FILMMAKERS & CAST
JESSICA HESTER, Producer/Director
Hester's short film titled, THE DRESS won Best Ensemble at the LA Comedy Festival. Other directing, producing, and writing credits include various off broaway theater, television, short films; including creating her first sitcom Pilot titled "Served" with the help of 30 Rock Producer Don Scardino, The Vagina Monologues with Meredith Vieira, When Bobby Met Larry starring Carlos Gonzalez, and comedy segments for Late Night Television. She was recently nominated for The Directing Fellowship at NBC Universal. Currently she is producing her first feature COAST with Wendy Guerrero, and Bruce Dern, as well as Little Black Box with Kristen Hester and Hesterhouse Productions.
TOMMEE MAY, Producer/Actress (Laura)
Founder of Come What May Productions, May co-produced and acted in GOATS staring David Duchovny and Vera Farmiga. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. She co-created and stared in THE ONE 'N DONE series, which can be seen on Funny or Die; and served as an associate producer on THE ROMANTICS staring Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, and Anna Paquin, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. She studied under the tutelage of Mike Nichols and George Morrison while in NY, and performed in several off-broadway plays, one of which was directed by tony nominee, Diane Paulus. She most recently played the role of Mia in Nick Cassavetes latest film, YELLOW.
CHRIS LEGGETT, Producer
Leggett's background comes from his role as a producer at NBC Universal Sports where he covered both the 2010 and 2012 Olympic games. Chris also lead the creation and production of Against the Tide, a docu-series featuring three Olympic athletes on their quest for the London games. 2012 was a successful year as Leggett's released a full length narrative feature titled Tunnel Vision, a television pilot starring Elliott Gould, and a Music Video for Sigur Ros directed by Alma Har'el and starring Shia Labeouf that garnered much critical and popular acclaim after it's debut online. Currently Chris is in post-production on a full-length feature documentary partnered with Academy Award winners John Battsek and David Frankel and directed by Emmy Award winner Joshua Greenbaum. Leggett is also wrapping post-production on a short film featuring Elijah Wood and Alia Shawkat set to premier in 2013.
DEREK SCHWEICKART, Producer/AD
Schweickart grew up on the prep floor of Birns and Sawyer, a boutique camera rental company in Hollywood, and learned at a young age the technology involved in making films. After leaving Hollywood for school, Schweickart graduated with honors from University of California, San Diego, having studied with French "nouveau vague" filmmaker JP Gorin, a long-time collaborator with Jean Luc Goddard. After university, Schweickart returned to the camera world, and became an expert in digital cinema technology and post-production working with such filmmakers as David Fincher, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, and Ang Lee. Derek spends his free time shooting music videos, and short films, where he practices his skills. Schweickart is currently working with Vince Pace and James Cameron at the Cameron Pace Group on developing stereoscopic 3D cinematography and post-production tools. He is also in pre-production on his feature film directorial debut, entitled, "Maxxed at Intermission."
LIZ IACUZZI, Writer/Associate Producer
Traditionally a comedic writer and standup, Ms. Iacuzzi took a 20-minute nap on a breezy Saturday afternoon and woke up with the script for Illusion, which she quickly scribed while it was still fresh in her mind. It was quite a transcendent experience for Liz, and she hopes it affects the viewer just as deeply.
RYAN O'NAN Actor (Mark)
O'NAN is an award-winning actor, screenwriter and playwright with a diverse array of credits.
As an actor, O'Nan recently finished filming a lead role in the 2012 release FREELANCERS, opposite Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, Dana Delaney and 50 Cent, and 513, opposite Taryn Manning, Tom Sizemore and Michael Madsen. Other notable film credits include the lead role in THE DRY LAND (Official Sundance Film Festival 2010 Selection) starring America Ferrera, Melissa Leo, Jason Ritter and Wilmer Valdarrama, YOU'VE GOT MALE, which won him the award for Best Actor at the Asian American Film Festival, as well as EAT PRAY LOVE, starring Julia Roberts and WATCHING TV WITH THE RED CHINESE, based on the critically acclaimed novel, starring Gillian Jacobs and Leo Nam. His television work includes ABC's THE UNUSUALS opposite Jeremy Renner, Adam Goldberg and Amber Tamblyn.
In addition to writing and directing theater, O'Nan has appeared on stage in New York, where he starred as Konstantin in Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, alongside Dianne Wiest, Alan Cumming, Annette O'Toole and Kelli Garner. During his theater studies, he received Best Lead Performance for Peter Shaffer's EQUUS, Best Director for The APOLLO OF BELAC, and The Betty Joe Tucker Award for Excellence in Performance.
JESSICA HESTER, Producer/Director
Hester's short film titled, THE DRESS won Best Ensemble at the LA Comedy Festival. Other directing, producing, and writing credits include various off broaway theater, television, short films; including creating her first sitcom Pilot titled "Served" with the help of 30 Rock Producer Don Scardino, The Vagina Monologues with Meredith Vieira, When Bobby Met Larry starring Carlos Gonzalez, and comedy segments for Late Night Television. She was recently nominated for The Directing Fellowship at NBC Universal. Currently she is producing her first feature COAST with Wendy Guerrero, and Bruce Dern, as well as Little Black Box with Kristen Hester and Hesterhouse Productions.
TOMMEE MAY, Producer/Actress (Laura)
Founder of Come What May Productions, May co-produced and acted in GOATS staring David Duchovny and Vera Farmiga. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. She co-created and stared in THE ONE 'N DONE series, which can be seen on Funny or Die; and served as an associate producer on THE ROMANTICS staring Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, and Anna Paquin, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. She studied under the tutelage of Mike Nichols and George Morrison while in NY, and performed in several off-broadway plays, one of which was directed by tony nominee, Diane Paulus. She most recently played the role of Mia in Nick Cassavetes latest film, YELLOW.
CHRIS LEGGETT, Producer
Leggett's background comes from his role as a producer at NBC Universal Sports where he covered both the 2010 and 2012 Olympic games. Chris also lead the creation and production of Against the Tide, a docu-series featuring three Olympic athletes on their quest for the London games. 2012 was a successful year as Leggett's released a full length narrative feature titled Tunnel Vision, a television pilot starring Elliott Gould, and a Music Video for Sigur Ros directed by Alma Har'el and starring Shia Labeouf that garnered much critical and popular acclaim after it's debut online. Currently Chris is in post-production on a full-length feature documentary partnered with Academy Award winners John Battsek and David Frankel and directed by Emmy Award winner Joshua Greenbaum. Leggett is also wrapping post-production on a short film featuring Elijah Wood and Alia Shawkat set to premier in 2013.
DEREK SCHWEICKART, Producer/AD
Schweickart grew up on the prep floor of Birns and Sawyer, a boutique camera rental company in Hollywood, and learned at a young age the technology involved in making films. After leaving Hollywood for school, Schweickart graduated with honors from University of California, San Diego, having studied with French "nouveau vague" filmmaker JP Gorin, a long-time collaborator with Jean Luc Goddard. After university, Schweickart returned to the camera world, and became an expert in digital cinema technology and post-production working with such filmmakers as David Fincher, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, and Ang Lee. Derek spends his free time shooting music videos, and short films, where he practices his skills. Schweickart is currently working with Vince Pace and James Cameron at the Cameron Pace Group on developing stereoscopic 3D cinematography and post-production tools. He is also in pre-production on his feature film directorial debut, entitled, "Maxxed at Intermission."
LIZ IACUZZI, Writer/Associate Producer
Traditionally a comedic writer and standup, Ms. Iacuzzi took a 20-minute nap on a breezy Saturday afternoon and woke up with the script for Illusion, which she quickly scribed while it was still fresh in her mind. It was quite a transcendent experience for Liz, and she hopes it affects the viewer just as deeply.
RYAN O'NAN Actor (Mark)
O'NAN is an award-winning actor, screenwriter and playwright with a diverse array of credits.
As an actor, O'Nan recently finished filming a lead role in the 2012 release FREELANCERS, opposite Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, Dana Delaney and 50 Cent, and 513, opposite Taryn Manning, Tom Sizemore and Michael Madsen. Other notable film credits include the lead role in THE DRY LAND (Official Sundance Film Festival 2010 Selection) starring America Ferrera, Melissa Leo, Jason Ritter and Wilmer Valdarrama, YOU'VE GOT MALE, which won him the award for Best Actor at the Asian American Film Festival, as well as EAT PRAY LOVE, starring Julia Roberts and WATCHING TV WITH THE RED CHINESE, based on the critically acclaimed novel, starring Gillian Jacobs and Leo Nam. His television work includes ABC's THE UNUSUALS opposite Jeremy Renner, Adam Goldberg and Amber Tamblyn.
In addition to writing and directing theater, O'Nan has appeared on stage in New York, where he starred as Konstantin in Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, alongside Dianne Wiest, Alan Cumming, Annette O'Toole and Kelli Garner. During his theater studies, he received Best Lead Performance for Peter Shaffer's EQUUS, Best Director for The APOLLO OF BELAC, and The Betty Joe Tucker Award for Excellence in Performance.