Mike Rose has been writing and performing sketch comedy for several years in theaters all over Los Angeles including The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade. Mike is the creator of the hit webseries Planet Unicorn which has been featured on FOX News, G4's Attack of the Show, Best Week Ever, OUTFEST and magazines including OUT, HX, IN, TimeOut New York and was voted the #7 Funniest internet Video in 2007 by New York Magazine. Planet Unicorn also won the OMFG Internet Award on LOGO'S NewNowNext Awards for which Mike wrote and produced a Planet Unicorn opening segment. Mike also created the very popular webseries STOP IT, a parody of A&E's Intervention and the gay cop comedy, Fagney & Gaycey. Read More

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A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Gina Atwater received her M.F.A. from the Film Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts in 2011. She has written and/or directed five short films that have screened at numerous festivals around the country. Her latest film CROSSING received a National Board of Review Student Grant and was a Semifinalist in the 38th Annual Student Academy Awards. Before that, her film JOY IN THE MORNING won the 2009 HBO Student Film Competition at the Savannah Film Festival and was featured on BET.com as part of that network's Lens on Talent Program. Her original TV pilot SAINTS was nominated for the Humanitas Prize, and her feature script ALL THAT GLITTERS won the Zaki Gordon Award for Excellence in Screenwriting.

Make It Happen was created by Bechir Sylvain and Sheaun McKinney. A comedy series pilot presentation chronicles the journey of Carl and Larry; two 20-something African-American friends pursuing their dream of acting stardom. Fueled by their talent and determination, the struggling artists arrive in L.A. and quickly discover how difficult the journey up the Hollywood ladder is. Each episode follows the inventive and often peril-driven attempts Carl and Larry make to get their feet through the Hollywood door. Each obstacle life places along the way teaches them valuable lessons about themselves, their friendship, and ultimately what it will take to make their dreams happen. 

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A native of Lima, Julio O. Ramos, left his country and his journalist career to come to the US and become a filmmaker. He graduated with honors from Columbia College of Chicago and now pursues his MFA at the prestigious UCLA's Film School. Julio's first year film, El Bolerito (The Shoe Shiner), won the jury prize at the 2010 DGA Annual Student Awards. His second year film, ¡Una Carrerita, Doctor! (A Doctor's Job), is his first fictional project that he directed in Peru, and it received multiples awards, and showcased in prestigious film festival such as Telluride, Palms Springs, Seattle, Shanghai and Vancouver. Julio is currently developing his first feature film, a political thriller titled Detras del Espejo (Behind the Mirrors). Read More

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George Tunis is a Metro Detroit, Michigan native who spent his undergraduate years at Emerson College in Boston. While at Emerson, Eric, Dan and George formed their production company, A2A Productions LLC. Shortly thereafter, he and the others produced two short films and a full production-grade feature that is currently in the last stages of post production entitled "Gray Area". Over the last 3 years, George has spent time as one of the Directors of Photography on the show Garden Girl TV and the documentary Do It Again: Re-Uniting the Kinks for FilmShack Productions in Boston, MA. He also spent time in the development department at the Weinstein Company in Los Angeles, and as a writer's assistant on the development of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test to be directed by Gus Van Sant... Read More

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Gloria Calderon Kellett is a writer and supervising producer on the CBS series Rules of Engagement. Before that, she was a writer and producer on the CBS series, How I Met Your Mother for three seasons, during which she won an Alma Award for Outstanding Script. She is a graduate of the Writer's Guild Showrunner Training Program and has sold pilots to Fox, ABC and CBS. Her first short film, "Wounded," was an official selection in the Geneva Film Festival, the Palm Springs Shorts Fest, the Sedona Film Fest, the Gig Harbor Film Festival and the Big Island Film Festival... Read More

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Al Thompson (Creator/Executive Producer/Director) - A Jack of all trades, Al Thompson wears the hats of actor, writer, producer, and director in his projects.  Since entering the entertainment industry, Thompson has worked hard to experience success not only in film, but also in television and online media.  In 2007, he founded ValDean Entertainment, a production company dedicated to creating high-quality and original content that resonates across multiple entertainment platforms. Most recently, Thompson launched the award-winning comedy series Johnny B. Homeless, which received rave reviews at the New York Television Festival, winning the “People’s Choice Award” and premiered on Atom.com in June... Read More

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Edward Shieh is a New York based advertising creative by day; and filmmaker at night. His most recent short film, Tu & Eu (2010), has been a finalist at two international Academy® Qualifier festivals and will be adapted into the stage play with Pulitzer Nominated co-writer, Richard Vetere. Eddie is a member of the Writer's Guild of America (East) and WGA Digital Caucus, and completing a feature project and a branded web series.

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Viet Nguyen If you find something scary or sad, chances are, Viet finds it funny. However, when Viet tries to be funny, it's really scary and mostly sad. Viet got his film degree in his hometown at the University of Texas in Austin. He now lives in LA and has worked as a television editor on such shows as Party Down on Starz and Secret Girlfriend on Comedy Central. Viet currently edits Human Target on FOX.

Julius Onah is an award winning filmmaker who has been selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of its 2010 "25 New Faces of Independent Film". His films include "Szmolinsky" (Official Selection 2008 Berlin Film Festival, Official Selection 2008 Melbourne Film Festival), Nie Patrz Wstecz" (Official Selection 2009 BFI London Film Festival, Grand Jury Winner - 2008 Plus Camerimage Film Festival). His most recent film "Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat" premiered at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. Julius is an MFA candidate at New York University's Graduate Film Program where he was selected as a Dean's Fellow, a recipient of a Wayfare Entertainment Ventures Production Award, and a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar. Julius was a directing talent at the 2009 Berlin Talent Campus and was most recently selected... Read More

David J. Lee - Aside from short films, David has also directed several original theater and comedy shows in the Los Angeles area. "Blueberry" is just one of many collaborations with Randall Park and producer Neil Sehgal. David is currently pursuing his MFA in film production at USC.

Randall Park - CAPE New Writers Award Winner (2010) in the Television Category for the pilot "Eracists", Various shorts and webisodes www.randallparkplace.com), the feature film American Fusion (2005) starring Esai Morlaes, Sylvia Chang, and Pat Morita. Acting credits: Larry Crowne w/ Tom Hanks (2011); House, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Reno 911!, Cold Case

Writer/Director DEBBY WOLFE'S short films have screened in numerous film festivals worldwide including Tribeca, the BET Urbanworld Film Festival, and the HBO NYC Latino Film Festival. As a Story Producer, Debby has worked on reality projects for CBS, Discovery, and Current TV. In digital media, Debby wrote and directed the web series GirlTalk, which became one of the most downloaded podcasts on iTunes Kids and Family. This success led her to writing and producing the DVD/Web series Raven-Symone Presents for MRC. With her feature screenplays, Debby was an American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition finalist and is currently a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Debby resides in Los Angeles where she is developing several projects for both film and TV.

Sterlin Harjo belongs to the Creek and Seminole Nations and is a native of Holdenville, Oklahoma. He studied painting and screenwriting at the University of Oklahoma when he began making shortfilms that launched his filmmaking career. Harjo's short films include THEY'RE PLAYING HIS SONG and his second film GOODNIGHT IRENE premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and has played around the world including Berlin Film Festival, LAFF, CineVegas, Seattle International, Tribeca Film Festival, Messagesticks-Sydney, and Aspen Shorts Festival where it received a special jury prize. Harjo was selected to participate in the Sundance Institute's 2004 Filmmakers Lab with his feature script, Four Sheets to the Wind, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Dramatic Competition... Read More

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Francisco Ordoñez graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the City University of New York. In May of 2006 he completed his M.F.A. at Columbia University's Film Program, where he was honored as a Film Division Fellow. Francisco's Columbia Thesis Film, "st. paul", has been awarded the IFP Audience Award, and Best Short Film at: The New York Latino Film Festival, The Miami International Short Film Festival, and the 24th Annual Imagen Awards, among other honors. His feature screenplay, ASHER, was a Finalist in the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival All Access Program and is currently in development. ASHER is loosely based on the short film, "st. paul." Francisco's 2nd short film, "Cookie," premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival... Read More

Joshua Funk has worked for The Second City since 1994. He received his B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan and shortly after became one of the founding members of The Second City Detroit touring company. After three years on The Second City Detroit main stage, Joshua moved back to his hometown of Chicago and became a resident director for The Second City. He received Joseph Jefferson Awards for "best director" for Holy War Batman, and "best production" for Pants On Fire as well as directing The Second City's first tours to Asia and a USO tour to Sarajevo, Bosnia. Joshua now resides in Los Angeles with his wife Nyima and daughter Ziza. As an improv director/coach, some of his film & television credits include MTV's Wild n' Out, Katt Williams: American Hustle... Read More

Camille Brown graduated from UCLA's Film and Television school. She made her directorial debut in 2000 with her award-winning documentary A Second Chance At Life, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Camille has worked in all phases of production, though writing and directing is her passion. In 2009 she completed her narrative short film Thank You for Washing, which she wrote, directed, produced and edited. Recently she completed several feature scripts, including a kids' adventure and a romantic comedy.

Dempsey Tillman's award-winning directorial triumph, Collector, has screened in over 30 film festivals around the world, garnering 16 awards including five "Best Short Film" Awards," "Best Director," "Best Cinematography," "Best Sound Design," and three "Awards of Excellence". Dempsey has a flair for drama, science fiction, the supernatural, the fantastical. He's one of a growing number of young African-American emerging directors contributing diversity and talent to Hollywood's film community.

Michelle was thrilled to come on board with Pat and Mary. She currently is very active in the NY sketch comedy scene. Her video work has appeared on G4 TV's Attack of the Show and Comedy Central's Tosh.0. They have also been featured on the CollegeHumor.com and Atom.com home pages.

Lin Oeding is an Asian-American filmmaker currently residing in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of the screenwriting and film directing program at the University of Texas at Austin. Since graduating and moving to Los Angeles in 2002, Lin quickly gained a vast amount of set experience by working as a stuntman on over 80 feature films and television shows such as The Last Samurai, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3, Fast and Furious 3 & 4, Tropic Thunder and Collateral. Being bi-racial (Chinese-Taiwanese and German-Dutch) and having lived and filmed in over 17 countries, Lin brings a blend of culture, philosophy and action to his unique perspective on storytelling.

Sebastian Davis moved from a small township in England to Atlanta, Georgia at the formative age of 10. After high school he went on to study Journalism and Film Studies at Stanford University, before moving to Los Angeles to work as assistant to legendary producer Roger Corman. Subsequently, he spent a season as director's assistant on the CBS hit-show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," before finally settling down in the USC graduate film program for directing. Sebastian is a 2-time Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker Finalist, and has most recently worked as a staff writer for Current TV. "Magellan" is his USC graduate thesis film.

Hector Montaño Jaramillo Originally from Torreon, Coahuila (México), Hector graduated from the Faculty of Visual Arts at UANL. His experience with the camera has landed him collaborations in marketing campaigns as well as institutional videos for local museums. With an assistant director credit in the short film La niña que canta (The Girl that Sings), and another one as camera assistant in the feature film El cuarto obscuro (The Dark Room), Hector is also the proud director of two short films made in the state of Nuevo Leon, Hermanas (Sisters) and ¿Tiene usted una pluma? (Do You Have a Pen?).

Rafael's love for film began in elementary school, where he shot his first film in 2nd grade with his father's 8mm camera. It was a short film about astronauts that discover a strange new planet. Growing up east of LA, Rafael stayed out of trouble by break dancing with a crew, dj-ing, and playing basketball, but it was ultimately Rafael's writing ability and creative visions that opened doors to a career in filmmaking.
After attending UC Berkeley and receiving Berkeley's highest award for art, the Eisner Award (Maris), Rafael continued his studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program, as a Dean's Fellow. During his time at Tisch... Read More

Marty Johnson's credits include co-creating the sitcom pilot, Today's Special, (NYTV Festival 2008), performing with The Second City at Sea and Improv Asylum, co-writing a Boston Theater Critics Award-winning play, and video shorts which have screened at the Austin Film Festival and San Fran Sketchfest.

Will Luera is the Artistic Director of ImprovBoston, Artistic Director of the Lowell Comedy Festival, Mainstage Director at ImprovAsylum, and Artistic Associate of the Chicago Improv Festival. He joined the IB Mainstage in 1997. In 2004, Will was the Boston and national winner of PAX-TVs World Cup Comedy... Read More

Fabian is a graduate of the Film Studies program at the University of California, Irvine. His first feature-length screenplay was the Sundance Film Festival indie film BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, released theatrically by MTV Films and Paramount Pictures. He then went on to write the screenplay for the short film JOHNNY FLYNTON, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 ("Best Short, Live Action"). LITTLE BONES marks his directorial debut. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

Owen Thomas is a San Francisco bay area native who got his start performing with the San Francisco Boys Chorus at the age of 6. After graduating from UC Berkeley, and working as a musician for many years, Owen eventually began working as an actor, which lead to his writing and directing "The Road" with Theoretical Films. Owen currently lives in his hometown of Berkeley, California.

Iman Zawahry was born in Panama City, Florida in 1980. In 1998, she moved to Gainesville, FL to attend the University of Florida where she received a BA in Religion and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Upon graduation Iman worked with Bridges TV, the first American Muslim Television network, as a free-lance journalist. In 2006 Iman attended Florida State University Film School and has directed three short films, of which "Tough Crowd" was awarded an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Student Emmy Award. "Tough Crowd" has also been accepted at this year's DC Shorts Film Festival and the 12th Annual Arab Film Festival. Currently, Iman won the Princess Grace Award and will be shooting a short film in the fall.

Deon is a 1999 graduate from UCLA, with a major in Ancient Civilizations and a minor in Film/Television Productions. In 2007, he completed the UCLA Extension Film/TV Screenwriting Program, then entered (Los Angeles City College) LACC's Directors Program, where he studied directing and cinematography. At LACC, he wrote and directed his first short film, titled "Hey Joe"--a tribute to the Jimi Hendrix song of the same title. "Hey Joe" won First Place in LACC's student film showcase for 2002. His work experience entails dozens of TV show and pilot productions, as well as five years with Walt Disney Imagineering, where he worked in the Creative (story & project development) Department. As a screenwriter, he has developed several shorts and TV spec scripts... Read More

Oversized and with a knack for wise cracks, Wendy turns to yoga to lose weight. Insecure about whether she's cut out for yoga, in the beginning she's a disastrous combination of self-consciousness and overly enthusiastic. She undergoes a series of new challenges, giving audiences a comical glimpse into the skewed mind of a woman trying to find her 'Om.' Gregory Colleton and Tajamika Paxton wrote and directed this irreverent take on the world of tangled limbs and incense, inspired by Paxton's experiences as a Los Angeles yoga instructor... Read More

At fifteen, David and his two buddies are the youngest members of the Boston Aquarium Society. Theirs is an introverted world of breeding fish, training parrots and Latin Club. The three make their way through the deadpan reality of the suburbs to a monthly meeting at the New England Aquarium. As his buddies bicker over wet-dry filters and Gorbachev, David struggles alone with a moral dilemma. It takes Ellen, a disarmingly open neighbor, for David to finally share his secret and find a human connection in the surreal world of sea turtles, penguins, and jellies.

A very unusual story about the misadventures of a remarkably peculiar man, who has some very unusual ideas about who he is. It takes place in a sleepy little town tucked very far away. In fact, you'd never have heard of it at all, if not for one very peculiar man, Mr. Culp. As a boy Mr. Culp had come to realize he is something that men can never be. He'd lived as an outcast all his life, until one day the most remarkable thing happened that gave credence to Mr. Culp's outrageous claim. In this playful tale of whimsy and wonder, one boy will make a discovery that will change his life forever.

Bitch is a pop culture vigilante, who administers "beat-downs" to many deserving folk. Be it your pretentious taste in music, your fugly clothes, your insipid pseudo-intellectual rantings, or your poseur attitude, she will find you and she will make you pay. Love is for losers, and the PDA couples make BITCH want to puke razor blades. But when she meets a guy as antisocial as she is, it's love at first sneer. Can they regulate the poseurs of the world together? Only if she can win him, but she may have to kick his ass first. It's a classic love story, rendered in a style so cynical, so blithely ultra-violent, and joyously scabrous as to be almost unrecognizable... Read More

While planning a diversity rally, a misguided group of activists fail to see eye to eye with their newest member.

A main character, 'MOCK'N' is an anatomic figure of biology classroom.
His daily work is only to display his body quietly in a boring glass box.
However, when the veil of night goes down with a sound of bell that notifies end of class, A school turns into a stage for his show time!

A MAC/PC ad spoof, pitting the Native American (MAC: Mistreated After Columbus) against the Caucasian American (PC: Post Columbus).

El Chisme is a comedy about the highly addictive world of gossip. We all know it quite well. But they know it especially well in East Los Angeles. Here Edward has just told his mother Martha he's going to propose to his girlfriend Paulina. Trouble is that his mother is the biggest gossiper on the block. The whole neighborhood soon finds out even before Paulina. The priest, the taco vendor, the salon ladies... Read More

When a group of diverse co-workers retreat to the break room for a routine mid-day snack, a quarrel about who gets the last pineapple-flavored water turns to a heated passive-aggressive battle among man, woman, white, black, yellow, brown, purple and little.

A young man, Barry, learns to live with a Ninja. Crossing cultural divides, Barry and the Ninja develop a strange bond that leads to an unexpected end.

Distraught and despondent 'Miss Laura' Hayes pours out her feeling and emotions about one who has become part of her life, part of her family. Waiting for his return seems like an eternity.

Pria is a South Asian teenager who is experiencing her first real crush. She has the same problems as any other teenager, but of course in her mind those problems are exaggerated. Pria would like to approach the object of her affection but is too self-conscious about her heavy South Asian accent. In the end Pria comes to realize that her differences really don't matter and she had nothing to worry about.

DRAGON OF LOVE is a hilarious comedy about a man who finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to realize it's a nightmare. JOEL (Randall Park) is the ladies man, or that's what he would like to believe. He fantasizes about meeting a beautiful Black woman...and one evening, SALLY (Angela Wiggins) appears. Their eyes connect and love, or rather lust, ensues. But Sally has some surprises for her new boy toy...

Second generation, Indian-Americans Rajesh and Suna have arranged to meet at a café in order to discuss their potential matrimonial suitability. Through a series of pertinent questions and answers, the two learn more about each other… but will it be coffee on the menu or can it be marriage?

The Company was founded by Derrick Vernon who maintains over ten years of extensive experience in building and creating entertainment related companies through his involvement with a successful children's talent management company.

A hilarious and insightful look on one man's journey to increase the size of his penis. This film follows around "Roger Fan" as he explores America's fascination of "bigger is better" with a mold of his male member. Together and with the support of his loving girlfriend "Bree Turner", Roger explores his options for penile.

You think you got what it takes to teach Hip-Hop to middle school kids? Joe thinks so. But his boss doesn't. Hip-Hop is a multi-million dollar industry and Joe's not about to let his students get left behind. Joe learns, however, that teaching is tougher than it looks.

In January of 2002 an LA based film crew was hired by an unidentified client for a one-day video shoot. Upon their arrival on the set, they were told - at gunpoint - to simply do their jobs and not ask stupid Western questions and they would make a great deal of money...because that's all they care about anyway.