Directed and Story by Annetta Marion

Award-winning filmmaker Annetta Marion originally hails from a small Pennsylvania coal-mining town, and currently lives and works in New York City.  Her body of work includes over ten short documentary and narrative films.  

Her latest short film "Alaska" was produced in conjunction with Marion’s directing fellowship at AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Woman.  That film has just wrapped up its festival run, screening almost 30 times in 15 countries across 4 continents, gathering one award and one honorable mention.  "Alaska is a tightly-edited film that subtly, painfully, captures the sadness and desperation of loneliness.  Technically the film is very good with attractive cinematography.  It's a standout production that deserves wide distribution," says Thomas Baker, Ph.D., Chairperson of The Accolade (www.theaccolade.net). 
 

Marion has just signed a distribution deal with Mini Movie Channel for her ultra-short horror film "The Doll Collector" after the film's appearance on AMC's Monster Week and its festival run of 18 screenings in 5 countries across 3 continents.  "...Marion has proven herself to be a director of terrifying effectiveness in less than one minute flat," from a review of "The Doll Collector" on www.pretty-scary.com. 

Additionally, her short film "A Wise Decision" - about the importance of voting - won a national award for outstanding communication from the American Federation of Teachers, and was distributed across the USA by the AFL/CIO.  Of late, Marion has directed five episodes of a web series called The 47^th Floor and was a recent participant in HOOK ME UP! – NARRATIVE from DCTV New York/Shooting People.  She is in post-production on short MIDAS' SON (produced by Fluid Theater Motion) that was written up in the July 2008 issue of Movie Maker magazine and short LAKE WONDERFUL (produced by Diane DeCoste and RyderWorks).  

For her work, Marion has been nominated for the Northern Ohio Live Awards of Achievement in Film/Radio/TV and the Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. 

Casting by Pamela Fahey

She has been obsessed with picking the right actor for the right role all her life.  Fahey started out as an assistant casting director at NYC advertising agency Jordan, Case & McGrath where mentor Vivian Hale was instrumental; she eventually became the Casting Director for the agency. 

She then started Pamela Fahey Casting, a boutique company known for casting high profile advertising campaigns as well as small market spots, and expanded into animation, television, film and theater.  In addition to her casting work, Fahey is also a sketch comedy director.

Cinematography by Rod Lamborn

After earning his film degree at Brigham Young University where his student work was highly honored, Lamborn headed east to settle in New York.  Shortly thereafter he was on the road in the first of many worldwide cinematic adventures.  His first trip, as DP on the PBS documentary “Immortal Fortress” that tells the story of the freedom fighters in Chechnya, found Lamborn living among people on the Interpol list of world terrorists.

That project led to greater travel to other conflict zones for separate documentaries in Afghanistan, Liberia, and East Congo.   These experiences paved the way for numerous trips abroad. He recently spent three months in Moscow shooting the Russian feature film “Shift” that was an entire Russian production with a foreign Director of Photography. 

Back home, Lamborn’s artful sensitivity and ability to capture very real and evocative moments earned him work with AT&T, Nike, Adidas, Samsung, Merk, Norelco, Subway, Oxygen, USA, MTV, NY Times, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.  Currently, he is involved in a personally inspired project chronicling the people and lifestyle of a small fishing village in Baja, Mexico. 

Production Designed by Laurie Krupp

She has been production designing films, commercials, television, and music videos since 1997.  Krupp studied fine arts and photography at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Lacoste, France and returned to her home to earn a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. 

She has designed approximately 25 films, including both shorts and features.  Her work has been shown at numerous film festivals including Tribeca Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival, SXSW, LA Shorts, NY Shorts.  “For Our Man” that Krupp art directed in 2002, won best short at SXSW and went on to win best live action short at the Academy Awards.  “Bottomless Cup” was awarded the New Media Award for Visual Design at Columbia University Film Festival.  Her latest feature “Day Zero” opened in theatres January 2008. 

Krupp has worked as a freelance art director for U-direct productions, Cohn & Company, Creative Group, and Chelsea Pictures, serving commercial clients including Clairol, Febreze, Coca-Cola, Honda Japan, Plavix, Comcast, e-Diets, and BMW. She has exhibited her photography and mixed media sculpture in New York and west coast galleries. Krupp is also a teaching artist with Working Playground, a not-for-profit arts education organization for New York City kids.

Costumes by Mikaela Wohl

She was born and raised in rural Wisconsin, learning to sew from her mother at the age of three.  While Wohl dabbled in the occasional stuffed animal and quilt, her real passion was costume.  In high school she worked at a nearby professional theater as a stitcher, later getting a Bachelor of Arts in Film and a Bachelor of Science in Fashion Design from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Wohl moved to New York in the fall of 2003 and got an Associate Degree in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She has designed nine feature films and many commercials and shorts.  Wohl is currently working on the second season of Human Giant on MTV.

Edited by Patty Schumann

For her editing work, she has won a Silver Telly (for Paul Simon's charity Children's Health Fund Operation Assist that was a Katrina project) and Insight Award for Excellence, and Best Feature and Creative Spirit awards (balloonhatthemovie.com).  

Co-Produced by Amanda Doss

Amanda Doss has been working in independent film for over a decade. She is a founding partner of Ugly Betty Productions, Inc. which was established in order to pool talented filmmakers to produce marketable, entertaining and stimulating independent films.  

Through Ugly Betty Productions Amanda has produced the feature film, Closer Than the Boy Next Door as well as several short films, commercials and music videos. Individually, Amanda has worked as Line Producer and UPM on many features including Sarah Jacobson's 1997 Sundance entry, Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore. She has also produced dozens of nationally aired commercials and industrial films; her work includes pieces for Universal Pictures, Procter & Gamble and Mercedes-Benz to name a few.  

Aside from producing, Amanda was the founder of The Producer’s Action Network (PAN), a workshop series geared toward helping producers network, exchange ideas and develop their film projects. She has served as Marketing Coordinator for IFP/New York, has taught producing workshops at DCTV, moderated, coordinated Master Class Workshops for AIVF and taught producing at the New York Film Academy.  

Amanda recently completed the short film THIRSTY, directed by Bo Mehrad, that was aired on PBS and AtomFIlms.com.