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Born in South Korea, adopted at 3 months where he was raised in Grand Rapids Michigan. Kevin started his martial arts training at the age of 5. At the age of 12, he was first in the state of Michigan for Forms and Sparring. Second in the state of Michigan for weapons. After earning his black belt in Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate, he decided to explore other martial arts including Tai Chi, and Tae Kwon...

Courtney Glass is an English Professor who runs the Pluribus fan group on Facebook and the YouTube channel Courtney's Reviews. She also likes cats! Alex Quiros is a fan of hard science fiction, and of Vince Gilligan. She has a penchant for analysis, a BA in English Lit, and moderates another fan group on Facebook. She also loves cats, but they make her sneeze.   George Demetrides is 45 years old....

Cheri Montesanto is a three-time Emmy Award–winning makeup artist and Makeup & Hairstyling Award honoree whose career in film and television spans decades of innovation, craftsmanship, and storytelling. Entering the entertainment industry at just 17 years old, she quickly established herself as a dynamic creative force, bringing depth, texture, and emotional resonance to every character she to...

Dr. Paul Heinzelmann is a  Primary Care doctor trained in Public health who was pulled into the world of film sets when tax incentives brought film work to Massachusetts. His observations as an outsider reveal a workplace in need of reform. He produced the movie Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry, where he investigates hazardous working conditions in Hollywood, and discovers untold stor...

10/31/2025 with Haraz Divine

Matt Page is an Actor, Writer and Director best known for creating the martial arts comedy web series "Enter The Dojo" and starring as the lead character Master Ken. His videos have received over 300 million views on YouTube. He has performed the Master Ken LIVE! comedy show across the U.S.A., Canada, Scotland, England, Wales, Germany, The Netherlands and Australia. Page has also appeared in featu...

DaJuan Johnson is an actor known for his role as Detective Pierce in Bosch, Detective Noah Oakley in NCIS: Origins, and most recently he plays Principal Jeffers in the Disney+ show Electric Bloom. He coaches actors and provides them with the guidance at ThinkBiggerCoaching.com. For bookings, contact DaJuan at DaJuanJohnson.com . 

Petru Cotarcea, Violinist  Petru Cotarcea is a virtuoso violinist and the founder of Lycaeum Music, a company that connects professional music educators with students. This fully integrated online platform offers flexible home lessons, online lessons, courses, workshops, and competitions for students to build a musical community. Cotarcea also built a MusicOnWheels bus, a refurbished musical doubl...

 Kira is an accomplished creative and business professional, currently serving as the Executive Director of AFMX. She combines her background in business operations and entrepreneurship with her expertise as an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director. A New Mexico native, Kira's work includes the award-nominated short film "The Autumn Waltz", available on Amazon Prime, and she was selec...

Lindsy Campbell is an American actress and award-winning filmmaker based in Albuquerque, NM. A graduate of The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, she began her professional acting career with a co-star role on Longmire and has since appeared in The Messengers, Cents, Foreseeable, and The Short History of the Long Road starring Sabrina Carpenter. Her filmmaking journey began in 2010 and led t...

Chad Terry has been making audiences laugh, cry, and occasionally cringe since 2000, with a career that spans film, television, theater, and podcasting. He’s the creator and host of Craft Beer and Comics: A Podcast, streaming on Spotify. On stage, Chad has portrayed standout roles like Gollum in Lord of the Rings, Remnar in Escanaba in Da Moonlight, and Carl in Lonely Planet, balancing larger-than...

Minefield Film Festival. Aaron Alexander is a filmmaker and producer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the founder of Silence Fiction Films. He has directed and produced a range of projects, including the upcoming proof-of-concept short Bad River, featuring a cast of acclaimed actors. Aaron is also the Executive Director of the Mindfield Film Festival – Albuquerque, now entering its eighth yea...

Born in Laredo, Texas and raised in Mexico, Alejandro began his career in film by studying at the prestigious Vancouver Film School. In 2018, he was hand selected by director Robert Rodriguez to be a participant in his documentary series "REBEL WITHOUT A CREW". The film he produced on the show, "MONDAY", was screened at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. Alejandro’s follow-up feature film, "Millennium B...

Originally from New Mexico, Michelle Tomlinson is an award-winning Actress with a long list of IMDb credits. A recipient of the bronze Best Director & Best Web/TV Pilot Award for the Palm City Film Festival for her Directing work in "Deeply Superficial," she loves working behind and in front of the camera. Tomlinson was first inspired by a conversation with former Governor James Mountain of Sa...

Film and Television Writer and Director Megan Griffiths and Writer and Producer Eliza Flug   In this episode, host Genevieve Trainor is speaking for the second time with film and television writer and director Megan Griffiths and for the first time with writer and producer Eliza Flug. They started working together in 2018, and both have multiple, acclaimed independent films under their belts. This...

Adad Warda, Writer and Director Adad Joel Warda is an award-winning Assyrian American filmmaker based in San Francisco. He writes and directs branded content and narrative films that explore diverse perspectives and reflect his international experiences. Fluent in three languages, Adad spent 12 years living abroad in Prague and traveling the world, which inspired his compassionate approach to stor...

Jason Martinez -  A seasoned producer of independent films and TV shows, Jason shows the utmost professionalism on set, whilst at the same time ensuring that cast and crew is well cared for. He is known for Millennium Bugs, The Unexpecteds, Rebel Without a Crew: The Series and the TV show Southern Hospitality. He has worked in New Mexico and around the USA. Levi Gordon -  Levi Gordon's passion for...

About the film:  To save her family's farm in 19th Century Shanghai, a young woman disguises herself as a man and journeys to the American West, risking everything to take down a ruthless railroad tycoon and ignite a revolution.  Guest Bios: Max Gail - 2 time Emmy winner, Max Gail has over 50 years of acting experience, working on shows such as Barney Miller and General Hospital, as well as many f...

Producer, Elizabeth Marrs Liz has been acting and telling stories since being cast as a child clown for a brief stint with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baily Circus. After college she moved from the stage to the classroom, becoming a college professor teaching art history. Since leaving academia she has appeared in many theater productions in Albuquerque and non-union films and commercials in...

Born in Roswell, New Mexico; Merritt's first encounter with performing, aside from the plays and stories she performed on her own for family, was at the age of seven. A movie called 'Silent Tongue,' by Sam Shepard, came to Roswell to film in the desert surrounding her home town. As a request of her mother's first time position as the on set tutor, Merritt auditioned for Sam Shepard as a featured,...

In this episode, host Genevieve Trainor is speaking with two-time Emmy Award-winning Co-Executive Producer, Line Producer, Director, Writer and Production Executive Stew Lyons. This is Stew’s second time on the show.   With the current retraction in the industry, Genevieve is speaking to Stew about his thoughts on how producers can best pitch and position themselves to work on projects, as well as...

In this episode, host Genevieve Trainor is speaking with New Mexico Film Office Director Steve Graham about the long-awaited return of the New Mexico Film and Media Conference, which takes place on Saturday, May 31, 2025, and will focus on filmmakers, crew, businesses and industry leaders coming together to collaborate and discuss the future of film and television in New Mexico. They're also talki...

In this episode, Cinema Scope host Genevieve Trainor is speaking with Kyiv-based Babylon’13 Film Collective Producer and Cinematographer Andrii Kotliar. This is their third conversation for Cinema Scope but their first one in person — they sat down in the Babylon‘13 office in Kyiv to talk about the important role filmmakers in Ukraine have in documenting Russia’s full-scale invasion and, globally,...

Host Kira Sipler speaks with Ross Kagan Marks, American filmmaker and professor at New Mexico State University.

In this episode, host Genevieve Trainor is speaking with Kyiv-based award-winning director Alisa Kovalenko about her latest documentary feature, My Dear Théo . After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine (on February 24, 2022), Alisa left the editing room of her film We Will Not Fade Away and joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a soldier, she served on the frontline in the Kyiv an...