Panels
MEET THE ACTORS: THE 2011 BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMERS ROUNDTABLE
10/15 12:00 PM First Presbyterian Church Session House, East Hampton
Join the group of young actors celebrated in this year’s Breakthrough Performers Program for an animated discussion about the art of acting for film and what it takes to be a success in the film industry today. The actors will share stories about their work and experiences in a rare, intimate setting.
This year’s group of Breakthrough Performer honorees includes: Emily Browning (SUCKER PUNCH, LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, SLEEPING BEAUTY), Stine Fischer Christensen (AFTER THE WEDDING, CRACKS IN THE SHELL), Ezra Miller (ANOTHER HAPPY DAY, CITY ISLAND, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN), and Anton Yelchin (STAR TREK, FRIGHT NIGHT, LIKE CRAZY). Moderated by Rajendra Roy, Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
EMILY BROWNING (SLEEPING BEAUTY) began her professional acting career in Australia at the age of nine in the made-for-television film, THE ECHO OF THUNDER, opposite Judy Davis. In 2001, Browning played the guest lead in HALIFAX F.P: PLAYING GOD for which she won an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Young Actor. In 2004, she played “Violet” in LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE, winning an AFI Award for International Best Actress and a Critics Choice Award nomination. In 2008, Browning starred in THE UNIVITED and played “Babydoll” in Zack Snyder’s SUCKER PUNCH. Her other feature film credits include THE MAN WHO SUED GOD, DARKNESS FALLS, GHOST SHIP, and NED KELLY, opposite Heath Ledger.
STINE FISCHER CHRISTENSEN (CRACKS IN THE SHELL) was the Danish Shooting Star in 2010. Her breakthrough came in 2006 with Susanne Bier’s acclaimed AFTER THE WEDDING, for which she won a Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actress from the Danish Film Critics Association. She then starred in Anders Morgenthaler’s PRINCESS, which opened the Directors Fortnight in Cannes 2006, and on his latest feature film, ECHO. In 2009, she stared in DE VILDE SVANER and in 2010 in NOTHING’S ALL BAD.
EZRA MILLER (WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and ANOTHER HAPPY DAY) made his screen debut in the harrowing prep school drama AFTERSCHOOL, which garnered critical acclaim including nominations at both the Gotham Independent Film Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards. He also starred in EVERY DAY, BEWARE THE GONZO, and CITY ISLAND. Ezra recently wrapped shooting THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. He was seen in multiple episodes of CALIFORNICATION on Showtime and has had a recurring role in the first and second seasons of the hit USA series ROYAL PAINS.
ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD (MELANCHOLIA) began his acting career at the age of eight and worked steadily in films and on Swedish television. He first came to US attention with a part in ZOOLANDER and with the HBO miniseries GENERATION KILL. Immediately following, Skarsgård was cast in the role of Eric Northman, a 1,000-year-old Viking vampire, on HBO’s hit series TRUE BLOOD. He recently wrapped WHAT MASIE KNEW, BATTLESHIP, and STRAW DOGS. He can also be seen in 13 and METROPIA, and he also voiced a role in the animated film THE MOOMINS with his father, actor Stellan Skarsgård. Currently, he is in production on DISCONNECT.
SHAILENE WOODLEY (THE DESCENDANTS) stars in the record breaking hit series, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER, on ABC Family. She started acting in commercials at age 5 and then got her first TV role in the 1999 Movie Of the Week, REPLACING DAD. More recently, she played the title character in the popular WB movie, FELICITY: AN AMERICAN GIRL ADVENTURE. Woodley’s other TV work includes recurring roles on CROSSING JORDAN, THE O.C., and JACK & BOBBY. Additionally, she has made guest appearances on series including COLD CASE, MY NAME IS EARL, CSI NY, and CLOSE TO HOME, as well as the TV movie A PALCE CALLED HOME, and the feature film MOOLA.
ANTON YELCHIN (LIKE CRAZY) received much critical acclaim for his performances in CHARLIE BARTLETT, THE BEAVER, and STAR TREK. Yelchin can currently be heard in Sony’s THE SMURFS, and seen in FRIGHT NIGHT. Yelchin’s current project is ODD THOMAS. Past projects include TERMINATOR: SALVATION (opposite Christian Bale and Sam Worthington); MEMOIRS OF A TEENAGE AMNESIAC; MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (with Susan Sarandon); ALPHA DOG; HEARTS IN ATLANTIS (for which he received a Young Artist Award for “Best Performance in a Feature Film-Leading Young Actor”); FIERCE PEOPLE; HOUSE OF D; and YOU AND I. Yelchin also received the “Explosive Talent Award” at the 2002 Giffoni Film Festival in Italy.
RAJENDRA ROY (MODERATOR) joined the Department of Film at The Museum of Modern Art as Chief Curator in July 2007, leading the museum’s film collection, preservation and exhibition efforts. In 2009, he organized the first museum retrospective of the films of Mike Nichols, and the same year co-organized the exhibition “Tim Burton” which toured internationally through 2012. He is also a member of the selection committee for New Directors/New Films, presented annually with the Film Society of Lincoln Center. From 1996 to 2000 he was Executive Director of the Mix Festival in New York. At the Guggenheim Museum, from 2000-02, he served as Film and Media Arts Program Manager in New York and Bilbao. At The Hamptons International Film Festival, he served as Director of Programming from 2002-05 and Artistic Director in 2006 and 2007. From 2004-08, he was the sole American on the Competition Selection Committee for the Berlin International Film Festival, and continues to serve as an advisor to the Berlinale.
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10/15 2:00 PM First Presbyterian Church Session House, East Hampton
For 50 years, the Amnesty International global community has worked to end grave human rights abuses around the world. Amnesty’s vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international human rights standards. On the occasion of this important anniversary, the Hamptons International Film Festival looks at the 50-year legacy of the American Civil Rights Movement as witnessed by three feature films in our 2011 program: SING YOUR SONG, THE LOVING STORY, and ALL ME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WINFRED REMBERT. Join the filmmakers and representatives of Amnesty for an in-depth discussion of films about Americans who worked tirelessly for human dignity and equality during the ’50s and ’60s.
NANCY BUIRSKI (THE LOVING STORY) is the Founder and former Director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, based in Durham, NC. Buirski produced five collections of documentary shorts in collaboration with Docurama, and THE KATRINA EXPERIENCE. She served as the Executive Producer of Pangea Day Film Content, and was also the Producer of ALTHEA (Dir: Rex Miller), HARLEM WOODSTOCK (Dir: Alex Gibney), and TIME PIECE, an innovative cross-cultural omnibus documentary combining stories of Turkish and American filmmakers. Following THE LOVING STORY, Buirski is directing TANAQUIL LE CLERCQ: AFTERNOON OF A FAUN. Prior to her work in film, she was a documentary photographer, writing and photographing EARTH ANGELS MIGRANT CHILDREN IN AMERICA, and the Foreign Picture Editor at The New York Times.
VIVIAN DUCAT (ALL ME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WINFRED REMBERT), a native New Yorker, has directed, produced and written more than 20 long-format documentaries for broadcast. She spent the first part of her career in London, directing films for the BBC including THE STORY OF ENGLISH, THE PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY, AND POWER, and LOCOMOTION. After returning to New York, Ducat produced programs including THE AIDS QUARTERLY WITH PETER JENNINGS, the ABC News series THE CENTURY, and the WGBH series THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Recently, Ducat has directed and produced interactive media and short films for institutions including The Library of Congress and the New York Historical Society. ALL ME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WINFRED REMBERT is her first feature-length documentary.
JOAN LIBBY HAWKE (AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL) has been involved in supporting human rights and women’s rights throughout her career. President of Libby Hawk and Associates and a liaison to Demand Dignity, she has worked with international nongovernmental and governmental organizations. Her involvement with Amnesty International and Amnesty USA includes designing and curating the Cambodia Witness exhibit to highlight extrajudicial execution that traveled throughout the US and Europe. Before starting Libby Hawk Associates in 2010, she guided the public affairs and outreach of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, now part of UN Women), an organization working in more than 80 countries to realize women’s human rights.
WINFRED REMBERT (ALL ME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WINFRED REMBERT) grew up in Cuthbert, Georgia. Given away at birth to a great aunt, Rembert spent much of his childhood as a field worker in cotton and peanut fields. After attending a civil rights demonstration, he was thrown in jail without charges or trial. An escape over a year later resulted in a prison sentence, but only after Rembert had survived an attempted lynching. While serving seven years on Georgia chain gangs, he fell in love with his future wife, as well as with leather as an art medium. Most of his colorful art depicts scenes and themes from African American life in segregated Cuthbert, GA and his time spent on chain gangs. His work has been exhibited at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Adelson Galleries in association with Peter Tillou Works of Art. Rembert and his family still live in New Haven’s inner city.
SUSANNE ROSTOCK (SING YOUR SONG) has been called “an aural and visual poet.” Her 20-year collaboration with Michael Apted includes MOVING THE MOUNTAIN, INCIDENT AT OGLALA, THE LONG WAY HOME, and ME & ISAAC NEWTON. She edited such powerful, controversial films as PATERNAL INSTINCT, PASSIN’ IT ON, CALLING THE GHOSTS, and THE UPRISING OF ‘34 and has received multiple Emmy and Independent Documentary Association awards. She has just completed the provocative ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS: THE HUNT FOR ERIC RUDOLPH with director Jim Chambers. Rostock has an MFA in Film from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. SING YOUR SONG, about the legendary life of Harry Belafonte, is her first feature-length documentary as a director.
DR. BOB ZELLNER was born on April 5, 1939 and raised in southern Alabama. He was the first white southerner to serve as Field Secretary for SNCC (”Snick”), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Arrested 18 times in seven states, Zellner was charged with everything from criminal anarchy in Baton Rouge to “inciting the black population to acts of war and violence against the white population” in Danville, VA. Dr. Zellner holds a Ph.D. from Tulane University, and has taught at Rosemont College and Southampton College of Long Island University. In 2005, he was a featured Civil Rights Luminary in the award-winning documentary COME WALK IN MY SHOES. Dr. Zellner’s memoir, THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER CREEK: A WHITE SOUTHERNER IN THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT, was published by New South Books in November 2008. He also works with the Eastern Long Island Branch of the NAACP and with the Southampton Town Anti-Bias Task Force.
TOM HALL (MODERATOR) is the Artistic Director of The Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, FL. Previously, Hall was Director of Programming at the Sarasota Film Festival (2005- 2010) and Programming Director at newportFILM in Newport, RI (2009-present). In addition, Hall was Programmer for The Nantucket Film Festival in Nantucket, MA (2002-2005) as well as a former Director of New Media for Bravo/The Independent Film Channel (1997-2000). He has also worked in the Industry and Guest Services Offices at The Hamptons International Film Festival (2002-2003). In January of 2010, Tom was named one of Spring Board Media’s 20 under 40 in Film. Tom has directed short films for Bob Mould’s Carnival of Light and Sound Tour and is a member of the indieWIRE blogging community with his blog The Back Row Manifesto. A graduate of the University of Michigan (’94), Hall resides in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and son.
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CONFLICT & RESOLUTION: A PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BULLY PROJECT
10/14 4:00 PM First Presbyterian Church Session House, East Hampton
This year 18 million kids will be bullied in the U.S. Three million students are absent each month because they feel unsafe at school. These staggering statistics have rallied the group of activists behind the film THE BULLY PROJECT, directed by Lee Hirsch and the recipient of this year’s Hamptons International Film Festival Brizzolara Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict & Resolution. Join in the discussion with Lee Hirsch and a team of researchers and experts as they unpack the issues surrounding the bully epidemic, and discuss the inspiring movement to make schools safer for students everywhere.
DR. ED DRAGAN is the author of THE BULLY ACTION GUIDE: HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD AND HOW TO GET YOUR SCHOOL TO LISTEN. A sought-after authority on school safety and education law, Dr. Dragan has presented at more than 80 events internationally and has been interviewed on national and local television programs, including NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, The Fox Morning Show, PBS’s One on One and Court TV. With a doctorate in Education Administration and Supervision from Rutgers University, Dr. Dragan is also a school safety and education law expert and founder of Education Management Consulting, LLC.
ALAN HEISTERKAMP, Ed.D., president and CEO of Cultivating Minds, Inc., is a research/project director with the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention and served as the education consultant on THE BULLY PROJECT. Dr. Heisterkamp instructs non-profits, high schools and college campuses on Mentors in Violence Prevention Strategies (MVP), a bystander education program to reduce gender violence and bullying. He co-facilitated research on the Coaching Boys Into Men program and currently co-directs the Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Northern Iowa. Dr. Heisterkamp holds a Master’s Degree in educational psychology and counseling and a Doctorate degree in secondary school administration.
LEE HIRSCH (DIRECTOR, THE BULLY PROJECT) made his feature film debut with AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN FOUR PART HARMONY, which chronicles the history of the South African anti-apartheid struggle through a celebration of its musical heroes. This film was released to wide acclaim, winning the Audience and Freedom of Expression Awards at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Among the many honors received were five Emmy nominations and one win. Lee Hirsch was born and raised on Long Island, New York and attended the Putney School in Vermont, Hampshire College and the New York Film Academy. He currently lives in Manhattan.
DAVID LONG is 50 years old and currently employed with an international carpet manufacturer as a department manager. He resides in Chatsworth, GA. David is also retired from the Army, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. His wife of 22 years is named Tina, and they have three children—Tyler (deceased), Teryn (16) and Troy (16)—and a miniature schnauzer named “Addie.”
Tyler committed suicide on October 17th, 2009. He was 17-years-old. Since Tyler’s death, David has been an advocate for other families dealing with bullying. David’s goal is to prevent another child from enduring the brutal acts of bullying that Tyler faced daily. David vowed that he would fight to his grave until a change is made. You can contact David at: chatsworth@hotmail.com
STEPHEN POWELL is the Executive Director of Mentoring USA, a New York City-based program affiliate of HELP USA founded by former First Lady of New York Matilda Raffa Cuomo. He is an alumnus of Howard University and the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management Executive Education Program at Columbia University’s Graduate Business School. Prior to joining Mentoring USA in 2005, Stephen worked in program development and management for local and national non-profits such as: Family and Child Services of Washington, DC; VSA arts/Kennedy Center; the Anthony Bowen YMCA; the Metropolitan DC Police Boys and Girls Club; and the Harlem Educational Activities Fund. Recent honors include receiving the US Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Region II - Regional Administrator’s Excellence in Service Award and being a feature contributor to Viacom and MENTOR’s “Mentor in a Box” corporate mentoring training module. Stephen resides in New York City with his wife, Marlaina, and two daughters, Sinclair and Simone.
JOHN ANDERSON (MODERATOR) is a regular film critic for Variety, Newsday, the Washington Post and America magazine. He appears frequently in the New York Times, and he has contributed to the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Film Comment, and the Village Voice. He is a past member of the selection committee of the New York Film Festival and the author of SUNDANCING (Avon), EDWARD YANG (University of Illinois) and, with Laura Kim, I WAKE UP SCREAMING (Billboard Books). With David Sterritt, he edited THE B LIST, the most recent book by the National Society of Film Critics. He will chair the New York Film Critics Circle in 2011, and is a member of the National Society of Film Critics.
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KODAK CINEMATOGRAPHY MASTER CLASS WITH EDWARD LACHMAN
10/15 12:15 PM UA East Hampton Cinema 6
Each year, the Hamptons International Film Festival and Kodak partner to present a Master Class with a leading cinematographer. This year, Edward Lachman, veteran cinematographer and Director of Photography on the recent mini-series MILDRED PIERCE, will participate in an insightful, hour-long discussion about his tremendous career. The Master Class will feature clip presentations, trade secrets, and in-depth conversations about technique.
EDWARD LACHMAN SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
I’M NOT THERE (2007), directed by Todd Haynes
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006), directed by Robert Altman
FAR FROM HEAVEN (2002), directed by Todd Haynes
ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000), directed by Steven Soderbergh
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999), directed by Sofia Coppola
THE LIMEY (1999), directed by Steven Soderbergh
EDWARD LACHMAN has worked extensively in feature motion pictures, documentaries and commercials as both a cinematographer and director. In commercials, he has received the Cannes Gold Lion for his Levis and Diesel Jeans campaigns; the prestigious British Art Directors award for Mazda, Artisan, Palmers, and Diesel campaigns; and Clio Awards for Toyota, DKNY, and Volkswagen campaigns. Edward has just recently finished major campaigns for Motorola and AOL. His directorial credits include KEN PARK, written by Harmony Korine; SONGS FOR DRELLA, an homage to Andy Warhol with the music of Lou Reed and John Cale; REPORT FROM HOLLYWOOD, a portrait of Wim Wenders; TOKYO-GA, with Wim Wenders; GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66, a tone poem to the legendary American road; and award-winning videos for “Not YMO,” featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Edward Lachman has photographed an impressive and extensive collection of films including Sophia Coppola’s directorial debut, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, and Steven Soderberg’s award-winning THE LIMEY and Academy Award-Nominated ERIN BROCKOVICH. He received IFP Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on David Byrne’s TRUE STORIES and Paul Schrader’s LIGHT SLEEPER. For Todd Haynes’ FAR FROM HEAVEN (an homage to Douglas Sirk), Edward received numerous awards, including: an Academy Award Nomination; an ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography; an IFP Award for Best Cinematography; Venice Film Festival’s Golden Osella for Outstanding Technical Contribution; Camerimage’s International Award for Best Cinematography; the National Film Critics Award; as well as awards from the New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Film Critics associations.
TOM HALL (MODERATOR) is the Artistic Director of The Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, FL. Previously, Hall was Director of Programming at the Sarasota Film Festival (2005- 2010) and Programming Director at newportFILM in Newport, RI (2009-present). In addition, Hall was Programmer for The Nantucket Film Festival in Nantucket, MA (2002-2005) as well as a former Director of New Media for Bravo/The Independent Film Channel (1997-2000). He has also worked in the Industry and Guest Services Offices at The Hamptons International Film Festival (2002-2003). In January of 2010, Tom was named one of Spring Board Media’s 20 under 40 in Film. Tom has directed short films for Bob Mould’s Carnival of Light and Sound Tour and is a member of the indieWIRE blogging community with his blog The Back Row Manifesto. A graduate of the University of Michigan (’94), Hall resides in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and son.
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Screenplay Reading: Selections from the Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriter’s Lab
10/16 4:00 PM First Presbyterian Church Hall, East Hampton
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Hamptons International Film Festival read hundreds of science-and-technology themed screenplays each year, searching for the most exciting and promising work on these topics. Just two of these scripts are invited for table readings at the Hamptons International Film Festival each year.
Screenplay Reading Director: Jay Anania (SHADOWS & LIES, HER NAME IS CARLA, DAY ON FIRE)
Producer and Casting: Amy Devra Gossels, C.S.A.
Screenplays:
=(”Equals”) by Sheryl Glubok
When an uneducated prisoner in Alcatraz discovers he has an aptitude for mathematics, a straight-laced professor from Stanford University agrees to tutor him. With a love of mathematics as a common language, an unlikely friendship evolves and the prisoner is given one last shot at redemption.
NEWTON’S LAWS OF EMOTION, by Eugene Ramos
In the pursuit of Sophia Charlotte, a beautiful Prussian royal, a young Isaac Newton makes his greatest discoveries: calculus, the laws of motion, universal gravitation, and … love.
SHERYL GLUBOK (SCREENWRITER, = [EQUALS]) is a graduate of Stanford University and has a MFA in fiction from the Writing Seminars at Bennington. She studied film at FAMU in Prague, working with Academy Award-winner Jiri Menzel (CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS). Her first short film, ALEXIA, screened at festivals around the world, including the Seattle International Film Festival. She currently teaches screenwriting at Burlington College and the University of Vermont.
EUGENE RAMOS (SCREENWRITER, NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) earned a degree in British Literature of the 1500s from Northwestern University. He later graduated from Columbia University with an MFA in Film. He wrote, directed, and produced a number of shorts, including THE CONCOTION and DANDELION FALL, both of which garnered awards and honors at several film festivals. While at Columbia, he also received a fellowship from Comedy Central. In 2009, he completed the NATPE Diversity Fellowship Program and was invited to participate in NAMIC’s Writers’ Workshop. His spec scripts and prose for the TV shows BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, PAINKILLER JANE, THE BIG BANG THEORY, and STAR TREK have won or placed in several competitions. Because of his love for the Bard and science fiction, Ramos’ friends have nicknamed him The Sci-Fi Shakespeare Guy.
JOHN CONOR BROOKE (Driver in = [EQUALS] and Newton in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION). After achieving a BFA in Theatre Studies and a BA in acting and directing from the University of Texas, JCB moved to New York and was quickly inducted into the First Look Theatre Company at NYU, helping the graduate writing students develop new work. After some Off-Broadway success, John created his own theatre company (The Wake) and toured the country playing drums for Bankrupt and the Borrowers. Then he realized that he needed to go solo. He disbanded his company, quit playing drums, and for the past two years has been doing nothing but commercials and short films. Now, with four different shorts in dozens of festivals around the globe (including Sundance 2010), and his own production company with his first fully produced film, HAPPY ENDING, in post-production, JCB is gaining steam and ready for the next step. He is very thankful to be a part of the Sloan Foundation Reading here at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
BRIAN DELATE (Warden in = [EQUALS] and Leibniz and Society Member #1 in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) will appear with Al Pacino in the upcoming documentary film WILDE SALOME. Currently, Brian combines his experience as a decorated non-commissioned officer of the Vietnam War and his theatre artistry in his high-powered and original one-man show, MEMORIAL DAY, which will soon be presented at the Public Theater. Brian also wrote and directed the successful, life-affirming indie feature SOLDIER’S HEART, which won “Best Narrative Feature Award” at The G.I. Film Festival. Brian’s other films include NICE GUY JOHNNY, THE BRAVE ONE, BUFFALO SOLDIERS, THE TRUMAN SHOW, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and many others. He was also featured in the Golden Starfish Award winner HOME BEFORE DARK here at HIFF. He has appeared in many television programs, as well as numerous theatrical shows from the Public Theater to Broadway, most prominently in the OBIE Award winning TRACERS. Brian is a life-time member of The Actors Studio, where he also serves on the Board of Directors.
JOHN DEYLE’s (Chaplain and Ernest Lawrence in = [EQUALS] and Huygens in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) Broadway credits include URINETOWN, FOOTLOOSE, ANNIE, PAL JOEY, and CAMELOT (with Richard Burton). He toured with HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINES WITHOUT EVEN TRYING. Off-Broadway credits include PAGEANT, THE FANTASTICKS, and regional theater credits include productions at Long Wharf, Arena Stage, Huntington Stage, and Goodspeed. Film & Television credits include ONE TRUE THING, BEFORE AND AFTER, WALL STREET, LAW & ORDER, CONAN O’BRIEF (”Mr. Science”), THE GOOD WIFE, LAW & ORDER: SVU, and the upcoming TIO PAPI, as well as more than 100 television commercials.
ALISON EDWARDS (Narrator in = [EQUALS] and NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) has acted in national tours of WIT (Standby for Judith Light); New York productions of KING JOHN, MEMORY PLAY (NYSF), and TWELFTH NIGHT (Riverside Shakespeare Festival); regional productions of DOUBT, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (Vermont Stage), THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG (TheatreWorks/Palo Alto), THE LION IN WINTER (Fulton Opera House), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (Pioneer Theatre), THE ROYAL FAMILY, WIT (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), and COPENHAGEN (Portland Stage). Her film credits include WHISPERS OF WHITE, and her television credits include LEGWORK, AS THE WORLD TURNS, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, and ANOTHER WORLD. She is also currently recording her fifth audiobook, DANGEROUS LIES by Lisa Smith.
NED EISENBERG (Bruell in = [EQUALS] and Hooke in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) acted in Broadway productions of THE GREEN BIRD and AWAKE AND SING. His Off-Broadway credits include Iago in OTHELLO, Fagin in OLIVER TWIST, and King John in KING JOHN, all with the Theater for a New Audience. Regional credits include SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, STREET SCENE (Williamstown), PIECE OF MY HEART, FINKS (NY Stage and Film), and Broadway Musicals include THREE GENERATIONS (Kennedy Center), GUYS AND DOLLS (Long Wharf), MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (Prince Music Center). His film appearances include STEEL TOWN, LIMITLESS, WORLD TRADE CENTER, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, PATH TO PARADISE, LAST MAN STANDING, A CIVIL ACTION, PRIMARY COLORS. Television appearances include THE BIG C, BLUE BLOODS, LAW AND ORDER: SVU. He is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater, Naked Angels, and Actor’s Workshop Company, and is also a Fox Fellowship recipient. He has also been published in NAKED ANGELS ISSUES PROJECTS: COLLECTED PLAYS.
NICK FRENI (Guard in = [EQUALS] and Wren in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) recently returned to acting and since coming home, he has appeared on LAW AND ORDER: SVU and CRIMINAL INTENT. He has also been active in NY Independent films, most recently with the lead as Father Paul in APOSTLES OF PARK SLOPE, and in supporting roles in WE FOLLOW THE RULES and THE FLOOR. Trained at the Academy of Dramatic Art, Mr. Freni also holds an MFA in Theatre from the University of Massachusetts. Regional Theatre credits include three seasons at the Meadowbrook Theater in Rochester Michigan and two seasons at the the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Ga. In NYC, Mr. Freni appeared in two seasons of Repertory at Soho Rep and one season at Classic Stage Company. He also developed and taught “Speech for the Actor” at the O’Neill Center’s National Theater Institute.
ANNA MARGARET HOLLYMAN (Jean in = [EQUALS] and Barmaid in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) is very excited to be at the 2011 Hamptons Film Festival, starring in SMALL, BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS, the recipient of the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan award. She has performed at the HERE Arts Center, P.S. 122, Soho Playhouse, and 59E59th St in New York, and the Edinburgh Fringe. Her films include GAYBY, THE ROMANCE OF LONELINESS, SLACKER 2011, THE COLOR WHEEL, SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME, THE BRAVE ONE, THE ONES YOU LOVE, ANNA (recipient of the Hamptons Film Festival Lifetime student filmmaker award), SAMANTHA, and ADELAIDE. TV: MY GENERATION (ABC). She studied Theater and Art History at Sarah Lawrence College, trained with Suzanne Esper at the William Esper Studio and studied Improv with Upright Citizens Brigade and the P.I.T. in New York and Los Angeles.
NATALIE KNEPP (Gwen in = [EQUALS] and Sophia in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) has guest starred and recurred on numerous national television shows including GOSSIP GIRL, THE GOOD WIFE, BLUE BLOODS, CSI: MIAMI, DAMAGES, and OLD FRIENDS. She has also worked on several films including GOING THE DISTANCE, ROCKSTEADY, STARLA, LOVING LEAH, and the upcoming psychological thriller, DARKROOM. In addition, she has an extensive theatre resume working both in New York City and regionally. She is also a voiceover artist heard on many national television campaigns and radio spots. She is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy with a major in Theatre and minor in Harp and also a B.F.A. in Acting from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is thrilled to be a part of the Sloan Foundation Reading at The Hamptons Film Festival again this year.
ROBERT MARLOWE (Barnes in = [EQUALS] and Storer, Society Member #2, and Group Member #1 in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) will appear in the upcoming edgy New York vampire feature film, THE LOWER ANGELS. Robert has had numerous lead roles in film including REGISTERED, MAN OF THE HOUSE, TIME DIFFERENCE, and THE FLOOR (opposite Matt Servitto). Robert recently finished a commercial campaign for the 2011 Ford Explorer, for which he is the spokesman. Robert has worked in television, including Saturday Night Live with Cameron Diaz and has had a full life in New York Theater. One of Marlowe’s favorite plays, FOR PETE’S SAKE, was written by actor and friend Joe Capozzi, who wrote this play about his experience of being molested by his parish priest while growing up in New Jersey. Robert studied in New York with the late George Dicenzo who became a great friend and mentor.
TOM PELPHREY (John Young and Phillips in = [EQUALS] and Edmund Halley in NEWTON’S LAW OF EMOTION) is a 2006 and 2008 Daytime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Younger Actor for his work on CBS’s GUIDING LIGHT, playing bad boy heart throb Jonathan Randall. Teen People named Tom one of their “hot Hollywood” actors to watch. Tom gained recognition for his compelling portrayal of “Roy” in the Apothecary Theatre Company’s Off Broadway production of IN GOD’S HAT at Playwright’s Horizons. The New York Times said, “In a word: terrific.” Tom received his BFA in Acting from Rutgers University. He has guest starred on NUMB3RS, GHOST WHISPERER, CSI: MIAMI, LAW & ORDER: SVU, THE GOOD WIFE, and BODY OF PROOF. He recently completed work as the lead role in two films: JUNCTION (directed by Tony Glazer) and TIGER LILY ROAD (directed by Michael Medeiros). This Spring he shot the lead role in the indie, EXCUSE ME FOR LIVING. Other recent films are BIRDS OF AMERICA (directed by Craig Lucas) and THE GIRL IS IN TROUBLE (directed by Julius Onah and executive produced by Spike Lee).
JAY ANANIA (DIRECTOR), an Associate Professor at NYU, has been making films since the mid-70s. His feature films include writing and directing SHADOWS & LIES (starring James Franco, Julianne Nicholson, Martin Donovan, and Josh Lucas), and the upcoming THE STARE (starring James Franco and Winona Ryder). His documentaries for television (PBS and ABC, principally) covered political subjects throughout the Third World. While continuing to make award-winning documentaries on cultural and political subjects, since the mid-90’s he has been writing, directing and editing narrative features, including: THE PAGAN BOOK OF ARTHUR RIMBAUD (1995), LONG TIME SINCE (1997), THE CITIZEN (1999), THE GIRL UNDER THE WAVES (2001), HER NAME IS CARLA (2003), DAY ON FIRE (2006), DRINKING SAND (2008).
AMY DEVRA GOSSELS (Casting Director & Producer). Since graduating Magna Cum Laude from Brown University and graduate studies at RISD, Ms. Gossels has been the Casting Director, and often a Producer, for more than 70 film productions. Feature film credits include SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (starring Jack Nicholson), GODSEND (starring Robert DeNiro), Joe Maggio’s Sundance hit MILK & HONEY, SHOOT FIRST AND PRAY YOU LIVE (starring James Russo), and the upcoming HUMDINGER starring David Moscow. Ms. Gossels has cast and produced more than 30 award-winning short films, including the Academy Award-winner ZEN AND THE ART OF LANDSCAPING, as well as FALLING OBJECTS (starring Timothy Hutton and Melissa Leo). Network TV credits include NBC’s CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, the IFC TV series Z ROCK, Comedy Central’s NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS (starring Jon Stewart, Ben Stiller, and Tina Fey), as well as hundreds of award winning commercials and a major new Disney media campaign. Ms. Gossels also recently cast the hybrid production THE RIDE (from the creators of Blue Man Group) and the upcoming television series AMERICAN CARAVAN (from Academy Award
