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About Robin Bain
Writer, director and producer, ROBIN BAIN holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater from the University of Southern California. Bain began her career behind the camera in commercial production working as a freelance production coordinator for multi-million dollar TV commercials. Bain went on to direct and produce music videos, most notably for members of the winners of NBC’s “AMERICA’S NEXT BAND,” SON’S OF SYLVIA and for the lead singer of heavy metal band, IN THIS MOMENT. Robin Bain has written, directed and produced five short films that have screened at film festivals worldwide. Her short film, PAPER DOLL received nominations for BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTRESS and a win for BEST SHORT at the SMMASH FILM FESTIVAL. In 2013, Bain was credited as a writer on the feature film, POP STAR, which premiered on the LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK. Bain wrote, directed and produced her first feature film NOWHERELAND in 2015.
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About Bodine Boling
Bodine Boling is a Brooklyn-based writer, filmmaker and voiceover artist. She wrote, produced, starred in and edited the casual science fiction feature MOVEMENT AND LOCATION. Festival highlights include Brooklyn Film Festival (Audience Award, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score), Indie Memphis Film Festival (Excellence in Filmmaking Award and Best Poster), Rome International Film Festival (Audience Award and Best Narrative Feature), and Alhambra Theatre Film Festival (Best Actress). She’s voiced hundreds of advertisements for Pandora radio and four novel audiobooks. Favorite projects as a video editor include work for the social service agency Urban Pathways, the documentary feature SONATA 1957 and the music video for Vampire Weekend’s Mansard Roof.
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About Aleisha Gore
Writer, Director, and Producer, Aleisha Gore has done over fifty shorts on YouTube (including, music videos, PSAs, sketch comedies and short films). She has written two novels that are self-published on Amazon, over 300 pages of poetry and lyrics, short stories, four full-length feature films, and a TV pilot. Currently, she’s writing her third novel (a romance), a web series pilot (an Italian comedy) and three more feature length scripts (a superhero comedy, a rom-com, and a muppet movie, she hopes to sell to Disney). She loves people and different cultures and has traveled all over Europe and South India. She speaks four languages and wants to be fluent in at least seven. Aleisha has a teenage daughter and is happily married to a Welsh musician she met on YouTube. She's producing her first feature film Chocolate is Not Better than Sex.
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About Burgandi Phoenix
Actress Burgandi Phoenix, is currently working in several independent feature films, slated to begin production in the summer of 2016. She has produced 2 short films for the 48 Hour Film Festival and is working towards producing her first feature film in 2016/2017. Burgandi is often described by those she has worked with, in class and on set, as a positive, bright light, with endless energy. She is working very hard, towards being on Prime Time Television, as well as, in her fist major motion picture. She aspires to work with, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Meryl Streep, William H. Macy, Lena Dunham, Gina Rodriguez, Seth McFarlane, Patricia Arquette, Angelia Jolie, Zooey Deschanel, and Jeffery Tambour.... just to name a few. She has had extensive training including UCB, Lesly Kahn, Stella Adler, The Laura Henry Studio and is currently enrolled in an ongoing class at the Stuart Rogers Studio. Burgandi's danced as a company member with the Tucson School of Ballet and Ballet Rincon for several years and eventually went onto train in belly dancing, salsa, ballroom, modern and lyrical. She is currently the national spokesperson for talentboom.com, an entertainment media company and a huge animal lover.
“Shattered dreams are never random…They are ordained opportunities for the Spirit to awaken, then to…
About Jessica Leigh Smith
Jessica Leigh Smith can currently be seen running around town in her yoga pants, toting her two little girls everywhere she goes. Being a mommy has played into Jessica’s latest projects, Mommy Parodies. The first is a parody of a song from the movie Frozen, which has reached almost 40,000 views (and climbing) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86FY-AEdizA. Jessica’s most notable acting roles are co-starring roles on One Tree Hill and Drop Dead Diva. Coincidentally, Jessica was toting her daughters in those roles as well, since she was pregnant both times. In addition to acting, Jessica has co-produced an educational series for actors, called The Dinner Project, putting actors and casting directors face to face. Episodes can be found at http://thedinnerprojectshow.com/. For more about Jessica, the actress, please visit her website, http://www.jessicaleighsmith.com/, and follow her on Twitter, @JessiLeighSmith.
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About Deborah Lee Smith
Deborah Lee Smith is an award-winning actor, producer, and founder of “More Than You See”, a non profit organization dedicated to sharing stories and resources surrounding the daily struggles of mental health. Recent projects include “Here Awhile” starring Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), and “Last Three Days” starring Robert Palmer Watkins (General Hospital). Deborah is also a regular contributing staff writer for the entertainment website “Ms. In The Biz”.
Being a screenwriter in the film industry means you spend a large portion of your…
About Julia Camara
Julia Camara is a Brazilian award-winning writer/filmmaker living in Los Angeles. She has a B.A. in cinema from Columbia College-Hollywood. Julia is also a UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting alumna. She has written the features films 'Area Q' (starring Isaiah Washington), 'Open Road' (starring Andy Garcia, Camilla Belle and Juliette Lewis), and 'Occupants' (starring Star Trek Voyager's Robert Picardo). Julia's feature directorial debut 'In Transit' won Best Experimental Film four times and is available on Amazon Prime. Julia is an adjunct professor of screenwriting at UCLA Extension.
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About Amanda Goodman
Actress/Writer/Comedian - Amanda first fell in love with the art of making people laugh in the 2nd grade when she and another classmate entered into their class vaudeville night by doing a stand-up act that ended with them getting pied in the face (literally). Since then, she's studied acting all over New York including private teachers, master classes at The Stella Adler Studio, and The Upright Citizens Brigade. She is the star and creator of her own original web sketch comedy show "Goody's Goodies", and host of the Podcast "Green Pod". She also writes short horror fiction, and completed her first full-length horror novel "The Ansford Chiller", which she hopes will one day be able to scare the pants off of pants-wearers for years to come. She loves cupcakes of all shapes and sizes, Chris Farley movies, and the French word pampelmoose. Follow her mis-adventures on Twitter @ABGoody and www.amandabgoodman.com.
