Matt Ballinger - Elah Matt Ballinger has thoroughly enjoyed working on his second film "Elah and the Moon" with Director Vera Mulyani. The first was "Buried Future." Credits Include- TV: Law and Order, 30 Rock. Broadway: The King and I [Louis Leonowens], The Sound of Music [Kurt]. Inherit the Wind [Tim]. The City Center: Babes in Arms [Beauragard]. Madison Square Garden: A Christmas Carol [Tiny Tim]. Member of Platinum recording band Dream Street. Watch out for my new NYC Rock Band Open Till Midnight which is currently taking over the world. Check us out www.opentillmidnight.com. I would also like to thank my acting coach Anthony Abeson and my family for all there support. www.imdb.com/name/nm1091875 |
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Vera Mulyani - Director Born and raised in Jakarta, Vera worked as a translator for Paris Match and Sunday Magazine journalists in Indonesia. She had her first exhibition for her painting and photography in Hong Kong [1997]. She then moved to Paris, France [1998]. Master Degreed in Architecture by French Government, DPLG [2007] for her thesis research and analyse “fuck da rules”; about Manhattan city planning. Now living in New York, vera stays in photography, architecture, and graduates in film making as a director [2009]. She presents her first short film “Forgotten Land” in Cannes Festival 2008. Since that time, she writes, produces and directs some more short films [2008-2009]: "Buried Future", "Honey Money Moon", "Egg Drops" and her most recent one "Elah and The Moon", Feb 2009, screening at Tribeca, New York City, Dublin, and Cannes Festival 2009. Her upcoming project is a feature film titled "Secret Weed". www.imdb.com/name/nm3095871 |
Simon Miller - Endymion Simon L Miller starred as an East Village Rocker in the critically acclaimed melodrama Between Love and Goodbye before taking the role of Endymion for Vera Mulyani's short, "Elah and the Moon." Trained in New York, the young actor began in theater, appearing in Off-Broadway shows like "Golden Boy", "Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World", and "Turn of the Screw." Mentored by actors like Jeff Goldblum and Kate Winslet, Simon is looking forward to his next feature in which he will play the young heir to a sixth-generation North Carolina plantation in the Civil War courtroom drama "A House Divided" filming this fall. |
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Matt Bernard - Production Manager Matt works as a PA in commercials, fashion photography, and film, and has served as a 1st AD, Camera Op, AC, and Grip in several short films and music videos. Along with collaborator Kenneth Anderson, he curates and hosts a short film screening series showcasing underground East Village and Brooklyn filmmakers. He is entering post-production on his first short film, “American in War Time”, a surrealist socio-political meditation shot in 16mm. He currently resides in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, and plays striker and midfield on a team in his local latin soccer league. |
Julia Garner - Alicia Julia is a New York City native. Elah and the Moon is her first film. She is fifteen years old and is currently a freshman in high school. She studied acting in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is currently studying at the T. Schreiber Studio. She is studying film acting with Peter Miner and also studies acting privately with Pamela Scott from the T. Schreiber Studio and speech and diction with Page Clements. In Elah and the Moon Julia developed her English accent portraying the character Alicia. Julia is also an aspiring singer and takes voice lessons with the opera singer Emily Nicholas. |
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Pawel Biel - Director of Photography Biography Coming Soon... |
Dietlinde Turban - Selene Dietlinde Turban Maazel’s first stage appearance at the age of 19 as Gretchen in Goethe’s Faust in the Residenz-Theatre in Munich brought her national fame. In rapid succession she starred in a series of important theatre productions as well as films and plays filmed for television. Ms. Turban won the coveted Bambi Award by popular vote as Best Actress of the Year (1983) in Germany. Her film credits include the part of Eurydice in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s Orfeo, a starring role in the American thriller Bloodline, and in the World War II story Mussolini and I, playing opposite Anthony Hopkins. In October 2004 she premiered Christopher Rothwell’s one woman play Constantly Risking Absurdity in Castleton and New York and was also invited with this play to Salzburg, Austria, for the inauguration of the Austrian American Foundation’s Schloss Arenberg. She has recorded a number of audio books and regularly tours Europe and America with dramatic readings of literary masterpieces. www.imdb.com/name/nm0876868 |
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Ken Anderson - Assistant Director Kenneth Anderson is a mad scientist and professional anti-anticsical entrepreneur. He is a graduate student at New School University in New York City. He has worked as writer, director, producer and editor on numerous shorts, feature films, documentaries, commercials and music videos. In his spare time, he makes websites, such as this one. www.andersonenvy.com |
Jenna Ashley Robey - Alicia Jenna Ashley Robey is an amazingly talented 6 year old with quite the mind of her own. Her dramatic personality combined with her headstrong determination has both amused and enraged her parents. Jenna resides in the picturesque countryside of Castleton, Virginia with her parents, Terry and Janet and older sister Kayla. Jenna attends school at Rappahannock Elementary where she is in Kindergarten. Jenna’s interests include soccer, piano, dance and Girl Scouts. |
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Keith Nolan - Boom The summer after graduating High school (2005), Keith took a 7 week work-study filmmaking program at the Maine photographic workshops in Rockport Maine. He began studying to be a director of photography, but by the end of the course he had found his true niche in the realm of audio and music. He returned home and worked 2 years as the head video editor for a leading local news station in Chattanooga TN. He currently resides in New York City recording location sound, producing music and dabbling with 3D modeling and animations. www.myspace.com/keithnolanmusic |
Kayla Courtney Robey - Alicia Kayla Courtney Robey is best described as an active 10 year old equestrian enthusiast who most recently took Reserve Champion at her Hunter schooling shows. She resides in picturesque Castleton Virginia with her parents, Terry and Janet and younger sister, Jenna. Kayla attends school at Rappahannock Elementary where she consistently places on her schools Honor Roll. Some of Kayla’s other interests include soccer, basketball, piano, Girl Scouts and spending time outdoors. |
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Rieko Shiba - Make Up & Hair www.riekomakeup.com |
Omar A figure of Castelton farm, a very friendly creature, known as a camel, familiar with HBO press interviews and sometimes has a little trouble of loneliness and might want to be an actor too in the future. |
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Jay Capece - Assistant Camera Jay Capece was born and raised in Bayside, NY. He always had an interest in the fine arts, animation, comic books, music and most of all movies. He has studied film at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and Maine Media Workshops, in Rockport, Maine. Jay has served as an assistant cameraman and operator since 1998 on various independent feature films, shorts, commercials and reality shows. In recent months Jay has gone back to his roots working on several side projects involving comic books, game design and writing. Up next for Jay is a 10 minute sci-fi action stop-motion short (Summer of 2009) and a feature film in works slated for next year. www.us.vdc.imdb.de/name/nm1076174 |
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Joe Cantor - Sound Joe Cantor is a multi-talented film/video artist who has diverse recording experience ranging from basic two track ENG location sound to multi tracking of actors and musicians in the studio, on location or at live events. |
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Colin Morvan - Electric Colin Morvan is a young french filmaker currently living in NYC and working for the New York Film Academy. His short film "Monkey Cancer" was screened at the contemporary art Bienhale of "le Havre" for the "Prix Partouche experimental short film festival". When he doesn't dream of movies or make movies Colin Like to cook ratatouille and drink rose. www.withoutabox.com/festivals/event.php?id=5990 |
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Ryan McNamara - Editor Ryan McNamara is a Brooklyn based editor, and a graduate of the New York Film Academy. He has multiple years of experience in final cut pro, and has a wide knowledge of post production across the board. He has been editing professionally for three years. |
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Jeremiah Duarte Bills - Flutist Flutist Jeremiah Duarte Bills is an active soloist, performer of new music and composer. Based in New York City Mr. Bills has performed with the NOW Ensemble, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, multimedia ensemble Vision into Art and the Bronx Opera Company. His compositions for flute and interactive electronics have been premiered at the Tonhalle-Orchester in Zurich, Switzerland, Columbia University and The Juilliard School. www.jeremiahduartebills.com |
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Jourdan Urbach - Composer At 17, Juilliard Pre-college violin virtuoso Jourdan Urbach has already received international acclaim: for his musical artistry, his sweeping contributions to MS-focused neuroscience research (INTEL-semifinalist, AAN Neuroscience Research Prize Winner, International Science & Engineering Fair Grand Prize Winner), and his humanitarian and philanthropic endeavors as founder and director of Children Helping Children, a musical charity organization that has raised over $1.5 million through Concerts for a Cureto benefit cutting edge neurological research and healthcare. www.optran.com/chc/jourdan_bio.htm |
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