Arthur Vincie

Arthur has over 10 years of film and television production experience, eight of them as a line producer, producer, and director. He recently wrote and directed Found In Time, a fantasy feature film, now in post-production.  Caleb’s Door, his first film, is now available on DVD and VOD through distributor Around The Scenes.  His spec script Vision was just optioned by director/producer Stacy Davidson of Odyssee Pictures.  His previous spec The Investigator was optioned by independent production company 21st Century Foy.  His short films The Prayer Tree, Matter, Mornir/Mornen and Secret Language have screened at various film festivals and art venues, including the International Poetic Short Film Festival, the Seguin Arts and Film Festival, the Cinebarre screening series, and the Stomper! European traveling art/film/video fest.

Arthur has also line produced or production managed several feature films, including Helena From The Wedding; Goodbye Baby; Windows (also post supervised); Rock the Paint (also post supervised); The Toe Tactic, directed by acclaimed animator Emily Hubley; Racing Daylight, starring David Strathairn and Melissa Leo; Company K, a World War I film based on the Frederick March novel; and The Reawakening, directed by Native American Diane Fraher.  These films have screened at the Tribeca, Slamdance, Nantucket, SXSW, Rome, Woodstock, and other film festivals, and have gone on to theatrical, DVD and cable distribution.

In addition to features, Arthur has line produced second-unit shoots, industrials, music videos, and short films, which have screened at various festivals (Sundance, Slamdance, Tribeca, IFP’s Buzz Cuts, Lake Placid, Woodstock, Palm Springs, New Orleans, Las Vegas, and others).

Between 1996 and 2007, Arthur was a partner in ArtMar Productions, an independent production/education/consulting company.  In 2007, Arthur founded Chaotic Sequence Inc., which focuses on producing shorts and features.  To date the company has production managed several projects and produced several short films.  It is currently in post on its first feature, Found In Time.

Prior to line producing, Arthur worked in just about every department, for ABC, NBC, BBC America, MSNBC, the Knitting Factory, and various independent production companies in the New York City area.

Arthur's spec scripts have been finalists and semifinalists in several competitions and festivals, including the Bridge International, WriteMovies, Shriekfest Sci-Fi/Horror, Exposurama, Fade-In/Writer's Network, and Writer’s Place competitions.

Arthur has written articles on budgeting and postproduction for Indie Slate and Student Filmmaker magazines, and has guest lectured at New York University, the School of Visual Arts, and Fairleigh Dickinson University.  He holds a B.F.A. in Film and Television Production from New York University.

Robert L. Seigel

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Robert Seigel is a partner in the law firm Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, which specializes in film, theater, television, publishing, art, new media, and intellectual property matters. He represented the award-winning independent films Forty Shades of Blue, directed by Ira Sachs and starring Rip Torn (2005 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Grand Jury Prize), Brother to Brother (Wolfe Video), and What Alice Found, starring Judith Ivey (Castle Hill).
Mr. Seigel served as production counsel for such projects as Entre Nos (2009 Tribeca Film Festival, 2009 Woodstock); 10th & Wolf, starring Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, and Dennis Hopper; East Broadway, directed by Fay Anh Lee (2007 Tribeca); Dummy (Artisan/Lionsgate) with Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich; National Lampoon/'s Pledge This!, starring Paris Hilton; Runaways, starring Aaron Stanford and Robin Tunney; and Swimmers, starring Sean Hatosy, Sarah Paulson, and Cherry Jones (Hamptons). Mr. Seigel is a contributing editor for Indie Slate magazine. He has also written articles on business and legal topics for publications such as Entertainment Law & Finance, The Independent, Filmmaker, International Documentary, and The Benjamin Cardozo Journal of Arts & Entertainment Law.

Mr. Seigel has lectured on film and television legal issues at the Practising Law Institute, New York County Lawyers Association, New York Women in Film and Television, the School of Visual Arts, the Association for Independent Video and Film, the Independent Feature Project, the Avignon/New York Film Festival, New York University, and at other film, video, and television seminars and panels.

Katherine Hinchey

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Katherine currently heads up Friends of Mine, which casts features, shorts, television, commercials, and theater.  She recently cast the independent feature Ice Grill U.S.A. (dir. Mark Bernardi, currently touring festivals) and Bye Bi Love (dir. Giovanna Chesler, currently in post).  She was the production manager and provided additional casting for the film Winter of Frozen Dreams (dir. Eric Mandelbaum, starring Thora Birch and Keith Carradine).

Prior to founding Friends of Mine in 2005, Katherine co-founded the production company ABC Film and Video, where she served as producer, casting director and COO.  The company cast films, produced several shorts and films, and offered courses in production and postproduction.  While at ABC Katherine produced the feature film Exposed (dir Burke Heffner) and numerous award-winning shorts.

Ben Wolf

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After winning a Student Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his first movie, Gold Mountain, Ben has concentrated on narrative films.  He worked with Arthur Vincie previously on Caleb's Door.  Other films such as Lustre (director Art Jones), The Young Girl and the Monsoon (director James Ryan), and Windows (director Shoja Azari) have garnered acclaim at numerous festivals, including Locarno, Venice, Tribeca, and Bermuda.  Recently, Ben filmed artist Shirin Neshat's commission for cellist Maya Beiser's Almost Human tour, which premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Location work has taken Ben from the deserts of Xinjiang and Israel to the hill stations of India, in addition to the summit of that gem of all urban locations: the West Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge.  Ben's commitment to visual character studies continues with his latest features, The One (director Caytha Jentis), Henry May Long (director Randall Sharp), Favorite Son (director Howard Libov), and She Wolf Rising (director Marc Leland).

Daniel Loewenthal

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Daniel Loewenthal is a feature film editor who has worked in New York, Los Angeles and on location in many different countries. He has worked for major film studios (Paramount, Orion, Turner Productions) and independent producers alike. He has over 40 feature film and long form documentary credits. Since the 80’s he edited action films, independent films, music videos, commercials, infomercials, corporate videos and pieces for museum art installations.  Many of the pictures Mr. Loewenthal edited had major box office and film festival success (Sundance, Palm Springs, Cannes) His credits include The Cutting Edge, Voices in Wartime, The Music in You, Missing in Action, Stephen King's Silver Bullet, Friday the 13th Part IV, Cadillac Ranch, Red Scorpion, and many others.  An Independent film, Hard Choices, edited by Mr. Loewenthal, was touted as a "10 best of the year" pick, by major film critics. Presently, Mr. Loewenthal divides his time between teaching film editing at Montclair State University as an adjunct professor; producing and directing documentaries, corporate videos and commercials; editing independent films; and working on his own media projects.

Ghislaine Sabiti

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After graduating with honors from Atelier Chardon Savard Fashion School in Paris, France, Ghislaine has passionately taken the fashion and entertainment world by storm. She designed award winning hosiery for Dupont De Nuemours, and collaborated worldwide with respected names such as Dim and Yazbuckey. During her stay in Paris, Ghislaine became a regular participant during Paris Fashion week, serving as Wardrobe Assistant for Issey Miyake, Smalto, Fred Sathal, Olivier Theyskens, and Gaspard Yurkievich. Her work has also been feautured on International Trade Shows such as Who Next and Salon Du Prêt A Porter.
Her Paris and New York film/stage experience includes: wardrobe supervisor for the films Dinner Guest Teaser, Running Dog, and Snowboarder. She worked as Costume Designer for the play Shrunken Heads and assistant Costume Designer on the film Country Round K.
Ghislaine's commitment to excellence and groundbreaking material are inspired by period and contemporary pieces. Her vision is to continue to produce her designs thus leaving an imprint on the film and theatre industry.

Quentin Chiappetta

http://www.medianoise.com

Quentin Chiappetta enjoys an unusually broad career as a composer, sound designer, and recording engineer. He received his formal training at the Eastman School of Music where he received a bachelor's degree in composition. After moving to New York, Quentin quickly established himself as an innovative and versatile creative partner for a wide of variety of artistic endeavors, from nationally syndicated television shows to musical works accompanying modern dance performances to a growing roster of independent films and documentaries.

His music and sound work have been heard on the Discovery Channel, Bravo, the Sundance Channel, public television stations across the nation, and all the major networks. Recent television projects include scores for the A&E channel's popular reality shows The First 48 and Detroit SWAT; the Discovery/Times' Decoding Disaster, for which he created the opening theme music; and the PBS documentary Harold Weston: A Bigger Belief in Beauty, which is also part of the permanent collection of the Adirondack Museum in upstate New York.

Quentin's music and sound design have been heard at major film festivals, including Sundance, the Hamptons, Chicago, Toronto, Austin, South by Southwest, Silverdocs, Redbank, Brooklyn, New York Experimental, and OutFest. He wrote the score, designed the sound, and prepared the final mix for Fall Before Paradise, a feature that was named Best Film at The Director's View Film Festival and is currently available on video. Quentin also wrote the score, designed the sound, and prepared the final mix for Transit, a short that won the Audience Award in Provincetown, and was screened at over 30 festivals. His work has been heard at the Tribeca Film Festival in every season of the festival's existence. His most recent film, The Polymath; the Life and Times of Samuel R. Delaney, Gentleman was shortlisted by the New Yorker, The Village Voice, and The New York Times.

Quentin's diverse career extends well beyond television and film. He is the recipient of two Innovative Theater Awards—one for music, one for sound design—for Dan Gordon's Off-Broadway drama, Murder in the First. He has written music and designed sound for plays by writers such as Joyce Carol Oates and David Drake and for companies such as the Director's Company. He has been commissioned by many notable New York choreographers, with performances in venues such as the Kitchen, Bryant Park, The Joyce, DTW and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Quentin is the recipient of multiple Meet the Composer grants. He has been on the faculties of Marymount Manhattan College and the Martha Graham School. As the music director and composer-in-residence for Cirque Le Masque, an avant-garde touring circus company, he has brought his music to Europe, South America, and across the United States. As a sound engineer, he has recorded, produced and mastered CD's of music performed by classical pianists, hip-hop artists, avant-garde sound artists, and singers.

Quentin is the sole proprietor of Media Noise, which has served as his base since 2000.

Janis Lozano

http://www.janislozano.com

Since Janis was a child, she has had an infatuation with anything creative.

She was always involved in the artistic field, from art, to dance, to jewelry design, to acting and finally makeup artistry. Working for many years as a SAG Actress, Janis was able to learn from the leading makeup artists in the industry, picking up tips along the way.

Throughout the years she developed a high-end clientele including many celebrities and politicians. From film and television makeup to red carpet events Janis is sought out for her talent and professionalism. She also works with many photographers, actors, models, agencies and stylists, creating editorial, beauty, headshot, lifestyle/commercial and fashion show looks. Janis has also worked with prestigious designers for many of the New York Mercedes Benz Fashion Week shows and NY Couture Fashion Week shows. Her work has been seen in Lucky Magazine, GQ Magazine, Ravishing Magazine and Zink magazine to name a few.

She also specializes in brow shaping/grooming, lashes and hair styling.

Her philosophy is simple... "Be yourself and wear what works for you.

Enhance your best features and look natural doing it. Focus on preparing your skin well by hydrating, exfoliating and nourishing, in order to prepare the face for make-up." the rest should be fun, after all..."IT'S JUST MAKEUP!"

Vickie Lazos

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Vickie Lazos is a video editor and visual effects artist based in NYC. Born and raised in Queens, Vickie grew up with a passion for dance and performing arts. This kind of attitude propelled her into media, where she enjoys working behind the scenes and mastering the intricacies that make a production work. Vickie graduated from Queens College in 2004 with a B.A. in Media Studies, and has since taken on various roles in post-production in the realms of advertising, TV, theater, and film. She is a member of the Brooklyn-based film collective, the FilmGym, where she is an assistant editor and contributes to the development and research of company projects.

Anthony Viera

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Anthony has over fifteen years of film and television experience, and has been mixing sound for ten.  His has been the production mixer on over 50 features and several television shows, including War Inc., Mind the Gap, The Apprentice, Project Runway, and Arthur Vincie's previous film Caleb's Door.  Arthur and Anthony have worked together on Windows (dir. Shoja Azari, shot by Ben Wolf), Rock The Paint, The Child Within, and several shorts and industrials.

Anthony is also the president of On The Verge!, a production services company that provides production equipment and personnel for independent films.

Andrew Lee

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Born in Hong Kong, China. Andrew "Lip Tak" Lee moved with his family to New York City as a baby to pursue the American dream. His name represents a candle which means half Asian, half American. Listening to his mother, he spent most of his life in school making high achievements. At a very young age, Andrew always wanted to be a big movie star someday. However, school was a big hindrance. He attended Miramar High School in Florida with top honors. Then Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY and Long Island, NY. And also Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Andrew also had an interest in technology, and wondered if perhaps one day he could use it to fall back on if the movie acting wasn't working out as hoped for. Andrew also visited Los Angeles, CA for about 4 months to try his luck... With only one brother, Johnny "Lip Shing" Lee, he found life very lonely and boring and flirted with most women. Andrew was more of a playboy than anything else. And now he's 28 years old!

David Scott

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David Nathan Scott trained at HB Studios, Three of Us Studios, and is coached by Kate MacGregor Stewart. He is the pitch man for national commercials, The Tax Group and Freedom Disability, and just completed production at Bennett Studios on The Lion King cast recording for Stage Star, as the voice of Mufasa. David has worked with Spike Lee and Hal Hartley on film. Off-Broadway, readings, and regional roles include Aida, 19Secrets, Tommy, The Good Doctor, Still Life Goes On and Yeoman of the Guard. Touring solo as an actor/educator for Theatreworks USA and Living Voices in The Right to Dream and Our Revolution, David performs throughout the year before schools, universities and community groups. He was a featured vocalist with Steve Ross at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in I Remember Him Well/The Songs of Alan Lerner, and can be seen performing solo jazz and cabaret shows at various venues in the NYC area.