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Although she started out her college career as a pre-med student, Julianna auditioned for the prestigious BFA acting program at UCSB during her first year of school and as luck would have it, she got in. During a performance of a play in Santa Barbara, Julianna was “discovered” by director Martin Denning. He asked her to come and audition at Paramount Studios for their first ever CD Rom game of Star Trek. She booked the role and was able to get her SAG card, work side by side with the original Star Trek cast and she made enough money to send herself to school abroad in London for a summer to study Shakespeare with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since living in LA she has performed in countless plays, short films, TV shows and she’s also been the lead in a few award winning independent feature films (Aaah Zombies!, Nun, The Funeral Guest and Gunrunner Billy Kane). For her role of Emily in The Funeral Guest (available on Amazon) she won a best actress award from LA Indie Film Fest and she was nominated for a best actress award at Hoboken International Film Fest for her role of Sister Gracie Rose in Nun. Julianna has written and produced a couple of comedic short films but The Party is Julianna’s directorial debut. She owns Physical Artistry (a busy pilates studio in Santa Monica), she's a core member with Santa Monica Repertory Theatre company and she rescues cats...much to the dismay of her husband.

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Quebec born Audrey Cummings has directed, written and produced several award winning films including the the highly successful horror film Berkshire County which won her ten top prize festival awards including Best Feature Film and Best Director awards, and her sci-fi/fantasy thriller Darken which won her four awards internationally. Audrey just recently completed her third feature film She Never Died, an immortal action thriller that is just beginning its festival run. She also made 9 short films and directed an 11 episode digital series. Audrey went to Queens University and is also a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's very prestigious Director's Lab Program. Read less

Emmy-nominated, award winning filmmaker and Top 200 Director on HBO's Project Greenlight. Born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Central Florida, Gonzalez showed an interest in film at an early age. Spending most of his youth making home movies with neighborhood friends, he never had any doubt about his path to storytelling in film. After graduating high school and without a way to pay for film school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Immediately following Basic Combat Training, Gonzalez was deployed to Iraq and was thrown into combat at the forefront of the war. While stationed in Baqubah, Gonzalez endured a horrific, nighttime ambush; which unfortunately resulted in the loss of his best friend. Due to his bravery and sacrifice during the attack, Gonzalez was awarded an Army Commendation Medal with Valor. Despite his loss and hardship, he grew from his experiences and began documenting his day-to-day life with video cameras sent from home. Following his return to the states, Gonzalez enrolled in the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. While there, Gonzalez developed a unique cinematic identity that caught the eye of revered Hollywood photographer, Matthew Rolston, who shortly after began mentoring him. Consequently, the mentor-ship led Gonzalez to many new opportunities in film, TV, and music. Notable projects include,"Two Way Street" for Grammy Award Winner, Kimbra (Warner Brother Records) and Novel (a period thriller short) starring James Deen (The Canyons) which led him to a Natural Born Artist award for Filmmaker of the Year. Amidst a professional shooting schedule, Gonzalez was able to shoot 22 short films and several commercials. This called the attention of Academy Award nominee (Top Gun, The Thin Red Line), Billy Weber. Weber recognized Gonzalez's cinematic artistry and capacity for storytelling and the partnership led to a collaboration with acclaimed producer Edward R. Pressman (American Psycho, The Crow). Gonzalez graduated with a B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in August 2013 and joins other recognizable alumni such as Michael Bay, Zach Snyder, and Tarsem Singh. In 2016, Gonzalez's directorial debut ¨Railway Spine¨ a period war and crime drama examining the psychological effects of PTSD, premiered and won the prestigious Gold Eagle Award 'Best Military Film' at the San Diego International Film Festival. His first novel based on his experience forming a rock n roll band in the Iraq War was published by White Whisker Books in 2017. Read less

Lucky McKee is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for work in the horror genre, such as the 2002
cult hit May, the 2006 schoolgirl chiller The Woods and the notorious 2011 Sundance shocker The Woman.
In 2006 McKee joined Showtimeʼs groundbreaking anthology series MASTERS OF HORROR directing the one hour original film “Sick Girl”.
McKee also contributed a segment to the 2015 anthology film TALES OF HALLOWEEN. McKee has recently shifted his creative
sights to noir-thrillers with BLOOD MONEY starring John Cusack and the upcoming KINDRED SPIRITS starring Caitlin Stasey, Thora Birch and Macon Blair.
He has also co-authored 3 award-winning novels with Jack Ketchum: THE WOMAN, IʼM NOT SAM, and THE SECRET LIFE OF SOULS.

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HENRY EVANS is a British writer born and raised on a farm in southwest London. As the first person in his family to finish high school, he went on to graduate with honors from Columbia University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing and a concentration in TV writing.

Before his Columbia MFA he had acted for the National Youth Theater of Great Britain, trained as an underwater videographer in Thailand, and gained a huge amount of experience as a production assistant on films including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Guardians of the Galaxy.

He has illustrated a scene for Amazon’s The New Yorker Presents and his pilot BEYOND THE DROP won the Best Drama Teleplay award at the Columbia University Film Festival and has been shortlisted in multiple screenwriting competitions, reaching the quarter and semi-finals of the Slamdance Screenplay Competition and the Screencraft Pilot Launch Contest. His student short SHE FORGIVES has so far made it to the official selection for the Golden Door Film Festival and Screamfest.

He is currently living is L.A. and recently found representation at Writ Large.

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Justin is passionate about science fiction filmmaking. He believes sci-fi stories encourage us not only to empathize but also to be curious and wonder. Justin started directing when he was ten years old, borrowing a video camera and dressing up his basement to look like a mad scientist's laboratory. His continued interest in film led him to The University of Wisconsin where he received a BA in Cinema Studies. In 2009, his short film THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHT was featured in film festivals nationwide and in 2011 his micro-budget feature FRANCESCA premiered at the Wisconsin Film Festival. Justin has an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory, and has worked as a director's assistant on films including THE ACCOUNTANT and JANE GOT A GUN, and the television series THE AMERICANS.

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Daniel is a villainous knave who grew up in the jungles of Africa and the mountains of Nepal before attending Brown University and launching his New England-based film studio, Skyship Films. With a penchant for adventure and environmental action, he's tracked cartels along the rivers of Honduras, chased the elusive snow leopard through the mountains of Afghanistan, and rafted through the icebergs on unstable glacial lakes in the shadow of Everest. His documentary films have been featured at numerous international festival screenings including the Banff Mountain Film Festival and International Wildlife Film Festival.

When not in the field, Daniel has a love for crafting dark fantasy films with his narrative film studio, Dark Tower films. This includes everything from zombies in the French & Indian War (in the recently completed short film "Bloodyback") to pioneering the revolutionary new genre "Drunk Fantasy" in his web series, "DungeonBros." He also plies his directorial skills in other such abominable fashions as Dungeons and Dragons games and tarot readings.

Daniel is based in Manhattan, New York, and is currently pursuing his MFA at Columbia University.

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Michele is an award-winning writer director. A London Film Academy 2010 graduate, he has written and directed numerous short films, and the feature film “Fat Cat”.
His works have featured on publications such as EMPIRE Magazine and La Repubblica (Italy’s N.1 newspaper.)
His films have been selected and nominated in numerous Oscar-Qualifying and BAFTA-Qualifying festivals, including Sitges Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, BIFAN (Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival), Leeds Film Festival and many more.
He has directed content for brands such as Nike, P&G, Kiehl’s, FIAT, Campbell’s, Barilla and numerous others, including the United Nations.
Michele has recently directed the official trailer for the largest Asian film festival in Europe, the Far East Film Festival 20th.
He's currently developing his latest thriller short film Rain Catcher, starring Jo Hartley (This is England, Eddie the Eagle) and Dudley O’Shaughnessy, into a feature film.

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Tamara is a NY-based actress, writer, and first-time filmmaker from Philadelphia, PA whose artistry spans theater, poetry, short fiction, and TV/film. A 2017 graduate of The William Esper Studio, which was listed as one of “The 25 Best Drama Schools in 2015” in the Hollywood Reporter, Tamara completed her studies in acting, movement, and voice & speech. Before becoming a filmmaker, Tamara has also worked in the TV business at renowned networks such as NBCUniversal, BET, and HBO. Tamara considers herself an “activist through art,” noting her affinity for creating unique and nuanced stories for the purposes of bringing awareness to important social and cultural issues not normally explored. She seeks to be a vessel for stories that uplift and entertain. Read less

Can Türedi was born in Fethiye, Turkey. Growing on the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey, he had a contemplative childhood. He studied Business Administration at Koc University in Turkey. In his college years, he started leaning towards cinematography, editing, video production, and photography. He directed music videos, short documentaries, and web commercials. His documentaries range from Istanbul's ghettos to Venice Beach's skateparks. Right now he is finishing Columbia University's MFA directing/screenwriting program as a Screenwriter. Can completed two short films there, What Fresh Hell (2016) & Glass Cabin (2018). In his stories, Can focuses on psychoanalytical issues arising from the clash with the authority, characters who are going through an identity crisis and people who are in a deep search of freedom of the soul. Can’s characters are seekers who are lost in the dark waters of their psyche. Read less

David began his career as an intern for Martin Scorsese while studying film at NYU. Immediately after graduating he moved to Los Angeles to co-direct and edit CURE FOR PAIN, a feature-length rock doc chronicling the life and music of Morphine’s Mark Sandman. The project was repped by The Gersh Agency and distributed by Cinetic. From the film’s success, he found himself in the world of content creation. Clients include Google, Vice, Red Bull, Proctor & Gamble, and NBC-Universal. Since 2012 he’s played a major creative role in over a hundred projects in varied media. He’s worked in 9 different countries. He also finds writing a bio to be really grating stuff. Read less

John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughters, Lulu and Zelda, are a film making family under the creative marquee of Wonder Wheel Productions. They have 5 features under their belts: Rumblestrips (2012), Knuckle Jack (2013), The Shoot (2014), Halfway to Zen (2016)— all earning a hearty reception on the indie festival circuit, including Best in Show and Audience awards— and their latest The Deeper You Dig (2019). For each they've employed the same DIY ethic: between the four of them (well, now three, as Lulu is off to college), they write, direct, produce; they shoot, edit, act, and compose. The family lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York. www.wonderwheelproductions.com Read less

Danny Isaacs:
Danny graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in film theory & rhetoric, and although he understood how to tell a story, he had no clue how to make a movie. So he did what any good jewish boy would do: he became an attorney. Since law school, he reignited his flame for filmmaking and learnt his craft by shadowing industry friends on film sets. He has written & directed several award winning shorts, web series and sketch comedies. Immortal is his first venture into drama.
Jon Dabach:
After attending UCLA film school, Jon was fortunate enough to find a niche in the market creating animation and pilots for Mtv, G4tv and VH1. After a successful run of it for a couple years Jon settled down made the crazy decision to have four kids. 8 years and one vasectomy later Jon has turned back to filmmaking as an excuse to get out of the house and has found himself at home both writing and directing with actual actors instead of cartoon characters this time around.
Rob Margolies:
Rob Margolies has been an icon to ULB indie films since 2007 after graduating from Chapman University where he was mentored by William Friedkin. Rob has written, directed and produced feature films including She Wants Me, Lifelines, Roommate Wanted, Never Heard, I’d Like to Be Alone Now, Weight, Yes, and Immortal. Look out for many other films in pre-production.

Tom Colley is a filmmaker and cinematographer who grew up in Dallas Texas. He received a BFA from MICA in Baltimore Maryland where he produced the groundbreaking documentary “12 O’Clock Boys”. Tom cut his teeth in production on documentaries, television and commercial work in Baltimore and DC before moving to Los Angeles where he has made a career for himself as a union camera operator. When not operating camera or directing photography for network television shows he is developing and directing indie scripted projects.

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