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Writer, Director: Erin Greenwell graduated with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dramatic Writing. "Overnight Book" was a part of Erin's thesis requirement to fulfill an MFA from CCNY's Writing and Directing Program. Erin also served on Erin Harper's musical documentary "Passion" (see below) as editor. Ms. Greenwell's editing work includes Lead Dog Marketing, Unicef, Animal Planet and the award winning PBS magazine format show, "In the Life." Most recent accomplishments include writing, producing and directing "Big Dreams in Little Hope" a feature which was released on DVD May 2007. |
| Erin also served as senior Editor for "Arranged", a feature film released theatrically December 2007 and "The Hungry Ghosts" a feature directed by Michael Imperioli in Summer 2008. Erin looks forward to directing her most recent feature script, "My Best Day" in the Spring of 2010. |
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Producer: Erin Harper graduated with her BS in Theatre from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Erin was involved as an intern with "A Doula Story: On the front lines of teen pregnancy" produced by The Kindling Group, which aired on PBS in October 2006. Erin recently directed the live DVD for Zach Brock and The Coffee Achiever's live CD coming out on Secret Fort Records, Fall '07. Ms. Harper's involvement in documentary films includes work on "Center For Workers Education" as a researcher and camera assistant for Jezebel Productions, camera on "Rat Patrol" directed by Cheryl Lohrman, member of the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon, and directing numerous short
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films while receiving her MFA in writing/directing documentary film from City College of New York. Erin is currently in Post Production for her movie "Passion" which documents the unraveling mystery of the iconoclastic but little-known Polish violinist and composer Zbigniew Seifert.
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DP: Janis M. Vogel was born in Heidelberg, Germany and grew up on Martha's Vineyard. A dancer, writer and photographer, she got her B.A. in Cinema Media Studies and International Relations from Wellesley College. She created her first short film, "World Ever After," during her studies at Wellesley and graduated Cum Laude. She is now working towards her M.F.A. in Film Production as a Cinematographer, Writer and Director at The City College of New York where she is currently directing her sixth short film. "Falling To Heaven," which she edited, was recently screened at The Sundance Film Festival. She is in pre-production as cinematographer on many productions including "Passion" with documentary filmmaker Erin Harper. |
| Janis Vogel has also worked with documentary filmmakers, Danny Schechter ("Weapons of Mass Deception") and Marc Simon ("After Innocence"). She worked as a Story Developer for Julie Richardson ("Collateral") and her fluency in German and Spanish led her to work for the World Wide Department at American Public Television. |
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Editor: Anna Shubin starred as Mary Leary in Erin Greenwell's Portuguese fantasy "Águas de Março", an errant diversion from her post-productorial occupations. She generally prefers the hermetic dark of the editing room. Recently, Anna co-edited Rosebush, which received the National Board of Review Grant for Best Film and was also awarded Best Screenplay at the Cityvisions Film Festival in NYC. Currently working as a freelance editor, she recently completed collaboration on a 50-Chapter original web series for Yahoo! featuring best-selling author and Sex and the City writer Liz Tuccillo. |
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| Anna is currently working in post-production on two feature-length documentaries for Reel Life Film, in addition to an independent short entitled "Deserts of Love," starring Haley Joel Osment's scene partner at NYU, Alix Angeles. |
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Lighting Design: Adam James Judson Benn has just been knighted by a small Canadian town in Newfoundland for his role in dramatizing the plight of a fishing boat and its role in the pickled herring industry using only 3 clip lights and ceiling wax. His plucky yet strange attitude has earned him diverse positions on film crews from cinematographer to hair re-wetter. The crux of his face is currently a mighty mustache,
supported by a ragged beard which generally instills confidence in those around him. Adam graduated with a BFA in Film Production from the University of Colorado where he was nominated for the Grillo Award. Freelance camerawork includes Winnercom Productions and ESPN Productions. Calm under pressure, Adam also had an 800lb grizzly bear lick his lens (on a Varricam).
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Adam's directing/camera/editing work has been shown at the Copper Mountain Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and will soon grace the screens of the famed Cityvisions Filmfest.
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Casting Coordinator: Ingrid Jungermann is a filmmaker who is currently in post-production for a short film called "Love Sucks." She also wrote and directed "Viewpoint," a short that premiered at the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, NC.
Ingrid worked as a casting associate on Tim Burton's "Big Fish" and Robert DeNiro's "The Good Shepherd" and as a casting coordinator for Erin Greenwell's feature, "Big Dreams in Little Hope."
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AC: Ning Li. In a parallel universe, Ning is an engineer and an architect. He also likes movies. |
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Sound/Additional Gaffer/Additional Music: Jeff Hoagland is an erratic if sometimes brilliant gaffamaniac. A studious time organizer, Jeff sometimes sits alone in his bathroom for hours trying to block different parts of the light with Duvatine. Jeff played the characters Woody Coyle/Mr. Gilholey/Priest in the noir pop parody “Red Herring” at Backstage Theatre in Breckenridge, CO, and hopes to obtain the role of “Lampost” in "Overnight Book". Look for Jeff’s animated documentary, “Furry”, in the spring, along with his new collection of poems, “What if Bunnies Played Hockey.”
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Jeff presently works freelance for NBC Sports, ESPN, the CW channel, and WinnerComm Television. A published writer; Jeff is grateful that Thomas Paine escaped the British at Dover because Democracy rocks.
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Grip: Dmytro Gapon says: "I'm huge fan of aquarium fish, any radio controlled (wireless) gadgets and toys. There is no such thing as 'Impossible'. I can handle any type of equipment and tools (if the manual is provided), including computers (software and hardware). I have built many things in my life, including a fish-tank, custom chopper and a family house. I'll drive my bike in any weather and I'm always up for camping." Dmytro is a Freelancer Editor /Motion Graphics /Cameraman currently obtaining his MFA in Post Production Editing. Dmytro recently served as head grip for the "Bronx Balletomane" and cameraman and editor for the documentary "Save Coney Island."
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Contributing Musician: Viva DeConcini "Prepare to be stunned as you listen to Viva's lastest musical offering. At last you will find a woman who loves to play face-melting guitar solos! With her you will also find beautiful melancholic modern love dramas, hard-hitting grooves, a ballad that might just break your heart, powerful lyrics which delight as their subtle turns sneak their way into your mind and even a light-hearted country-western commentary on the state of these modern times."
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| Additional Music: Jason Todd Ingram was born in Portland, Oregon and moved to Alaska at the age of twenty to make original music for video productions. In the late 90’s he began to teach music and later built another recording studio creating his own CDs and producing the works of others. He played with groups such as His Hands and the Wilo Vasquez Ensemble (in addition to his solo appearances) while living in Anchorage. Mr. Ingram has been through thirty-three US states as well as a dozen countries. |
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| Jason lived in the Russian Federation involved in playing music and teaching, Spring of 2000. Jason has been composing and recording his own music since his early teens. In the late 80’s he began releasing home-made audio cassette recordings and appeared on radio shows into his late teens. He also worked in community and professional theater in his Portland years. Jason finished the Professional Music Program at PCC as well as graduating from RBTC followed by a missions program in 1999. Mr. Ingram relocated to the Midwest during the years of 2005 and 2006 beginning to work in video production and continuing his work in the arts, songwriting and recording. Jason’s creative work ranges from mixed media art, creative writing to a wide range of music styles. Throughout the years he has been known to build homemade musical instruments (even ones that randomly "play themselves") and put together teams of creative people to make a spontaneous performance art piece. His stage work can be compared with the genre of Stomp or Blue Man Group. |
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Additional Music: DC Sills With a blend of country, folk, bluegrass and gospel, DC Sills weaves stories into songs about people she's known, people she's lost and some people she's just made up. Who does she sound like? Comparisons made have been made to:Tracy Chapman, Maura O'Connell and even Cheryl Wheeler...and...most distinctly, DC Sills!
Herb Barbee of Roots Music Review had this to say,
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"If DC Sills were a painter, no doubt she would use a very broad brush. As a talented musical artist, she accomplishes the same artistic feat. Her music crosses many genres from country to folk to bluegrass to gospel and the really cool thing is that she is versatile enough to perform all these music types well."
Check out DC Sills at www.dcsills.com |
Additional Music: Brendan Fitzpatrick is best known for his years as bass player
for the New York art-country-rock band Clem Snide. His solo career is flourishing these days due to a collaboration with Bitchmidget's David Hurtgen. The result - Rats With Wings - has become a pioneer in an exciting new musical genre: acoustimac. |
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Contributing Graphic Artist: Karen Heagle was born in Tomah, Wisconsin where she grew up on a dairy farm. After moving to New York, she earned her MFA at Pratt Institute in 1995, and two years later attended Skowhegan, a prestigious summer residency in Maine.
Since then her work has been included in many group exhibitions in addition to three solo shows. They are "Puritans Perverts and Feminists", in 2001, followed by “Fierce,” in 2003 at 31 Grand Gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Karen is currently represented by I-20 Gallery, New York, where "Strictly Naturals", her last show, inaugurated the gallery’s new Chelsea space in 2006.
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The Gay City News, New York Times, Time Out New York, and the Village Voice have reviewed her work. Karen’s paintings have been presented at various international art fairs in Madrid, Paris, Moscow, and Greece. Her work is included in the Judith Rothschild Contemporary Drawings Collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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| Sound Mix: Quentin Chiappetta enjoys an unusually broad career as a composer, sound designer, and recording engineer. He received his formal training at the Eastman School of Music where he received a bachelor’s degree in composition. |
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| After moving to New York, Quentin quickly established himself as an innovative and versatile creative partner for a wide of variety of artistic endeavors, from nationally syndicated television shows to musical works accompanying modern dance performances to a growing roster of independent films and documentaries. Quentin works out of Medianoise, his full service digital audio post-production studio. |
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Contributing Graphic Artist: Lynne Buckley Karen Heagle
Set Design: Vaughan Feilder
Gaffer/Grip: Nathan Noe
Make/up Hair: Janet Whitaker
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