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| Crew Bios~ |
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Writer
Director: Dina Gachman Producer:
Mary Posatko Producer:
Rain Breaw Cinematographer:
Chuck DeRosa Editor:
Melanie McGraw Editor:
Barry Friedman Assistant
Director: Amber Beard Art Director:
Julie Sifuentes Post
Production Supervisor: Caitlin
Taylor Production
Designer: Diana J. Zeng |
Born and raised in 
Mary
Posatko recently received her MFA in Production from the University of
Southern California School of Cinema/Television. A strange mix of
culture junkie and social activist from a young age, Mary grew up in
Delaware studying SNL, MTV and PBS, often re-staging bits with her
friends for her own camera, and went on to study Semiotics and Modern
American History at Brown University. After moving to LA in 2000, Mary
had the incredible experience of working as a homeless intake counselor
in LA's Skid Row and running a program for youth at risk of gang
involvement on the Westside of LA. Wanting to find the best way to tell
the stories of those she'd met, she worked in news, documentary and
drama production at public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, and on
several documentaries for HBO. Finally, fortunately, she is grateful to
have been at USC, learning how to get her stories out there from some
of the best and most effective storytellers in the world.
Rain
is an independent producer/director and recent graduate of the USC
School of Cinematic Arts, where she was awarded the Edward Small
Directing Scholarship, the Mary Pickford Production Scholarship, and
the North American Theater Owners Association Production
Award.
She has produced numerous award-winning short films, including
"Thermopylae" (2005) and "Archer House" (2006). Rain has also directed
two award-winning shorts, "Secret Agent" (2005) and "Underpass" (2007),
After
spending a fruitless adolescence attending high school in New Jersey,
Chuck moved on to college in Atlanta. In college he discovered rock
climbing and whitewater kayaking by attending a summer session at the
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in Wyoming. At the end of
college, and fearing a desperate descent into the world of fluorescent
lighting and cubicles, Chuck fled to join the un-showered ranks of raft
guides working for the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Smokey Mountains
of North Carolina. He quickly devolved into a whitewater kayak
instructor, teaching for the center through spring and summer and then
chasing the best whitewater through fall and winter. This chase led to
Ecuador, Panama, New Zealand and Nepal, where it's safe to say Chuck
learned more in a month than in 4 years of college. (Note to kids:
don't go to college). After 6 years with the outdoor center Chuck moved
back to Atlanta where he worked as an Assistant Director on various
film projects before weaseling his way into USC Graduate School of Film.
Melanie
McGraw, 35, recently received her MFA from USC's School of Cinematic
Arts, where she focused on writing-directing with a specialty in sound
design. As an undergraduate, she studied creative writing at Brigham
Young University and then spent the next seven years establishing
herself as an instructional designer and training consultant in the
retail and restaurant industries, designing, developing, and
facilitating training programs for corporations such as Gap, Inc. and
Einstein/Noah Bagel Corporation. She created curriculums and materials
that, much like cinema, used visuals, humor, and storytelling to
entertain and fully involve her audiences in the learning process.At
the age of 30, Melanie left her corporate career to pursue her dream of
becoming a writer-director of feature films, enrolling first in the
Film Studies Program at the University of Utah. After three successful
semesters toward a 2nd Bachelor's, she moved to Los Angeles to attend
USC.
Barry
Friedman got his MFA from the University of Southern California School
of Cinema-Television. He grew up in San Diego, and staying with his
southern California roots attended UCLA with a major in Communication
Studies and a minor in Philosophy. He has interned and worked for
several film and television production companies including Original
Film, DreamWorks, and The LATE LATE Show with Craig Kilborn. He and his
brother Andy, a PhD candidate in Astrophysics at Harvard have worked
together on several short films. Half analytic philosopher, half
seasoned musician, half sarcastic comedian, Barry enjoys having his
hands full with constantly pursuing creative endeavors.
Amber
Beard was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. A Gemini. She grew up
in a casino and played with white tigers as a child. Later, she
attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for undergrad where she
acquired three majors in theater technology, fine art, and film. She
now attends the University of Southern California as a
Cinema-Television Graduate Student. She hopes to write and direct
someday... but until then, she gets a kick out of ADing and doing
sound. Amber enjoys heavy -metal music, country and techno. Her
favorite food is Italian. She especially loves boba drinks, and if
given the chance, would probably choke to death on an overdose of
tapioca balls.
Julie
is a native of Southern California and has a BA in Communications from
CSU, Long Beach where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She recently
finished the Production program at USC where her emphasis was on
producing but she also enjoys picture editing and production design.
Born and raised in the heart of Southern California by a Mexican father
(and film buff), Julie's taste in films is eclectic, ranging from
classic American cinema to the French new wave to earlier works of
Latin cinema. Understanding that a film starts and ends with a
producer, Julie vows to only make films she is passionate about-films
with originality and character-films that affect people in a meaningful
way. As a filmmaker, Julie has made it her responsibility to tell
compelling stories, Archer House being one of them.
Caitlin
was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI. She attended Yale University,
where she received her B.A. and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While at
Yale, she acted as president of UPix, the film production company on
campus. Her short film, Milk, was a finalist at the Ivy League Film
Festival. In her spare time, Taylor interned for Michael Moore on his
film, Bowling for Columbine, and worked with Marion Lipschutz and Rose
Rosenblatt on their film, The Education of Shelby Knox, which won the
award for Best Cinematography at Sundance. Taylor attended the
Graduate School of Film and Television at the University of Southern
California. |
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