PEOPLE
SUBJECTS:
Sara Shives
Sara Shives is a freelance director and script supervisor. She is based in NYC but has worked around the US and internationally as a director for Blue Man Group as well as many other NY-based performance groups. She has been script supervising for about a year and has many short films and commercials under her belt, and did her first feature last August. Sara also works in the tech department for the Tribeca Film Festival and is currently the Venue Manager for the special events venue Sundance House at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Sara encourages everyone to be aware of our political and social environment and to get active in your community!
Eric Homsher
Eric has been a firefighter with the LAFD for over ten years. His lust for life and adventurous spirit led him to the Obama inauguration to “be a part of the greatest sociological event in our country’s history.” An avid Guitar Hero and sports nut, Eric loves spending time with his son Raymond either rocking out or catching a Raiders game.
Ryan Bowen
Ryan Bowen is a photographer and social justice advocate from Portland, OR. In 2008 and early 2009, he rode his bicycle from Los Angeles to the presidential inauguration in Washington D.C. and documented the experience on www.bikingforobama.com
Shayla Dopp
The photography of Shayla Michelle Dopp gives us an intimate look into the heart of her subjects. Each photograph is an encounter with the world on the other side of the lens…as opposed to using her camera as a boundary; a wall to hide behind, giving her room to find objectivity. Shayla absorbs her ‘muses’ into herself, much as the light emanating from the focal point imprints on the negative. By doing so, she allows us to share in the human aspect of the relationship between photographer and subject. See her Inauguration photography and leave a message to our president at http://dearobamaiwanttosay.blogspot.com
Diana Beato
Diana Beato was born and raised in New York City. Diana was traditionally a visual designer for over 15 years and currently works for the NYPD and is also an active US Air Force Reservist. Diana enjoys exploring her artistic side through different mediums such as performance art, video, mixed media traditional art and photography. www.beato.tv
PERSONNEL :
Josh Apter – Director/Co-Producer/Editor
Josh was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for his first feature film, Kaaterskill Falls. The film screened on the Sundance Channel, and is available wherever media is bought or streamed. In addition to his work as a director, writer and editor, Josh owns and operates Manhattan Edit Workshop, an Avid and Apple Authorized Education Center specializing in classes in the art and technique of film editing. Josh thinks every great project starts with someone saying, “This is just crazy enough to work!” For more shenanigans, visit www.lofipictures.com
Jason Banke – Co-Producer/Cinematographer (Sara Shives)/Editor
Jason is a graduate of Hofstra University in Film and Video Production, where he completed five short films. Since then, he has worked in various capacities on set or in post production on commercials, reality shows, corporate videos and several independent films. When not working on projects, you can find Jason working in various capacities at Josh’s training center in New York, Manhattan Edit Workshop. www.jbvisualmedia.com
Peter Olsen – Co-Producer/Cinematographer (Shayla Dopp)
Peter brings an invaluable distinction to the projects he shoots since he is also a writer, producer, and director. His debut feature, KAATERSKILL FALLS (co-directed with Josh Apter), on which he also served as director of photography, received the Critic’s Jury Prize for Best Feature at the IFP/West Los Angeles Film Festival, and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. It aired 18 months on The Sundance Channel and was released by Wellspring Media on DVD and video. He is currently developing and shooting a number of projects, documentary and narrative, for screens large and small.
Kris Homsher – Co-Producer (Eric Homsher/LA)
Kris Homsher has a BA in English Literature from Pomona College and a MFA from New York University TSOA Graduate Film Program. Her thesis film, “Penned” won several awards, and Kodak named Ms. Homsher one of their “Emerging Filmmakers” and sponsored Kris¹s attendance to the Cannes International Film Festival where the film was showcased. She produced the feature film “Spin the Bottle”, and several award winning shorts. Ms. Homsher is currently producing commercials in her hometown of Los Angeles.
Matthew Marshall – Co-Producer/Cinematographer (Diana Beato)
While studying at New York University’s Graduate Film Program, Matthew directed and wrote three short films Passage, Lost Dog and Four Steps – each which received the prestigious Academy Award ® nomination in the student film category. His films have been finalists at the Hampton Film Festival, the Avignon Film Festival and the International Student Film Festival in Czechoslovakia. Other honors include being the recipient of the Martin Scorsesse, Warner Brothers and Lew Wasserman awards.
Matthew has worked in a freelance capacity for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian for five years, producing, shooting and editing a variety of productions including concerts, lectures, festivals and theatrical programs. www.tenacityfilms.net
John Salvo – Co-Producer/Cinematographer (Ryan Bowen)
Jonathan Salvo is an award winning filmmaker who got his start almost by accident. While in high school, he shot and cut his first piece deck to deck and it was this project that ultimately landed him his first film award; Outstanding Work in TV Studio/Production. Since graduating, Jonathan has shot documentaries, TV pilots, promos, and commercials with clients including General Mills / Yoplait, Zipcar, New Balance, and The Webby Awards. Jonathan is having a blast traveling whenever he can for work and pleasure and collaborating with passionate directors as he interprets their visions for screens of all sizes. www.jsalvo.com
Davis Reidpath – Co-Producer/Cinematographer (Eric Homsher/DC)
Davis Reidpath was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virgina and moved to Brooklyn, NY four years ago to pursue a career in TV and Film. He has worked on various television shows in multiple capacities, ranging from HGTV’s “House Hunter’s International” to HBO’s “Inside the NFL,” and many of their live boxing events. With other projects currently in development, “One Of Many” is his first work on a documentary. ”Being a part of this film meant being a part of a watershed moment in the growth of our nation. Not many people can say that. I feel blessed that I can.” –Davis
C. Shawn Bennett – Cinematographer (Eric Homsher/LA)
C. Shawn Bennett is a community activist living and working in Los Angeles CA in the music video and television commercial industry. He wrote, dicrected, and produced his first feature length documentary “The Battle of Local 5668″ , which went on to win Best Feature Documentary at the 2007 West Virginia Film Festival. He has produced a number of short films and has written and produced a feature currently being edited.
Jamie Unruh – Assistant Editor
Jamie Unruh grew up in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from University of Colorado in Boulder with a degree in Journalism, focusing on Advertising and web design. After visiting a friend attending NYU and helping out on set of his final thesis film, Jamie decided to persue her interest in video editing and moved to New York the following year. She attended Manhattan Edit Workshop, completing the Six Week Intensive Course for film editing. After a few internships as well as working as a teacher’s assistant at the MEWshop, Jamie found herself at Hybrid Films logging and transcribing footage for the reality shows Dog the Bounty Hunter and Parking Wars airing on A&E. She also works as a freelance editor on short-form projects including music videos, commercials and documentaries.
Ari Feldman – Assistant Editor
Ari Feldman has been cutting footage since his film school days. Editing is his passion and he couldn’t be happier to have had a hand in Out of Many.
Coming Soon
Veronica Rutledge – Assistant Editor
Michelle Kim – Assistant Editor
Albert Vasquez – Cinematographer (Ryan Bowen)
