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Tanya Ihnen
Tanya is an actor, director and sometimes writer, but mostly all-around new-media type person. By day, Tanya is an office worker extraordinaire, by night she is a Webseries producer who knows exactly how much food to order for a shoot. Because of both of these jobs, she's well-versed in email writing and supply ordering. Born and raised in Washington State, she still loves apples and tractors.2 Articles
Sarah McLean
Sarah McLean is an actor/writer who splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. She wrote and starred in the award-winning action/comedy ReAction and created the only scripted show about softball, 3 Strikes. The animated short Dragonfly is her directorial debut. You can follow Sarah on Twitter and Instagram at @iamsarahmclean2 and find out more about her at www.thesarahmclean.com2 Articles
Annie Wood
Annie was born in Hollywood, raised in the valley. She avoided the valley girl accent by speaking backwards for the first 15 years of her life. As an actress you may remember her in her recurring role on BECKER with Ted Danson, Lara in GOOD LUCK CHUCK and as the host of her own national dating show, BZZZ! which she also co-produced. As a writer, she recently had a comedic scene in the NBC/UNIVERSAL showcase and her web-series, Karma’s a B*tch was chosen by Virgin America as BEST OF THE WEB. Her book of comedic scenes, Snapshots!, has been performed on Hollywood stages and is available on Amazon. She lives in Los Angeles with her charming, Italian husband and her equally charming, Jewish/Buddhist/Italian dog, Lucy & she tweets!2 Articles
Erika Diehl
Skilled in Makeup & Hair Styling, Erika Diehl loves working within her field of passion and possesses an intuitive ability to make everyone feel special. She is as dependable as she is enthusiastic. Her capability to bring ideas to life compliments her strong communication skills making her an ideal team player on set, whether utilized as a makeup artist, hair artist, or both.2 Articles
Beth Dewey
Alaskan-born Beth Dewey began her cinematic career working for B-movie legend Roger Corman. As a picture editor, Dewey went on to earn three primetime Emmy nominations for her work on the Oscars. Tweeked, her first feature as writer/director, won Best Actress at the Brussels Independent Film Festival and was nominated for a Prism award. Dewey recently premiered Erasing Eden, her third feature, which was met with favorable reviews. Currently at work on an upcoming female action movie with creative partner Justo Diaz, Dewey strives to create complex female characters and tell original stories that reflect the modern female experience.1 Articles
Gia Mora
Gia Mora is a multifaceted performer and writer. She brings her unique blend of brains and beauty to her work on screen and stage and now as the newest artist signed to Modern Songbook Records. She has appeared in True Detective, Impress Me, and Castle, among others, and she has an extensive theatre resume with credits including Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre Company. Her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Einstein’s Girl, has played to sold out houses on both coasts and continues to tour the country. Modern Songbook Records released her newest album Gia Mora Sings Charlie Barnett in 2015. When she’s not working, Miz Mora is a “wannabe theoretical physicist,” promoting the nexus of art and science with the Scirens. She loves debating politics, chatting green living, and snuggling her two adopted kitties.1 Articles
Brooke Hansohn
Born and raised in Orange County, California, Brooke moved to Los Angeles six years ago to pursue a career in the Entertainment Industry. She has worked on numerous indie and big-budget projects such as NBC’s “The Voice,” Hallmark Channel’s talk show “MARIE,” Comedy Central’s “Workaholics;” traveled the world producing two travel shows for Associated Television that currently air on CW/KTLA 5, and produced a documentary for the U.S. Military’s Yellow Ribbon Project. She has collaborated with the likes of Danny Glover, Quentin Tarantino, Hulk Hogan, and the Power Rangers. Additionally, Brooke teaches Production Management courses at The Los Angeles Film School where she instills film etiquette in the next generation of filmmakers. A firm believer in the “pay-it-forward” mindset, Brooke supports organizations such as her Alma Mater: California State University, Fullerton (go Titans!), Film Independent, LACMA, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya, and the Wildlife Research Institute in Minnesota.1 Articles
Nami Scott
Hailing from NYC and living in LA, Nami M. Scott is the Social Media lead at Noise in NYC and has worked on brand voice building and social media strategy execution for Vitaminwater and Trident. She is currently the voice & face of TRESemmé social media. A self-proclaimed “Life Enthusiast,” she is also a blogger branching out into vlogging. She specializes in beauty, fashion, and lifestyle and hopes to soon expand into videogames as well. Formerly a graphic designer, hairstylist, clothings stylist, and photographer, she considers herself “creative,” but also adores a good spreadsheet. She is currently on the road to a voiceover career and tap dances (though, by no means, considers herself even remotely good), games, writes, acts, models and paints in her free time. Any Internet fame she gains, she credits soley to her dog because she’s a crazy dog lady who thinks her dog is the cutest.1 Articles
Maayan Schneider
Maayan is a producing actress on stage and screen, who is currently Associate Producing the comedic short “The Kids Menu” with Amelie McKendry, Johanna Tolentino, Michelle F. Hartley, Karen Meurer Bacellar, Helene Galek, Massiel Hernandez, Alicia Priya, Emily Fortunato, Teresa Hui and Nyle Lynn. “The Kids Menu”: http://igg.me/at/TheKidsMenu1 Articles