ACF Cast w/Zef Cota: Recent Episodes
Alphabet City Films
Laurie has been working professionally for over 20 years and has worked with legends including James Caan, Dennis Hopper, Martin Landau, Michele Pfiffer, James Gandolfini, Danny Aiello and Hugh Laurie to name only a few. She has also shared memorable scenes with Gary Sinise, Claire Danes, Famke Jensen, Peter Gallagher, Dylan McDermott, Michael Chiklas, Louis Gosset Jr., Joe Mantagna, Dougray Scott, Sharon Lawrence, Maggie Q and Sarah Silverman.
Julian is a sound designer & post-production supervising sound editor. We worked together when on THE TROUBLE.
He describes himself as part musician and one part sound engineer. He's served as a sound designer and sound re-recording mixer, but I've also been a music mixer, foley artist, production sound mixer, dialogue editor, and ADR engineer on feature films, branded content as well as working on off-broadway musicals and stage productions.
Clarisa Garcia-Fresco graduated from the American Film Institute with a Master of Fine Arts in Production Design, and from the New York Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Architecture. Clarisa’s passion for film and storytelling led her to collaborate with many talented filmmakers as a Production Designer and Art Director. Her short film CLARITY received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award; was Winner at the L.A. Shorts Awards and Remi Winner at the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Her Short film PLEA received the Audience Award for Narrative Short at the Ashland Independent Film Festival. Prior to focusing on film and Production Design, Clarisa had been practicing Architecture for over 10 years giving her the opportunity to work on many award-winning projects with renowned Architects around the world. During her professional career as an architect, she had the opportunity to live in London, Shenzhen, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, New York, and Buenos Aires. Clarisa is a member of the United Scenic Artists- IATSE Local 829, and has been invited to join the Art Directors Guild- IATSE Local 800.
Larry "Legend" Spivey is a screenwriter/producer who writes for B.E.T. . In the past, he's written and produced The Crime City Diaries web series, which screened in several festivals, from Urban Mediamaker in Atlanta, to The San Diego Film Festival in California. He has won several awards for the series and has worked on many other films, from shorts to features, even penning an episode called “Runners” for the film series Killer’s Row, which was a finalist in the San Diego Film Festival screenplay competition.
Patty Schumann is the Co-Founder/Director YOFIFEST, The Yonkers Film Festival and has a background working as a feature film & television editor.
YoFiFest has received two “Best of Westchester” awards, for "Best Film Geek Event" and "Best New Film Festival", and was once again voted one of the “Top 100 Film Festivals” by FIlmFreeway. It was also named one of the Top Ten Hippest Things about Yonkers by lohud.com and The Journal News and one of the "Top Five Things To Do" by Westchester Magazine.
Zef Cota and D.P. Alex Gray did a talk on Sunday night about how to make your digital videos look more cinematic.
In 2007, the dynamic husband and wife filmmaker duo of Bayou Bennett and Daniel Lir founded Dream Team Directors. Their vision was to combine imagination, humor, beauty and a desire to positively impact the world through their stunning creative work. Bayou is first woman to teach at Parsons New School Media Department.
Their company motto, "Let our dream team manifest your dream", symbolizes the expansion and positive attention they win for their celebrity and high-profile brand clients such as Adidas, Atlantic Records, Smashbox Cosmetics and Chrome Hearts.
They have had the opportunity to collaborate, direct and produce with great talents such as Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo, Golden Globe nominee Anthony Mackie, Lea Michele of Fox's "Glee"and "Scream Queens", Coldplay, P. Diddy, Paris Hilton, Lindsey Stirling and top model, Bella Hadid. They have recently won two Telly Awards as well as 15 other awards in national and international film festivals.
Gregg Blake is a multi-hyphenate Actor/Director/Screenwriter based in Brooklyn, NY.
He's frequently collaborated with Zef on many projects including having a featured role in THE TROUBLE, and recently directed a horror short film called THE SMILER which will be expanded into a feature film.
Eliza Morales Brown has worked as a P.A. on movies like JOKER and shows like 'Ray Donovan'.
Harri “Indio” Ramkishun is a Director, Editor, and Cinematographer born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Indio wrote, directed, and produced the short film, BlackOut City, an official entry of the 2nd Bronx Week Film Festival.
Indio has been the director of photography on several short films and television programs. He was also Lighting Designer on the indie film, The Meat Puppet.
Indio is the owner/operator of the Bronx-based, GuyaRican Productions LLC, and a founding member of the Bronx Filmmakers. He was the Director/DP of the first TBxF group collaboration for filmracing.com’s 100 Hour Film Race, which garnered a Top 20 selection.
PREFACE* FIRST TWO MINUTES OF THIS CAST HAS ROUGH AUDIO -- after that it's crisp.
Lina has served as a First A.D., produced, been on the frontlines of many independent film productions; narrative features, shorts, music videos.
We had a great talk about her experiences on sets, and advice she has for those who are looking to work in the indie film world.
John Vogel is an actor, comedian, and improvisational impresario who starred in THE TROUBLE directed by Zef Cota.
Bobby Peretti is a Screenwriter who majored in screenwriting at John Hopkins University.
He's also Co-Writing an upcoming Alphabet City Films feature film with Zef Cota.
Conversation with cinematographer, Alex Gray.
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Alex Gray is a D.P. who shot THE TROUBLE, and has collaborated closely with Zef Cota on many projects.