Best Low Budget Feature - Comedy or Drama - (Casting Director) Allison Twardziak
Little Brother
Writer/Director: Sheridan O’Donnell
Producers: Chris Dodds and Keagan Karnes
Starring: Philip Ettinger, Daniel Diemer, Natsuko Ohama and J.K. Simmons
Catch The Fair One
Writer/Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka (Manos Sucias, Narcos)
Producers: Mollye Asher (Nomadland) & Kimberly Parker (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
Starring: Kali Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Shelly Vincent, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Guerrero, and Kevin Dunn.
Swallow
Writer/Director: Carlo Mirabella Davis
Producers: Mollye Asher & Mynette Louie
Starring: Haley Bennett (The Girl on the Train, The Magnificent Seven), Austin Stowell (Battle of the Sexes, Catch-22), Elizabeth Marvel (True Grit, Homeland), David Rasche (Succession, In the Loop) and Denis O’Hare (American Horror Story, Dallas Buyer’s Club).
Ghostwritten
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Thomas Matthews
PRODUCERS: Lena Hudson, Thomas Matthews, Daryl Pittman
CAST: Jay Duplass, Kate Lyn Sheil, Thomas Jay Ryan, Maria Dizzia, Deirdre O’Connell, Craig muMs Grant, Paul Lazar, Laila Robins
One-hit-novelist Guy Laury’s been selected for a very exclusive (and mysterious) island winter-residency. On the cliff’s edge of obscurity, he stumbles onto a lost manuscript, a decades-old murder-mystery and a culture of ghosts, demons and mythology that could be the key to his redemption.
Khaki is Not Leather
“Khaki Is Not Leather” is a 6 part anthology series exploring connection, desire, and isolation via cam girls and boys.
Prolonged isolation has us all serching for new ways to get close satisfaction. Taking place during current day Corona, “Khaki Is Not Leather” tells fictional stories of people looking for intimacy, relief, and connection; at a distance.
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The series premiered on No Budge Aug 20th is an official selection of the Los Angeles Independent Film Fest and is currently streaming online.
Funny Face
Writer/Director: Tim Sutton
Producers: Alexandra Byer, Maddy Askwith & Andrew Morrison.
Starring: Cosmo Jarvis (“Lady Macbeth,” “Calm With Horses”), newcomer Dela Meskienyar, Jonny Lee Miller (“Elementary,” “Dexter”), and Victor Garber (“Argo,” “Sicario”).
Seven Mothers
Won the ADC Silver Cube Award.
Director: Director X
Producers: Chris Dodds (Made by Limbo) & the M ss ngp eces team.
Cast: Xavier Mack, Danea Ossani, Kathy Hazzard, Evelyn Maria Dia, Chanou L. Wiltshire, Adrienne, Kendrick Samuel, Ebonee Davis & Side 2 Side.
RECENT PREMIERES
Stewart Thorndike’s Bad Things starring Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter Jones, Rad Pereira, Jared Abrahamson and Molly Ringwald. Tribeca.
Laura Moss’s birth/rebirth starring Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes and AJ Lister. Sundance.
Sheridan O’Donnell’s Little Brother starring Phil Ettinger, Daniel Diemer, Natsuko Ohama and J.K. Simmons. Best Audience Award Winner at The Atlanta Film Festival, Best Actor at The Soho Film Festival and Best New Mexico Narrative Feature at The Santa Fe Film Festival.
Ray Smiling’s Play This at My Funeral
Ray Smiling’s Juneteenth
Joseph Sackett’s Homebody Starring: Colby Minife, Tre Ryder, Maria Dizzia and Zoe Chao is premiered at OutFestLA 2021
Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch the Fair One (winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature) and Colin Kane Healey’s pilot ‘In the Cards’ premiered at Tribeca.
Marc Raymond Wilkin’s The Saint of the Impossible Starring Magaly Solier, Marcelo Durand, Adriano Durand, Simon Kaser and Tara Thaller premiered at 44 Mostra, Sao Paulo’s International Film Festival Oct 2020.
Carlo Mirabella Davis' Swallow Starring Haley Bennett (Winner for Best Actress), Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche and Denis O'Hare. Produced by Mollye Asher and Mynette Louie. Executive Producer: Joe Wright premiered at Tribeca 2019 and won Best Actress for Haley Bennett’s performance. Opens at IFC and around the world, March 6th, now avail VOD.
Ray Smiling’s web series ‘Khaki is Not Leather’ w/co-writer Konyin Ayuba and producer Chris Dodds. Starring: Damien Lemon, Yvette Yaya Williams, Vince Nappo, Emma Kikue, Mihaela Lupu, Jasmine Bracey, Emily Schultheis and Sea Shimooka. No premiering on No Budge and featured in Nowness.
Tim Sutton’s Funny Face starring Jonny Lee Miller, Cosmo Jarvis, Dela Aisha Meskinyar, Victor Garber, Jeremy Bobb, Dan Hedaya and Rhea Perlman premiered at The Berlinale this Feb 2020.
Lost Holiday. Thomas and Michael Matthews feature film. Starring Kate Lyn Sheil, William Jackson Harper, Joshua Leonard, Tone Tank and Isiah Whitlock. Premiered at Slamdance & Rotterdam 2019, now available On Demand.
Post Production
Matt Fifer’s Treatment starring Cole Doman, Brian J. Smith and David Pittu
Roland Ellis’s Phyllis Silenced starring Austin Amelio, Marc Menchaca, Emma Booth and Mary Beth Piel.
Roland Ellis’s Phyllis, Silenced starring Austin Amelio, Marc Menchaca, Emma Booth, Ellen Toland, Annie Hamilton, Jake Cannavale, Delaney Quinn and Mary Beth Piel.
The Matthews Brother’s feature Ghostwritten starring Jay Duplass.
Skull starring Kyle Gallner and Buddy Duress.
Rubber Gun Club starring Tom Lipinski and Patch Darragh
Recent Work
Season 2 of Tinder’s Swipe Night, Directed by Sasie Sealy
Seven Mothers for Pyer Moss, Directed by Director X
Sasha Gordon’s Maggie, a TV pilot that premiered at Sundance 2019
WarGames - MGM & Eko's Interactive Internet series. Their company and the project are featured in The New Yorker, Jan 30th 2017. Read about it HERE.
The Bra - Veit Helmer's feature film, starring Paz Vega and Adriana Ugarte
Little Hope - Jacqueline Dow's TV Pilot.
Fits and Starts, Laura Terruso's (Hell My Name is Doris) feature film starring Wyatt Cenac & Greta Lee premiered at SXSW.
High School Lover, a teen thriller. Co-Directed and starring James Franco.
My Friend Mick starring Lyndsy Fonseca and Noah Bean.
USA's #1 Show (working title) Joe Pera and Conner O'Malley's pilot.
Be Right Back Matthew Mendelson and Penelope Lawson's web series.
Joe Pera Helps You Find a Christmas Tree for Adult Swim, produced by Alex Orr (Atlanta) with Joe Pera.
A TV pilot Presentation with producer Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Beasts of No Nation, Sin Nombre) and director Rob Meyer (Little Boxes, A Birder's Guide to Everything).
Yehuda Duenyas' Branded Content live theatrical interactive experience, The Time Travel Agency.
Stryka - Emily Carmichael's Sci Fi comedy short. Starring Aimee Mullins and Rupert Friend.
Pack of Nobodies, Emily Wells music video with Director Ben Foster & Parts and Labor.
Lemon, Timothy Cooper's (Concierge The Webseries) starring Jennifer Westfeldt & Noah Bean. Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Untitled Short Film About White People - by Nicholas Colia with Christy Escobar, Gita Reddy, Max Jenkins and Michael Cyril Creighton. In post. WINNER of the Audience Award for Student Films Palm Springs ShortFest 2018.
The Undiscovered Country, Tim O'Connor's feature film starring Rachel McKeon w/Zazie Beetz, Christina Lind, Phil Ettinger, Rob Campbell and Suzanne Savoy, in post.
So You Like the Neighborhood, Jean Pesce's short film starring Sarah Stiles.
Leaving Hope - a short film by Caspar Newbolt. Starring Laine Rettmer and Andy Bean.
The Adventures of Penny Patterson - Stephanie Donnelly's short film. In post.
Worked with Saschka Unseld & Oculus Story Studios' on their narrative Virtual Reality Short Film Dear Angelica.
NextGen's Political Awareness Web-Series.
James Morrison's Diverge (winner of the U.S. In Progress Award in Paris) & Sorrel Brae's A Film by Vera Vaughn premiered at the Brooklyn Film Festival.
Wasted on Each other - Music Video directed by Bryan Schlam
Commercials - On Camera & VO's
Nike, Google, Walmart, Western Union, Burger King, Ford, Samsung, AMD, Champs, Chase, United Airlines, Maybelline, Carol’s Daughter, Dark and Lovely, Movado, Matrix, L’Oreal, Kiehls, Uniqlo, I Got This - Recovery Unplugged, Stella Artois, Vita Coco, Tribeca Films ‘See Yourself in Others’, Lancome, Belif, First Aid Beauty, Netflix, Chewy, Dr. Brandt, Unicef, Smarty Pants, Clover, Orbitz, Vogue and Ralph Lauren, Hennessy, Xfinity, Anheuser-Busch, Frida Mom, Tabasco, Little Bits, Avangrid, Hotshot Legal, Greenwich Hospital, PFDA, Samsung VR, ESPN, Bacardi, Braun, Siggi’s Yogurt, Amplify, Motorola, IT Cosmetics, Little Debbie, Febreze, Nickelodeon promos, Fila, Breath Right, Tide, Sony TV, Maryland Lotto, New York Bakery, Moet, Hotshot Legal, Mello Yello and A&E Networks.