
PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR/CASTING/SET
DRESSING & PROPS: Suzanne
Jones
Email: allthewritestuff@yahoo.com
Suzanne
holds a B.A. in English from Kalamazoo College, a highly reputed
private school in Michigan where she studied creative writing
and comparative literature. She earned the Diexieme Degree de
Francais from the Universite de Strasbourg, France and was a winner
of Mademoiselle Magazine's College Fiction Competition. She studied
communications at the University of California, Davis specializing
in film. She honed her writing/editing skills by writing professionally
for newspapers, magazines, television and by hosting her own classical
music show on KDVS. She worked part-time as a science writer for
UCD, and one of her stories was excerpted in Omni Magazine. She
went on to work in the technical communications field, and owns
her own business, All
the Write Stuff. She also owns the Applause
Screenwriting Competition, which is professionally judged
by some of the biggest names in the screenwriting industry, including
Lew Hunter.
DIRECTOR
OF PHOTOGRAPHY/EDITOR: Don Black
Email: dblack@sfn.com
Don
is the creator, Executive Producer and former full time series
host for SFN-Science Fiction News®. Past credits include directing,
writing, and producing projects for several broadcast and cable
television productions. Don reports on high-tech Innovations and
special assignments for for SFN-Science Fiction News®.
1st
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
Ken
Hilmer
Email: khilmerproductions@sbcglobal.net
Ken
has an A.A. from San Francisco City College, ARRI 435 certification,
and is an Associate Member of the Society of Camera Operators.
He has worked on dozens of feature productions (including Hallmark
features), music videos, commercials and PSA's.
2nd
AD, SET DRESS & PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Deborah
J. Whitman
Email: wcfy1949@aol.com
Deborah
is a past winner of the 'A Place Called Sacramento' contest for
her short
film A Day to Remember.
She is a writer, producer, director and past president of the
Northern California Writers and Filmmakers. She
has been a freelance photographer for 20 years. She is the owner
of PhotoArt and specializes in photographing weddings & special
events.
2ND
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CROWD SCENE): Bettye
Dicks-Crosser
Email:
beeldee8@aol.com
Bettye
holds a B.S. in Communication Studies (with honors) from California
State University, and an A.A. in Telecommunications and Liberal
Arts from Solano College. She has worked as a producer, director,
production assistant, casting assistant, location scout, and script
supervisor on a number of projects in Los Angeles, Northern California
and Washington, D.C. Her credits include work for 20th Century
Fox, Pacific Crest Films, Artistic License Films, Gig Ventures
Filmmakers, Power Productions, Ex-Cel Productions, Singletree
Productions, and more.
SOUND/ASSISTANT
GAFFER: Bradley Wells
Email:
bwells@accesssacramento.org
Since
2001, Bradley has been employed by Access Sacramento as the Producer
of LiveWire. Bradley is also the Film Coordinator for the Place
Called Sacramento Film Festival. On a film set, Brad's many roles
include Script Supervisor, Assistant Director, Audio, Site Scout,
Casting and Prop Master. Bradley was born and raised in Sacramento.
She attended El Camino High School followed by college at the
University of California San Diego and has a certificate in Human
Resource Management.
SOUND
DESIGNER: Philip Howard
Email: philip@therightmusic.com
With
over 15 years of achievements in sound, from commercial compositions
to producing other artists work, Philip Howard has the experience
and intuition to hit the right note for each client. Find out
how music, sound design and/or audio post production can magnify
your projects impact. But whether Philip Howard is creating
a sound effect at the beginning of a pop song or the entire sound
design for a multimedia performance, or whether he is writing
original music for a TV-commercial or overseeing the audio post
production for an animated childrens series, the bottom
line is the joy that comes from contributing to a bigger whole
and collaborating with people who have something to say.
GAFFER/GRIP:
Ryan Nelson
Email: fournelsons05@sbcglobal.net
After
deciding to pursue a career in the film industry, Ryan manages
a satisfying workload from his hometown of Auburn. He has worked
on dozens of local projects since 2005, including TV pilots, commercials,
political and industrial films, independent films, feature movies,
and a music video. He loves to be behind the camera, working mostly
in production as a cameraman, boom operator, or grip.
SET
DRESS & PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Cecilia
Lee Feser
Email: mykidsmodel@yahoo.com
Cecilia
Lee Feser has always had the acting bug. She first acted with
her father in plays
at a local community theater in North Carolina. She has two grown
sons who both modeled and she continues to dabble in acting and
print ads through Cast Images of Sacramento. She has been an extra
in several films and a lead in 'The New Detectives.' Her other
passions in life are animals in general, horses specifically.
She has been published with the goal of working on a local level
newspaper.
SCRIPT
SUPERVISOR: Leslie Goodman
Email:
goodman.leslie@gmail.com
Leslie
Goodman has worked locally in film for several years. Once she
hit her first film set she was hooked. She's been involved in
Short and Feature length films in supporting or Featured/Background
roles ever since. As Crew she's covered many needs from Production
Assistant to Assistant Director. She recently co-starred in and
was Assistant Director of the short film 'Slide' which was runner-up
in the 10x10 competition (10 minute films made in 10 days) shown
at the Crest Theatre in August 2007.
SET
DRESS & PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Janene White
Email: janene3000@hotmail.com
Janene
holds a B.S. in Business from Saint Mary's College of California
and is pursuing Associates Degrees in Audio Technology and Music
Business at American River and Sacramento City colleges. As a
Charter Officer in the new Sacramento Section of the Audio Engineering
Society and an Associate Member of the National Academy of recording
Arts and Sciences, Janene was eager to work on Capital Women to
learn about the film side of media production. She has a background
as an actor in musical theatre and in stagecraft, and is currently
helping market and promote recording artists and the Rockaholics
Anonymous concert series.
HAIR
& MAKEUP: Laura Gary, Renee Vargas
Email:
Laura: lauramariegary@yahoo.com,
Renee: rvargasmkup@yahoo.com
Laura
Gary brings over 20 years professional experience as a special
effects makeup artist and hair stylist. In print, she has worked
for such magazines as Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Sports
illustrated. Her TV credits include Good Morning America, MTV
'Sorority Life,' and X-Files. Her Film credits include 'Almost
Heroes,' starring Chris Farley and Mathew Perry, and Showgirls.
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