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Dr. E Anthony Collins, filmmaker, teacher, and musician.
Dr. E Anthony Collins (Tony) a filmmaker, teacher, and musician based in the lovely vicinity of Palos Verdes Estates, California. Tony has worked on professional, creative, and scholarly projects in the USA, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Thailand, India, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and other places worldwide during the past 40 years. Tony has received international acclaim for more than 20 films, videos, and digital media productions. Notable achievements in filmmaking include two Ford Foundation Media Production Grants (1998, 1999), three Fulbright Grants (1998, 2013, 2022), a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant (1986), Al Larvick Community Fund (2021), Missouri State University (2021), and many others. Please see the website of Dr. E Anthony Collins (Tony) to find examples of his creative, scholarly, and professional work as a filmmaker, teacher, and researcher. anthonycolinsfilm.com |
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Camille Bacos; Screenwriter-Producer, Book Author
Camille Bacos is a Romanian filmmaker that lives in Los Angeles.
She loves experimenting with words and images. From her experimental work to the narrative one, she is looking at beats that give meaning to everyday life.
She wrote and co-produced several award-winning shorts. She is the co-author of the animation series, Friendship Sanctuary, from which the first book was published last year. Her experience as curator and jury member include curating the multimedia section of Mad Hatters' Review, one of the first NYC based online avant-garde magazines that flourished under late Carol Novack mastership and jury member of several films festivals in Romania such as Film4Fun and Bucharest Best Comedy Film |
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Rio Wilshire, Actor
Rio is a US Army veteran, BA Degree Liberal Arts Cal Poly Pomona, AS degree Electronics Citrus College, retired from EDD w/pension, played Jimmy Gems on the Gong show twice CBS Chris Bearde, was a PA on Fight Back w/David Horowitz, PA w/Barry Kibrick Itz Fritz, & Health Fax, actor in Beautiful, Disconnected director Dr Petra Deeter & David Deeter, on screen credits Celebrity sex tapes, Playboy prod w/Pamela Anderson, Hollywood Chaos, Spanish speaking shows Jose Luis sin Censura,& El Ticketero, worked for Jeff Olan casting several Greys Anatomy, Walk out w/Edward James Olmos, non speaking Angels & Demons, the Beatles/green screen, close up on How to get away w/murder w/Viola Davis. for Central Casting worked many non speaking roles, Million Dollar Baby, Hancock, Bright, 10 Earthquake, Whitestripes music video Conqistador, The Brink w/Jack Black, NEXT, World Trade Center, Savages, La Virgen de Juarez, GhettoBusters, Commercials, 2 Nickelodeon shows, The People Vs OJ, CSI Las Vegas, CSI NY, Beyond Boarders, Parenthood , ER, Crime, & numerous shows. Speaking plaintiff on Court TV Judge Perez.
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Dr. Viki L. Lin, Retired Colonel
Dr. Lin is a family physician and colonel in the US Air Force. She is a graduate from the US Air Force Academy and has dedicated her life to serving the country and providing medical care to our soldiers and their families for over 35 years. When she was deployed to Kuwait and Turkey, she was heavily involved with the educational and cultural activities. Growing up in a multi-cultural (Chinese and American) family, and serving in a multi-cultural military, she has passion to promote the harmony for all cultures. Her special interests include mentorship and career development for youth of all cultures and backgrounds. She is the Philanthropy Committee Chair of St Culture Advocacy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Currently, she resident in southern California retired from the Air force |
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Michael Matteo Rossi, Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Michael has extensively been involved in writing, producing and directing and actively been involved in film projects for the last few years. At 19, Michael went on to have his first short film, Our Lost Translation, screened at the LA Shorts Fest. After completing San Diego State with a degree in film, he finished top of his class and now lives back in Los Angeles. In 2011, he directed, produced and wrote The Last Wish, which screened at a number of festivals and picked up several awards including the Sierra Nevada Award at the 2012 Mountain Film Awards. In 2013, Michael directed, produced and wrote the feature, Misogynist, where he was awarded best narrative feature at the Los Angeles Underground Film Festival. Michael has since made several other feature films including the action/thriller Chase, which was released in 2019 through Vertical Entertainment and picked up multiple awards including Best Action Film at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival. |
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Amor Sanchez, Actress
Amor Sanchez is an International Actress from Madrid, Spain. She has appeared in many film, television and theatre productions. You may have seen her in Brando Unauthorized, Mexican Gangster, Scorpion Girl and Crypto Game to name just a few. Her unusual ability to embody different characters landed her various roles in her career. She studied acting at the prestigious Promenade Playhouse Conservatory and attended several UCLA courses. Amor Sanchez can be reached at www.amorsanchez.com |
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Brian Connors, director, screenwriter, producer
Brian has had a long career as an actor which eventually evolved into writing, directing and producing. Brian appears opposite KEVIN COSTNER in the Disney film MCFARLAND USA. He's been featured on LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER SVU, THE RICHES, THE HANDLER and CLOSE TO HOME working in scenes with Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver, Sam Waterson, Mariska Hargitay, Chris Noth and Jerry Orbach among others.
Brian Connors recently wrote and directed the feature film SENIOR ENTOURAGE starring ED ASNER, HELEN REDDY, CHARLIE ROBINSON, MARION ROSS & MARK RYDELL. SENIOR ENTOURAGE is also being "pitched" as a TV series |
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Violeta Nuñez Gorritti;Filmmaker, film scholar and former professor.
Violeta’s work as a historian has allowed her to publish the Pitas and Wire titles: the Golden Age of Peruvian Cinema 1936-1950 (Colmillo Blanco Ed. 1990); Peruvian Cinema Billboard 1930-1939 (Universidad de Lima 1998); Peruvian Cinema Billboard 1940-1949 (Lima 2006); The cinema in Lima 1897-1929 (Lima 2011) and editor of the book When the Cinema was a party: the production of Law 19327 (Lima 2013); Hollywood Goes Latin (Los Angeles 2019), as well as articles in various media. Violeta has directed the documentary Cinema history of a passion (Casablanca Latinfilms 2004). She participated in International Film Colloquiums such as "El arribo del cine to America "(Guadalajara -1994), “Silent Cinema in Ibero-America: nations, narrations, centenarians" (UNAM, Mexico 2010), member of the Organizing Committee and speaker of the Colloquium "Las rutas de cine en América 1896-1910" (UNAM, Mexico 2011). Violeta have been a jury member at: Festivals of the Peruvian Filmmakers Association (Lima 1991), Guadalajara FICG 2002, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival - LALIFF 2013, Guadalajara International Film Festival in LA 1914. Due to her experience, she has been a script advisor to documentaries and thesis. |
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Ewart Chin, Actor, Kung Fu Master
Ewart Chin was born on the Island of Jamaica. He started studying Goju-Ryu Japanese Karate at a very early age. Finding the style too rigid and hard, he decided to pursue a softer style and started practicing Hung-Gar Kung Fu with a Master from KwangTung province, China who was a friend of his grandfather, also from KuangTung. He found that Hung-Gar was more to his liking and practiced this diligently for his entire life,attained " Master" status in the art. Master Sifu Wan-Hsu changed his life for the better.
Upon moving to the United States, he began working in films as an actor and stunts person.he was inducted in the World Martial Arts Council, USA Martial Arts Hall Of Fame, and The Martial Arts History Museum. |
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Ego Mikitas , Actor, Producer, Stage performer
Ego is a Greek by descent actor/producer and stage combat performer. He obtained his master’s degree as a TV journalist and produced numerous shows and theatrical performances . Ego resumed his acting carrier and found fame through producing and acting in award-winning feature films such as "Out for Vengeance", "Bad Genius" and "Troy the Odyssey." “Troy 2”, “Megalodon”, “Attrition”, also popular TV series “OA” and “Deadwood”.
His statuesque figure and the sharp planes of his face cut a menacing figure, which attracted many Villain’s type of the roles, His vulnerability and ability to tap into raw emotions stem from his real-world experiences which have catapulted him to fame in Hollywood. He is now embarking on an even bigger career with many theatrical credits and guest starring for leading TV productions. Ego was a member of Artistic Jury for the 2018 Universe Multicultural film festival |
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