is in pre-production on several projects as a writer and/or producer and has just released on PureFlix.com his hilarious talk show Pure Comedy, which he also hosts. On video, you can watch MCL’s work in The Pursuit of Happyness, The Island, Garfield, Terminator II, Fear of a Black Hat, and Cooties to list a few.
As a producer Mark Christopher Lawrence has produced a six episode series for PureFlix entitled Pure Comedy. He co-produced the first VR comedy special, Mark Christopher Lawrence Live from the Mad House Comedy Club. This work has received the DreamlandXR award for Best Director and has been a FireFox VR Pick of the Week as well as having been nominated for an Emmy award. He’s currently in pre-production on his one-man stage show and an album of hymns where he showcases his more than capable vocal prowess.
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Dublin bornCiarán Sheehan is an acclaimed actor, singer, voice healer whose performances have been said to warm the heart and touch the soul. There is an amazing quality to his voice and his ability to capture an audience is nothing short of remarkable. Ciarán has many professional accomplishments to his credit, most notably playing the role of The Phantom in “The Phantom of The Opera” for over 1,000 performances on Broadway and in Toronto. But perhaps of more importance than his accomplishments is his sincere desire to use his incredible talents to inspire others to look within themselves to discover their own inner beauty.
His work as Billy in the Boston production of Carousel gained him multiple best actor nominations, and his work as Wolfe Tone in Peter Danish's The Final Days of Wolfe Tone in Nashville, Tennessee also received multiple best actor nominations. In film, he has won a best actor award from the NY International Film Festival for his role in The Waiting Room. He is due to be seen in the Deborah Markowitz film The Only Woman In The World when it makes its world premiere.
Currently he is touring internationally with the group The Four Phantoms In Concert
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Keith has been making people laugh in all fifty states—and all over the world—for more than a quarter of a century. He has appeared on Entertainment Tonight and Hulu's Comedy Time. Apart from being a great comedian, Keith Ross is also a director, co-writer and star of Electives. He can be seen on Amazon Prime’s Not for Nothin’ which he co-writes, co-stars, and is executive producer.
He has appeared in hit independent movies like Mobsters and Mormons and The R.M. In 2011, Keith was featured in the Who's Who. There are articles on him in popular publications such as New York Weekly, L.A. Wire, U.S. News, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Reporter, Entertainment Monthly News, the Daily News, and many more.
Keith is also a very talented athlete who held the Masters High Jump record in his age group for seven years (2000-2007). In 1998 he finished second in the Masters World Championships and he has won three National Championships in Masters High-Jumping. He was ranked #1 in 2000 for outdoor high-jumping and in 2006 for indoor high-jumping. He also has a third-degree black-belt in Kung-Fu and is working towards his fourth-degree.
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Loren-Paul Caplin has had a varied career in the literary and dramatic arts. His experience in film has involved him in writing and directing History of the World in Eight Minutes, producing Forbiddeb Zone, writing the original story for Lost Angels, and co-writing and co-producing Battle in the Erogenous Zone for Showtime.
His plays, "Sunday's Child", "Men In The Kitchen, "A Subject Of Childhood and "City Muzik" have been performed throughout the northeastern United States. "The Presidents", a play he co-wrote, has enjoyed a national tour and an appearance on PBS. His poetry has appeared in both the Paris Review and Rolling Stone. Caplin teaches screenwriting at Columbia University, Tisch School of Dramatic Writing at NYU, and the New School University. He lives in New York City with his wife, painter Jenne van Feghen.
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ACTING IN FILM AND TELEVISION SINCE 1964. Early Film roles included, "What's so Bad about Feeling Good," Opposite Mary Tyler Moore and "The Godfather," opposite James Caan. After Lou's father's (The Notable Character Actor, Lou Martini) death in early 1971, Lou's mom decided it was best for him to take a break. It wasn't until attending The University of Houston that Lou took up acting again. Although, the "bug" for acting had been dormant it had never left. After graduating with a BA in Communications, Lou landed a leading role in the smash off-broadway show "Tony and Tina's Wedding". Since then Lou has consistently appeared on stage, in Television and Film.
Lou's latest TV credits include Guest and Recurring Roles on such hit shows as, HBO"s "The Deuce" opposite James Franco, "Sneaky Pete," opposite Giovanni Ribisi, "Crashing", "Vinyl", "Orange is The New Black", and "Girls". One of Lou's most recognizable characters was the loveable eye glass doctor "Anthony Infante" on the last season of HBO"s "The Sopranos," which garnered the cast a SAG award nomination for best ensemble.
Another notable TV credit was as host for one of the first network reality shows, "The Gastineau Girls."
Some of Lou's last film roles include, "Alto" opposite Annabella Sciorra, "West End," Opposite Eric Roberts, and "Redemption," opposite James Macaffery. Lou won the prestigious best actor award at Nation's 4th biggest film festival Houston World Fest, for his portrayal of a down on his luck theatre director...and devout nudist...in the dark comedy "Suicide Notes."
Lou is set to produce and star in 2 of his original screenplays, the first called "Honor" sometime next spring - an 80's drama that centers around a family of cops driven by secrets, torn apart by lies, longing for a way out but bound by Honor. Ultimately a story that searches for redemption in the depths of our darkest secrets while finding ones true identity. The second, a dark comedy about a down and out Elvis Tribute Artist with an overbearing mother, and kooky girlfriend sidekick.
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Cris Graves is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has worked across platforms from film to television to online content. She has worked across the globe as a producer/director, filming in some of the harshest and most remote areas on our planet. Her credits include The Amazing Race, Whale Wars, and Living Undocumented. She is also an award-winning narrative filmmaker and has had her work shown in various film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Oaxaca Film Festival, and Hamilton Film Festival to name a few. Her feature film script Alone Girl, which Cris plans to direct, was a semi-finalist in three categories of the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2019 as well as earning a spot on The Bitch List 2020. Most recently, she was chosen as one of 25 screenwriters to watch by the Austin Film Festival, which was announced in May of 2020.
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Bill Sorvino is an award winning actor and is a graduate of William Esper Studio. He is the founder of Golden Door International Film Festival based in his home town of Jersey City, NJ and is also co-founder of Brazen Giant Ensemble with Christian Keiber. Sorvino has directed and produced several films.
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A Hawaii transplant, Jeff moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to pursue acting and has appeared in numerous Features. In 2008 Jeff decided to take a step back from acting, and start to dabble in Casting. Jeff was mentored by numerous Casting Directors including, Sheila manning, Tracy 'Twinkie Byrd and Pam Bouvier.
Immediately, Jeff became the Casting Director for the American Division of the largest international web series "The Scary" ."
Also, in 2008, Jeff produced his first feature " Why Am I Doing This?" a multi-ethnic comedy which won the New Vision Film Award at San Jose Cinequest Film Festival in 2009 and Best Narrative Feature at Philadelphia's HBO Film Festival in 2009.
Recently, Jeff completed principal photography on a new dramady he is produced called We Are Family. He also produced an Urban Romantic Comedy, " Perfect Combination".
Jeff is currently in development with Outlier Co., Producers Mark Morgan & E. Thompson of Twilight Franchise. They are working on a US remake of the Korean hit "200 Pound Beauty".
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Ari Taub is an American movie director, producer, and editor. Taub was born in New York City. Taub is best known for his movie The Fallen, a 2004 war film about the perspectives of Italian, German, and American soldiers during World War II. Taub's latest movie is '79 Parts, a comedy set in 1979, starring Eric Roberts.
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Johnny Solo is an actor and producer, known for Man on a Ledge, Newlyweds, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas and 79 Parts.
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Iliana Guibert, a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute took a career detour spending her early years in the corporate sector gaining business skills she now applies to her work as an actress and expanding to writing, producing and directing.
Guibert proudly sits on the committee and board of several foundations committed to helping youth in need and chronically/terminally ill children.
She was married to her high school sweetheart, Thomas, until his death on September 11th while attending a meeting in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. According to The New York Times, his call to her was the last known outgoing call before the tower collapsed.
Guibert has appeared in several 9/11 documentaries and has been featured in various magazines and news segments for her humanitarian efforts, philanthropy and inspiration.
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Mr. Adams hails from the world of television news and entertainment having worked over the past 40 years as cameraman and producer for CNN, FOX TV, NBCUniversal, NHK Japan, Fuji-TV Japan and ARD German TV.
He has also produced and directed documentary and music entertainment projects for CCTV China, NHK Japanese Satellite TV, Sky PerfecTV (Japan), Sony Music Entertainment (USA/Japan) and a wide variety of prominent independent video and music production companies. Robin has worked with such notable music celebrities as James Taylor, Kiss, Christina Aguilera, Pink, The Roots, Keyon Harrold, Ron Carter, Phony PPL, Jamie Alexander, Mary J. Blige, Cuba Gooding, Sr. and James Brown to name a few.
Additionally, as producer and co-founder of WILLiFEST /The Williamsburg International Film Festival, Mr. Adams has been part of an eclectic team that has created a forum and marketplace for some of the most talented independent filmmakers in the world, and as founder of The Willifest Channel on FOOTPRINT Network, curates and manages content on two WILLiFEST Channels.
In 2015, along with former NBC colleague, Frank J. Fernandez, Adams co-founded FOOTPRINT Network, an OTT entertainment network and unit of tech company, Endavo Media in Atlanta. Endavo and FOOTPRINT were recently acquired by Ozzie Areu, the former president of Tyler Perry Studios and co-founder of Areu Bros. Studios in a partnership with his brother Will Areu and entertainment/music entrepreneur, Gloria Estefan.
FOOTPRINT digital network is a multi-platform video entertainment network utilizing the latest Over-The-Top (OTT) Video Distribution Automation technology to distribute entertaining video content to viewers on their connected devices, and enables content creators by providing production, programming, promotion, partner management, monetization, and audience development.
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Erika was raised in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. She studied acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, comedy at the Upright Citizen's Brigade and the Groundlings in Los Angeles and holds a BFA in Music from Hunter College. She acts and sings in film, television and theater and is a recording artist as well. Erika is mostly famous for her similar look as Marilyn Monroe. She has acted in numbers of TV/ Movies. Before The Dust Settles, Lady Peacock, and The Three Chris’s to name a few.
Apart from acting she has also studied comedy and can be seen performing in various comedic roles.
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Joey MHz is the Founder and CEO of MHz Media Group, a production company that has produced numerous projects. Born on Long Island, New York, Joey made his first attempt at directing movies as soon as he was old enough to use a video camera. Enrolling at Briarcliff College, Joey worked for Big Blue Computer Products and soon enough found himself taking on the name Joey MHz and creating his company MHz Media Group. Taking on the role of writing, producing, directing, and co-starring in his first film "The Adversary," which was picked up by York Entrainment, the success of his initial project motivated him to continue with a second film, "Tradition."
"Tradition" caught the attention of producer Lee Caplin who praised Joey’s abilities as a writer, director and actor. Former Executive Vice President of Universal Studios Hollywood, Neal Lemlein stated “Joey’s an extraordinary filmmaker with fresh ideas. Joey is a natural talent. Along with a golden eye for directing. ” After meeting Lee, Joey was hired to produce and co-direct feature films in Japan and soon after Joey found himself filming in Dubai as well.
Since then Joey MHz has also worked on several projects in the film industry and was nominated for a Stellar Award for best music video and a BET Music Award for best director of a music video.
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Maria Capp has served the arts community on Long Island, NY and in Los Angeles for over 20 years. Her multi-disciplinary expertise includes work as an award-winning writer, director, producer, entrepreneur, and acting coach. She has served as an advocate, speaker, committee and board member for such organizations as Women In Media, The Millie D'Agostino Scholarship Fund, Breaking into Hollywood, Youth Biz Alliance, NYSTEA, EdTA, BOCES - Arts in Education, and Kids for Kids Productions. Maria produced Cappricielli Production's first feature, Reach starring Garrett Clayton, Jordan Doww and Joey Bragg released in 10 of the top 20 major markets throughout the US and received a North American distribution deal with Entertainment Studio's Freestyle Digital Media, and MSC handles International Sales.
A lover of music and successful collaboration with her daughter Raffaela, the mother-daughter duo consistently creates award winning music and music videos including HURRICANE featuring Emmy award winning rapper Chris Redd (Saturday Night Live). After producing the successful world premiere of the one act play, Pizza & Whine at the Hudson Guild Theatres in New York and Los Angeles, Maria along with screenwriters Elliott Estrada and Raffaela Capp brought the two main characters, Jennifer and Natalyn to the screen in the soon to be released, A Pizza and Wine Christmas starring Teri Polo, Nicholas Turturro, Raffaela Capp and Robert Davi, Jared Sandler, and Natasha Capp making this feature Maria's directorial debut. Maria strives to be an example to others entering the entertainment industry specifically that age and gender DO NOT matter. As a woman over 40, and in partnership with the Cappricielli team, she continues to create content, writing, directing and producing while aligning with other like minded content creators taking projects from development through sales in film and television.
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Greg Paul is a writer, producer, actor and musician with multiple Film, Recording, Television, and Web credits. Currently a founding Producing partner in 2020 with Derek Mackay at No Brainz Productions [us]. They are an American/Canadian/Mexican Film and Television Production and Distribution Company. Greg was a successful Warner/Elektra/Asylum Recording Artist and a touring Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist working with several popular musical groups and/or solo artists as a Musician or Sound Engineer. Becoming a successful professional actor, he started in New England in 2008 and continued on to New York, appearing on popular network episodic television shows and as a go-to actor for the Discovery ID channel. Working in Voice Over for many years, he has been the man behind several national brand ad campaigns as well. He has a Masters in Screenwriting, is well versed in Finance and Distribution, and with a thorough understanding of all facets of the entertainment industry from Pre thru Post production, as well as Publicity and Advertising.
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Over the last ten years, Producer BD Gunnell has emerged as a leader in the world of independent feature filmmaking. From humble beginnings on micro-budget indie films, to her professional experience as a Line Producer; BD has developed a well-earned reputation. From completing films with rigorous timelines and severe constraints on budget; BD has developed an exceptional track record in the film industry of delivering films on time and on budget. At this current time, 85% of the movies completed have recouped their costs for investors. BD routinely produces independent films in the $2 million to $10 million-dollar range.
BD produced nine features in under a year for the likes of Lifetime, Hazy Mills, and other independent companies. Her features include Mob Town starring David Arquette, Jamie-Lynn Sigler; Lazy Susan starring Sean Hayes, Allison Janney; Tribeca Film Festival pick Almost Paris directed by Domenica Cameron-Scorsese; iMordecai starring Sean Astin, Judd Hirsch; Shriver starring Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson. BD has worked with other such notable talents as Richard Dreyfus, Zach Braff, Don Johnson, Ashley Green, Robert Davi, and Matthew Broderick, among others.
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In 1986 with the help of Iona's coach Harold Crocker, Donahue got a tryout with the New York Jets NFL Football team. He signed a free agent contract with the New York Jets to play nose tackle. He participated in mini-camp and summer training camp with the Jets. He was released in August 1986. In 1987, Donahue signed a free agent contract with the Green Back Packers to play nose tackle. During camp Donahue suffered a knee injury. He was released in August 1987. In 1989, he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the C.F.L. Donahue hurt his knee while with the Argonauts. He was released from his contract that same year.
After his football days were over he embarked on a professional wrestling career. He was known most notably as the "Dublin Destroyer" and Brian "The Basher." Donahue wrestled with Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1991 and then with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during 1991-1992. While training with former professional wrestler Mark Tendler, Tendler introduced Donahue to an acting agent. It was during this time that he began to fully pursue acting with full heart. Working his way up the ranks, taking classes, auditioning, and landing commercials, some TV roles, and eventually small roles in films.
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Al Diaz is best know for his collaboration with Jean Michel Basquiat on SAMO©, graffiti that appeared in lower Manhattan from 1977 to 1979. SAMO© initially became known because of its wit and sarcastic humor; but became a globally recognized graffito after Basquiat’s rise to fame.
A prolific and influential first-generation NYC subway graffiti artist, who later became a text-oriented street artist, Al Diaz’s career spans 5 decades. He currently works with WET PAINT signs used throughout the New York City subway system. After cutting out individual letters to create clever, surreal and sometimes poignant anagrams, he hangs the finished works in subways stations throughout New York City. His WET PAINT work was featured in the 21st Precinct Street Art Event ( July,2014) , a solo show at “Outlaw Arts” (March, 2015) and will appear in the upcoming book, “Street Messages” by Nicholas Ganz.
He has been a featured speaker on a variety of panel discussions, including at The New School, The Museum of the City of New York, and NOLA Arts Festival in New Orleans.
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David Mack is the award-winning and The New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-six novels and numerous short works of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies.
Mack’s writing credits span television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, and comic books. His latest novels are The Shadow Commission, the final volume of his Dark Arts trilogy published by Tor books; and his long-postponed Star Trek novel More Beautiful Than Death.
His newest projects include the short story “Fiasco” in the pulp-homage anthology Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2021, and a new novel, Star Trek: Coda, Book III: Oblivion’s Gate, released on November 30, 2021.
He currently works as a consultant on the upcoming animated television series Star Trek: Prodigy.
Mack resides in New York City with his wife, Kara.
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Jeff Orlick is a resident and social entrepreneur in Jackson Heights, Queens. His events such as the Momo Crawl and Wox & Lox along with his Roosevelt Avenue Midnight Street Food Crawl and Queens Tastes of the World Tours have garnered attention from around the globe, centering on the area’s unmatched ability to share culture through food. You can follow Jeff on twitter @JeffOrlick.
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Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek both started writing their first plays at the age of about seven. Lauren fell in love with the magic of movies visiting her dad (visual effects supervisor Joel Hynek) on the set of Predator as a little kid. Elizabeth spent her tween years writing (badly formatted) fan fiction episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In high school, we joined forces while working at the same Shakespeare theater in the summers. We continued to work in classical theater together after college, producing plays on shoestring budgets and getting paid out of a passed hat. However, frustrated with the limited roles for women in Shakespeare’s work, we started to dream of creating our own stories — ones that featured strong women that our little girl selves could look up to. We let our imaginations run to tales that couldn’t be tackled on the stage, they demanded the big screen. After spending a few years teaching ourselves how to write (and properly format) a screenplay, we swung for the fences and wrote a live action Mulan on spec. Disney bought it and it’s due out in March of 2020. In the meantime, we’ve won a handful of writing contests, wrote a Lifetime movie Christmas Perfection, and were hired to adapt a NY Times bestseller into an hour-long drama series for Alcon Entertainment. Currently, we’re working on a biopic about computer pioneer GRACE HOPPER for Middleton Media as well as rewriting an action flick for a trio of companies. In our spare time, we strive to make the world a more equal place as co-chairs of the Committee of Women Writers at the WGAW.
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Russ Camarda has been a professional director/actor/acting coach/cinematographer and editor for the past two decades.
In FILM Russ has produced, 6 independent feature films, Directed 2, Starred in and edited 5 of them.
“Send No Flowers” co-starring in it as well with Sean Young and Tony LoBianco. The film recently secured distribution with Multicom Entertainment Group.
“The Night Never Sleeps” co-starring in it as well with Armand Assante, Eric Roberts and Robert Clohessy. The film recently secured distribution with Multicom Entertainment Group.
Also the features “Night for Day” , “Lower than the Angels” , “The Video Guys”
and the Documentary“Come Hell or High Water” filmed in New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina .
IN THEATER he has he has received accolades for performing characters ranging from Stanley Kowalski to Marc Antony from Brick in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, Alfieri in “A View from the Bridge” to Richard III.
As a actor and Stage Director his work has been seen in many theaters throughout the NYC-Tri-State area. Russ has directed productions at many area theaters such as Genesis Rep, The Abingdon Theater, The 13th Street Repertory, The Pulse Ensemble Theater, and The Stage Theater.
Russ has been trained in acting techniques ranging from Meisner to Method to Practical Aesthetics--the System developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy. Experience which informs all of his work both behind and in front of the camera. On stage and off.
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Oksana Tarasova-Kessous received her professional studies degree at The Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of the soloist of The Metropolitan Opera House, harpist Susan Jolles. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) and Master of Music from The Moscow Conservatory under the guidance of Professor Vera Dulova, principal harpist of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater.
Oksana has performed as a soloist with The New American Chamber Music Orchestra, The Mannes School of Music Orchestra, The Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic, and The Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra. Her recital appearances include such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall in New York City, The Bolshoi Hall in Moscow, and The Gracie Mansion, when she was invited by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
She has also performed for former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, Prince Gallitzin, and Dr. Nona. Oksana has played harp in presentations and events such as the Faberge exhibition, the Sony exposition, LifeTime television station, the Gala 2003 event for The Culinary Institute of America, as well as at The Cipriani Club.
Oksana is currently a teacher and a tutor for many students. She is also a frequent performer at different concert halls, playing recitals and with various chamber music ensembles.
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Writer / Director Elias Plagianos' film and television projects have won Best Director, Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Best TV Pilot, and Best Actor awards for his cast at over 75 International Film Festivals including 10 of MovieMaker Magazines list of Top 25 and Top 50 Festivals.
In addition to his creative work behind the camera, he is a partner at the new media startup venture "Zero Channel". Their first project (written and directed by Plagianos) "Shoot Me Nicely" stars iconic actors Linda Hamilton and William Sadler. Shoot Me Nicely won over 40 awards at international festivals, including being named Best Independent TV Pilot by Sky TV, Europe's largest media broadcaster, at Snowdance, and winning Best TV Pilot at the Academy qualifying Hollyshorts in Los Angeles.
Elias recently directed and produced "Distemper" from a grant by the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, produced the Australian film "Rancour" for Blumhouse-owned CryptTV, and toured the world with his award winning future noir filmed in Havana, Cuba - "Sombra City". He is in development and post production on several feature film and new media projects including the private eye series "Hudson Falls" starring Richard Kind, Tara Westwood, Jessica Hecht, and William Sadler.
For the past 2 years Elias has been the Artistic Director for the North Fork TV Festival. He is very proud of his work curating submissions and working with top industry show-runners and executives to highlight diverse, independent voices and be a champion of independent television.
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Fran Capo is a 9-time world record holder who inspires creativity and change around the world, through her humor, motivation and wild adventures. She has been featured on over 6000 Radio, TV and Internet shows.
She accomplishes all her world records using her "Seven World Record Mindsets", that she spoke about during her Tedx talk entitled, "A world Record mindset." She broke her 9th world record while on the Tedx stage when she did her 18 minute talk, then redid the entire talk in 59 seconds (Record Holders Republic – Dec. 2019) Fran also became the first woman to zipline inside of an active volcano. (Masaya volcano, Nicaragua Nov. 2019 – Record Holder Republic.). Her other world records along with documentation are listed on her website, francapo.com
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Taimak plays the lead role in Berry Gordy's cult classic, The Last Dragon in which he played Leroy Green, a Bruce Lee inspired martial artist in search of "The Glow," was his first major break in acting. The film was a financial success and grossed more than $25 million at the box office.
Since The Last Dragon, Taimak has appeared in a number of TV roles and over a dozen plays.
Taimak has worked with a number of celebrities, including Madonna, and starred in the play Cheaters, which toured the United States. He starred in a hit Off-Broadway show in 2004 called Roadhouse The Comedy, based on the Patrick Swayze film Road House
He is an accomplished martial artist and has received black belts in seven different styles of self defense.
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Robert Kugler is the award-winning author of the Avery & Angela series, the Aloha Kugs series, and AN ALMOST TOLERABLE PERSON. He retired from education in order to focus on both writing and parenting. A graduate of The College of Wooster and Seton Hall University, Robert is an avid Philadelphia sports fan, enjoys mixology, and does the occasional sprint triathlon. (slowly)
He currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, children and a Labrador named Maggie.
He spends as much time as possible in Wildwood New Jersey, as it’s simply the best beach on the East Coast or anywhere else.
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Sarah has been surrounded by music throughout her entire life, but it wasn't until she started street performing on the streets of Los Angeles, CA in 2016 that she decided to pursue her career as a singer/songwriter. She has since released an EP, two singles, & a music video which is played in rotation at Universal City Walk, LA; has established residencies with several venues, been endorsed by Luna Guitars, Empire Ears, & Cleartone strings, and performed on The NAMM Show MAIN STAGE in 2019. Her music video, Noteworthy, shares the spotlight in rotation with work from legendary artists such as Justin Timberlake, Chris Stapleton, Shawn Mendes, Diplo, and more!
Sarah persists through focus and hard work to inspire and support others. Above all, she strives to create music that will emotionally connect individuals on a higher caliber of being. These values have been adopted from her late-father, Aaron Lightman, who was an outspoken advocate for improving mental health through the arts and the following of one’s passion. Known for her uniquely soulful voice and smooth, clear tone that cuts like a knife, she aims to provide a refreshing outlet for pop listeners.
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Kimberly Graham has been the Associate Casting Director for Judy Henderson Casting since 2003. She casts for film, television, commercials and theater. Kimberly Graham is known for her work on Homeland, Avatar and Before Midnight.
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Pamela Lewis is an American singer-songwriter and actor Lewis has released a couple solo studio albums. She is currently a part of the band Code Bleu a band the has provided its clients with first class music and entertainment. This exceptionally talented, well-rehearsed bands and ensembles reproduces the musical styles from every era. They include today’s current hits, Classic Rock-n-Roll, Rap, R&B, Club, Hip-Hop, Motown, Alternative, 70’s Disco, Top 40, Country, Swing, Big Band, 50’s, 60’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, Latin, Jazz, Jewish, Italian and much, much more. Having performed at thousands of weddings, corporate dinner dances, fundraisers, and holiday events, Code Bleu has built an unprecedented reputation.
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Rachael Sage is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and visual artist She is the founder of indie label MPress Records. Sage has released fourteen solo studio albums. Her performances combine music with between-song banter. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine. She joins host Michael J. Arbouet once again to talk about her new album Poetica.
Sage said the album “was an opportunity to create new work with a fantastic group of musicians, with no creative boundaries. The language itself and imagery therein has led us to places musically that traditional songwriting never would have. There are pieces that fall into a more classical vein, and others that skew more blues, and if you believe it, Americana and even jazz.”
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Pamela Jorgensen is an extremely versatile singer-actor. Age range: 30-50. Vocal range: E3-C6. She is very affable, is always willing to take risks and prides herself on her consummate professionalism. Musical theatre, comedy/drama, cabaret, voice over. After years of drudging through a sea of vocational diversity, Pam is finally living the life she has always dreamed of since she was 5 years old! A proud member of Actors Equity, Pam enjoys the success of being a working actor and that makes her feel accomplished and complete. Let me sing you a song, introduce you to a new character, tell you a silly story or break your heart with a single expression. It has been a long road to get here and she wants to share her passion with you all.
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Ramfis Myrthil is an award-winning independent filmmaker, producer and avid story-teller from New York City. His tremendous success as an indie filmmaker has won him several awards including Star’s 40 under 40 list. His extensive experience has earned him speaking invitations at the most prestigious film festivals and film schools, including the Cannes Film Festival and SXSW, New York University and others. He has had tremendous success as a New York producer and Los Angeles producer. His films have not only premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Sundance, SXSW and 40+ other festivals, but have also won a number of awards, nationally and internationally.
Ramfis has established himself as one of the leading independent producers with over twenty critically acclaimed films. He has produced a variety of films on all budget levels, developed a huge national and international network. He has navigated the filmmaking space and knows the ins and outs of film production with excellent knowledge of all aspects of filmmaking.
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Bryan Norton has an M.F.A. degree in Film Production from New York University's Tisch School of The Arts Graduate Film Program, and a B.A. in Cinema Studies from Sarah Lawrence College. He wrote and directed the award winning horror film Penny Dreadful with a generous grant from Warner Bros, starring Friday the 13th's Betsy Palmer and has won over one hundred film festival awards worldwide. As a professor and lecturer of film, Bryan has taught film directing and screenwriting throughout the United States since 2001 and served as the chairperson of The New York Film Academy. He also has consulted on several documentaries, books and articles relating to the history and analysis of the horror genre, including Butcher Knives and Body Counts: Essays of the Formula, Frights and Fun of the Shalsher Film, Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film , Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel and Fangoria Magazine. The youngest of nine children, Bryan grew up in New England.
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Marc Jacobson has significant experience in the entertainment and Internet industries. He currently advises many clients on the business and intellectual property issues faced by entertainment businesses in the digital age. This includes matters relating to the creation, development and exploitation of intellectual property rights in internet-based content as well as film, television, video, music and theatrical properties. Marc also advises companies on business and financing strategies in connection with such properties.
As a result of Marc’s broad business and legal background, he is an advisor to a diverse group of individuals and companies in connection with production, licensing, financing, recording, distributing, publishing, joint venture, personal service and related contracts. He handles the purchase and sale of music publishing catalogs and the financing, production, and distribution of filmed entertainment.
Marc is also well known for his experience with regard to the approval and disaffirmance of minors’ contracts. Additionally, as the former General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Public Policy for a major online service, Marc was a principal draftsman of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He is also the founding Chairman of the New York State Bar Association Section on Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law.
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James Mount is an actor and voiceover artist who is best known for his role as Agent Thoms, part of the core recurring cast of Season 6 of Showtime’s ‘Homeland’. His Guest Star appearances include character turns on Fox’s ‘Gotham’, NBC’s ‘The Blacklist’, HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ as well as supporting roles in films, most recently the indie-thriller “What We Found”. As a voice actor, James recently played gangster Frank Nitti in the series ‘Jack and Lou: A Gangster Loves Story’ with Lisa Kudrow, and has voiced national commercials, cartoons, and video games like Rockstar Games’ ‘Red Dead Redemption’.
James has been married to digital artist Tracy LaGrua since 2007. They have two young girls. His favorite role is ‘Dad’. "
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Abigail Hawk is best known for playing detective Abigail Baker in the hit television show Blue Bloods She also appeared in, Body of Proof as well as in the holiday TV movie, A Christmas in Vermont .
Hawk also had a starring role in Domenica Cameron Scorsese's directorial debut, Almost Paris for which she won the "Best Actress" award at the 2017 Golden Door Film Festival.
She has been married to Bryan Spies since 2009. They have two children.
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Spat Oktan is well known for his work on the sci-fi/comic book convention circuit, and in his roles as costume, prop-maker, and practical special effects man on low-budget films such as Bad Kids Go to Hell and its sequel, as well as videos and TV shows in the New York and Atlanta area, where he now resides. Oktan has made costumes and props for video games, movies, and major companies to use to promote their products at the big Comic Cons, as well Mad Prodigy Productions and Universal Studios.
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Donna McKenna, CSA is an award winning, international casting director, producer and educator. She has cast numerous independent films, TV show, episodic radio shows, pilots and web-series during her more than 20 years in the business. These projects have received theatrical distribution and can be seen on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Apple as well as Direct TV and other streaming platforms.
Producers and Directors love working with Donna as she listens carefully and comes to understand the vision for their project, providing them with an ensemble cast, utilizing both critically acclaimed actors from film, TV, and Broadway as well as new and upcoming talent.
Donna has been recognized by the industry for her efforts. Among some of her kudos are a Voice Arts Award for Best Ensemble Cast Performance Audio Show, the IndieFest Casting Award, Best Ensemble Casting from Blast Off FIlm Festival for Alter Ego and most recently received Runner Up 2020 Mandy.com Casting Director Award, nominated and chosen from casting directors around the world.
Donna can be found at industry events and film festivals worldwide, speaking to actors and filmmakers, sharing her passion and knowledge, offering guidance and encouragement, inspiring artist to follow their dreams.
As an educator Donna works with actors of all ages. She focuses on the craft of acting, improvisation, audition technique as well as a course called "Producing Your Career". In her McKenna Method Workshops (www.mckennamethod.com) she works with actors to free their instrument, get out of their head and make bold choices using some theatre games she has developed during her career.
Donna is a proud member of the Casting Society of America and the Suffolk County Film
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Laila Samuels is an artist and songwriter from Oslo, Norway. She was the lead singer of The Tuesdays, and has since 1998 written more than 300 songs for other artists, taken part in Melodi Grand Prix as a solo artist and done collaborations with other artists, such as Ravi, Vinni and the Vagabonds, Curse and We Kings and songwriter Jonas Shandel launched the duo Shandel & Samuels in 2019.
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Grammy-nominated Seth Glier is a singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. NPR describes his voice as “otherworldly” while praising him as “an engaging performer and storyteller.” His critically acclaimed, emotionally dense catalog of work often draws upon traditional roots music, experimental instrumentation, and moody atmospheres that result in soulfully intelligent stories that can alternatively fight the power or break your heart.
“The music of Seth Glier veers towards being indefinable.” – Paste Magazine
With five albums, five Independent Music Awards, and even a U.S. State Department-sponsored international tour under his belt, Glier has also played with a diverse list of artists such as Ani DiFranco, Martin Sexton, James Taylor, Ronnie Spector, and Marc Cohn. He’s currently on tour and is debuting new music, including his two latest songs “If It Wasn’t For You” and “Stages”, both releasing in 2020. Inspired by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, “If It Wasn’t For You” echoes the young activist’s own concepts about the transformative power of turning one’s trauma into gratitude and awareness. “Stages” captures the magic and secret joy that’s shared when close relationships evolve using the universal art of ritual. Both singles are available on exclusive, collectible 7″ vinyl in a very limited run offered only at his live shows. Glier plans to put out more music throughout the year while continuing to connect with audiences using his eclectic, often humorous, and always insightful artistry.
“Also a producer and multi-instrumentalist, Glier is recognized for his intelligent storytelling, moody atmospheres and emotive soulful vocals that tug at the listener’s heart.” – Earmilk
“‘Stages’ rides a steady, low-key beat with vibrant tones escalating by degrees until you’re hit with the song’s potent emotions.” – Popdust
“The singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist has been garnering worldwide acclaim for his “otherworldly” vocals and ability to craft a sound which is entirely his own.” – Gigslutz
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Sitting in the back of his middle school classroom, a young Steven Cogle would recollect his favorite childhood super heroes and remix them into his own hip hop versions through his sketches.
Cogle's route was by no means direct and straightforward however. Throughout the years, Steven Cogle worked a wide range of occupations before finally settling on his lifelong calling. One of these occupations included serving in the military, an experience that surely shaped his outspoken political perspective. This social commentary is visible in a number of his paintings such as "Detainee" and "Detainees," which document the story of America's War on Terror.
Very often, when observing a Cogle piece, people are compelled to draw the connection to the late Jean-Michel Basquiat, the well-renowned Brooklyn native who came out of the neo-expressionism movement in the 80s. While it is certainly a compliment to be held in this regard, Cogle wants the people to know that he should not be perceived as the second coming of the late painter, but rather the next one up in a long, rich tradition of Black artists who's work goes far overlooked by the mainstream - painters like Bob Thompson who originally paved the way for artists like Basquiat. It is for this reason why compromising will never be an option for Steven Cogle, who has been critiqued by museums for his unorthodox, abstract approach.
Cogle is a multi-dimensional Artist that is building a world that will serve as a bridge for other artists as well. TV, Film, Fashion and comic books – Cogle plans to infuse his perspective in a myriad of artistic mediums in addition to all of his celebrity commissions such as the one he did for Michael B. Jordan, Chris Rock and Andie MacDowell.
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Julie Schubert is a New York based, Emmy-Award winning Casting Director. She has casted numerous projects including the hit Netflix shows House of Cards and Daredevil. Other casting credits include Confessions of a Shopaholic, Footloose, Devil Wears Prada, and The Departed.
Schubert, comes from a very special casting legacy - she was trained by Juliet Taylor and Ellen Lewis, proteges of the famed matriarch of casting, (and subject of the 2012 documentary Casting By), Marion Dougherty. After an extensive apprenticeship with Juliet and Ellen, Julie began her career as a Casting Director. Julie is a sought after on-camera audition teachers, and has taught around the USA as well as internationally. She has a keen eye for authenticity and a vital sense of how to shape an audition based on what's on the page and the actor's energy. She is far less interested in the elusive idea of talent, and focuses on what makes each actor and audition interesting.
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After twenty five years in the music business as a singer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist and front man of the band Crystal Eyes, Sal Sirchia began his acting career in 2001.
Sirchia first television role was on HBO's Oz as a featured extra and regular during seasons 4, 5 and 6. Sal also appeared on the VH-1 Showa "Feedback" and "Newlyweds and Rock and Roll"
Sal has also been featured in a number of films Nikos the Impaler, The Tenement, Sins of the Father, Coalition, Knock Knock and How to Grow a Fig Tree.
Sirchia also composed music on the soundtracks of Fear of the Dark, Coalition and How to Grow a Fig Tree.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with Stacey Prussman. Prussman landed her first starring role in the Off-Broadway show Grandma Sylvia's Funeral as Dori Grossman in the mid-to-late 1990s. In 2000, she appeared in the award-winning Greg Scarnici film Glam-Trash. She also had roles in Everything's Jake and The Girl in the Park.
Aside from her performing career, Prussman is a national keynote speaker on Eating Disorders and Body Image at colleges, universities, treatment centers, and military academies across the country.
In 2014, Prussman co-hosted a radio show, Ears Wide Open, with comedian Boy Levy in Boston and Washington, D.C. Later, she decided to start her own show, The Stacey Prussman Hour.
Prussman's jokes have been published in Judy Brown's books Squeaky Clean and Love’s Funny that Way, and in Jeffrey Gurian's book Filthy Funny and Totally Offensive. She was also quoted in Rosemarie Jarski's book Words From The Wise, 6000 of the Smartest Things Ever Said. She currently hosts a weekly podcast called, The Stacey Prussman Hour.
On April 6, 2021, Stacey Prussman received the official nomination from the Libertarian Party for Mayor of New York City.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with Michelle Amor who co-wrote PLAYIN’ FOR LOVE, directed by and starring Robert Townsend (FIVE HEARTBEATS, HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE) and Jenifer Lewis (BLACK-ISH), wrote OF BOYS & MEN starring Academy® Award-nominated actress Angela Bassett (BLACK PANTHER) and Robert Townsend, and co-produced and co-wrote the documentary film TUPAC SHAKUR: BEFORE I WAKE. In November 2019 she and collaborator Ali LeRoi (EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS) sold her one-hour drama THE HONORABLE to CBS, a project inspired by her childhood in Chicago.
Amor is serving her third elected term as co-chair of the WGAW Committee of Black Writers (CBW), whose mission is to create career and networking opportunities for Black writers in Hollywood. She was the lead author of the committee’s ”Dear Hollywood” letter released on June 12, 2020, which demanded sweeping changes in the business to end systemic racism in media and entertainment.
Her projects have garnered numerous accolades. PLAYIN' FOR LOVE debuted on the UP Cable Network in July 2015; on the Urban Movie channel in November 2015; was released on video and Amazon Prime in February 2016; played on Magic Johnson’s Aspire TV in November 2016; and aired on Bounce TV in January 2017. Her film OF BOYS & MEN won Best of the Fest at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival and was the 2008 Pan-African Film Festival’s Centerpiece Selection. It was released on Warner Bros Home Video in 2011. TUPAC SHAKUR: BEFORE I WAKE sold 4 million copies worldwide.
Michelle has developed stories, written scripts for, and has had original work optioned by veteran producer Todd Garner, Academy® Award-nominated director Lee Daniels, and international film company Atlas Entertainment, R&B singer Michel’le, and Academy® Award-winning producer Al Ruddy (The Godfather & Million Dollar Baby). She is currently shopping a TV drama series with New York Times bestselling author Shaka Senghor (Writing My Wrongs). She's also developing numerous other film and TV projects. A proud native Chicagoan, she resides in Los Angeles with her family.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with singer, songwriter and producer Mark Islam. Born in New Castle, DE, Mark had one early aspiration: to leave his state. After moving to Boston University to study literature, Islam performed and honed his craft at various coffeehouses in the Boston area. After completing a master's degree in English, he moved to Los Angeles, the city where most of his favorite music originated. Islam joined a team of songwriters each month called the Western Beat Music Showcase. In 1995, Islam released his debut effort on cassette, The Calloused Heart Collection. The musician continued to perform and got his first break from Dr. Laura Schelessinger's radio show, which featured one of Islam songs, "Everything Is Gonna Be Alright." In 1998, he released The Recent Past on Noble Savage. He also moved to Nashville where he starred in stage productions of Hair and also the Who's Tommy. Following that, Islam released The Fine Print, a look at life in Los Angeles. He continues to perform and tour, and considers Los Angeles, Nashville, and Australia as home. Mark Islam is known for his work on The Amazing Race, Tori & Dean: Inn Love and Dear Annabel.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with Diane Franklin. Diane is an iconic 80s American film actress, known for her dark curly hair, and dialects. Beginning her acting career at the age of ten, Diane started with modeling, theater, commercials, and soap opera work. She then won the lead role of the dream girl, Karen, in cult classic THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982) and soon after played the daughter, Patricia Montelli in AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION. Her break-out film role was the spirited French-exchange student, Monique Junot, from the off-beat comedy BETTER OFF DEAD. And her most notable commercial success was playing the medieval Princess-babe, Joanna, from 1980s iconic comedy, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. Diane sang the NATIONAL ANTHEM at Dodger Stadium in 2004, and wrote two autobiographies about her career: Diane Franklin: The Excellent Adventures of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Kindle), and Diane Franklin: The Excellent CURLS of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Barnes&Noble) Her other acting credits include episodic television, such as Charles in Charge, Murder She Wrote, Matlock and Dallas : The Early Years. She also re-curred in televisions series, and movies made for television, such as SummerGirl and Deadly Lessons. Over the years Diane has also performed in her daughter/filmmaker, OLIVIA DELAURENTIS' award winning comedies: HUMANIZED (L.A. Film Festival,) MY BETTER HALF (Soho Film Festival,) and more recently a comedy web-series on YouTube titled SUGARBABIES (Barely Legal Comedy). Diane returns to acting, on the big screen, in 2018 with the following films: WALLY GOT WASTED, WAKING NIGHTMARE, THE FINAL INTERVIEW and THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS: THE HAUNTING ON LONG ISLAND.
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Craig Bierko got his break in 1990 when he was cast opposite Valerie Bertinelli and Matthew Perry in the CBS sitcom Sydney, however, the production lasted just 13 episodes. He went on to make steady appearances in various television shows including Amen, The Powers That Be, Wings and Ally McBeal. Bierko may be best known for his role as Timothy in the 1996 action film The Long Kiss Goodnight. ] He had a small role as a jazz musician love interest for Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in the fourth season of Sex and the City.
Bierko also appeared in the Lifetime dramedy series UnREAL as Chet, the "eccentric and drug-using" creator of a reality dating show.
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As a respected artist, entrepreneur, and marketing professional, Asia Lee dedicates her creative, communication and people skills to providing outstanding work and commitment of the highest level to the communities, organizations and individuals she serves. She focuses much of her efforts in support of a wide array of local, regional and national charitable projects. Regularly scheduled exhibitions of her photographic artwork, along with the many non-profit and corporate promotions she is heavily involved with, raise substantial funds and much needed attention for worthy causes. Her artwork is owned and displayed by collectors, museums and galleries nationally and internationally. Asia Lee has photographed a wide range of celebrities from Madonna to Michael Jackson, Joe Torre, and President George Bush. Although her resume includes many renowned high profile clients and partners, Asia, as an artist, is best known for her unique ability to capture rare beautiful moments of nature and everyday life at their best. Her work made history when she became the first female sports photographer for the USTA, and she continues to break traditional molds through her unique artistic style. Her true passion, however, is capturing the extraordinary beauty of ordinary life, and her large scale fine art nature photographs have a powerful emotional impact that have been quickly embraced by serious collectors throughout the world.
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Blake Robbins is an award winning actor, writer and director. In 2012, after years in front of the camera, Blake stepped behind it to write, direct, produce and act in his feature film debut The Sublime and Beautiful, which world premiered at the 20th annual Slamdance Film Festival in 2014.
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Gorgeous petite brunette Tina Krause was born on July 29, 1970 in Queens, New York. Krause graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in Graphic Design and 3D illustration. Tina worked as an artist and graphic designer prior to embarking on an acting career after being discovered at the Chiller Theatre horror convention in New Jersey in 1994. Besides acting primarily in horror films, Krause has also worked as a model and continues to work as a graphic designer in between acting assignments. Tina directed her first movie in 2001. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen and an 'Indie Horror Queen the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget independent horror films and erotic spoofs.
Krause has appeared in over 200 independent, direct-to-video features and is also planning the launch of her new clothing line in 2021.
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Actor and filmmaker, Joseph Zaso was born on November 20, 1970 in Queens, New York. A performer of both the stage and screen, Zaso formed his own film production company, Cinema Image Productions in 1986. Since then he has primarily produced and acted in films of the suspense/thriller genre.
Mr. Zaso is the author of 5 cookbooks: The Café Himbo Cookbook, Café Himbo: Cookbook II, Café Himbo's Just Desserts, Breakfast in Bed with Café Himbo and Café Himbo for the Holidays.
Joe formed his own film production company Cinema Image Productions in 1986 and since then he has primarily produced and acted in horror films. Zaso broke into the film industry with the horror musical It's Only a Movie (1990), which he wrote, directed, and appeared in. He followed it up with several producing jobs, including the Italian giallo-inspired Five Dead on the Crimson Canvas.
He teamed up with director Kevin Lindenmuth on several pictures, including Alien Agenda: Endangered Species , Rage of the Werewolf , and Addicted to Murder 3: Blood Lust. H
Zaso has also appeared as an extra in the film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and also appeared in the Martin Scorcese film, "The Wolf of Wall Street."
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Stephanie Czajkowski was born in Wisconsin to a family with a hard to pronounce last name (Check-house-key just FYI) , Stephanie realized she wanted to be an actor the moment she saw her first episode of The Brady Bunch, and insisted her mom write the TV station to ask how that might be possible. That lead Stephanie to pursue a career in the Arts. After high school, she attended NYU where she received her BA in acting and ran the Student Council, before heading for Los Angeles. Supporting herself working as a fitness instructor and a bartender, her "big break" came with the role of Paramedic #1 on TLC's I Didn't Know I was Pregnant, where she cut a fake umbilical cord on a very life-like plastic baby. This was soon followed by parts on Criminal Minds, NCIS Los Angeles, How to Get Away with Murder, Gray's Anatomy, Shameless, The Exes and Bones.
Czajkowski is known for her roles in the movies Breakthrough, Call of the Wild and Doom Patrol.
She lives in the Los Feliz area, enjoys being walking distance from all her favorite places and the urban oasis that is Griffith Park.
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Yancy Victoria Butler is an actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film Hard Target, Jess Crossman in Drop Zone, and Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade.
Yancy is the daughter of Leslie Vega, a theatre company manager, and Joe Butler, the drummer and vocalist for the 1960s rock group The Lovin' Spoonful.
Butler's first major role was in the television series Mann & Machine in which she played an android police officer partnered with a human detective. The series was set in Los Angeles in the near future.
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Dailyn Rodriguez is a TV writer and producer. She is currently the Showrunner on USA's Queen of The South, she was Co-Executive Producer on the 3rd season of Queen of the South and also on NBC's The Night Shift.
Born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City to Cuban parents. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Writing. In 2001 she earned a spot in the ABC/Disney Studios Writing Fellowship and has been working as a TV writer ever since. She has also worked on the television shows Ugly Betty, The Glades and Lie to Me. She also won the Writers Guild of America for Best New Series.
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Keith Powell is an actor, writer, director, and web series creator, known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on 30 Rock, Connecting... and for and starring in the web series Keith Broke His Leg, for which he won several Indie Series Awards in 2016. Jill Knox is an actress, known for Connecting... , Keith Broke His and Train Baby. She is also an accomplished artist. Her works are an exploration of how she is influenced by words, drawings from personal experience and inspired by political figures, artists and free thinkers and hopes to create a body of work that merges pop art, history and communication.
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Earnest Lee Hudson has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddrmore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz. Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Congo, Miss Congeniality and The Ron Clark Story. Erine was cast in a recurring role as Jacob, an organic farmer who is the romantic interest for Frankie Bergstein (Lily Tomlin) in the series Grace and Frankie.
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Vanessa Price was born and raised in Kentucky, Vanessa first caught the wine bug working in a small winery down south. She followed her passion for wine and moved to New York City in 2007, starting as a sommelier on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. From there she moved on to wine education, PR and events for wine-focused client services, consulting for private wine collectors and wine lists in NYC restaurants, and as a distributor and importer, working with some of the most renowned restaurants and wineries in the world today. Through this years-long diverse education of the wine world, Vanessa decided to dedicate herself to being both a student and teacher of wine.
Today she is the Creative Director and Founder of The Vinum Collective, Vanessa is a graduate of and instructor for The Wine and Spirit Education Trust. Her book zbic zmscs & Burgundy, was released with Abrams Publishing in October 2020 and is now a Washington Post Best-Seller. Price is partnering with Dan Abrams of ABC News on a winery project in the North Fork of Long Island. She is also developing a high-end restaurant concept called Maverick’s Montauk set to open in the Spring of 2022. Her mission is to help translate the complexities of wine to wine lovers the world over. She is a certified Level 4 Diploma of Wine and Spirits carrier. Most of all she has a passion for grape juice and all the people who make it, sell it, and live it.
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Jonathan Scinto is Food Artist, TV Host, Content Creator and Entrepreneur from Long Island, N.Y. While, most toddlers were watching Sesame Street; Jonathan was watching cooking shows. He’s influenced by Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, Gordon Ramsay and Iron Chef Showdown Japan.
Jonathan is the creator and host of the hit Prime Video TV series, “Family Kitchen Revival” now in the process of a major distribution deal and currently available for streaming on Roku via GlewedTV. “You’ve probably seen him on numerous TV shows like Food Network “Chopped”, FOX’s MasterChef 6 and several other networks like ABC, NBC and CBS. The Food Network Hand-picked Chef Jonathan to compete in “Iron Chef Showdown”: Battle Autumn Bounty the live version hosted by Alton Brown.
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Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World, Is This Tomorrow, Pictures of You, Girls In Trouble, Coming Back To Me, Living Other Lives, Into Thin Air, Family, Jealousies, Lifelines, Meeting Rozzy Halfway.Various titles were optioned for film, translated into different languages, and condensed in magazines.
Her novel, Is This Tomorrow is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, a San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick/Editor's Choice, a Jewish Book Council Bookclub Pick, a WNBA National Great Group Reads, a May Indie Next Pick, A Best Book of 2013 from January magazine, on the longlist for the Maine Readers' Choice Award, and the winner of an Audiofile Earphones Award.
As a screenwriter, Caroline was a Nickelodeon Screenwriting Fellow Finalist, and is a recent first-round finalist in the Sundance Screenwriting Lab competition for her script of Is This Tomorrow.
Leavitt lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, New York City's unofficial sixth borough, with her husband, the writer Jeff Tamarkin, and has an acting student son, Max.
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Lee Edward Colston II is a Philly native, former prison guard turned actor, playwright, director, acting and writing coach, and author.
His play Solitary was winner of the 2008 Philadelphia Theater Workshop. His play Roost won the 2010 Life Media Award in the Philadelphia Urban Theater Festival and the 2013 Hidden River Arts Award for Best New Play.
Colston is also a writer for the television shows Fargo and For Life.
As a teaching artist he trains actors and writers in both one on one and classroom settings with a special focus on classical training and preparing actors and writers for the industry as well as undergrad and grad school audition preparation. MFA: The Juilliard School.
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Satomi Hofmann is a Broadway, television, film, & commercial actress, a voice over artist, singer, musician, composer, arranger, music director, and host on the I❤️Geek Podcast. She produces music videos for herself as well as various charities, including Broadway Hearts and the recent Broadway, non-partisan Make a Plan to Vote campaign. Satomi is a proud cast member of Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera with credits that include: Television: Bull, New Amsterdam, Law & Order SVU, The Blacklist; Theater: Midsummer...(Titania), EFX (Morgana) opposite Michael Crawford and David Cassidy; Film: Stuck (Dr. Claire Morning), Four Bottles (Lisa); Commercial: IBM, United Healthcare, Smart Water. She is a founding member of the all-female Celtic rock band Killian's Angels and plays the spoons, piano, guitar, ukulele, bass, and a few other instruments.
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Hilliard Guess is a fun, ex-80s Mod/Punk with a knack for writing underdog/redemption stories in the bio, horror, gritty, or murder-death-kill world. His knowledge of the craft and instinct for unique, flawed characters have won him attention or awards at Sundance, Nicholls Fellowship, Scriptapalooza, Screenplay Festival, The Page Awards and AOF, to list a few.
Hilliard serves on the following WGAW Committees: Vice Chair - Committee of Black Writers, Vice Chair - LGBT Committee as well as the Latino, Genre and Education Committees. In 2007, Hilliard won the Guy A. Hanks, Marvin H. Miller Fellowship at USC.
Guess hosts the hit Podcast series "Screenwriter's Rant Room" which can be heard all over the world on iTunes & Stitcher.
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Lauren B Martinis an actor, voice artist, writer and director. Best known for her portrayal of a young woman surviving breast cancer, Camille Bennet on As the World Turns. She also has had the good fortune of being cast on Another World, All My Children, Cosby, Law and Order, Unforgettable, and Blacklist.
Passionate about making a difference and using whatever notoriety she had garnered, Lauren spoke at several “Race for the Cure” events and appeared on Montell Williams to educate about early detection. She later partnered with P.T Cruiser as a national spokesperson for the Diabetes Association, urging folks to self-test .
Currently Lauren can be seen in streaming shows include “Pride”. “ANACOSTIA “ “Asunder “ and “Paper Empire still in production staring , Robert Davi , Wesley Snipes and Anne Archer.
Martin is the writer , director of the feature film “ YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL “and creator and Co-writer of the soon to be released digital series “Reality Sets In “
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Kevin Arbouet is a writer, director, producer and film executive whose career has been about expanding the idea of what diversity in filmmaking really means. With surprising influences that range from Nora Ephron and Mike Nichols to Bong Joon Ho, he is not only a rising African-American writer/director with a penchant for classic storytelling, but one who is defying stereotyped expectations.
Arbouet always had an eye for talent, so he followed that deep into the industry. He got his start as a modeling agent, then moved into developing the careers of promising new actors, which then led to producing indies. His own filmmaking breakthrough came in a quintessentially 21st Century way: with a viral video that exploded overnight to 100 million views around the world. I“I Got a Crush … On Obama,” featuring the now famed “Obama Girl,” A comedy phenomenon, the video tapped into a cultural moment, with Newsweek naming it a “Top 10 Meme of Decade” and the Webby Awards honoring it with “Top Web Video of the Decade.”
His skill for nurturing exciting artists led to his role Vice President of Lee Daniels Entertainment, where he developed projects for the company behind such award-winning hits as the Oscar®-winning “Monster’s Ball” and the hard-hitting “The Woodsman,” “Precious” and “The Butler.”Stepping into the borderless art world, he also produced David Michalek’s innovative Portraits in Dramatic Time, a series of 40 short films – each shot in just 10 seconds but played back in intensely reveal slow-mo -- exhibited as part of the 2011 Lincoln Center Festival. The films brought Arbouet together with an all-star cast including Alan Rickman, Holly Hunter, Liev Schreiber, William H. Macy and his brother Michael J. Arbouet.
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Nestor Serrano began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit. Serrano has also appeared in supporting roles in films such as Lethal Weapon 2, Bad Boys, The Negotiator, The Insider and The Day After Tomorrow.
Nestor has an extensive television résumé, with appearances in shows such as Burn Notice, Homeland, Alias, Blue Bloods and Law and Order but is best known for his role playing Navi Araz in the fourth season of 24 and Emilio Loera in the fourth season of the Cinemax series Banshee.
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Directing brothers Elliot Weaver (32) and Zander Weaver (29), produce both factual television and narrative dramatic content.
Since 2010 the Weaver brothers have produced over nine hours of factual programming for broadcasters including Discovery, PBS, Canal+ and UKTV and have just completed production on the self-produced feature film, COSMOS
The brothers plan to continue producing documentaries but shift their focus to directing feature films, where their passion lies.
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Gianni Vito Russo is an actor, producer, entrepreneur and singer. He is best known for his role as Carlo Rizzi in the 1972 film The Godfather. Gianni was born in Manhattan, raised in Little Italy. Russo went on to act in more than 46 movies, including Goodnight, My Love, Lepke, Laserblast, Chances Are, The Freshman, Side Out, Another You, The Freshman, Super Mario Bros., Any Given Sunday, Seabiscuit and Send No Flowers. Russo is also a singer. In 2004, he released a CD called Reflections that pays homage to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
Russo owns a wine brand, Gianni Russo Wines, which debuted in 2009. In his life he has met and interacted with many prominent figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Pablo Escobar and Pope John Paul II.
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Nick Wilkinson is an Executive, Strategist, Advisor, Entrepreneur and Author. Nick has enjoyed success across a wide spectrum of the IT software and services industry: a proven CEO in private equity and founder owned companies and extensive, global multi-functional leadership experience in a publicly traded corporation. He is a chair and board member for the Junior Achievement of Delaware as well as on the board for the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania a venture capital and private equity firm. Nick is also an accomplished author. His book Snakes and Ladders is a biting satire of corporate culture, everybody plays the game, taking their turns to dodge the snakes and climb the ladders. Greed, ambition, vanity, petty rivalries, lust, booze and golf fuel the contestants. Snakes and Ladders takes place all over the world, in the finest hotels and private jets, from the board room to the bath room.
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Shelly Bhushan captures the attention of her listeners with a sultry, atmospheric voice and effervescent stage presence. She’s cool, with a frankness and roughness of a fiercely independent woman, quick with a self-deprecating joke, full of anecdotes to warm up her audience – by all appearances, normal like you and me. It’s when she opens her mouth to sing that you fall back into your seat, with the sound of her honeyed, lush vocals wrapping around you…completely captivated. It’s then you realize there’s nothing normal about her— Shelly Bhushan is exceptional. The Texas native has been belting her soulful heart out practically since birth. She’s sung in many projects, everything from choral to swing, funk to classical, but always wanted to do her own thing. Her songs are personal, intense, real, and memorable, her performances unforgettable. Shelly sings the emotions her audience has felt before; you can see her transform them from mere listeners to kindred spirits. Shelly is real; she gets them, and they her. She is known for her songs “Not to Me”, Digging in Deep” and her newly released holiday song “When Will it Be Christmas”.
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Miles Doleac, is an actor, writer, director, producer, and professor. He has studied at several academies across the world including in Rome, Athens, and Munich and holds a Ph.D. in Ancient History. He has had acting roles in several films and television shows since 2011 including Watchmen, Treme, Sleepy Hollow, and Containment. He also has acting roles in the films THE Magnificent Seven and Don't Kill It. Doleac is the founder of Historia films, the production company which produced The Historian, The Hollow, Demons, Hallowed Ground and The Dinner Party. He was the writer, director, producer and an actor on the first four films. The Dinner Party Doleac co-wrote with Michael Donovan Horn.
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Rachael Sage is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and visual artist. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine and has released fourteen solo studio albums. Sage has toured with an eclectic list of artists including Ani DiFranco, Beth Hart, Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins and Howard Jones. She also continues to significantly grow her visibility via her many song placements, including 22 songs on top reality show Dance Moms, translating into over 10 million YouTube hits. Her latest single and video, “Blue Sky Days”, was originally composed as a meditation on gratitude in the midst of her own recent cancer recovery, but has taken on new resonance during Covid-19. Sage’s new album “Character” is an inspirational tribute to survivorship.
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Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. James Martinez started out doing impressions at stand up comedy clubs at 16. He eventually got an interest in acting classes in small spaces in venues throughout Manhattan. His first dramatic role was as John Proctor In Arthur Miller's The Crucible at Forest Hills High School. After High School he attended The Juilliard School for Dramatic arts. Since then he has performed on various Off Broadway stages and is seen going back and forth between stage and screen. Martinez is known for his breakout role as Max Arsiniega in Breaking Bad as well as notable roles in the television shows Gravity, Low Winter Sun, Aquarius, Queen of the South, House of Cards and recently as Armando Salazar on the Hulu series Love, Victor.
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Actor, producer, writer and director, Kristina Klebe was born in New York City and raised between NY, Germany, France and Italy. Kristina is most known for her performance as the sassy, foul-mouthed Lynda in Rob Zombie's 2007 remake of Halloween. Kristina received much praise for her depiction of the tough-as-nails psychopath Anika in Zack Parker's TIFF hit Proxy as well as her performance in the lead role of Michelle in the movie Dementia. In January 2016, Kristina was nominated as best German actress at the prestigious Jupiter Awards for her performance in Oscar winner Jochen Alexander Freydank's Kafka adaptation Der Bau, starring across from German superstar Axel Prahl. In her spare time she has been working with a charity called French-American Aid for Children for over 10 years while also acting as a volunteer and foster parent at Best Friends Animal Society and Much Love Animal Rescue. She was a competitive equestrian for over a decade, including doing three day eventing, and is a certified rescue diver.
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Kelly AuCoin is an actor and producer who has appeared in film, television, and theater. AuCoin played Pastor Tim on The Americans as well as recurring roles on several other television series, including Hercules Mulligan on Turn: Washington's Spies and Gary Stamper on House of Cards. He currently plays "Dollar" Bill Stern on the Billions. He has also appeared in a number of films including The Kingdom, Julie & Julia, Complete Unknown, The Wizard of Lies, starring Robert De Niro and the upcoming films The Good House starring Sigourney Weaver and False Positive starring and written by Lliana Glazer. Kelly has acted on stage as well, recently winning a Drama Desk Award for Signature Theatre's revival of the AR Gurney play, "The Wayside Motor Inn." He earned nice reviews playing the "blithely cocky" (Ben Brantley, NYTimes) & "nicely nasty" (Clive Barnes, NYPost) Octavius Caesar in the Broadway revival of "Julius Caesar" opposite two time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington. He is a former member of the Tony Award winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival acting company.
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Debra Markowitz serves as Director of the Nassau County Film Office. In this capacity, Ms. Markowitz presides over the Nassau County Film Commission, now known as the Nassau County Film Advisory Board, and chairs as its Executive Director. Ms. Markowitz also serves as Vice President of the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, Long Island's most established and largest not-for-profit agency dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. Debra Markowitz is also a freelance writer and novelist. Her latest novels are her Karmic Wind Trilogy (Naked in the Rain,Sarah and Caleb, and concluding with Karmic Wind) Ms. Markowitz is an award-winning writer, director, producer and casting director on movie,television and commercial projects. Debra Markowitz, an avid practitioner of yoga, lives on Long Island with her husband, John Marean, and their rescued wonder dog.
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Silvia Spross began her career as a street performer in Central Park, doing shows with a tap dancing puppet named Bonifaz. , Miss Spross has appeared in numerous independent films, working with actors such as Adrien Brody, Danny Glover and Martin Landau. Robert Miano rtook up method acting studies with Lee Strasberg. Miano honed in on his craft as a character actor for over thirty years, appearing in hundreds of feature films and numerous television programs. He is perhaps best known for repeatedly playing mobster characters.
In 1994 and 1995, Miano played Bronx mob boss Joe Scully on the soap opera General Hospital and portrayed real-life Bonanno crime family capo Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato in the 1997 film Donnie Brasco, alongside Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. Together the couple has appeared in over 30 films together.
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Actors, writers, and directors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, who are also a married couple, are experts creating documentary theater. They have written The Exonerated, about death row exonerees. Aftermath, about people who were exiled by the American invasion of Iraq, Coal Country about the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster and THE LINE their live-streamed play, bringing first-person stories of New York City's first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic to the digital stage. Jessica is also an accomplished author, consultant and public speaker on story and social change. Erik has had over a hundred roles on television, film, and stage, most notably as legendary Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees in the miniseries The Bronx Is Burning and most recently can be seen in the television show For Life.
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Lisa G. Black is an award winning producer and entrepreneur. Ms. Black brings a unique blend of business experience and artistic vision to the world of international independent filmmaking through her production company Garnet Girl Media. Black produced: The Birdcatcher, starring August Diehl and Sarah-Sofie Boussnina released theatrically by Signature Entertaiment in the U.K. and currently on Amazon worldwide and coveted 26 festival awards ; MILES starring Molly Shannon and Paul Reiser distributed by Freestyle Releasing world wide ; Almost Paris starring Abigail Hawk and directorial debut of Domenica Cameron Scorsese.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with actor, singer, writer, and comedian Michael McGlone. McGlone is best known for his roles for the 1995 Sundance Film Festival Best Film Award Winner, The Brothers and 1996's She's the One with Jennifer Aniston. He's also had large supporting roles in One Tough Cop and The Bone Collector. His writing credits include the novels And All the Roses Dying..., Dice, and Hourigan's Song. He has recorded and produced two albums, Hero (1999) and To Be Down (2002). Recently Michael has portrayed the film noiresque spokesman for GEICO Insurance and his passion project Kenny The Gun, the story of New York City Cop, Kenneth Patrick Sullivan.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with author and writer Jennifer Estep. Estep is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She has written more than 40 books, along with numerous novellas and stories
She is most known for the Elemental Assassin and Mythos Academy series. In 2018 she began publication of her new Crown of Shards epic fantasy series with Harper Voyager.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with writer, producer and screenwriter Alex Dinelaris. Dinelaris is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winner for the screenplay Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). He also produced the Academy Award winning film The Revenant. Alex is also the co-creator and executive producer of the upcoming series “The One Percent” for the Starz network.
Alex also wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet about the life and career of Gloria Estefan.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with international award-winning creative artist, writer, producer, actress and influencer Donna Drake. She is the creator and host of The Donna Drake Show: Live it Up! a weekly, 30-minute television and digital talk series. Drake is also the head of Drake Media Network, Inc. which specializes in content strategy and video content production. Donna is also a voiceover talent and actress with a lengthy stage and screen résumé.
In 2006, she authored her first inspirational book, "Got Cancer? Just Roll Over and LIVE," a memoir dedicated to her second husband, Tom LaScala, and recently penned a featured chapter in the best-selling book, "Manifesting Your Dreams Inspiring Words of Encouragement, Strength, & Perseverance" as collected by Marla McKenna.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with director, producer and writer Jim Fall. Fall's directorial debut was the 1999 gay-themed indie film Trick which was picked up for distribution by Fine Line Features after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival. Jim's studio directing debut, "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" the hit Disney Channel series starring Hilary Duff was a big box office hit opening at number two below "X-men 2" its opening week. He also directed several TV movies, including Wedding Wars, Holiday Engagement and Kristin's Christmas Past. Recently Jim announced he was working on the sequel to Trick, Trick 2, which he had written and will direct.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with actress and producer Tara Westwood. Westwood is best known for her roles in the Grudge, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with actor, screenwriter and producer Royce Johnson. Johnson is best known for his recurring role in the MCU as Detective Sergeant Brett Mahoney in the Netflix series Daredevil, Jessica Jones and The Punisher. He has also appeared in the upcoming film Crabs in a Bucket.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with actress and producer Summer Crockett Moore. Summer is an award-winning actor/producer and a Managing Partner and founding member of Choice Films Inc. & Choice Theatricals, which has produced various theatre, television and film projects, including the dramatic thriller television series "Big Dogs" (on which she was a show-runner). She was a lead producer on and cast member in the multi-award-winning feature film Junction, which won 17 major festival awards and has appeared on various national and international television and radio commercial spots.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with actor and producer Robert Funaro. Robert was a series regular on the Emmy award winning shows The Sopranos and Ray Donovan and is also know for his work in the films American Gangster, The Sinner and The Irishman.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with Candice Cain born and raised on Long Island, NY. She has been in front of the camera and on the stage since she was a child, this director, producer and writer is not afraid to embrace her girl power and with a name like Candy Cain specialize in making Christmas and feel good movies!
Candice is the owner of Cain Casting & Talent Management, Candy Cain Travel and the CEO of Gemelli Films.
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Finding business success not fulfilling enough, a lifetime desire to be an actor was finally acted upon leading to years of study at The Beverly Hills Playhouse, the Lynette Sheldon Actors Studio and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. He is now an award winning actor, producer and director proving that its never too late to make your dreams come true.
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Michael J. Arbouet interviews Deborah Twiss a actress, screenwriter, film director and producer. In the 2000s she became well-known with roles in films and television shows such as Kick-Ass, Gravity, Law & Order:Special Victims Unit and White Collar.
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Michael J. Arbouet talks with writer, producer, director and voice artist Kevin Shinick. Kevin received an Emmy award for his work on Adult Swim's Robot Chicken and is the author for the best selling Star Wars YA novel Force Collector.
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