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Charlie Plummer stars in the A24 release Lean on Pete (2017), featuring Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny & Travis Fimmel. At the end of 2017, he appeared in Ridley Scott's kidnap thriller All the Money in the World, playing John Paul Getty III alongside Christopher Plummer, Michelle Williams & Mark Wahlberg, which was filmed in Rome, Jordan as well as London.
In 2020, he starred in 2 teen movies, both well-reviewed: Spontaneous (2020) & Words on Bathroom Walls (2020). He was also the lead in the horror film The Clovehitch Killer (2018) & the series Looking for Alaska (2019). He also had major roles in the indies Gully (2019) & Share (2019).
He began his professional career in Sopranos' creator David Chase's feature film Not Fade Away. That same year, he was cast in a recurring role in Boardwalk Empire. He was also a series regular on the Netflix cold war drama Granite Flats. He played the titular character in King Jack (2015), which won the Audience Award at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. He then appeared in the 2017 indie drama thriller The Dinner.
He splits his time between NYC & upstate New York w/ his family as well as Luigi, their English bulldog.- Actress
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Barbara Rhoades was born on 23 March 1946 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Goodbye Girl (1977), Harry and Tonto (1974) and Busting Loose (1977). She has been married to Bernie Orenstein since 18 February 1979. They have one child.- Actor
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Duke Media Entertainment, led by actor, director, producer, writer and humanitarian, Bill Duke, is dedicated to bringing quality Edutainment to audiences around the globe. Formerly Yagya Productions, Duke Media has successfully produced critically acclaimed film and television content for more than 30 years. Additionally, Duke Media is in process of expanding the brand to involve itself in the development of new media technologies, i.e. cellphone apps, games, and virtual world experiences. Since the early 70s, Bill Duke along with industry veterans Michael Shultz and Gordon Parks, have long paved the way for African Americans in the industry.
Mr. Duke excels in front of and behind the camera. His acting and directing credits are extensive and include stints on such ground breaking television series as Falcon Crest, Fame, Hill Street Blues, Knotts Landing, Dallas, and New York Undercover. His feature credits include Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Get Rich or Die Trying, Deep Cover, Hoodlum, Predator, Menace II Society and Not Easily Broken, to name a few. He has recently completed production on, Blexicans, a new television pilot that takes a comedic look at a mixed race family. His documentaries, Dark Girls and Light Girls, both NAACP Image Award nominees, aired on OWN and were two of the most successful documentaries on the network.
Bill Duke's invaluable contributions to the industry have been recognized by both his peers and the entertainment community. Appointed by former President Bill Clinton to the National Endowment of Humanities, he was appointed to the Board of the California State Film Commission by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and he has been honored by the Directors Guild of America with a Lifetime Achievement Tribute.- Actress
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Giselle Eisenberg has quickly become one of film and television's most sought after young actors, impressively segueing between comedy and drama on both the big and small screens. Giselle currently stars as sassy, spunky, "tell-it-like-it-is", Sophia Hughes in CBS's hit comedy "LIFE IN PIECES".
Giselle made her feature film debut at just 5 years old as daughter to Leonardo DiCaprio & Margot Robbie in "THE WOLF OF WALL STREET" (2013) directed by Martin Scorsese. Following this impressive start, she received rave reviews for her leading role of "Hope Donnelly" opposite Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner and Bobby Cannavale in "DANNY COLLINS", written and directed by Dan Fogelman. Critics said her performance as granddaughter to Mr. Pacino "offers one of the screen's most convincing portrayals of a kid with ADHD." They continued, she's "a child actor but a miracle of one; she's got comic-timing, makes funny faces and has real chemistry with Pacino." She "steals every scene she is in" and is "the film's biggest treat".
Giselle's all-star experience continued in the critically acclaimed drama "A MOST VIOLENT YEAR" as youngest daughter to Jessica Chastain & Oscar Isaac, and in the hilarious comedy "SEX TAPE" as daughter to Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel. This holiday season, Giselle stars as "Gracie Foster" in "I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" alongside James Brolin and Mena Suvari.
Additional television credits include: Guest Starring Roles in the award-winning STARZ drama series "FLESH & BONE" (recurring) as well as NBC's "LAW & ORDER SVU" and "BELIEVE" (recurring) as the lead's younger self - Young Bo Adams. Giselle has also lent her comedic skills to several national commercials for brands such as Kraft Mac & Cheese and Cheerios.
Her first audition was for Holiday Inn and included eating a jelly donut and telling a joke. She got the part! Giselle was born in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her role on LIFE IN PIECES means splitting her time between Los Angeles and New Paltz, NY in the beautiful Hudson Valley. She loves swimming, skiing, rock-climbing, painting and enjoys playing the Cordoba guitar given to her as a gift from her "LIFE IN PIECES" & "I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" grandpa, James Brolin.
Giselle credits her introduction to acting to her older sister, Julia.- Actress
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Elisa's film career began when she played the role of Amber in the Paramount Pictures feature-film -Clueless (1995). She went on to play Amber for three seasons in the follow-up television series. She then went on to three seasons of the ABC and then WB TV-series Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), playing Morgan Cavanaugh. She's also had recurring roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Judging Amy (1995-2005) , and Jack & Jill (1999-2001). Among many film roles, she was most notably featured alongside Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan in the comedy feature-film A Night at the Roxbury (1998) . And last year co-starred in the film A Golden Christmas (2009), with Andrea Roth, Nicholas Brendon, Bruce Davison and Alley Mills. Elisa stars in the indie film A Valentine's Date (2011), a romantic comedy set to be released in February of 2011. She stars opposite Emmy winner Tom Skerritt, John Schneider and Brad Rowe. Elisa also co-stars in the Warner Bros/CW web series The Lake (2009), which reunites her with 90210 pal Jason Priestley, who directs the series. Elisa begins shooting the second season in Fall 2010. Last Christmas, Elisa starred in the ABC Family movie The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) (cable's number one program in its time slot, & was the seasons most watched cable movie in total viewers), opposite Dean Cain, Gary Valentine and Mindy Sterling. Elisa also co-stars in the sequel The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (2010), which will air Christmas, 2010. Elisa is the star of the NBC Universal Digital Studio hit web series In Gayle We Trust (2009), created by Brent Forrester. Also a writer, Elisa premiered her one-woman show, "Sweet Dreams" - which she is now developing into a book - in 2008 at The Geffen Playhouse, LA. Elisa's piece Already Perfect was published in Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul II, and she regularly works as a mentor with young women who have eating disorders. Originally from Northport, Long Island, Elisa grew up studying acting, dance and photography, as well as riding horses competitively. She graduated from The New School University in NYC, where she studied dramatic literature, acting and writing. She lives in Los Angeles.
In 2021, Elisa's first book, "Wake Me When You Leave", was published by Llewellyn Worldwide and Penguin Randomhouse Audio. The book is in development as a film which will be her directorial debut.- Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Louis Albert Denninger Jr. was the son of a garment manufacturer who relocated and set up shop in Los Angeles when Louis Jr. was 18 months old. After finishing school, Denninger enrolled at Woodbury Business College and majored in business and accounting, graduating cum laude with a master's in business administration. But Denninger, who never liked accounting, started becoming involved in little theater groups as a hobby and was encouraged to compete in a radio contest called "Do You Want to Be an Actor?", winning a screen test at Warner Brothers. Warners wasn't interested in him because he looked too much like another well-known actor under contract, but by now he had his heart set on a movie career. Denninger was soon signed by Paramount, who insisted on changing his name (to "Richard Denning") because his real name, Denninger, sounded too much like gunman John Dillinger's. He retired and moved to Maui but was asked to play the governor in TV's Hawaii Five-O (1968). He agreed to play the governor as long as he didn't have to be in every episode. It ran for 12 years, ending in 1980. Five years later, his actress-wife Evelyn Ankers died at their up-country Maui home (cancer). "I'm very grateful for a career that wasn't spectacular, but always made a good living or filled in "in-between," Denning said of his acting days. "I have wonderful memories of it, but I don't really miss it."
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Hacks are nothing new in Hollywood. Since the beginning of the film industry at the turn of the 20th century, thousands of untalented people have come to Los Angeles from all over America and abroad to try to make it big (as writers, producers, directors, actors, talent agents, singers, composers, musicians, artists, etc.) but who end up using, scamming and exploiting other people for money as well as using their creative ability (either self-taught or professional training), leading to the production of dull, bland, mediocre, unimaginative, inferior, trite work in the forlorn hope of attaining commercial success. Had Edward D. Wood, Jr. been born a decade or two earlier, it's easy to imagine him working for some Poverty Row outfit in Gower Gulch, competing with the likes of no-talent and no-taste producers and directors--such as Victor Adamson, Robert J. Horner and Dwain Esper--for the title of all-time hack. He would have fit in nicely working at Weiss Brothers-Artclass Pictures in the early 1930s in directing low budget Western-themed serials, or directing low budget film noir crime drama features at PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation) in the following decade from 1940 to 1946. Ed Wood is the probably the most well known of all the Hollywood hacks because he is imprisoned in his own time, and in the 1950s, Ed Wood simply had no competition. He was ignored throughout his spectacularly unsuccessful film making career and died a penniless alcoholic, only to be "rediscovered" when promoters in the early 1980s tagged him "The Worst Director of All Time" (mostly thanks to the Medveds' hilarious book, "Golden Turkey Awards") and he was given the singular honor of a full-length biopic by Tim Burton (Ed Wood (1994)). This post-mortem celebrity has made him infinitely more famous today than he ever was during his lifetime.
Wood was an exceedingly complex person. He was born on October 10, 1924, in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he lived most of his childhood. He joined the US Marine Corps in 1943 at the height of World War II and was, by all accounts, an exemplary marine, wounded in ferocious combat in the Pacific theater (a transgender, he claimed to have been wearing a bra and panties under his uniform while storming ashore during the bloody beachhead landing at Tarawa in November 1943). He was habitually optimistic, even in the face of the bleak realities that would later consume him. His personality bonded him with a small clique of outcasts who eked out life on the far edges of the Hollywood fringe.
After settling in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, Wood attempted to break into the film industry, initially without success, but in 1952 he landed the chance to direct a film based on the real-life Christine Jorgensen sex-change story, then a hot topic. The result, Glen or Glenda (1953), gave a fascinating insight into Wood's own personality and shed light on his transgender identity (an almost unthinkable subject for an early 1950s mainstream feature). Although devoutly heterosexual, Wood was an enthusiastic cross-dresser, with a particular fondness for angora. On the debit side, though, the film revealed the almost complete lack of talent that would mar all his subsequent films, his tendency to resort to stock footage of lightning during dramatic moments, laughable set design and a near-incomprehensible performance by Bela Lugosi as a mad doctor whose presence is never adequately explained. The film deservedly flopped miserably but Wood, always upbeat, pressed ahead.
Wood's main problem was that he saw himself as a producer-writer-director, when in fact he was spectacularly incompetent in all three capacities. Friends who knew Wood have described him as an eccentric, oddball hack who was far more interested in the work required in cobbling a film project together than in ever learning the craft of film making itself or in any type of realism. In an alternate universe, Wood might have been a competent producer if he had better industry connections and an even remotely competent director. Wood, however, likened himself to his idol, Orson Welles, and became a triple threat: bad producer, poor screenwriter and God-awful director. All of his films exhibit illogical continuity, bizarre narratives and give the distinct impression that a director's job was simply to expose the least amount of film possible due to crushing budget constraints. His magnum opus, Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957), features visible wires connected to pie-pan UFOs, actors knocking over cardboard "headstones", cars changing models and years during chase sequences, scenes exhibiting a disturbing lack of handgun safety and the ingenious use of shower curtains in airplane cockpits that have virtually no equipment are just a few of the trademarks of that Edward D. Wood Jr. production. When criticized for their innumerable flaws, Wood would cheerfully explain his interpretation of the suspension of disbelief. It's not so much that he made movies so badly without regard to realism--the amazing part is that he managed to get them made at all.
His previous film with Lugosi, Bride of the Monster (1955), was no better (unbelievably, it somehow managed to earn a small profit during its original release, undoubtedly more of a testament to how cheaply it was produced than its value as entertainment), and Wood only shot a few seconds of silent footage of Lugosi (doped and dazed, wandering around the front yard of his house) for "Plan 9" before the actor died in August 1956. What few reviews the film received were brutal. Typically undaunted, Wood soldiered on despite incoherent material and a microscopic budget, peopling it with his regular band of mostly inept actors. Given the level of dialog, budget and Wood's dismal directorial abilities, it's unlikely that better actors would have made much of a difference (lead actor Gregory Walcott made his debut in this film and went on to have a very respectable career as a character actor, but was always embarrassed by his participation in this film)--in fact, it's the film's semi-official status as arguably the Worst Film Ever Made that gives it its substantial cult following. The film, financed by a local Baptist congregation led by Wood's landlord, reaches a plateau of ineptitude that tends to leave viewers open-mouthed, wondering what is it they just saw. "Plan 9" became, whether Wood realized it or not, his singular enduring legacy. Ironically, the rights to the film were retained by the church and it is unlikely that Wood ever received a dime from it; his epic bombed upon release in 1959 and remained largely forgotten for years to come.
After this career "peak," Wood went into, relatively speaking, a decline. Always an "enthusiastic"--for lack of a better word--drinker, his alcohol addiction worsened in the 1960s due to his depression of not achieving the worldwide fame he had always sought. He began to draw away from film directing and focused most of his time on another profession: writing. Beginning in the early 1960s up until his death, Wood wrote at least 80 lurid crime and sex paperback novels in addition to hundreds of short stories and non-fiction pieces for magazines and daily newspapers. Thirty-two stories known to be written by Wood (he sometimes wrote under pseudonyms such as "Ann Gora" and "Dr. T.K. Peters") are collected in 'Blood Splatters Quickly', published by OR Books in 2014. Novels include Black Lace Drag (1963) (reissued in 1965 as Killer in Drag), Orgy of the Dead (1965), Devil Girls (1967), Death of a Transvestite (1967), The Sexecutives (1968), The Photographer (1969), Take It Out in Trade (1970), The Only House in Town (1970), Necromania (1971), The Undergraduate (1972), A Study of Fetishes and Fantasies (1973) and Fugitive Girls (1974).
In 1965, Wood wrote the quasi-memoir 'Hollywood Rat Race', which was eventually published in 1998. In it, Wood advises new writers to "just keep on writing. Even if your story gets worse, you'll get better", and also recounts tales of dubious authenticity, such as how he and Bela Lugosi entered the world of nightclub cabaret.
In the 1970s, Wood directed a number of undistinguished softcore and later hardcore adult porno films under various aliases, one of which is the name "Akdov Telmig" ("vodka gimlet" spelled backwards; it helps to imagine that you're a boozy dyslexic, as Ed Wood was). His final years were spent largely drunk in his apartment and occasionally being rolled stumbling out of a local liquor store. Three days before his death, Wood and his wife Kathy were evicted from their Hollywood apartment due to failure to pay the rent and moved into a friend's apartment shortly before his death on the afternoon of December 10, 1978, at age 54. He had a heart attack and died while drinking in bed.
Due to his recent resurgence in popularity, many of his equally interesting transgender - themed sex novels have been republished. The gravitational pull of Planet Angora remains quite strong.- Actor
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Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch- inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman Bates.
Tom gained more notoriety, however, as a director. His directorial debut was the popular 1980s Vampire film, Fright Night (1985) which, at the time, was said to have been responsible for redefining the sub-genre, influencing later films like The Lost Boys (1987) and Near Dark (1987). The film was a box office hit and garnered three Saturn Awards and one Dario Argento Award.
For his next project, Child's Play (1988), Tom again cast Chris Sarandon. The film was a Number One box-office hit in America and a worldwide success, despite controversy over its thematic content. It, like Fright Night (1985) has since gathered a cult following amongst horror fans. Tom then went onto direct two films based upon adaptations of Stephen King's novels: The Langoliers (1995) and Thinner (1996). He also took a cameo role in the Stephen King miniseries The Stand (1994).
Tom's other projects have included _The Incredible Hulk_ episode 'Another Path', Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1985), three episodes of Tales from the Crypt (1989), and the prestigious Masters of Horror (2005) anthology. He starred in A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970) with Ingrid Bergman.
In 2009 Tom took a starring role in Hatchet II (2010) alongside Kane Hodder and Tony Todd.- Actor
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Michael St. Michaels was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and was once a jet-setting hair-dresser to the world's elite who traveled to every European hot spot in the 70s. He has worked in and around Hollywood for decades. St. Michaels is best known to cinephiles for his work in the 80s cult curiosity The Video Dead. 2016's The Greasy Strangler was his first lead performance, for which he received rave reviews and was awarded Best Actor from the Knoxville Horror Film Festival.- Actor
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In his earlier years Terence (Terry) Michos enjoyed a successful Broadway, film, and television acting career that included lead roles in "Grease" both on Broadway and the national touring company, Paramount Pictures' "The Warriors", a CBS Movie of the Week, "The Great Skycopter Rescue," the Universal Pictures/CBS miniseries "The Contender", and various guest starring roles in television series such as "McClain's Law," "Simon and Simon," and "Romeo and Juliet" for Public Television.
After working as an actor Terence made his mark in the field of communications where he served as Communications Director for US Congresswoman Nan Hayworth's Washington DC and district operations.
Before his position with Congresswoman Hayworth, Terence served for sixteen years as Nnews director and news anchor for NewsCenter 6 and Cablevision News of the Hudson Valley. During that time he helped lead those news operations to a New England Cable Television Award (NECTA), nine Cable Ace nominations, the first ever Associated Press nomination for best local news in New York State, and anchored a public affairs political show that was seen throughout seven counties in Hudson Valley, much of Connecticut, the Bronx, and Brooklyn and was shown on a variety of cable outlets including C-Span and C-Span 2.
Terence and his wife Carmen live in Poughkeepsie, New York, and are the parents of four grown children.- Actor
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Michael Manasseri is a 2020 Independent Spirit Award winning producer (John Cassavetes Award) for his work on the critically acclaimed comedy, Give Me Liberty, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and had its European Premiere at the 2019 Director's Fortnight at Cannes. Give Me Liberty also won the Best International Film Award at the 2019 Macau International Film Festival.
The first film Michael produced, the romantic comedy, Dirty Love, was a 2005 Sundance Film Festival selection. Since then Michael has produced numerous independent feature films. Michael is the co-director of the 2008 horror-thriller, Babysitter Wanted. He co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the 2013 sci-fi comedy, Mosquito Man and directed and produced the 2015 Detroit based family comedy, The Pickle Recipe, which world premiered at the 2016 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Michael has co-financed, developed and produced film and television content, national commercial campaigns, music videos and documentaries for domestic and international markets through his production entity, Flux Capacitor Studios. Michael is also an academic/entrepreneurial partner with Oakland University's Cinema Studies program in Rochester, Michigan.
Prior to his experience behind the camera, Michael was a child actor who appeared on Broadway, shared the stage with entertainment legend, Yul Brynner, and starred in four television series in Hollywood in the 1990's. Michael was one of the stars of the long running TV comedy, Weird Science, which can still be found on various digital platforms the world over.- Actor
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Kevin Makely was born on 29 August 1973 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Young Rock (2021), Badland (2019) and Zeroville (2019).- Actor
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John Gatins was born on 16 April 1968 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Flight (2012), Real Steel (2011) and Norbit (2007).- Actor
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Don Haggerty was born on 3 July 1914 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Cause for Alarm! (1951), The Loved One (1965) and Denver & Rio Grande (1952). He was married to Janet Marilyn McAuliffe, Fay Devereux Keith (Lee Fayrene Zook) and Libby Bennett. He died on 19 August 1988 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA.- Actress
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Riley Weston was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for A Harvest Homecoming (2023), Good Morning Christmas! (2020) and Before I Go.- Stu 'Large' Riley was born on August 19, 1963 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA as Stewart Riley. Height: 2.06m He is an actor, known for Gotham (2014), The Blacklist (2013) and Kick-Ass (2010). His birth name is Stewart Riley. He is the best known as his role as Stu, also known as Huge Goon, in Kick-Ass (2010).
- Royana Black started acting at 11 years old in the Broadway production of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs", opposite Matthew Broderick. She continued to do off-Broadway and regional theatre, both in New York and Los Angeles.
Black co-starred opposite Robert Klein in the ABC pilot "Father's Day". By age 15, she was starring as the title character in the CBS series Raising Miranda (1988), alongside Bryan Cranston and James Naughton, and worked steadily in television and theatre on both coasts. She took four years off to earn a B.A. in Victorian Literature from Yale University. Upon graduating, she moved back to NYC and founded her first non-profit theatre company, producing three shows in less than two years. She was the Artistic Director and Chair of the Alliance Repertory Company in Los Angeles.
Black was married to actor JP Hubbell until her death in 2020. - Actress
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Emmy Laybourne is a novelist, screenwriter and former character actress. She is the internationally bestselling author of six award-winning young adult novels: the "Monument 14" trilogy, "Sweet", and "Berserker" and "Ransacker". Several of these properties are now being developed for TV/Film.
Before her life as an author, Emmy performed original comedy on Comedy Central, MTV, and VH1; and acted in the movies "Superstar," "The In-Laws" and "Nancy Drew," among others.
Emmy is the daughter of cable pioneer Gerry Laybourne and TV producer Kit Laybourne and the sister to EP Sam Laybourne. Emmy is famous with Comedy Central die-hard fans for a song she wrote and performed with Sam called, "We Can't Make Love Because We're Related."
Emmy is represented by literary agent Susanna Einstein of Einstein Literary Management and Kim Stenton at Myman Greenspan.- Actor
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Ezra Masters was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and raised in Miami, FL from a toddler. He attended high school in Miami where he was star and captain of his basketball team at Miami Killian, leading his team to the final four of the state.
Ezra attended Florida State University and Florida A & M University in North Florida where he received his A.A. He moved back to South Florida to model while continuing his education and eventually graduating from Floria International University with his B.A. in Management Information Systems and double minors in Psychology & Marketing.
Ezra admits that he never had a desire to act as a child, because of his focus on sports and martial arts, however has always had "an abnormal obsession for movies", knack for drama and passionate personality. Combine that with commitment and focus in acting and Hollywood seemingly can't get enough of him. Ezra has 3 black belts and co-owns and reps several companies including a technical design and underwear company. He works with a local boys club charity in his free time.- Additional Crew
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Rita Hsiao was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, the American-born daughter of Chinese parents. At UC San Diego, she majored in artificial intelligence, but decided t olook for a job in writing. After writing a spec script fo r"The Wonder Years, " she joined Disney. She wrote a pilot of her own called "Laurie Hill", and worked on "Ellen", before moving to "Thunder Alley" and "All American Girl". She is currently working on the Disney films "Dinosaur" and "Toy Story 2."- A veteran of stage, screen and television, Edith Fields is the recipient of the prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, seven Drama Logue Awards and a KABC Year End Radio Award for her work in Los Angeles Theatre. She began her career at age 5, singing and dancing for community functions in her home town of Poughkeepsie, New York. She acted in college productions and continued to entertain in Army Hospitals with the U.S.O. Fields received her Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (as well as a Drama Logue Award) for her work in the Theatre West Production of Like One Of The Family. Critical praise for her performance as Beth/Consuelo ranged from "dizzy and delightful" (Frontiers) to "a showstopper" (Hollywood Reporter). For her Drama Logue Award-Winning portrayal of Rose, the mother, in Nuts at the Las Palmas Theatre, the Los Angeles Times summed up the critics' opinion: "Edith Fields is splendid!" She won both the KABC Radio Award and Drama Logue Award for Avenue Of Dreams/Nothing Immediate (Company Of Angels), for which she was cited as "extraordinary" (Los Angeles Times). Additional Los Angeles stage credits include Death Of A Salesman (LATC), Beau Jet (Westwood Playhouse), Staccato (Tiffany Theatre), On Borrowed Time (La Mirada Theatre), Grown Ups (Mark Taper Forum), Street Dreams (Zephyr Theatre), Lovers And Other Strangers (Lee Strasberg Theatre), A.R. Gurney's Scenes From American Life (Skylight Theatre) and Michael Cristophers Pulitzer Prize-Winning Shadow Box (Theatre 40), among many others. In New York, Fields appeared both Off and Off-Off Broadway in The Subject Was Roses, A View From The Bridge, The Rimers Of Eldritch, Rites Of Passage, Spilt Milk, The Ward, Two Ladies Talking, Mother Love and The Poseur. Her film credits include Mr. Saturday Night (1992) with Billy Crystal, Dad (1989) with Jack Lemmon, No Way Out (1987) with Kevin Costner, Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) with Tom Selleck, John Cassavetes Big Trouble (1986), Blake Edwards Micki + Maude (1984), William Friedkin Rampage (1987) and Renée Taylor and Joe Bolognas Love Is All There Is (1996). Movies for television include HBO's Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) with Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd, Following Her Heart (1994) directed by Lee Grant, TNT's Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994) with Diane Keaton, My First Love (1988) with Bea Arthur and The Rockford Files (1974) with James Garner. She has guest starred on numerous television series including Seinfeld (1989), Murphy Brown (1988), Picket Fences (1992), Caroline in the City (1995), L.A. Law (1986), Cagney & Lacey (1981), Brooklyn Bridge (1991) and Ned and Stacey (1995), among others. Fields graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and went on to study with such legendary acting teachers as Stella Adler, Robert Lewis, Herbert Berghof and William Hickey. She is a member of the Actors Studio.
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Dara Taylor has emerged as a fresh voice in the world of scoring music to picture as evidenced by her score to Amazon Studios film The Tender Bar, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker George Clooney and her co-score to the Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar starring Kristen Wiig and Jamie Dornan. Her credits include the action crime drama Echo Boomers starring Michael Shannon, the Netflix series Bookmarks, the Netflix docu-series Trial By Media, the FX series Pride, and the Karen Allen-starred film Colewell, for which she won a 2019 Hollywood Music in Media award. She most recently worked on Sony Pictures/Screen Gems' The Invitation, Netflix's The Noel Diary, and Universal Picture's Strays
In 2015, Dara was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for her score on the short film Undetectable, and in 2016, she participated in the Women in Film's Women Composers in Media concert. In 2018, Dara was chosen as a fellow for the Sundance Institute Composers Lab and the following year she was chosen as one of the BMI Conducting for Composers Fellows. In 2021 she was chosen for both the Grammy NEXT program and the coveted Universal Composers Initiative.
Dara is a proud Governor of the Recording Academy's LA Chapter, as well as a member of the Television Academy, Society of Composers and Lyricists, Composers Diversity Collective, Alliance of Women Film Composers, and Women in Media.- Michael Genadry was born on 20 March 1978 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Ed (2000), Admission (2013) and Being Flynn (2012). He has been married to Rachel Emmer since 12 June 2010. He was previously married to Jen Cleary.
- Mike Bell was born on 18 March 1971 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for WWE Raw (1993), WWF Challenge (1986) and UPW: Rage on the River: Unleashed (2003). He died on 14 December 2008 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.
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Member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild since 1990. Serving on the MPEG Board of Directors since 1997. Serves on several Committees for the Guild membership. In 2007 started an archive for MPEG, saving vintage editing tools, collecting photographs from members and created the Legacy Collection. This is a collection of video taped interviews with members telling their story of life in the industry. All original media and Digital Files are kept at the AMPAS Archive Vaults.
Sharon is a founding member of MIC'D Alliance (Moving Image Craft Documentation Alliance). Archivists or Board Member Representatives from 11 Industry organizations came together with a common goal of preserving Oral Histories. Serving as a Co-Vice Chair for the first term of the organization. Officers spoke at the OAH convention in Long Beach 2016.
Affiliated with American Cinema Editors since 2004, Sharon is an Associate Member. She is also a frequent volunteer with MPTF.
Sharon worked as a production sound intern on her first film ("Health", Directed by Robert Altman) while still in school. She received class credit through a school program called Career Based Education. Too young to drive, her mother would pick her up at school and drive her to the set on St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.- Actor
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Michael Morano was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Italian-American parents, Loreta Marcinelli and Allie Morano Sr. He grew up in Mt. Carmel Square's Little Italy where his Italian immigrant grandparents settled when they came over from the old country. When he was a teenager, he started his career off as a musician, singing and playing drums throughout the Hudson Valley. He then studied acting in New York with legendary teachers such as Edward Morehouse at HB Studio and Roger Simon at Roger Simon Studio. After appearing in a string of plays, Michael's interest was more for the movies. So at the age of twenty, he packed up and took a Greyhound three thousand miles west.
Making his way to Hollywood, California in the 80's Michael got signed with Commercials Unlimited Talent Agency and has performed in over 20 national commercials, Burger King, Levis, Sprite, Budweiser, to mention a few. C.E.D Talent Agency, now C.E.S.D spotted Michael's talent and was eager to sign him. As his career took a bright future, it was put on hold for an honorable reason. Michael moved back to New York and singlehandedly raised his newborn son. Balancing fatherhood and traveling from Poughkeepsie to New York City for his career, he had to make a choice. At that time, Michael was on contract with the Norelco Company, once his contract was up, he put his career on pause to raise his son full time until he was the age of twenty-one.
Now in his fifties, he moved back to Hollywood, California to finish what he started. Easier said than done... life knocks pretty hard, but Michael keeps knocking back. Adding screenwriting to his diverse skills, Michael has finished many screenplays, pilots and has acted in movies such as "Her Bodyguard" a Mystery/Romance for Lifetime Network, "Insight," an action drama and "Bride+1," a romantic comedy. He also has written, directed and starred in his short film/music video "No One Ever Tells You". As vocalist/entertainer, Michael has performed his one man show "A Night of Sinatra" on many stages in the Los Angeles area, including the famous Herb Albert's Vibrato Jazz and Grill.- Nathaniel DeVeaux was born on 13 January 1948 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Butterfly Effect (2004), Get Carter (2000) and The Core (2003). He died on 19 December 2020 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
- Armstead Christian was born on 20 May 1951 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for PaRappa the Rapper (1996), PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012) and UmJammer Lammy (1999). He was married to Marci Pina-Christian. He died on 4 January 2016 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
- Actor
- Location Management
- Producer
Chris Bagnall was born on 23 November 1977 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Made for Love (2021), 50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001) and Third Watch (1999).- American model and photographer who became famous under the name Lee Miller. Her appearance in Jean Cocteau's The Blood of a Poet (1932) was her only film role. However, soon after meeting Man Ray in 1929 she became his mistress and was the subject of many of his photos. After she and May Ray broke up in 1932, she moved back to New York City, then married an Egyptian, Aziz Eloui Bey, in 1934. After separating from Bey in 1939, she started a new career in photography, becoming the official photographer for Vogue through the war years. In 1947, she divorced Bey, and married British art historian Sir Roland Penrose. Her archive is at www.leemiller.co.uk and is managed by her son Antony Penrose.
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Mela Hudson was an award winning actress from Poughkeepsie, New York known for Split Costs (2016), Hits (2014), and The Sisterhood of Night (2014). She started acting in stage productions at the age of eight when she was cast as the lead in her elementary school's play, and she continued to act on stage up until college.
Progressing to motion picture, she studied acting at Dutchess Community College where she focused her skill in multiple student films. In 2009 she was introduced to the New York Talent Club where she started to obtain professional on-set experience working in independent films, and TV commercials, as well as music videos for Deborah Harry, and Robert Plant. She began training professionally at the John Pallotta Studio of Acting, and Jordan Bayne's Permission Playground in New York City. But above all, Mela is most proud of learning from the great Dustin Hoffman, and Kevin Spacey in their Masterclasses.
Mela is also an avid producer, and screenwriter. She made her producer debut in 2013 for such films as Presence, and Resident Evil: Red Falls, which was highly recognized by CapCom and the Resident Evil franchise. She later worked with Strike to Burn Productions again in 2016 for the film, Rainbow 6, Plan B.
Hudson starred in the multi-award winning short film, Split Costs, written and directed by Jeffrey B. Palmer. The film premiered at the 2016 Bluestocking Film Festival in Portland, Maine, where it received an Audience Choice Award. Since then, the film has received 16 awards, and has 16 nominations, including Hudson's 4 wins, and 3 nominations.
In 2017, she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the short film , Eight, which centered around bringing awareness to depression, self harm, sexual and physical abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, and suicide. She also starred in the short film, Melancholia, which has similar undertones of domestic violence, depression, and suicide.
Hudson moved to Los Angeles, California in September of 2017, and began working as a production assistant for Geek and Sundry under Legendary Digital Networks, on such shows as Starter Kit, and Painters Guild, starring Will Fridel. She also worked on the music video, Freaky Friday, featuring Chris Brown and Lil' Dicky, as well as the TV shows Peoples Magazine Investigates, Laff Tracks: Laff Mobb, and Kode with Klossy, starring super-model Karlie Kloss.
To add to her talents, Hudson is a singer, dancer, model, and self-taught pianist and drummer. At the age of four, she started professionally training at the Estelle and Alfonso Performing Arts Program, and the Betty Jean Studio, where she performed on stage in various competitions of Ballet, Jazz, and Tap. At the age of 12, she started playing the piano, and began playing the drums at the age of 14.- Producer
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George NeJame is the Founder and President of NSQ, Inc., a production company based in Los Angeles. He works as a Senior Production Executive responsible for management, sales, marketing, business expansion and budgeting of TV/Film production, operations and studio facilities. Throughout his career, he has worked in all levels of show management; ranging from development to acquirement, and delivery/archive.- Judy Rubenfeld was born on 2 March 1928 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Big Top Pee-wee (1988). She died on 28 January 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Michael made his acting debut at age seven on "Sesame Street." He made his feature film debut at age ten, starring in "Children of Invention," a 2009 Sundance Film that won him Special Jury Prizes for New Talent to Watch in Acting (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) and Best Acting Ensemble (Nashville Film Festival).
He stars as Peter Nessbaum in A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013), and is the cinematographer and editor for the short film, The Empty Room (2012). - Dave Price was born on 18 October 1966 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004), Yes, Dear (2000) and The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS (2008). He has been married to Jacqueline Klinger since 7 August 2010.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editorial Department
A native of New York, Mike graduated from the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Following graduation, he took a random one-way road trip from NY to LA and has yet to leave. On his first day in LA he was hired on the spot for a game show, he then quickly moved into Interactive TV production, then Live Broadband Production, always focused on technology and entertainment. He has been a Director / Director of Photography / Producer / Writer for numerous music videos, commercials, features, reality TV, and live concerts; specializing in High Definition production. Adopting High Definition in 2001 as his new standard, Ansbach has been highly sought after as a specialist in this field.
B.S. Communications / Film & TV Production, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, May 1996.- Editor
- Sound Department
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Maureen Meenagh was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Maureen is an editor and director, known for Faux Pas (2009), Broken #9 (2011) and An Idiot Tale (2010).- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Melina Reynolds was born on 15 May 1987 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Two Years (2010).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Kevin Roundy was born on 19 September 1991 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Zombinatrix, Nightmare City and Puppet Master: Axis Termination (2017).- Script and Continuity Department
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Tina Cannizzaro DeBone was born on 8 March 1970 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. She is a production manager, known for Niagara, Niagara (1997), Comedy Central Roasts (2003) and Who Knows the Band? (2001). She has been married to Tom DeBone since 8 October 2005. They have one child.- Location Management
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kristin Dombroski was born on 25 September 1984 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Kristin is an assistant director, known for Gemini Man (2019), Iron Man 3 (2013) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).- Location Management
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Samantha Keener was born on 31 May 1992 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Samantha is known for The Do-Over (2016), The Black Phone (2021) and Dirty Grandpa (2016).- Additional Crew
Ted Cott was born on 1 January 1917 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Ted is known for Jazz Party (1958). Ted was married to Susan Oakland. Ted died on 12 June 1973 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Martin Faust was born on 16 January 1886 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Lena Rivers (1914), The Toll of Love (1914) and Jane Eyre (1914). He was married to Hazel. He died on 20 July 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Emmet Lavery was born on 8 November 1902 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), The First Legion (1951) and Army Surgeon (1942). He was married to Genevieve E. Drislane. He died on 1 January 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Kortnee Simmons, also known as Kaito, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor from New York with African, Dominican, Brazilian, Jamaican, and Native American roots. He is the nephew of Joseph Simmons, also known as Rev Run of the hip-hop group, Run DMC, and the nephew of entrepreneur, producer and author Russell Simmons. Since signing a distribution deal with Empire (Ghazi Shami, CEO/Founder), Kortnee has amassed over 15 million streams for his singles: "Secrets", "The Real", and "Don't Take It Personal". The singer has shared the stage with artists such as Betty Wright, Chris Brown, J. Holiday, Mya, August Alsina, Leikeli-47 and Baauer. He's also appeared in 'The Get Down' with Jaden Smith and Giancarlo Esposito, TeenNick Top 10 with Nick Cannon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and at the 2015 Nickelodeon HALO Awards.- Reita Lambert was born on 10 August 1891 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Reita was a writer, known for Careless Lady (1932), Hello Sister (1930) and Matinee Theatre (1955). Reita was married to Cornelius Callaghan, Arthur Finley Nevin and Edwin Carty Ranck. Reita died in March 1979 in New Hyde Park, New York USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Kevin G. Kelly was born on 19 August 1980 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Inconvenience (2008), Amateur Hour Comedy Show (2009) and Sketchers Comedy Special (2011).- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Walter Altman was born on 6 May 1952 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The X Files (1998), The Family Man (2000) and Stigmata (1999).- Fred Wolf was born on 26 May 1910 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Headpin Hints (1955), Bowling Is Fun (1952) and Championship Bowling (1958). He was married to Emily. He died on 5 August 2000 in Grosse Point Woods, Michigan, USA.