Vladek Juszkiewicz was born in Glogow, Poland. He graduated from the Szczecin Technical University with a degree in Engineering. While attending the University he became a member of The Szczecin Technical University Choir, serving as a President and manager of the group. His travels with the choir took him to Cuba, Canada, India, France, England, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, The Philippines and United States where he visited the White House.When he moved to Warsaw he became the manager of the Polish international star singer Maryla Rodowicz. After immigrating to the United States he…
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Diarah N’Daw-Spech was born and educated in France where she studied Spanish in high school and English at the university. Mrs. Spech has developed a 15-year long career as an educational administrator in the USA and is currently the Financial Director for the Center for Educational Outreach and Innovations at Teachers College, Columbia University. She holds a BA in economics from SUNY Albany and a MBA from Columbia University in Management and Marketing. In 1993, Mrs. Spech created with her husband the African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF – www.NYADFF.org). The mission of ADFF is to expand the traditional views and…
Guy Moshe is an up and coming writer-director who has established himself as a fresh new face in Hollywood, Moshe has written for Bergman Lustig Productions, Millennium Films and others. His short films were featured at several international film festivals. HOLLY marks his feature directorial debut. He is currently working on a samurai action film titled BUNRAKU.Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience.Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been ‘comfortably numb’ in…
Two interlaced stories about hero worship and fatherhood echo one another in Nigerian/UK filmmaker Kevin Aduaka’s striking debut ELVIS PELVIS. Elvis Pelvis is a story told in two parts; “THE SUIT” tells of a family living in London in the early 80s and the effects of the legacy of Elvis Presley on them. Ten-year-old Elvis lives under the tyranny of his father Tony—a stern policeman who is obsessed with the legacy of Elvis Presley. Elvis’s walls, in contrast, are covered with a shrine to Jimi Hendrix. “THE MESSIAH” takes place 17 years later and tells of Derek, a disturbed recluse…
Born in 1972 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Between 1991 and 1996 Aaron Fernandez studied in Paris, France where he obtained a Master’s degree in cinematographic and audiovisual studies, specializing in directing and screen writing.Partes usadas (Used Parts) (2007)Corrido callejero (Rambling Ballad) (2005) – ShortCircuito interior (Inner Circuit) (2000) – ShortArgent liquide (Easy Money) (1997) – ShortLe partage des eaux (The Sharing of the Waters ) (1995) – ShortUsed parts is the story of the life of Ivan, a 14-year old boy, that lives with his uncle Jaime, a mediocre dealer of used car parts. Both of them dream with a better…
Born and raised in the United States, Ramin Bahrani studied film at Columbia University in New York City before moving to his parents’ homeland of Iran, where he lived for three years. After spending time in Paris, he eventually returned to the United States to begin work on his first feature film, MAN PUSH CART (2005). The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival (2005) and was selected for the Sundance Film Festival (2006) before being released theatrically to critical acclaim. His second feature film, CHOP SHOP (2007) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and screened next at The Toronto…
The sight of a dark-suited municipal employee doling out parking violations stirs a primal hate in all but the most enlightened souls. And the heroine of EXPIRED, the meter maid Claire, knows it. The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry Traffic Officer who loves his job, it being the perfect outlet for his anger and frustrations. Coming both from a place of despair and loneliness, Claire and Jay meet and engage in a tumultuous and twisted relationship, which will eventually teach them that love can…
Christian Gaines was born in Brussels, Belgium to American parents and educated in British boarding schools until he came to the United States in 1984 to attend Vassar College, where he earned a B.A. in English.In 1988, Christian helped to start The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, a communication and hospitality center for the American film community attending the Cannes Film Festival. In 1990, he went to work for the Hawaii International Film Festival as Administrator, and then served as Film Coordinator and Film Programmer in Hawaii from 1992 until 1994, dividing his time between Honolulu, Los Angeles…
In addition to writing and directing Verboten, Martin Keegan plays Mike Gorman, the fierce single father of a troubled teenager. Keegan has just signed to write the screenplay adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery. With New York Times Washington D.C. bureau chief Carl Hulse, Keegan is also co-writing Secret Service, the true story of William Wood, a James Bond-like character who created the Secret Service under President Lincoln. His film has been won Best Dramatic Film at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. Keegan hosts the pop culture talk show Hollywood Babble-On at social broadcasting site NowLive.com, where he…
Stuart Litman joined Film Movement in 2003 as its Company CEO. Since his arrival, Film Movement has focused on new distribution channels including securing new relationships with television, video on demand, home video partners such as Amazon/Createspace, Netflix rental and electronic delivery, Blockbuster, and also Continental Airlines Inflight Entertainment. Meghan Wurtz is Vice President of Business Development at Film Movement. Ms. Wurtz Prior to joining Film Movement, she worked for European Film Promotion (EFP), an initiative aimed at raising industry awareness of European film and assisting in the further distribution and promotion of European films in North America, where she…