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- Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Aaron has traveled to and lived in many different states throughout his childhood. Aaron has had an interest in acting since 5th grade and had always been fascinated by the different types of people he observed from state to state. At 12 years old, while living in Pennsylvania, he made and starred in his first film. In it, he wanted to show the tragedy of the Holocaust, and although a bit young for the role, played a Nazi S.S. Officer. Shortly thereafter, he created a Groucho Marx show mimicking the video and album recordings of the comedian. Aaron attended college in North Carolina majoring in psychology. There he worked as a radio announcer and disc jockey of a top radio station. In North Carolina, he gained his love of the theater playing the roles of Eddie in Fool For Love and George in Of Mice and Men, amongst others. He then made his way to Florida and studied with various acting teachers while continuing to hone in on his craft through his film and stage work in Orlando. Aaron currently resides in Los Angeles, California where he continues to work in both film and stage.
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At 19 Adam got his start in feature film making early with his directorial debut Home Sick, a slasher horror film starring Bill Moseley and Tom Toweles. However it was his second effort at 24 years old with the film Pop Skull that garnered him a talent to watch. Made for a budget of around 2000 dollars he managed to capture the attention of French Distribution company The Wild Bunch. The film went on to premiere at the prestigious Rome Film Festival and the American Film Institute Film Festival. His dark and sometimes abrasive directing/editing style has been compared to directors such as David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky, and Shinya Tsukamoto.- Additional Crew
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The 'After Effects Guru' As the host of over 160 tutorials and creator of title sequences for TV's Fringe and the film Star Trek, Andrew has participated in many forms of production from visual effects artist, to directing commercials and promos. His website Video Copilot has been a progressive force in the visual effects industry with his upbeat training style and innovative plug-ins.
As a freelance artist and web designer at age 20, Andrew began to work on the Video Copilot website from his apartment in Southern California. The website started with a single product and a handful of short After Effects tutorials that were featured on the Creative Cow community. His unusual training style and off-beat humor intrigued viewers by showing them powerful techniques for visual effects that were detailed and also entertaining. Not to mention the joy of collaborating with his friend Sam Loya for destructive and punishing effects.
In 2007 Andrew released a tutorial based on the Light Streaks effects from the recent iPod commercials that sparked worldwide interest and was even featured on the front page of the popular news site Digg.com. Later that year, the now 2-man team released the popular Riot Gear DVD featuring stock footage of paint and ink elements filmed in their garage. The products success had Andrew and his brother scrambling to fill orders to locations all over the world and helped fuel the company's passion.
The sites online presence has also led to collaborations for Andrew to work with major companies and even the unique opportunity to work with Director J.J. Abrams on Film & TV Projects.
Video Copilot has since published over 40 hours of training and has over a dozen professional products and plug-ins used by creative professionals around the world. The Video Copilot team has grown to 6 full-time professionals and recently moved into a new studio space. Andrew continues to work in the film industry in addition to publishing new, exciting products and tutorials for the growing motion graphics and visual effects community.- Actress
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Kramer's career spanned wide associations in the fields of Motion Pictures, Education, Literature and Psychiatry.
Anne, nee "Pearce," Kramer was born in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of June and Perce Pearce, the Disney cartoonist.
She started her career as an actress and was featured in several films often playing multi-ethnic characters due to her striking exotic looks. Soon following, she went on to work in the theatre in New York.
When she met her husband, Stanley Kramer, they formed a working partnership on most of his early remarkable films. They had two children together, actress Casey Kramer and script editor and academic Lawrence (Larry) Kramer.
Kramer worked in motion picture production, distribution, casting, editing and marketing of the award-winning films "Cyrano de Bergerac," "High Noon," "Member of the Wedding," "The Wild One," "The Caine Mutiny," "Not as a Stranger," "The Pride and the Passion," "The Defiant Ones," "On the Beach," "Inherit the Wind" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" during her marriage to producer/director Stanley Kramer. Later, she held positions with Castle Hill Productions, working with Elaine May and Julian Schlossberg, and was involved in the development of several projects, among them "Million Dollar Baby," "Face of Fear," "Little Me," and Tolkien's "The Rock Hobbit."
During filming of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," in Palm Springs, she survived a severe fire causing third-degree burns covering her body. She then returned to a successful academic career, born in her days at the University of Southern California.
Over the course of her educational career, she acquired two PhD's in Comparative Literature and Film. She was Professor of Comparative Literature and Film at California State University Long Beach and Senior Lecturer on literature and film at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, as well as lecturer at New York University, Orange Coast College and University of California, Berkeley. Among her students were Jim Morrison of The Doors and director, George Lucas. She later became Executive Story Editor at Columbia Pictures.
Dr. Kramer authored, co-authored and contributed to several books including "Directors at Work," featuring a section on her husband, Stanley Kramer, "Comparative Metamorphoses in Ovidian Myth," "Modern Literature and the Arts," "Encyclopedia Britannica Films" and "Focus on Film and Theatre." She spoke five languages.
In the community, Dr. Kramer created the communications consultancy, Cathexis 3; chaired "The University Forum" for the University of Southern California, Los Angeles Graduate School; was Co-Director of Model United Nations in Los Angeles, under the auspices of Eleanor Roosevelt; and participated as Educational Consultant and teacher at Camarillo State Mental Hospital.
She became a psychoanalyst in the 1990's, seeing patients in private practice in Beverly Hills.- Child model and actress with Native American, Mexican and Filipino roots, 11 years old (2023). Played uncredited part in Killers of the Flower Moon and was featured in music video by Nathan Wright for Seed Phrases.
Models Native American traditional regalia and Native American street wear for local indigenous designers. Author: Kayla Kramer - Writer
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A deep fan of the espionage, war, crime and political genres, Benjamin has an eye for unexplored chapters of history and brings them to life with a subversive POV. As a writer, Benjamin has written for shows on Netflix (Rise of Empires), Amazon (Pe$os) & the History Channel (The Titans Who Built America), among others.
Benjamin's original work has been in development with 42, Lynda Obst Productions and Sustainable Imagination. Other accolades for his writing include winning the Final Draft Big Break Competition, placing QF at the Academy Nicholl Competition, making both the Hit List and the Young and Hungry List, and winning Fellowships from both New York Film Academy and Scriptapalooza.
Before Benjamin began writing full time, he assisted Shawn Levy at 21 Laps Entertainment (Stranger Things, Free Guy) and attended the USC Peter Stark Producing Program.
In 2023 Benjamin began to focus on producing and quickly boarded two projects as EP, Unicorns (dir. Sally El Hosaini) and Party o'Clock (dir. Joey LePage). He is currently focused on building out Wiser Films' slate while also seeking new representation as a writer.- Director
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Brandon is a Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures. Brandon directed City of Trees (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, national broadcast on PBS' America Reframed, Netflix); and the Webby Award-winning independent documentary series The Messy Truth. Brandon won Best Director at the 2016 Chesapeake Film Festival and Indie Capital Awards, received the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 American Conservation Film Festival and was a 2015 DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Individual Arts Fellow. Brandon has directed over 30 short documentaries commissioned by public agencies and nonprofits including AARP and US Institute of Peace. Before starting MHP, Brandon served as a teaching artist for the John F. Kennedy Center's national media education program. Brandon holds a bachelor's degree in film and cultural anthropology from Boston University.- Born in the Bronx, New York, lost natural father at age 6 and mother at age 17. Grew up and spent early years in New york, New Jersey, Michigan
- lived in 22 States and even more cities including Detroit, Amarillo,
First job at age 6 as lingerie sales "boy" on the streets of New York. Paper route at age 8, Managed first store at age 9 for Stepfather. Learned dozens of businesses from stepfather growing up as the son of a business liquidator and Auctioneer. Traveled the US in a motor home with wife and family. Got into show business through son. Did pro-bono hosting and auctioneering for children's organizations since age 25 and continued to present.
Bruce is now in the process of bringing a new show to a major Big 3 Network called "The Auctionmaster". In it's preproduction stages, it will bring both content and mass marketing to the Live TV audience as well as the Internet. Keep your eye on your TV for his new shows - Cinematographer
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C.J. co-created and executive produced 'Billy-Bob's Gags to Riches' for Discovery Channel in 2012, which went on to become the highest rated pilot in that network's history before airing 6 additional episodes. He then co-created and executive produced 'Missouri Mountain Family,' a 3-part miniseries for Animal Planet. 'Rise Up: Discovering Hope' is C.J. Levy's first feature documentary, focusing on radical breakthroughs in paralysis treatment that are redefining our understanding of the nervous system.- Actor
Calum Kramer is an English American actor based in North Carolina. Kramer is pursuing a Masters of Art in New Media from Appalachian State University to be completed in the summer of 2022. Kramer can be seen as a featured extra in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"(2021). Kramer's background is in years of theatre. Kramer looks forward to hearing from you.- Cooper Kelly Kramer is an American actor and comedian from Chappaqua, New York. He is best known for his role as "Richard" in "A Stork's Journey". Cooper has been acting since the age of 7. He began working in various commercials and then starred in his first movie. He is managed by Innovative Artists in New York City.
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Corey Haim was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Judy Haim, an Israeli-born data processor, and Bernie Haim, a clothing sales representative. He has a sister, Carol, and a half-brother, Daniel. His family is Jewish. He was raised mostly in Willowdale.
Corey appeared in 26 episodes of the early 1980s Canadian series The Edison Twins (1982). He broke into the film industry in 1984, playing a young child caught up in a family war in the movie Firstborn (1984). The following year, he starred in the TV movie A Time to Live (1985), for which he received a Young Artist Award, appeared in the comedies Secret Admirer (1985) and Murphy's Romance (1985), and had the leading role, Marty Coslaw , in the Stephen King werewolf film Silver Bullet (1985). Lucas (1986), in which he starred alongside Kerri Green and Winona Ryder, showed his acting abilities, with praise coming particularly from Roger Ebert.
In 1987, he had a breakthrough when he played one of the major roles, Sam Emerson, in Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys (1987). He later starred in the comedy films License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989), the horror movie Watchers (1988), and the science fiction action drama Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990). Many of his 1990s and 2000s roles were in direct-to-video releases, and he also had a cameo in the action film Crank: High Voltage (2009). His last two films were The Hostage Game (2010) and Decisions (2011).
He died suddenly on March 10, 2010 in Burbank, California, of pneumonia.- Director
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Daniel Elihu Kramer is a filmmaker and theatre director, as well as a writer. Kitchen Hamlet was his first feature film, and was completed through a visiting artist residency at the Wexner Center for the Arts. He received a Mellon Partnership award for screenwriting, an Elliott Norton Award for Outstanding Production for A Midsummer Night's Dream at Boston Theatre Works, and Critics Circle awards for Best Production and Best Direction for The Pillowman at the Contemporary American Theatre Company. His play Coyote Tales is published by Baker's Plays, and his commissioned adaptations of Babar, and of James Thurber's Many Moons were produced by the Phoenix Theatre. His play pride@prejudice has had multiple professional productions. He teaches at Smith College in Massachusetts. Daniel earned his MFA in Directing from Yale School of Drama.- Additional Crew
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David K. Shelton hails from a small northeast Texas town, Pittsburg. He is an up-and-coming entertainer with larger than life personality! His ability to make people laugh was clear from a young age. Growing up under the shade of the piney woods of East Texas, hes always maintained an adventurous spirit. After completing college he went on to start his professional career in sales. His Jack-of-all-Trades talents have given him exposure as a host, motivational speaker, actor and model. Credits include ABC television series "The Gates," a reality micro-series on the Starz Network "Looking for Stars" and the independent LIONSGATE film "Devil's Deal," in which he plays the lead Samuel Rueben. In 2012 Shelton appeared as himself on the Food Networks' hit reality competition series "Worst Cooks in America," where he quickly became a fan favorite and advanced all the way to the semi-finals! He has been active in the Louisiana Film Prize competition and is the lead in such short films as "The Dark Room" and "The End of The Road." In 2014 David appeared on the new age trivia game show "Let's Ask America" where he beat his fellow competitors and took home the prize money. He is becoming known for having serious acting chops but is "..centered with an outgoing, southern charmed personality." He is earning a reputation as an "All-American Texan" that is "...best at being himself!" David lives near Longview Texas with his wife Tenae and when he not hosting events he is an Advertising Executive for a media company.- Visual Effects
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Note: This is *not* the Ed Kramer who was affiliated with DragonCon. See "Edward E. Kramer" for disambiguation
Edward Alan Kramer (b. 1955) is one of a handful of pioneering CGI Artists who successfully transitioned from analog to digital computer graphics technology. He started his movie and television career using an analog video computer called Scanimate, and ultimately rose to be a Sequence Supervisor using the most advanced digital CGI tools for George Lucas' visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic. From the late 1970's until the early 1990's, Kramer worked at video post-production houses in Hollywood (Image West, Editel/LA), New York (CompuGraph Designs), and Atlanta (Crawford Post) and also spent a year at NASA in Houston doing visualization for a potential Mars mission.
His film career began working with VFX legends Jeff Kleiser and Joel Hynek on the "Lady with a Torch" logo for Columbia Pictures, and his first film credit was with Kleiser's company KWCC as Head Animator for the digital smart bomb sequence in Clear and Present Danger (1994). As a Senior Technical Director and Sequence Supervisor at Industrial Light + Magic from 1994 through 2006, Ed was best known for supervising the Scarab Beetle sequence from The Mummy (1999) and the Rock Monster sequence from Galaxy Quest (1999). He also supervised the Pyramid Destruction sequence from The Mummy Returns (2001) and shots in the Droid Factory and End Battle sequences from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Ed's CGI work appeared in six movies nominated for Visual Effects Oscars, including the 2006 winner, Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest. Other nominees were Twister (1996), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), STAR WARS Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000) and STAR WARS Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002).
Kramer moved his family to Denver in 2006, where freelance clients have included the Starz network, medical simulators to train surgeons virtually on new procedures, and graphics for an initiative of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, which won the prestigious Platinum Pixie Award. In 2010 Kramer began more than a decade of teaching computer graphics as a Professor at the Colorado Film School, the Art Institute of Colorado, and currently (2020) at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD).
Ed is producing a documentary about the early days of CGI, with the working title "WIZARDS OF HOLLYWOOD: Movie Magic Secrets from the Artists who Invented CGI." For the film he is interviewing many of the wizards behind the most memorable moments in CGI history. He also maintains a YouTube channel where he posts rare early CGI clips with explanatory voice-overs, and exclusive interview clips with many of the original computer animation artists. In 2018, Kramer was named Chair of the SIGGRAPH Pioneers group, comprised of many of the early inventors and innovators of the computer graphics industry. He can be contacted for information about WIZARDS OF HOLLYWOOD and his YouTube channel can be found online.- Elisabeth Ann Weiss grew up in Pasadena California. She is the youngest of three siblings. She went to Poly from elementary school through high school. She graduated from North Western. She then started a career in television. She worked as a producer on numerous shows including the Discovery channel and worked briefly with Disney. She then created her own small production company where she made home videos. She has three daughters with her husband and they currently reside in San Francisco. She has made the decision to become a nurse and graduated from nursing school in 2013.
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Emily has always loved A Great Story. So much so, that being part of telling A Great Story became her quest.
At 11, she began creating backyard plays with the neighborhood kids and made all the costumes. As an adult, she followed her quest through theater as a costume director, traveled through history with reenactors, through cinema in short film, and with musicians in music videos. Also delving into fashion design, she designed a few clothing lines, showing at NY Fashion Institute of Technology, Savannah College of Art and Design, Charlotte Fashion Week, and New York Fashion Week.
Emily is a pod-caster with The Modern Romantic, and a photographer, allowing her to create her own Great Stories, usually in the form of epic fantasy photos. Her background of historical costume design tends to bleed over into her modern-day artistic endeavors. It's a journey filled with stories, art, fashion, and the ceaseless pursuit of A Great Story.
Follow Emily on Instagram and Facebook under @emilykramerart- Gabriel Grasso is a Las Vegas criminal defense attorney best known for his work defending OJ Simpson during his 2008 robbery trial. In 2017, Mr. Grasso helped OJ during his parole case where Mr. Simpson was granted release from prison while still on probation. Mr. Grasso lives in Las Vegas with his wife and daughter.
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Isaac Kramer began his study of music at age 6 studying piano. But it was not until age 8 that he began playing, what is today, his primary instrument, the trombone. At age 12, he auditioned for and was accepted into the Orange County High School of the Arts.
During his studies at the School of the Arts, Isaac was fortunate enough to continue training on his primary instrument with trombonist Jeremy Swem as well as begin his apprenticeship with conductor Barry Silverman (an apprenticeship he continues to this day). This along with a supportive family, his parents Jay and Leonie Kramer as well as his brother E.J., have helped Isaac to become the competent musician he is today as he continues to develop his craft.
While at the Orange County High School of the Arts, Isaac conducted many of the schools ensembles. These ensembles included the Frederick Fennell Wind, Brass, and Low Brass Ensembles. All of this thanks to Isaacs teacher of 12 years conductor Dr. William Nicholls. Isaac also recently was invited back to guest conduct the world premiere of his piece, "The Stars" for String Orchestra, with the OCHSA Concert Orchestra. Isaac recently served as the music director of the OCHSA 2011 Summer Music Program.
In addition to conducting ensembles at the Orange County High School of the Arts, Isaac, in partnership with conductor and composer Kris Najarian, put together the Young Artists Philharmonic, where he currently presides as a resident conductor and music director. The Young Artists Philharmonic is an orchestra consisting of over 60 young talented musicians, all music students. Most recently the orchestra has performed the works of Beethoven, Sibelius, Bernstein, Handel, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kramer, as well as those of modern living composer Roger Przytulski.
Recently Isaac won the South Coast Symphony's Young Stars of the Future competition as a conductor. Isaac is the first conductor to win this award. As a result, Isaac guest conducted the orchestra.
Isaac currently attends the New England Conservatory of Music where he studies trombone performance with Norman Bolter.- Director
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James Kramer has been working as a writer, director, producer, show runner and executive in television, film, and theatre for almost 40 years. A graduate of Yale University, Mr. Kramer began his professional career in the theatre, writing and directing plays in New York City and at some of America's leading regional theatres including the Kennedy Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, and The Williamstown Theatre Festival. For five years he was the General Producer and Artistic Director of the award winning Chelsea Encore Theatre in New York City, where he staged over 70 original productions of new plays, comedies, and musical revues.
He began his television career as a writer, director and casting director of the daytime drama "Search For Tomorrow," which at the time was the longest running series on television, reaching almost 9000 episodes. In 1985 Mr. Kramer moved to Los Angeles, where he worked steadily in prime time television, serving as writer, director, and producer for series including "St. Elsewhere," "Moonlighting," "Due South," "Once & Again," "Judging Amy," and "Diagnosis Murder," for which he also wrote the pilot episode. His work has been recognized with nominations and prizes including the Emmy, Prism, Angel, Gemini, and Hollywood Reporter awards. In the late 1990's Mr. Kramer also began to work as a production and writing consultant, teaching writing for professionals, offering workshops in Los Angeles and around the USA, and serving as a private writing coach for authors of feature films and series pilots.
In 2005, Sony Pictures Television International invited Mr. Kramer to teach a workshop for writers in Moscow, in partnership with Amedia Productions. He returned to Moscow shortly afterwards as the creative consultant to supervise the adaptation of the romantic comedy telenovela "Betty La Fea" for Sony, Amedia and CTC Channel, which became extremely popular as "Ne Rodis Krasivoi." Enjoying his experience in Russia tremendously, Mr. Kramer then accepted Sony's invitation to stay in Moscow as Vice President of their Russian office. During his tenure with Sony in Moscow he supervised the business and creative aspects of dozens of local productions, as well as the adaptations of series formats from Sony's international library. Most satisfying of all was his work discovering and training talented Russian authors, directors, and producers, many of whom went on to form the core of the now booming Russian television industry.
Since leaving Sony in 2011, Kramer has expanded his international work as producer, writer, director and consultant. With clients including Warner Brothers, Fox, NBC Universal, Fremantle Media, Sony, A & E, and more, his consulting and producing work has taken him all over the world, including Vietnam ("Glee" and "Last Man Standing"), Colombia ("E.R."), Philippines ("Pretty Little Liars"), Italy ("Parenthood"), Netherlands ("Lipstick Jungle"), Russia (many including "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia," "The Mentalist," and "Bones"), Egypt ("Prison Break"), and Ukraine (many including "E.R.," "Rita's World," original crime drama "Bad Cop, Good Cop," and more). He also continues to lecture and lead workshops around the world, with a focus on creating original series, pitching, and mastering genres for writers, directors, producers and executives.- Jeff Kramer was born on January 30, 1963, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. His parents (Vern and Marian) were also born in St. Louis. He is an actor, known for Investigation Discovery (Episode 808): Lynn Messer story "American Gothic" (2017), Bad Grandmas (2017), Chasing Hope (2015), and Acorn Theory (2010), and Up in the Air (2009). Active 2010-Present.
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Jennifer Kramer is an award-winning film producer, director, and writer. She wrote, directed and produced THE SAND BOX, where it garnered Best Feature Film-Drama at Sedona International Film Festival, 2017; Grand Jury Award, Alexandria International Film Festival, 2017; Best Feature Film, Chicago's Ethnographic Film Festival, 2017; Audience Award, Houston Black Fill Festival, 2017; Best Feature nomination, Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, 2016. It has screened at 17 film festivals throughout the US and internationally including Burgas International Film Festival, San Diego International Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, and Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival where it won Audience Award and reviewed as "one of the top films not to be missed" by Star Tribune. Kramer produced the critically acclaimed independent feature film GHOST FROM THE MACHINE, which premiered at Fantasia Festival, Montreal and is distributed by Screen Media Films (Domestic), Bleiberg Entertainment (Foreign). It was one of ten films selected for the prestigious IFP NYC Narrative Lab and the option rights were sold to Universal Pictures. Her short film LOOKING PAST YOU, which she wrote, directed and produced, screened at numerous film festivals throughout the US. It is distributed by The Pentagon Channel, where it is shown on every US military base worldwide and in 34 million American households via cable. Her short films have screened at internationally renowned museums including the Walker Art Center and Weisman Art Museum. Kramer is the 2016 recipient of the Jerome Foundation grant for the development of her documentary on the world's deadliest city, Ciudad Juárez. She is currently working with Teté Films based in Mexico City. She is the recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board grant to create the first in a series of films titled FOUND WOMEN, about the wives of famous men. Kramer is a member of Film Fatales, the national organization of female film directors.- James Kramer has been working as a writer, director, producer, and executive in television, film, and theatre for almost 30 years. A graduate of Yale University, Mr. Kramer began his professional career in the theatre, writing and directing plays in New York City and at some of America's leading regional theatres including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., The Actors Theatre of Louisville, and The Williamstown Theatre Festival. For five years he was the General Producer and Artistic Director of the award winning Chelsea Encore Theatre in New York City, where he staged over 70 original productions of new plays, comedies, and musical revues.
He began his career in television as a writer and director of the daytime drama "Search For Tomorrow," which at the time was the longest running series on television, reaching almost 9000 episodes. In 1985 Mr. Kramer moved to Los Angeles, where he worked steadily in prime time television, serving as writer, director, and producer for series including "St. Elsewhere," "Moonlighting," "Due South," "Once & Again," "Judging Amy," and "Diagnosis Murder," for which he also wrote the pilot episode. His work has been recognized with nominations and prizes including the Emmy, Prism, Angel, Gemini, and Hollywood Reporter awards. In the late 1990's Mr. Kramer also began to work as a production and writing consultant, teaching writing for professionals, offering workshops in Los Angeles and around the USA, and serving as a private writing coach for authors of feature films and series pilots.
In 2005, Sony Pictures Television International invited Mr. Kramer to teach a workshop for writers in Moscow, in partnership with Amedia Productions. He returned to Moscow shortly afterwards as the creative consultant to supervise the adaptation of the romantic comedy telenovela "Betty La Fea" for Sony, Amedia and CTC Channel, which became extremely popular as "Ne Rodis Krasivoi." Enjoying his experience in Russia tremendously, Mr. Kramer then accepted Sony's invitation to stay in Moscow as Vice President of their Russian office. Mr. Kramer continues to supervise the business and creative aspects of Sony's Russian productions, as well as the adaptations of series formats from Sony's international library. Most satisfying of all is his continuing work discovering and nurturing talented Russian authors, directors, and producers, and working with them on the development of original projects for sale and production.
Kramer's contract with SONY Russia as Vice President, Russia, ended in 2011. He has since worked as a freelance creative consultant for Sony and currently works for Fremantle Media as a consultant for scripted adaptations in Russia and Ukraine. - Composer
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Josh Kramer is a composer and pianist from Ohio currently residing in Turkey. His cinematic sensibilities have been described as a mix of Thomas Newman, Max Richter, Yann Tiersen, and Alexandre Desplat. His work has been used in productions around the globe including TV/film, documentary, commercials, and dance including a series of major ballet performances entitled "Escaping the Weight of Darkness" at the National Theatre of Japan in Tokyo which premiered his music alongside Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm. New for 2018-19 is his score for the upcoming short film "The Wagon", and the soundtrack for the acclaimed indie game "The First Tree", available on major consoles now.- Director
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Karen Kramer has been a documentary filmmaker since 1978, when her groundbreaking film about a small snake handling church in Appalachia was released to widespread acclaim. Since then, she has independently produced a dozen other films about rituals, traditions, and communities around the globe, including such award-winning documentaries as The Jolo Serpent Handlers, Legacy of the Spirits, To Serve the Gods, The Last of the New York Cigar Rollers, Rice and Peas, Coney Island Mermaid, Celebration, Days of Awe, Haitian Song, Moko Jumbie, Breaking Leaves, Children of Shadows, and The Ballad of Greenwich Village. Her films have been seen worldwide in over 50 countries on six continents. Karen Kramer's films have received wide distribution both domestically and internationally. They have been televised, in whole or in part, on NBC, Fox 5, WNET, The Oprah Show, CNN, WLIW, and dozens of venues overseas. They have been screened at such prestigious showcases as the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Field Museum, and hundreds of others. More than 150 universities (including Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Stanford, Princeton, and Brown) show her films on a continual basis. She has lectured and toured extensively with her work, and has appeared on dozens of radio programs. Ms. Kramer has four times received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as awards from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York Council for the Humanities, the George Soros Foundation, UNICEF, and many others. She holds a B.F.A. in film production from New York University, and teaches in the communications department at the New School for Social Research in Greenwich Village. She has been on the board of directors of many film organizations. In addition to her film work, Karen Kramer is a free-lance writer who has written numerous articles about film and other subjects for such publications as The Village Voice, New York Newsday, The Daily News, Time Out New York, the Villager, the New York Post, Woman's Own, The Independent, and many others.- Producer
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Katharine "Kat" Kramer founded Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World to showcase motion pictures that raise awareness about important social issues. In so doing, she is following in the foot steps of her late father, the legendary producer/director Stanley Kramer, who was known for taking artistic and financial chances by making movies about controversial subjects.
Selections in Kat's screening series have included Teach Your Children Well (2010), which deals with the growing problem of bullying in schools; The Cove (2009), which exposed the slaughter of dolphins in Japan; Elephants and Man: A Litany of Tragedy (2011), about the suffering of elephants in captivity; and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983), which focused attention on women's equality, and was used as a springboard for a discussion about the widespread sexual abuse of women in the Congo. Kat most recently celebrated the 5th anniversary and 5th installment for "Kat Kramer's Films That Change The World" by presenting the U.S. premiere of Fallout (2013) hosted by Lily Tomlin. This was followed by the 6th installment screening of documentary The Decent One (The Decent One (2014)) and most recently presented the 7th installment, Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (2014) hosted by Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton.
As an actress, Kat has appeared on stage and screen. She has starred in two popular one-woman shows, The Colors of Myself and Kriss Krossing. Kat has played the classic roles and won awards as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker," Anne Frank in "The Diary Of Anne Frank," Estella in "Great Expectations," Lisa in "David and Lisa," and Saint Joan in "The Lark." She has also appeared in such films as Hollywood Dreams (2006), Going Shopping (2005), What Just Happened (2008), and Little Fockers (2010). She will also be seen in the upcoming film Katie Q, with Karen Black, Paul Sand and Zack Norman. As a singer, Kat is recording Gemstone, an album of Mick Jagger love songs, each as a duet with a different artist who has previously worked with Jagger. As a producer, she is developing a web series about the making of her album, titled My Duet with Mick.
Kat has performed special tributes twice for the legendary Lily Tomlin. Kramer served on the Dais and opened the program at the Pacific Pioneers Broadcaster's Awards in February 2012 honoring Tomlin. Kat received a standing ovation with a special musical salute to her mentor with the original parody "Dear Lily Tomlin."
She most recently sang a heartfelt rendition of "Bless The Beasts And Children" from her father's landmark film for Tomlin when she was honored with the Hope Award from the Petco Foundation. Kramer made her Avalon Hollywood debut with Le PeTiT CiRqUe for Circus Paws in front of a star-studded audience that included Lily Tomlin, Susan Sarandon, Lainie Kazan and Stewart Copeland. She has recorded the new re-imagined version of "Bless The Beasts And Children" that will be released as a single for PAWS and animal-rights organizations. Kat also performed a humorous kitsch version of the song for the PAWS/LA Fundraiser sponsored by Wells Fargo and the Petco Foundation.
Kat previously received the "Compassion Award" from the Braveheart Women and recently sold-out her first workshop with "Meet The Biz" titled "An Evening With Kat Kramer." She is set to launch "An Evening With A Trailblazer" series along with "Meet The Biz."
She performed a stand-up routine at Hard Rock Hollywood to Benefit "Comedy For Caleb" and Kat has been a presenter for LA Comedy Awards twice. She was also a celebrity judge for the LA Music Awards. Kat was most recently named Entertainer of the Year by the LA Comedy Awards. Kramer has headlined at awards shows and galas for such luminaries as Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Shirley MacLaine.
Kat, who is the Godchild/Namesake of screen icon the late Katharine Hepburn, proudly serves as the West Coast representative of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center. She was an in-studio guest on Larry King Live (1985) for a tribute to Hepburn after her death in 2003.
Kat is set to launch her new one-woman show "My Duet With Mick." In addition, she co-stars as Frances Rye and multiple characters in Seasons 3 and 4 of popular web series Child of the '70s (2012). She was recently selected for the Advisory Board of the prestigious LA Press Club. A former Miss Golden Globe, Kat resides in Los Angeles.- Additional Crew
Kate Kramer attended Louisiana State University, where she graduated with a degree in business management. While at school she interned as an event coordinator with the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute. A native of Eureka, Calif., Kramer joined the Academy as the Operations & Events intern in the spring of 2011 and then was hired full-time as Coordinator for the department. Kramer will report to Erick Long, Senior Vice President of Operations & Events, with whom she works closely in managing the logistics of the Academy of Country Music Awards, the Academy's office in Encino and several other key events during the year with a focus on planning, internships, credentials, security, red carpet, transportation and catering.- Katie grew up in Mesa, Arizona. Growing up, she was a competitive gymnast, cheerleader, and track runner. She attended College at San Diego State University where she studied Kinesiology with an emphasis in Athletic Training. She then went on to pursue her Master's degree in Kinesiology. Katie has always had a love for physical activity and extreme sports. She fell in love with skydiving, rock climbing, wake boarding, and loves a new challenge. In 2014 she decided to pursue a career in Stunting and looks forward to what the future brings.
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Keja Ho Kramer, born in 1974, California lives and works in Paris. Studied photography at The School of Visual Arts in NY, video and film at Le Fresnoy studio National des arts Contemporains in Roubaix, France. She has apprenticed and collaborated with such artists and filmmakers as Stephen Dwoskin, Kasper Toeplitz, Sarkis, Boris Lehman, Myriam Gourfink or Robert Kramer; She has been working in video since 1998 and shows in international film festivals as well as galleries and museums. Among her latest videos: I'll be your eyes you'll be mine (2006, made with Stephen Dwoskin), Mechanical Nights (2007), Molecular Black (2007, collaboration with Myriam Gourfink)- The child of professional dancers, Kim Darby began her career studying dance with her father, as well as Nico Charisse. At fourteen, she was granted special admission to Tony Barr's acting workshop at Desilu Studios on the Paramount Pictures lot. He wrote later that it was her remarkable openness, honesty, emotional readiness and focus that convinced him to bring her into his adult class. These traits have become the signature of her work in a career that has now spanned a period of more than forty years.
As a teenager, she earned her first acting roles in episodes of television shows, including Mr. Novak (1963), Dr. Kildare (1961), The Eleventh Hour (1962), Star Trek (1966) and The Fugitive (1963). Her reputation continued to grow with more work in film and television.
She was twenty-one when producer Hal B. Wallis saw her in an episode of Run for Your Life (1965) and decided to offer her the coveted role of "Mattie Ross", opposite John Wayne's "Rooster Cogburn", in True Grit (1969). The classic western earned Wayne his only Oscar and made Kim Darby a film star.
Ms. Darby went on to star in a variety of productions, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for her work in Generation (1969), and an Emmy Nomination for her role in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976). Her feature films include The Strawberry Statement (1970), The Grissom Gang (1971), Better Off Dead (1985) and Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001); television movies include The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) and Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980).
Still acting, since 1990, she has also been teaching her craft and is asked to give seminars at universities and film schools throughout the country. Her own training and lifelong experience over the last four decades has provided her with a rich perspective as well as a diverse collection of skills which she enjoys sharing with enthusiastic students. - Kyle Kramer was born in Pennsylvania, USA. He grew up in a rural town in eastern Pennsylvania and was involved in dramatic arts throughout high school. Kyle was also an avid cartoonist and when he graduated from High School in 1990, he began his college education as a Graphics Design major. But with talents and interests in many fields, Kyle made several adjustments to his studies along the way. In May 2008, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. After doing some intense soul searching, Kyle decided to leave the clinical world of medicine to return to his first love, the creative world of acting. In 2013, he relocated to Los Angeles and is pursuing a successful career as a commercial, film and television actor. He is known for appearances in Super Fun Night (2013), Parks and Recreation (2009), and Casual Encounters (2013).
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Lance is a Washington, DC-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures. Lance produced City of Trees (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, national broadcast on PBS' America Reframed, Netflix) and the Webby Award-winning independent documentary series The Messy Truth. Lance was invited to attend the Sundance Creative Producers Summit in 2018 and was selected to the 2017 Impact Partners Documentary Producers Fellowship cohort. Lance was awarded an Individual Arts Fellow by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities three times between 2014-2020, and in 2014, Lance received the prestigious DC Mayor's Arts Award, the highest honor bestowed upon working artists in the city. Lance has served two terms as Board Member of Docs in Progress, and has been an active member of the Documentary Producers Alliance since 2016, where he served as a member of the drafting committee for the new Guidelines for the Documentary Waterfall. Lance holds a bachelor's degree in history and film from Dartmouth College.- Actor
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French filmmaker Laurent Maria started his career as an actor-he appeared in several theatrical productions as well as in films such as Yves Saint Laurent (2014) for director Jalil Lespert. In 2014, he wrote, directed, and starred in his fifth short, Sunday (aka Dimanche), playing a "narcissistic pervert" who breaks up with a different lover every day of the week. Cleverly, each segment uses the same dialogue, but the tone changes slightly from day to day.
Two years later, Maria wrote and directed his 45-minutes featurette, Vinz (2016), which depicts the dynamics between a couple, Annabel (Fiamma Bennett), a photographer, and Louis (Maria) who works in commercials, and Vinz (Paolo Provenzano), the driver hired for a Barcelona excursion. Louis quickly becomes jealous of the attention Vinz gives Annabel causing friction. Annabel further stokes the sexual tension between the men by making them pose for photographs together. As emotions and desires bubble to the surface, Louis' fears may not be unfounded. Vinz reveals all as Maria's film investigates issues of truth and trust among the characters.
After two more shorts, Je suis sans Nouvelles (2016) and Anita (2018), Maria completed his full-length feature, Nina (2019). Rebecca Assor (Marie Chazaly) is an actress who meets with director Victor Nuñez (Maria) to rehearse the role of Nina in his new film. Victor's methods are critical and exacting, which initially impress Rebecca, but soon cause her concern. As Victor becomes more controlling, Rebecca becomes more defiant.- Lexi was born as Alexis Marie Kramer. Her parents are Daune and Alicia Kramer. She has an older brother, Devin, who is 12 months older - they are considered Irish twins. She has a younger sister named Ava Mae who is 2 years younger. Lexi has been training in ballet since she was 2 years old (when she lied about her age to get into an older class). At 14 years old, she trained that summer with the Joffrey Ballet alongside her young sister Ava Mae. Lexi's heritage is Irish on her father's side and English, Irish, and Welsh on her mother's side. She speaks Gaelic.
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Mason Sheehy is an upcoming actor out of the Midwestern area of the United States. He's has many talents and skills in his handbag making him a top versatile actor.
He was born in Menasha, WI, on March 7th, 1994, to Todd Sheehy and his wife Shari Sheehy (Kozak). Shari works as a supervisor for a telephone company, and Todd as an engineer for a paper mill.
Sheehy was raised in Bruce, WI, which is a small town with a population of 787 people. Here, he was raised by both of his parents as a focused and determined student,graduating fourth in his class. Through-out his early years, Mason, focused on many different activities leading to his wide range of skills. The small town aspect lead him to be knowledgeable in many country skill traits. He became skilled with firearms and bows, as he spent much of his time in the fall hunting. As well as spending his time riding dirt bikes, atv's, motorcycles, and fishing. His skill set broadens to his high schools sports, as he was a varsity wrestler, wide-receiver in football, and a pitcher in baseball. When winter rolled around, Sheehy, devoted his time as a volunteer snowboard instructor for Christie Mountain Ski Slopes, which lead into his competitive snowboarding. During the last few years of his high school career, he devoted himself into a few different metal bands as a lead guitarist and vocalist.
He attended the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, earning his BBA in Management with a certificate in leadership. He became President of the Epsilon Chi chapter of the International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta (2013-2015). His college experience lead into the start of his first his acting career. His first performance was in the University's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", produced my broad-ways producer F. Reed Brown. Following up was, Sheehy's, first feature film, "Catching Faith"(2015). Sheehy, worked with well-known celebrity, Bill Engvall, producers, Alexandra Boylan and John K.D. Graham, along with upcoming actors Garrett Westton and Lorena Segura. His role in this lead to his devotion in acting as a career. Sheehy, followed up his first feature with performing as an "Usher" in the upcoming movie, "Wilson"(2016), starring Woody Harrelson. A connection on set of "Wilson" with Minneapolis's talented Bill Cooper, lead to his performance as President Jake in Bassett Creek's Production of the, "University of Minnesota's Fraternity Video"(2015). Sheehy, then became a student of Cooper's leading to his advance training in film scenes. In 2016, he was cast in ABC Television series, "In An Instant"(2016), in the second season;[Murder in the Maternity Ward] as a Sandy City Police officer. Following up to his most current feature film,"Zer0 Tolerance"(2017) directed by Joseph Forsberg, as the character of Danny Keenan.- Director
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Matt Kramer was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 27, 1980 (on the hottest day in Dallas to date, at 113 degrees). When he was 14, he won the USA Film Festival's Kidfilm Competition for a classic-style mystery short film. The competition was hosted by casting director Rody Kent, giving Matt the opportunity to run camera for casting sessions on the PBS television series "Wishbone".
He has had extensive experience in performing arts, award-winning videography, book publishing, and church ministry. A strong Christian, he founded You Connection in 2013 after years of trying to jumpstart a professional faith-based media and theatre company that could use theatrics and creativity to present, exhort, and defend the Gospel. You Connection produces a free globally recognized streaming site called YC Web as well as immersive theatre presentations in Dallas, Texas.- Producer
Ovitz co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. He later served as President of the Walt Disney Company from 1995 to 1997. His "package deals" at CAA coupled actors, directors and screenwriters together, allowing the talent greater negotiating power with the studio, transforming the film industry.
Ovitz served as talent agent to Hollywood actors Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, John Belushi, Michael Douglas, Bill Murray, Sylvester Stallone, and many others along with directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and more. He helped negotiate Matsushita's acquisition of MCA/Universal as well as Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures. His signing of Coca Cola to CAA from McCann-Erikson changed the advertising industry by creating greater competition among non-traditional agencies.- Director
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Born in an ancient town in the southern Black Forest, Moritz Kramer is a German director and screenwriter. His journey brought him to Ireland where he shaped his early short films. Moritz delves into the quest for truthfulness in the abstract and incomprehensible, threading this theme through both fiction and documentaries. His focus consistently centres on the interconnected realms of nature, humanity, and everything in between.- Additional Crew
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Myles Kramer is a director and editor with work ranging from musical compositions to art exhibitions and documentary films. From his experience with computers at a young age, he learned the potential of technology as a creative tool. Myles specializes in documentaries that cover social and political issues. He's contributed to award-winning films including CIRCUS OF BOOKS (Primetime Emmy Nomination 2020), STOCKHOLM SYNDROME (Tribeca 2021), COPWATCH (Tribeca 2017), and other internationally acclaimed features. He aspires to merge educational and character-driven filmmaking to create documentaries that break traditional boundaries and call an audience into action.- Camera and Electrical Department
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I'm Nick Kramer, passionate about capturing life's stories through a lens and if needed implementing tools such as my Steadicam or Trinity to help tell that story. I thrive on weaving visual narratives that resonate deeply with audiences, finding inspiration in challenges and the opportunity to bring someone's visual story to life. While I have natural leadership qualities, I excel in a supportive role, collaborating seamlessly with DP's, Directors, Crew and Actors to actualize their vision. With a positive attitude and dedication to excellence, I'm always eager to contribute and craft something extraordinary on set.- Actor
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Rachel is an American/Canadian actress born in Boston Massachusetts. She grew up most of her life in Montreal Canada. She graduated with honours at the Toronto Film school in the Acting for Film, TV & Theatre program. She is best known for playing the lead character Rosie in the mini series El Toro.- Actor
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An accomplished stage and studio musician and composer, Robert Kramer has been a mainstay on the mid-west music scene for over 20 years. His vocal and composing styles have been compared to such artists as Sting, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen & others. He is skilled in keyboards, guitars, vocals and composition from many styles of music from rock and pop to blues, jazz, classical, orchestral and folk. Kramer has independently produced and released a number of solo projects, and has performed on and produced other artists releases. In 2005 he recorded duet vocals on two selections from his album "Legacy of Love" with Frank Zappa lead vocalist Napoleon Murphy Brock.
Since then, Robert Kramer has targeted his songwriting skills towards composing tracks for film and tv, having music placed in the popular CBS soap opera "The Young & The Restless", Byron Allens' Entertainment Studios productions, and other television series soundtracks including independent film and video projects.- Additional Crew
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Since 2019 Rogier Kramer is co-owner of the Amsterdam-based production company Labyrint Film (formerly known as Dutch Mountain Film). He has been recognized as emerging talent and invited for various industry meetings and training programs, such as Rotterdam Lab (IFFR) in 2018, Berlinale Talents in 2020 and the EAVE Producers Workshop 2023. Besides that he regularly gives lectures in producing at the Netherlands Film Academy. Rogier believes in maintaining long relationships with writers, directors and co-producers in which transparency and equality are paramount. Furthermore, Rogier is always looking for stories or characters in films with an LGBTQI+ background, because Labyrint Film wants to go ahead in battle for a better representation of this group in particular.- Production Designer
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Sid Kramer - has had a varied career and worked throughout the entertainment industry for over forty years acquiring experience on both sides of the camera. He has recently utilized his talents as a Production Designer and Actor for the films Bite the Dust 2023 and Royals' Revenge 2020. Other films as a Production Designer include El Coyote 2019, Carolina's Calling 2021, and From Under the Bridge 2021.
Sid enjoys writing when he is not on a set and continues to develop his craft and love for storytelling. His first released short Horror/Thriller screenplay entered film festivals and screenwriting contests worldwide and has achieved great success as an award-winning script. He works in different genres, producing various products for the film industry.
Whether performing as an actor, stuntman, live entertainer, or background extra, he has the necessary skills to fulfill the most demanding production needs. On the other hand, working behind the scenes as an art director, set dresser, scenic painter, FX production, or storyboard artist has given him an exceptional understanding of the whole motion picture production process.
Beyond this, he has worked as a graphic designer and concept model builder for Disney. He has been a computer artist for Merv Griffin Productions (TAV), colorizing the black and white 'Miracle on 34th Street' for Ted Turner to show him how these old films would look in color. His test videos helped develop the computer program used today.
As a theme park designer, I created The Wild West Adventure Park, which is now in the planning stages for Arizona. At Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, he performed live Western stunt shows portraying Wild Bill and others. Later, as the Art Director for Rawhide Western Town, he enhanced the theme park. As an attraction development and decor designer, creating a year-round decorating package changing through the holiday seasons. Plus, at times, he is a Designer for Haunted Houses and Haunted themed experiences.- Actress
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Sigrid Gurie was a very talented artist and devoted her time in San Miguel Allende to painting and drawing and to her friends who adored her. She was a fine human being and well loved and missed after her death. She had been estranged from her brother for many years, as his treatment of her had been cold and even cruel.
Although she was married three times she had no fond feelings for her ex-husbands. She credited the strain of living in Hollywood at that time and the difficulties of her failed marriages as contributing to her health problems.- Actress
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In her iconic role as Sgt Dee Dee McCall, from 1984 to 1990, she helped to make the NBC hit series "Hunter" a true international hit with a fan base around the world. Her strong portrayal became a powerful positive influence for many women and helped to change how women were seen in crime dramas for television.- Steve Kramer has toured all over the world doing stand-up comedy for two decades. He taught himself how to play the guitar and he mastered more than 100 different voices before co-starring with Frank Caliendo on the sketch comedy TV show "Hype". After teaching himself how to animate, Steve's very first cartoon was featured in the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. He has been recognized for his animating, writing and editing skills on projects he co-developed with Michael Roof and Pablo Francisco for Comedy Central, HBO and academy award-winning director, Ridley Scott. Steve's stand-up is an explosive show filled with traditional monologue, voice impersonations, comedic songs, hilarious beat-boxing, animated cartoons and improvisational audience participation.
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Thorsten Kramer was born on May 15th, 1980 in Dortmund. He studied acting for 3 years and took additional modules for director and assistant director. Based on this, he completed further training in the field of "cameraacting for professionals" at the "mfa - Mallorca film academy" (today: Munich film academy). Then he played in various roles for series such as "The Country Doctor" (ZDF), "Family Dr. Kleist "(ARD) and one of the most well-known police call 110 episodes "Death in the Ball House" (all with star cast). With his debut cinema short film "A Dream for Two" he made the leap across the pond in 2012 with a placement as a finalist at "Hollywood's international Feel Good Film Festival", whose world premiere took place in front of a sold-out house. A short time later, the independent film production Sartorius-FILM was founded with the aim of realizing both own film projects and commissioned projects. The following applies: with vision, creativity, courage and commitment to success.- Writer
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Tom Kramer is a producer, writer, and director known for 100 Humans, Mind Field, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Tom began work in television at age 20 as the filmmaker for the late night comedy series "Fridays" on ABC. He has since wrote, directed and produced shows for most every network and cable channel in genres that include: comedy, hidden camera, adventure, science, sports, and lifestyle.- Author, Playwright, and Writer of the Wry®
An essayist and humorist for the HuffPost, his pseudonym, Writer of the Wry® has received official, registered trademark status from the USPTO. As a playwright, Tom has had plays produced at such prestigious NYC venues as Playwrights Horizons, the Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC, and the Neighborhood Playhouse.
Besides writing for Pasadena Magazine, Tom has researched and written for the award-winning PBS series, Nature. Subjects included: Cats, bats and horses. To this day, he's allergic to two and still scared of one.