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- Devale Ellis was born on 2 April 1984 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Sistas (2019), NCIS (2003) and The Blacklist (2013). He has been married to Khadeen Ellis since 4 July 2010. They have four children.
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Solvan "Slick" Naim is an Emmy-nominated and Pea Body winning Algerian-American director, writer, and rapper from Brooklyn, New York. Slick directed the pilot and all episodes of the critically acclaimed and 100% RT fresh series MO for Netflix, with A24 and Ramy Youssef producing. Slick directed, starred, produced and wrote his series, It's Bruno, which is currently streaming on Netflix and received an Emmy nomination.
Slick was selected by Sony Pictures, FOX, and NBC in their Diverse Directors TV Program and has since directed for a wide range of television series, including multiple episodes of Snowfall (FX), Changeling (Apple), The Equalizer (CBS), Power (Starz), The Blacklist (NBC), and many more.
On the feature side, his debut feature Full Circle (which he wrote, directed, starred, and wrote the music for) won the audience award at the Urbanworld Film Festival, was acquired by eOne and premiered theatrically.
At 22, he became the youngest feature film producer, with the lowest budget, registered with the New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting at the time. His short film Stanhope won Best Picture in HBO's Short Film Competition at the American Black Film Festival.
As a rapper, Slick would write treatments to his songs. He began directing his own music videos which eventually evolved into film. He is known for a rapid fire flow and melodic hooks. Naim released his album Proof of Concept, the same day as his show It's Bruno!, where songs from the album were featured in the series. His music has been featured in several series he's directed on and continues to be licensed in other tv shows and films.
Slick is currently developing a feature with Spielberg at Amblin he is set to direct.- Actor
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Rob Morgan was born on 24 February 1973 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Mudbound (2017), Don't Look Up (2021) and Bull (2019).- Actor
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Michael Simmons, also known as Mako San (May Co Sun), was born on February 4th, 1976 in Manhatten, New York. He is the son of Ray Simmons and Mercedes Benitez. His father, from San Juan Puerto Rico, was born and raised in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, and his mother is of Spaniard and Puerto Rican descent. While growing up, Mako moved because of the instability of his parents. During his high school years, Mako began studying Martial Arts and he soon received a Black Belt in the art of Tae-Kwon-Do. From Baruch university, Mako majored in Business and business management. Mako was always interested in pursuing acting but never had the courage to, so he succumbed to working in the corporate atmosphere. When 9/11 ensued, Mako became homeless living in the hard city streets of New York, not knowing where to sleep nor, where'd he'd consume his next meal. Utilizing his Martial Arts prowess, he was able to overcome homelessness and now presently runs Full Element Martial Arts, located in the Bronx New York and presently established for twenty two years helping the youth and adults of the community. Once Mako became stable, he pursued studying the art of acting being trained by Dr. Peter Miner and Dianne Miner of Terri Shcreiber Studios. Mako has a humongous passion for Star Wars and dreams of being one the major villain Sith Lords in a Star Wars Franchise.- Actor
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Paugh Shadow born in Washington, D.C. - began his career at the age of seven, in school plays. His love for acting continued in college, where, even though he earned his degrees in Marine Biology and Chemistry, he also had achievements directing his first play, "A Bedtime For Freedom", opened a cafe for actors to perform scenes (Rain Garden), and ran and worked as a Deejay at a local radio station in Madison, NJ. Shortly after graduating college he created the tv show "Sole Entertainment" where he showcased different types of entertainers. He then started traveling the world writing stories from his experiences, and doing some acting in other countries. On his return to the states after 4 years, Shadow, as he is mostly known, moved to NYC, writing blogs for plays he viewed and doing independent films such as "24 floors under NYSEA". He has since been doing tv shows, commercials, foreign films, voice over for video games and his talk show The Shadow Show in which he has interviewed artists like VNV Nation, Lisa Bouchelle, and the director of Zombie Hunters:City of the Dead.
Shadow has played some amazing roles and has shown incredible depth; from funny guy, to horror villain, to the heart breaking role in "The Guys" (Off-Broadway 2003) as one of the fire fighters talking about a work bench referring to his lost comrade.- Actress
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Dionne Lockett is known for A Single Moment, Women Do It Better (2009) and Please Pass the Judgement (2010).- Casting Department
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Al Thompson is known for A Walk to Remember (2002), The Cleveland Show (2009) and The Harder They Fall (2021).- John Nelson is known for Shapeshifter (2005), A Guy Walks Into a Bar (2011) and Entangled with You (2013).
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Stephanie Gardner is known for And If I Stay (2013), Okay, Joe (2012) and If I Had a Piano: I'd Play You the Blues (2015).- Actor
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Joe Warshaw was born on October 1st in Brooklyn NY. He is a pop artist that works out of his NYC Studio. Since the late 1990's Joe has toured the world with his art and started to write while on the road. When he started selling art to film producers he began asking questions about ideas he had for shows and movies. Joe became a staple on TV and movie sets, learning and absorbing all aspects of the industry. Joe then started to write, produce, and act in Indie films. He has multiple awards for short films at numerous film festivals. Joe has one son.