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Alex Holdridge is a writer/director/actor known for the Independent Spirit Award winning In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007). His film, Meet Me in Montenegro (2014), he co-directed and co-wrote with Linnea Saasen. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released by The Orchard in the United States while playing festivals in Europe from Edinburgh to Munich.
He is also known for the South by South West Film Festival Jury and Audience Award Winner, Sexless (2003) as well as the Austin Film Fest Audience Winner, Wrong Numbers (2001).
He cast Scoot McNairy in his first role and made three films with him including the Spirit-Award winning, In Search of a Midnight Kiss.
He is preparing a new project to be filmed in early 2020.- Actress
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Jess Weixler is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film Teeth and Jordan in the comedy The Big Bad Swim. Weixler graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also attended the Walden Theatre Conservatory Program and was in The River City Players acting group and in the Chamber Singers choral group. Subsequently, Weixler, attended Juilliard where she was a classmate of Jessica Chastain. She was a participant during the first year of Bruce Brubaker's InterArts performance project at Juilliard.
In 2007 she was nominated for a Breakthrough Award at the Gotham Awards, and won the Special Jury Prize in Dramatic category For a juicy and jaw-dropping performance at the Sundance Film Festival, both for her role in Teeth. She also appeared in the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In January 2009, she was named by New York magazine as the "New Indie Queen" of the year and one of the fourteen "New Yorkers you need to know".
In 2013, she joined the cast of CBS series The Good Wife, playing investigator Robyn Burdine. That same year she appeared in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby as the titular character's sister. The part was written specifically for her.
Weixler next turned her hand to writing, penning the script for Apartment Troubles with her friend, and former roommate Jennifer Prediger. The two co-directed and co-starred in the movie. Apartment Troubles premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival. It was picked up by Gravitas Ventures and given theatrical and VOD distribution in March 2015.
On June 9, 2015, Variety announced that Jamie Bamber, Kellan Lutz, Jesse Williams, and Jess Weixler had joined the cast of a thriller film titled Money, directed by Martin Rosete and produced by Atit Shah.
Weixler is married to Hamish Brocklebank, an English businessman and co-founder of Flooved.- Producer
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Andrew Erwin, is a director/ producer who began his career working as a duo with his brother Jon, known as the Erwin Brothers. After many years of directing award winning music videos for artists like Skillet, Switchfoot, Michael W. Smith, and Amy Grant, they went on to produced the award winning 9/11 documentary The Cross and the Towers (2006). In 2010 the brothers shifted their focus exclusively to developing feature films, beginning with their first micro-budget feature debut, October Baby (2011) The brothers and producing partner Kevin Downes invested their storytelling focus on the emerging faith audience, finding stories that were broadly relatable like comedy Moms' Night Out (2014) and sports drama Woodlawn (2015), their first venture into true stories, something that would become a staple of their brand. The deeply personal story was their first of many A+ CinemaScores (Andrew has three and his brother has a fourth). This led to the brothers' break out hit I Can Only Imagine (2018). The 7 million dollar budgeted film starring Dennis Quaid, was released by Lionsgate and went on to make 86 million in the box office as the top grossing independent of 2018. The success of Imagine led to the creation of the production company Kingdom Story Company with partners Kevin Downes and Tony Young aimed at telling stories of faith, hope, and redemption for the under-served Heartland audience they grew up in. The company has produced films like I Still Believe (2020), THE Jesus Music (2022) American Underdog (2022), Jesus Revolution (2023), and upcoming films to be released in 2024, Ordinary Angels, starring two time Oscar Winner Hilary Swank, Unsung Hero, from the Grammy Winning band For King + Country, Unbreakable Boy, starring Zachary Levi, & Dallas Jenkins film, Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Andrew is developing the New York Best-Selling book Fearless, based on fallen hero, Navy SEAL Adam Brown.- Producer
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Jon & Andrew Erwin are a directing team that focus on developing and producing unique stories of redemption, faith, and triumph of the human spirit. The duo began their career as teenagers in their hometown of Birmingham, AL, working as camera operators for ESPN. Local games at the university of Alabama soon became a full time career as sports cameramen. The brothers eventually worked on everything from college football, the NBA, NFL, and the X Games. In 2002, the team began their own video production company and began to venture into commercials, documentaries and music videos. They found their greatest success in the world of music, directing videos and producing concerts and television programs for platinum artists like Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns, Switchfoot, Skillet, Montgomery Gentry, and many others. Jon and Andrew won Music Video Of The Year at the GMA Dove Awards three years consecutively, as well as receiving a total of eleven nominations. They also have produced and directed several feature length documentaries including the multi-award winning 9/11 story, The Cross and the Towers, as well as the International dramatic short film series, God Provides. In 2010 the brothers shifted their focus full time to feature films. Their debut feature, October Baby, a coming of age drama, was released by Samuel Goldwyn and Provident Films and debuted theatrically in the top ten. They are currently working on their new feature comedy, Moms' Night Out, set for release in 2014.- Director
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Melanie Shatzky and Brian M. Cassidy are collaborative artists working at the intersection of documentary and narrative cinema. Their films have screened at the Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, Locarno and Rotterdam film festivals, The Museum of Modern Art, The National Gallery of Art, Le Musée de la Civilisation, ICA London, The Museum of the Moving Image, The Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, and Lincoln Center. They've held fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and IFP. They've won numerous awards for their work, and in 2012, they were nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director. Their feature debut, Francine, starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, was called "raw, intimate and observed with penetrating acuity" by The Hollywood Reporter and was selected as a New York Times Critic's Pick. Their documentary, The Patron Saints, was called "one of the most powerful Canadian documentaries of recent years" by POV Magazine.
Shatzky & Cassidy also maintain an active photography practice and have had their work featured in GUP Magazine, Der Greif, ZEITmagazin, It's Nice That, Wired, FlakPhoto, and Slate, among others. In 2015, The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) invited the duo to guest curate "A Photographer's Eye: Photography & The Poetic Documentary", a special program about the intersection of photography and documentary film, which was showcased at La Cinémathèque Québécoise. Both Shatzky & Cassidy hold an MFA from The School of Visual Arts in NYC.- Actress
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Georgina Lightning brings a long track record of creative experience in the film industry as an actor, producer, director and acting coach on such projects as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas in the Clouds, Tecumseh, the Oath and Smoke Signals among countless others. Lightning has also guest starred in T.V. episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger and West Wing.
Lightning's directorial debut Older Than America has won over 23 awards to date and is inspired by stories told to her by many of her family members and friends who attended the Indian Boarding schools. Most recently Lightning co-founded Tribal Alliance Productions, a production company committed to producing media that matters told from a native prospective. A long time advocate of Native Indian advancement in the film industry, Lightning also formed Native Media Network, a group dedicated to the promotion and advancement of Native Indian talent.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Vineet Dewan is a filmmaker who was born in Bahrain (date unknown) and grew up in London, United Kingdom. His short form work has won awards from the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences leading him to be recognized by Filmmaker Magazine as one of "25 New Faces of Independent Film" to watch. His writing has been recognized by the 'Blacklist' and he is a winner of the Academy Nicholl Fellowship.
Professional Work: Dewan was director trainee on prime time shows including "Heroes" and "Friday Night Lights" for NBC Universal. His debut screenplay "Sand Dogs" was awarded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowship and garnered a spot on Hollywood's coveted 'Blacklist.' Subsequently, Dewan wrote the feature "The Knife" for Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures with collaborator Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry") attached to direct and Brian Grazer ("Beautiful Mind") producing. Dewan also wrote the movie of the iconic game "Monopoly" for Sony Pictures, Hasbro Entertainment, Emmet/Furla Films and Scott-Free. Dewan co-wrote coming-of-age movie "Be Here Now" for Voltage Pictures with Nicolas Chartier ("The Hurt Locker") producing. Along with Executive Producers Claire Danes ("Homeland"), JJ Philbin ("Single Parents") and Thomas Kail ("Hamilton") sold project "Small Mediums at Large" to Fox 21.
Background & Education: Dewan was displaced from his home by the first Gulf War and attended Westminster School in London and graduated Yale University, Phi Beta Kappa, earning degrees with double distinction in Psychology and Film Studies as well as the Lustman Award for visual arts. At Yale he studied under German filmmaker Michael Roemer and also studied at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. His early training in the Production Design department on Mira Nair's "Monsoon Wedding" preceded volunteering documentary and photography work for the Clinton Foundation's A.I.F. initiative in India. He later received his MFA from the USC School of Cinema, where he was awarded the John Huston Directing Award and the Bush Cinematography Award. His short film "Clear Cut, Simple" won top awards at 23 film festivals including SXSW, BAFTA/LA, Aspen & Shanghai.
Dewan resides in Los Angeles, California and is represented by United Talent Agency and law firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer.- Producer
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Moon Molson is known for Pop Foul (2006), Crazy Beats Strong Every Time (2011) and The Bravest, the Boldest (2014).- Director
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Fellipe Barbosa was born in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Gabriel and the Mountain (2017), Casa Grande (2014) and Domingo (2018).- Director
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Calvin Lee Reeder is a writer, director, and occasional actor known for his inventive and unconventional work. His films have won awards at Sundance, SXSW, AFI, Fantastic Fest, and others. He is a fellow of the Sundance Episodic Story Lab and began making films while employed as a construction worker in Seattle, Wa.- Director
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Azazel Jacobs was born on 1 January 1972 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for French Exit (2020), The Lovers (2017) and Doll & Em (2013).- Director
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Andrew Blubaugh is known for The Adults in the Room (2010), This Space Between Us (1999) and Scaredycat (2007).- Producer
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Director Jennifer Venditti makes her directorial debut with "Billy The Kid". Venditti started her New York City based casting agency JV8INC in 1998. Traveling all over the world, street scouting real people for advertising, fashion, and film she discovers an inspired repertoire of diverse talent otherwise ignored by traditional casting methods. Photographers Richard Avedon and Bruce Weber and director Spike Jonze are just a few who have been impassioned by her refined aesthetic. It is her interest in finding the beauty in everyday heroes that provided her natural transition into filmmaking. While casting Carter Smith's short film "Bugcrush" (Sundance Short Film Winner 2006) in a rural Maine high school, Venditti discovered Billy Price whose unique and winning character inspired her feature documentary.- Director
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Sophie Barthes is known for Cold Souls (2009), Madame Bovary (2014) and Hopper Stories (2012). She is married to Andrij Parekh. They have one child.- Director
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Andrew Blubaugh is known for The Adults in the Room (2010), This Space Between Us (1999) and Scaredycat (2007).- Director
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Craig Zobel was born on 16 September 1975. He is a director and producer, known for Compliance (2012), The Hunt (2020) and Z for Zachariah (2015).- Director
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Phillip is half-Vietnamese, half-American.
He writes features. His script, To The Extreme, co-written with Chris Goodwin, was featured on the 2018 Blacklist.
He directs commercials, including, "Bright Falls," a web series made from XBOX as a prequel to the video game "Alan Wake," which won D&AD and One Show awards.
He attended NYU Graduate Film, where his thesis, "High Maintenance," garnered a Student Academy Award, a BAFTA honorable mention and dozens of awards at film festivals.- Cinematographer
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Tze Chun was born in 1980 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Children of Invention (2009), Cold Comes the Night (2013) and Gotham (2014). He has been married to Cara McKenney since 11 June 2011.- Director
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Richard Goldgewicht has written and directed an eclectic mix of films including documentary, animation and live action. From his award-winning short Blue Rondo (2000), inspired by Dave Brubeck's experimental Jazz track 'Blue Rondo a la Turk' or his comical portrayal of the Middle-Eastern conflict in Tel Aviv (2004), to his feature debut Pablo, about the famed designer and counterculture artist Pablo Ferro (Rotterdam Film Festival Premiere, 2012, featuring Angelica Huston, Andy Garcia and the voice of Jeff Bridges), or the forthcoming Gameplay, about the history and impact of videogames, Richard has tackled a variety of subjects, always with a light touch and sense of humor.
Working on several international co-productions in Brazil, UK, Mexico and US, Goldgewicht splits his time between his native Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles.- Producer
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Jeremy Goldscheider is known for Lost Town (2013), Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005) and Watch Me (1995).- Director
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Vicente has directed eight TV series, served as showrunner on three, including Netflix's "Senna", which he also directed, and directed ten features, with actors such as Wagner Moura, Viggo Mortensen, Giancarlo Giannini, Harvey Keitel, Emily Mortimer and Tsuyoshi Ihara. His work includes action, thrillers, dark comedies and character dramas. His features have been shown in the most important festivals in the world, including Toronto, San Sebastian, Rotterdam, MoMA/NY, Chicago, Miami and many more. Vicente lives in LA. He speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.- Director
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Kentucker Audley is a filmmaker and actor who received rave reviews from the New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, and Indiewire for his lead performance in Amy Seimetz's directorial debut Sun Don't Shine. He has a supporting role in David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints opposite Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, which premiered at the Sundance film festival. He starred in the Sundance hit V/H/S and Dustin Guy Defa's Bad Fever which premiered at SXSW. Audley wrote and directed the features Open Five and Open Five 2. LA Weekly says he's "maybe the most fascinating actor in current American penny-budgeted cinema." Also, he runs NoBudge, a blog that showcases true independent films. It's been called "innovative" (Filmmaker Magazine) and "indispensable" (GreenCine).- Director
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Hope completed her MFA in filmmaking at Columbia University where she made three short films that played at festivals worldwide. While in New York she was assistant to Todd Solondz on his film PALINDROMES. Hope's award-winning thesis film, THE DAWN CHORUS, was selected for Sundance, Edinburgh, London and many other festivals. Screen International made her a Star of Tomorrow and Filmmaker Magazine named her one of the '25 New Faces of Independent Film'. Since her return to the UK, she has made further acclaimed short works for Channel 4, Film London, the UK Film Council, NOWNESS and the National Theatre of Scotland. Her debut feature THE LEVELLING, produced as part the iFeatures scheme (funded by BBC Films, the BFI and CreaFve England) had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film FesFval in September 2016 before screening at festivals all over the world. At the London Film FesFval she was awarded the inaugural IWC Filmmaker Bursary Award in Association with the BFI, and in October 2017 she was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. She won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Screenwriter for The Levelling in November 2017. In 2020 she released a new short film, STRONG IS BETTER THAN ANGRY, as part of The Uncertain Kingdom project, and is currently developing several new feature films and television projects. In summer 2020 Hope created a film for the National Theatre of Scotland for the Edinburgh International Festival. GHOST LIGHT premiered to five star reviews across the board and led to a second collaboration with the NTS. Developed over the pandemic, Hope created a hybrid film-theatre production of Jekyll & Hyde - performed and recorded live in Leith Theatre and streamed to cinemas across the UK in February 2022. It is being edited into a feature film. Hope is a co-founder of Raising Films, a campaign to make the film industry more sustainable for parents and carers, and is part of the National Partnership for Culture in Scotland. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and two sons.- Producer
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Marc Menchaca was born on 10 October 1975 in San Angelo, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Ozark (2017), Homeland (2011) and She's Lost Control (2014). He has been married to Lena Headey since 8 October 2022.- Producer
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Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Ullrich received her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications with a concentration in Film from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. She freelanced in production for years before getting a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Video Writing and Directing from Columbia College Chicago. She is known for making films with female lead characters for whom neither the conflict nor its resolution is romantic.