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Alain attended Ecole Emile Cohl in Lyon, where he studied animation and design. Alain  has written several novels and has worked for Folimage Animation Studio since 1988. Alain's projects include: The Egotist , followed by the TV series Minuscules Tragedies and films Bitter Sweet , The Corridor , and Wrong Place, Wrong Time .  Alain  also worked as animator on Jacques-Remy Girerd's animated film R...

After graduating from HFF Potsdam Film School in production design, Erwin’s first feature film as production designer was Absurdistan , which earned him the German Film Award  for Best Production Design.    Erwin also worked as an art director on the acclaimed films The Reader and The Last Station .  Erwin  worked as production designer on the visually striking 3D short film, Bloodrop , and the fe...

Guy was born in Jaffa and has directed, edited, and shot films since the age of 16.  As a cameraman, Guy shot several films for France 3 Television . Guy also directed many short documentaries such as In Working Progress , Women Defying Barriers , Keywords presented in film festivals and venues worldwide. In 2010, Guy's first feature film Interrupted Streams premiered in the Jerusalem Internationa...

Ofer has shot both feature films and documentaries with some of the best-appreciated directors in Israel, such as Joseph Cedar ( Time of Favor , Campfire , and Beaufort ), Asi Dayan , and Amos Gitai .  Beaufort  was nominated for an Oscar and Ofer won the Ophir Award (the Israeli Academy Award ) for his work on both  Time of Favor  and  Beaufort . Ofer  has taken part in many foreign productions s...

Monika edited the film Suzie Washington in 1998, and has since edited featured films for  Michael Glawogger , including the narrative features Contact High and documentary Workingman's Death . Monika  is well known for her work on films like The Piano Player , Time of the Wolf , and the English shot-by-shot remake of Funny Games , and more recently on the Oscar nominated, The White Ribbon , all of...

Nick has spent the best part of the last three decades living everywhere except his Scottish birthplace; from Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Brazil to LA (where he gained an MFA in Cinematography from the AFI ).  Nick’s camera work was featured in  Academy Award  Nominated Lucy Walker’s  film Countdown To Zero which premiered at Sundance and played at Cannes and more recently on a film project on Mongol...

Aleksandar has designed for many award winning plays in theatre over the years in addition to many projects in interior design and architecture, along with gallery exhibition and work on designing events. Aleksandar's film production design credits include: We Are Not Angels , Byzantium Blue , as Set Decorator on Underground , The Wounds , the documentary Super 8 Stories , Boomerang ,  Deathwatch...

Marie has served as the film curator presenting weekly film series, has hosted many notable directors and artists as well, and has programmed experimental films for many years. Marie has made a number of film portraits on avant-garde directors, musicians and composers such as George and Mike Kuchar , Guy Maddin , Richard Foreman , Tony Conrad and  Genesis P-Orridge . Whimsical, poetic, dreamlike a...

Ronald has worked on several TV series and documentaries in Quebec and a variety of feature films based out of Quebec. Ronald's feature film work as a cinematographer includes: The Far Side of the Moon , Master Key , Funkytown , and the Oscar nominated Monsieur Lazhar . Monsieur Lazhar is about an Algerian immigrant who is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While th...

Seher Latif, C.S.A.  is a member of the Casting Society of America .   Seher’s feature films casting director projects both in India and abroad include the films and series: Outsourced , the TV Series  Bollywood Hero , and Eat Pray Love , which include background and featured actors. More recently, she was the Indian Casting director for John Madden’s  film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , casting...

Living comfortably at the margins of documentary and narrative cinema, Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky of Pigeon Projects forgo conventional storytelling methods in order to accommodate stark imagery, elusive characters and a deadpan realism. Their recent documentary, The Patron Saints , is a disquieting and hyperrealistic glimpse into life at a nursing home.   Their first narrative feature,...

Growing up as one of four children, Bradley spent his school days immersed in athletics and art.  Photography presented itself as the perfect medium through which to express  Bradley's  creative energy.  Graduating from Brooks Institute of Photography , Bradley's hands-on approach to camera and lighting laid the groundwork for his generous work ethic, admitting, he never wanted to have to ask some...

Gorman is the author of the novels: The Second Greatest Story Ever Told , Unwound , Ninth Square , Good Neighbors , and Balls .  Gorman directed/wrote the indie feature You Are Alone , as well as The Kiss , and the horror comedy Psychos In Love .  Gorman also directed the award-winning short films Objects In The Mirror Are Further Than They Appear  and The Pretty Girl .  Gorman made the feature co...

Alain has edited commercials for national and international clients Canon , Virgin Airlines , and Naturino and on television Series like Matrioshki and Code 37 . Alain has worked many music videos for diverse musical groups such as: Hooverphonic , Soul Wax , Baloji with Konono No. 1 . Alain  has edited many award winning short films including the Oscar nominated: Gridlock , Tanghi Argentini , and...

Judy  is a UK set decorator with over 25 years in the film and television industry with experience working in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, CZ. Republic, Romania, Ireland, Borneo, Morocco, Iceland, Finland, and Sweden. Judy  has worked on a variety of films over the years including:  Shine ,  The Red Violin ,  Hannibal Rising ,  Bright Young Things , the original  Death At A Funeral , a...

Kara's credits as Production Designer include: Everything Must Go , Dear John for Lasse Hallström , Polish Wedding , Guy (written by documentarian Kirby Dick ), and Cold Around The Heart .   As set decorator, Kara contributed to the diverse looks of such films as French Kiss ,  Strange Days , When a Man Loves a Woman , In the Line of Fire , The Mambo Kings , and more recently Race to Witch Mountai...

A graduate of film and history from the University of Michigan , Annie went on to study at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where she got her start designing classmates' projects. Annie’s collaboration with director Jonathan Levine , The Wackness , won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival .  Annie designed her first studio film, Cyrus , directed by the Duplass brothers and s...

Rob was an interviewer and videographer for Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation while earning an MA in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research .  Rob’s short film Preacher With An Unknown God won a Sundance Jury Award.  Rob  directed the Morgan Spurlock  produced theatrical feature What Would Jesus Buy , about saving Christmas from the Shopocalypse.  R...

Bob’s set decoration work has ranged from many horror/thriller, science fiction, and action films like:  The Postman Always Rings Twice , Robocop  and Total Recall , the Die Hard series, Angels & Demons , and The Expendables . Bob  is also known for his work on period pieces like:  Days of Heaven , Melvin and Howard ,  Newsies , Rambling Rose , Master and Commander , and more recently The Artist ....

Mike started out directing music videos for such bands as Pretty Girls Make Graves , The Blood Brothers , and The Cave Singers .  Mike   made his first feature film, Analog Days about young adults in the small town of Newhall, CA, 30 miles north of Los Angeles, and the documentary, Kid Icarus , about a young man, Leigh Harkrider , that lives in a trailer park on the outskirts of Los Angeles, where...

Evan moved to California in his early 20s with a group of close friends to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Evan worked for Internet start-up STIM TV where he conceptualized and starred in the edgy sitcom Boss Of The Glory . Evan has directed many music videos and worked as a cinematographer on feature-length horror film Placebo and the shorts Before Breakfast and Savanna . Bellflower , a...

Daniel is a Screenwriter, Director, and Actor from Canada.  He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and was educated in Halifax and Toronto.   Daniel started the theatre company da da kamera in Toronto for whom he has written, directed, and acted. Daniel is now one of Canada's best known playwrights. Daniel has written, co-written, acted, and directed several independent films, which are usually made i...

Joined by Paul Elsnau , co-producer and editor of Spoiler Alert Radio , we discussed the 2012 Academy Award short film nominees for live-action and animation . The Oscar nominated shorts play in theaters around the US and around the world throughout months prior and after the Academy Award ceremony courtesy of Shorts International .  There were many great shorts selected from around the world and...

Arnau has had several years or experience editing and collaborating on musically based films, commercials, music videos, and documentaries including: the documentary, A.Visualist and the animated Oscar nominated music laden feature film, Chico & Rita , He has working for several years on projects in collaboration with Javier Mariscal . A.Visualist is a documentary about behind the scenes look at t...

Max's director of photography credits include: Boss'n Up (with Snoop Dogg ), and Fist of the Warrior . Max's more recent work includes: the Chinese update of What Women Want , starring Gong Li and Andy Lau , and the upcoming, The Girl From The Naked Eye , a noirish detective story about Sandy, a call girl at The Naked Eye, who ends up dead and her friend and only ally in the world, Jake, goes on a...