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Phil Donlon - Producer/Director/Actor
"A Series of Small Things" is Phil Donlon's second short film in two years. His debut short film, Wrestled, was honored with a Best Actor award and nominations and awards for Best Director at a number of film festivals in the 2003-2004 season. The film caught the attention of director Spike Lee, who wrote Donlon a personal letter encouraging him to keep making films. Wrestled was selected to take part in the Apple computer series Made on a Mac, hosted by Roger Ebert, profiling filmmakers who are using the Final Cut Pro software to produce new and innovative work. The film earned critical praise, resulting in interviews with Donlon on NBC and in Relevant Magazine.
His acting credits include the film Following Paula, starring Justina Machado (Six Feet Under). On television, Donlon’s appearances include Early Edition, Friends, and numerous national commercials. Born and raised in Chicago, Donlon attended The Theater Conservatory of Roosevelt University for directing and acting. At age 20, he founded and served as Artistic Director of the award-winning Gilead Theater Company, critically heralded by the Chicago Tribune for its “hard-hitting raw theatrics.” Donlon is currently packaging his first feature film, Streets of Heaven. |
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Steve Ordower - Producer/Editor
Steve Ordower is dedicated to uniting people through film, television, and music production. He is the founder of Rhythm & Light, a Chicago-based production company set up to enlighten the mind and lift the spirit. He began his career managing the Jubilee Showcase collection, making deals with Nightline , 60 Minutes , Blackside , and the Chicago Historical Society.
Over the past eight years, Ordower has been involved with projects for The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, The Arts & Entertainment Channel, as well as educational and not-for-profit organization productions.
Ordower is also producing and directing a documentary on the relationship between the Civil Rights movement and Gospel Music, utilizing his father's life, that of Sid Ordower, as a narrative device.
In addition, Ordower edited Wrestled . |
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Jim Andre - Producer/Cinematographer
Jim Andre, born and raised in Chicago, Ill., attended Columbia College along with DP Janusz Kaminski of Schindler's List and director George Tillman Jr. of Men of Honor . Upon graduation in 1990, he represented McDougal Chicago, a film services and production company. Andre then provided all necessary equipment and grip personnel to George Tillman's first feature film, Scenes for the Soul . The film's success allowed Tillman to make his next movie Soul Food .
Andre has lensed productions for many of Chicago's independent producers of music videos (including Liz Phair and The Freddy Jones Band), shorts, and features. Andre shot and produced Wrestled , and was nominated for Best Cinematography in 2003 by Chicago Community Cinema. |
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Dale Inghram
Producer Dale Inghram has produced theatre with the award-winning ensemble Troupe Texas , the TV pilot Backstage , and is currently working on Roadies, a half hour animated series, and Division and Cicero, a one hour drama, as well as two untitled film projects. Inghram lives in Los Angeles where he also works as a Voice Over Actor represented by the William Morris Agency. |
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Sun Kim - Executive Producer/story
Sun Kim has been involved with public relations, record production, and promoting North American artists into Asian markets.
He also writes socio-political commentaries for Korea Times and Korea Central and works with Korean youth and leadership in building the community. Kim wrote the story for A Series of Small Things and is the executive producer of the film. |
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Doug Perkins - Musical Score
Doug Perkins began guitar at the age of 12, and studied guitar and music composition at Boston's Berklee College of Music. He then attended Hollywood's Musician's Institute, where he graduated as Guitarist of the Year and then taught for four years. Perkins has written music that has appeared in a wide range of television and feature films, including Friends , This Boy's Life , American Dreams and Sponge Bob Square Pants . |
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Steve Goomas - Musical Score
Steven Goomas holds the degrees of an M.A. in Composition and a B.A. in Piano and Theory. He is an accomplished composer and a B.M.I. writer and publisher in which he produces and arranges music that is used for films including "This Boy's Life", popular television shows and commercials worldwide. "Friends", "Melrose Place", "Baywatch", PBS specials and "Entertainment Tonight" are just a few of the productions along with MTV specials, talk and sport shows that use his compositions. Steve has recently completed his book Keyboard Wisdom with an accompanying CD. The book is being published by Mel Bay and A Goom Tune |
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Doug Jones - Actor
DOUG JONES can currently be seen as ‘Abe Sapien’ opposite John Hurt in the Sony Pictures release Hellboy by acclaimed director Guillermo Del Toro.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1985, he found that Hollywood welcomed his unique look (he stands 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs just 145 pounds), physical abilities, and quirky acting style, bringing emotion and feeling to the characters he represents. Whether as the lead Spy Morlock in The Time Machine or his guest-starring role as The Gentleman in the Emmy-nominated "Hush" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , he gives even voiceless roles a full arc of character.
He has appeared in more than two dozen films, including Men in Black 2 , Stuck on You , Monkeybone , Adaptation , Rocky and Bullwinkle , Mystery Men , Batman Returns , and as Billy the goofy dead guy in Hocus Pocus . Most recently Doug starred in Hellboy as Abe Sapien, the fish man sidekick. On TV, he's guest-starred on Party of Five , The X-Files , In Living Color , The Outer Limits , and more recently on C.S.I. , The Guardian , and Rock Me Baby , on UPN. |
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Jen Pae - Actress
Born in Seoul, Korea, Pae did not speak english until the age of 5. She was raised in Syracuse, NY, and later moved to California at the age of 12. She graduated from Glendale High School, near Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she earned a BFA in Acting. Her father was a screenwriter and her mother was an actress in Korea. She is an only child. Prior to acting, she worked as a print model.
Pae studies martial arts, particularly Taekwondo/Hapkido, focusing primarily in weaponry. She loves all sports, especially soccer, basketball, and gymnastics. |
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Larry Wilson - Writer
Larry Wilson is an award-winning international journalist, writer, and editor with 20 years' experience in book, magazine, and Internet publishing, as well as scriptwriting, media relations, public relations, newsletters, direct mail, and marketing. Skilled in writing, editing, interviewing, managing staff and free-lance writers, and public speaking.
He's written two TV pilots, a feature film script, and a short film script. He is also on the committee for the annual City of the Angels Film Festival, which examines popular movies through a spiritual lens.
For 12 years he edited such award-winning magazines as Moody Monthly and World Vision. In 1999 he co-wrote Praying for the World's 365 Most Influential People, which was nominated for a Gold Medallion award. He is currently the managing editor of the American Bible Society's ForMinistry.com, publishing articles and reviews equipping churches to understand and engage our postmodern culture and to embrace the arts. |
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Wes Tabayoyong - Production Designer and Art Director
Wes Tabayoyong's designing can currently be seen in the new Pete Jone's film 'Outing Riley'. Wes has been Production Designing and Art Directing for film and video for over twenty years. His experience ranges from avant-garde to feature length and everything in between and his work has been shown in theaters and television all over the world. Other recent credits include "Bad Meat".
Wes’ experience with practical and digital effects allows for the use of hi-tech tools to pre-visualize and model many of the props, costumes and sets that help to bring scripted worlds to life.
The Documentary Life in a Basket, where Wes was the Assistant Director and Main Interviewer, recently took “Best Documentary” at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, Hollywood Shorts Festival, and is currently up for Oscar nomination consideration |
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