ROB WEIERMAIR, DIRECTOR

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BRENDA WEIERMAIR, PRODUCER

Brenda earned her Bachelors degree in Commerce and later graduated Summa Cum Laude with an MBA in Finance. She comes from a background of theater and dance, performing as a professional ballet dancer then later founding a small theater company. Before entering the AFI Conservatory she held a Business Director position with Universal Home Video, where she oversaw a team responsible for analyzing the successes and failures of films in the domestic market.

Brenda recently graduated from AFI with an MFA in Producing. While at AFI, she produced four short films, the last of which was QUEEN OF CACTUS COVE, her 35mm thesis film. Queen of Cactus Cove premiered at the Los Angeles Int'l Children's Film Festival in December 2005 and won Best Live-Action Short . Since then there has been interest in turning the short into a television treatment and a feature-length script.

With the completion of 2 DOGS INSIDE, Brenda's production company, Wild Card Productions, is preparing for another run of the festival circuit beginning in the summer of 2006. She is also beginning preproduction on another film based on three poems written by the famous Argentinean Filmmaker, Carlos Hugo Christensen. She has several feature scripts and television projects currently in development.

 

PD LANKOVSKY, WRITER

In various lives PD Lankovsky was a surf rat, a straight cowpuncher in the High Sierras, a nationally syndicated political cartoonist, a creative director for The Los Angeles Times and art director/designer at a few national and international advertising agencies.

He recently left an eight-year, award-winning special projects manager position at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to complete his first major studio feature screenplay Juan de Fuca Strait slated for 2007 production.

Lankovsky is a third-generation Californian – an endangered species. He currently lives in Marina Del Rey with loons and other cranky sea animals.

 

DOMINIQUE MARTINEZ , CINEMATOGRAPHER

Dominique graduated in 2002 from the University of Miami with a double major in Film Production and Art Photography, along with a minor in Art History. While in Miami , she worked on various film projects that led her to further her passion for cinematography and continue her studies at the American Film Institute. Dominique received the Henry Hathaway Endowed Scholarship in support of her work in cinematography at AFI.

 

SEAN MCQUEENEY, EDITOR

Sean fell in love with the movies at an early age, but fell in love with editing as an undergrad at Southern Methodist University. He left SMU with degrees in Cinema and Psychology, and headed south to Austin , TX where he used both degrees to move through various positions in the film and dot-com worlds. He bid farewell to Austin though when his dream of attending the American Film Institute came true. He has since graduated from AFI with a Masters in Editing and watches as his thesis films gain success. Sean is currently finishing up his second feature and looks forward to the next.

 

ALYS THOMPSON, PRODUCTION DESIGNER

After spending several years studying art history, architecture, and language, and working in Europe as an archaeologist, Alys left academia for Los Angeles. Deciding to apply her background to film design, she quickly found that AFI productions provided a good environment for hard-working individuals to develop necessary skills and relationships for work in the film industry.

Working on AFI thesis films, Alys designed “DEPENDENCY” then joined Scott Enge to design “GUILT” and “QUEEN OF CACTUS COVE.” Outside of AFI, she has worked on several projects including feature films with designer Constance Jolcuvar and actor/director Andy Dick.

 

SCOTT ENGE, PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Scott Enge grew up in Pennsylvania , where until last year he was designing and building houses on Lake Wallenpaupack , near Scranton . He received his degree in architecture from Virginia Tech. Soon after moving to Los Angeles , he became involved with several AFI thesis projects, culminating in his work on “QUEEN OF CACTUS COVE.” Since then he has worked on three independent features, as Set Decorator, Assistant Art Director, and Art Director.

 

CHRIS WESTLAKE , COMPOSER

From winning international guitar competitions as a teenager, to his success as a composer and producer for high profile Film and TV projects, Chris Westlake is quickly establishing himself as a diverse musician with substance and style.

Soon after completing his classical studies at the USC Thornton School of Music , Chris was chosen as composer for “The Beat” , a feature length urban drama accepted at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival . Fusing elements of hip-hop, electronica and jazz, this highly successful score brought Westlake to the attention of Music Supervisor Bonnie Greenberg, who hired Chris to write and produce additional music for Something's Gotta Give ( directed by Nancy Meyers) . Making the jump from urban drama to romantic comedy, Westlake began to establish his ability to compose for many genres.

When Ms. Greenberg needed additional music for the hit TV show Desperate Housewives , she turned to Chris to create diverse music that can be heard throughout the show's incredibly successful first season. In addition to his continuous work on Desperate Housewives, Chris was also asked to write additional music for “Son of the Mask” , which allowed him to showcase his talent at writing for a large traditional orchestra.

The demand for Chris Westlake's talents are not only in the domain of Film and TV; he was recently hired by multi-platinum selling artists, Switchfoot (Columbia Records), to write string arrangements for several songs on their new album, Nothing is Sound.