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Zachary David Alexander Efron was born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, to Starla Baskett, a secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer. He has a younger brother, Dylan. The surname "Efron", which is Hebrew and a Biblical place name, comes from Zac's Polish Jewish paternal grandfather.
Zac was raised in Arroyo Grande, CA. He took his first step toward acting at the age of eleven, after his parents noticed his singing ability. Singing and acting lessons soon led to an appearance in a production of "Gypsy" that ran 90 performances, and he was hooked. After appearing on-stage in "Peter Pan", "Auntie Mame", "Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Music Man", guest parts quickly followed on television series, including Firefly (2002), ER (1994), CSI: Miami (2002), NCIS (2003), and The Guardian (2001). After guest-starring in several episodes of Summerland (2004), Zac joined the regular cast as girl-crazy Cameron Bale. He also starred in several pilots, such as The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke (2003) and Triple Play (2004), and played an autistic child in the television film Miracle Run (2004), alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Aidan Quinn. He graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in June 2006.
Efron came to fame for starring in the Disney Channel original film High School Musical (2006), for which he won the Teen Choice Award for Breakout Star. He returned to the role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 (2007), which broke cable TV records with 17.5 million viewers.
He had the lead roles in the fantasy romance Charlie St. Cloud (2010) and the comedy 17 Again (2009), both from director Burr Steers, and as the lovable Link Larkin in 2007's smash hit musical Hairspray (2007), directed by Adam Shankman. As part of the all-star cast, he shared a Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble and the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year, and was honored with a Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast. In addition, he won an MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance.
Efron then starred in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles (2008), an adaptation of the novel by Robert Kaplow, which premiered to rave reviews at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. That same year, he led Kenny Ortega's High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), which set a box office record for the highest grossing opening weekend for a musical. In 2012, Efron took the lead in The Lucky One (2012), a film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel, playing a marine who returns to North Carolina after serving in Iraq in search for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war. He also lent his voice to the animated feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), and co-starred in Lee Daniels' thriller The Paperboy (2012), alongside Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey and Scott Glenn, as well as Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts (2012), which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Another indie film he co-starred in, At Any Price (2012), was released in 2013.
Most recently, Zac starred with Seth Rogen in the hit comedy film Neighbors (2014), headlined the 2015 drama We Are Your Friends (2015), carried three 2016 comedies, Dirty Grandpa (2016), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), and starred opposite Hugh Jackman and Zendaya in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017), about showman P. T. Barnum. The latter title was a sleeper hit in the winter of 2017, becoming Zac's highest-grossing live action film in the U.S.
Zac's 2019 roles include a supporting part in Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum (2019), and playing serial killer Ted Bundy in Joe Berlinger's biographical drama Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019).
Efron's favorite sports include golf, skiing, rock climbing, and snowboarding. He added surfing after spending days on the beach for "Summerland." He played the piano at home. He has also fixed up two cars in his spare time, a Delorean and '65 Mustang convertible, both treasured hand-me-downs from his even-more-treasured grandfather.- Actress
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Olivia Taylor Dudley was born and raised on the Central Coast of California. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17 and has been acting ever since. Olivia is known for her roles in projects such as The Vatican Tapes (2015), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015), and the SyFy series The Magicians (2015) in her role as Alice Quinn.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Malachi Pearson was born on 12 June 1981 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Casper (1995), Now and Then (1995) and Family Matters (1989).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Monique Parent in an American actress known for smoldering love scenes and intensely charismatic characters. She has been called The Thinking Man's Sex Symbol. Monique was born and raised in a small town on the Central Coast of California and describes San Luis Obispo as "a great place to be from." In 1990, Monique took the plunge and moved to Los Angeles. She began her professional acting career in 1991, spending a year honing her craft by studying at the Beverly Hills Playhouse before even sending out a head-shot. Her first movie was Secret Games in 1991, quickly followed by Buford's Beach Bunnies and other made for video movies in the heyday of VHS tapes. Her best known of these is Playtime. In 1995 Monique married Harry Johansing though they divorced amicably in 2005 and remain close friends. Monique has worked in a wide variety of genres, Sci-Fi (Jurassic City), Horror (Blood Scarab, The Perfect House, Profane Exhibit), Indie Drama (The Pornogropher, Los Jornaleros) Comedy (Busted, The Ferguson's) appearing in well over 100 films, in a career spanning 30 years. Monique has spent many years as a student of healthy eating and has a blog (SortaHealthy) sharing what she has learned. In 2015 upon turning 50, Monique decided to stop coloring her naturally red hair and allow the natural silver-gray to show. She has since started a successful YouTube channel offering makeup and hair tips for women over 40 as well as sharing her life as an actress. She is an advocate for celebrating natural beauty and graceful aging. In 2017, Monique met "the love of her life," Howard Miller, a Los Angeles attorney. The are registered as Domestic Partners in the state of California and reside in Los Angeles with their two cats.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Born in California, David grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He became interested in movies at an early age, making stop-motion animated films in his basement starting at age 12.
He attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts film school from 1985-1989; winning awards for cinematography and becoming interested in Steadicam. He spent three years as an apprentice to New York Operator, Ted Churchill, bought a Steadicam, and began working his way up the ladder.
He moved up to A Camera/Steadicam Operator on "The Green Mile" and has been working in that capacity ever since.
He lives in Hollywood with his unbelievably fantastic wife, Liz Vassey.
He has yet to figure out why he wrote this in the third person.- Additional Crew
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Timothy Fred Kennedy grew up the second son of three children in San Luis Obispo, California. As a youth, Kennedy's mother placed him in cooking and piano lessons. To offset her influence on him, Kennedy's father enrolled Tim and his brother in shooting schools, boxing lessons, wrestling teams, and Japanese jujitsu classes. Tim Kennedy attended Eagle Academy private high school, graduating in 1998. He then attended Columbia College of Missouri earning a BA in Criminal Justice in 2002. Kennedy began competing in sanctioned mixed martial arts fights while still in college, but after graduation he joined the United States Army, enlisting in the elite Special Forces in 2004. However, he continued to compete in MMA while serving as a Green Beret. When the Army instituted a service-wide Combatives (hand-to-hand fighting) tournament in 2005, Kennedy entered and won the tournament in the light heavyweight division. He achieved this goal three years in a row.
Military career Tim Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army on January 4, 2004 and attended Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training, Basic Airborne Course and the Special Forces Qualification Course. Tim was featured in Dick Couch's book about Green Beret selection called "Chosen Soldier" under the moniker "Tom Kendall". In 2007, he completed Ranger School[2] and was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, where he served on Operational Detachment Alphas. During this time he was also a sniper, sniper instructor, the principal combatives instructor for C Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group. Kennedy deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom multiple times.[4] Among Kennedy's multiple awards are the Army's Bronze Star Medal with V device, which was awarded for valor under fire.
Mixed martial arts career Early career Kennedy began training at Dokan School of Martial Arts in Atascadero, California under Terry Kelly, and Barry Smith. He began his MMA training in 1999, training with Anita Baker, Adan S, Chuck Liddell, Jake Shields, Gan McGee, and John Hackleman at The Pit in San Luis Obispo.
Kennedy first started fighting in 1996 and had 31 amateur fights, amassing a record of 30-1 before his first professional fight in 2001. In 2003 he entered and won a one-night tournament at Extreme Challenge 50, winning all three of his fights. In 2004 he joined the Army. Kennedy only fought once in 2006. He then fought for the now defunct International Fight League in 2007, and did not fight in 2008 due to Army deployments overseas. During this time he wrote a three part series of "Letters from a Foreign Land" that chronicled his time in combat.
Timothy Kennedy now resides in Austin, TX with his wife and children.- Actress
- Director
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Beth Curry was born in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Hart of Dixie (2011), Superstore (2015) and GLOW (2017).- Producer
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- Stunts
Dylan Efron was born on 6 February 1992 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Ready Player One (2018), The Accountant (2016) and Live by Night (2016).- Shannon Lorance was born in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for 9-1-1 (2018), American Horror Story (2011) and Criminal Minds (2005).
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An accomplished actor, musician, and award winning young filmmaker, Matthew J. Evans was born in San Luis Obispo, CA. He made his theatrical debut at the age of 4 and began working in film and TV when he was age 9. In 2011, Matthew played Garrett Tiara opposite Cameron Diaz in Columbia Pictures feature comedy Bad Teacher for which he received a 2012 Young Artist Award in Los Angeles.
Matthew has appeared in a number of TV series episodes including Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, King of Queens, Cavemen, Drake & Josh, and Zoey101. In 2013 he appeared as Irish exchange student Alistair on Disney XD series, Lab Rats, for which he won another Young Artist Award. In 2014, he guest starred as high school band leader Ross on Disney's comedy series I Didn't Do It.
A professional musician, Matthew sings and plays string bass, acoustic guitar, and bass guitar. He has produced and edited four documentary short films and received numerous awards for his work.
Matthew's mission as a filmmaker is to produce movies and videos that entertain, educate, inspire, and empower audiences to find value and meaning in their lives and in the world.- Actor
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- Writer
Mason Storm was born on 30 April 1977 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Pongerz (2007). He was previously married to Melissa Maurene Dalton.- Actor
Larry Ward was born on 2 October 1944 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 15 October 2007 in Stockton, California, USA.- Director
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Summer Joy "SJ" Main Muñoz is a highly visual American-Latino filmmaker whose award-winning films, often in the period or crime drama genres, have screened worldwide and garnered numerous awards including Best Film. She directed "La Cerca" narrated by Edward James Olmos ("Stand and Deliver") and "Luck of the Draw" co-starring Chris Mulkey ("Boardwalk Empire") and James Duval ("Donnie Darko"). She's been supported by competitive talent development programs including NBC's Female Forward, Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative, We For She's DirectHer, FIND's Project: Involve, IFP's Emerging Narrative and National Association of Latino Independent Producer's Writer's Lab and Producer's Academy.
Main Muñoz worked in production for nearly 20 years before transitioning to directing episodic drama and feature films. Her credits include Director of Development, Production Supervisor, and Post Supervisor. She's worked with companies including Merchant Ivory, Walden Media, River Road, and director Stanley Donen ("Singin' in the Rain").
Main Muñoz was the recipient of the James Bridges Award for Excellence in Acting at UCLA's School of Theatre, Film, and Television where she received her Bachelor's degree magna cum laude. She graduated with Honors from Columbia University of New York with a Master's in Film Directing and also holds a doctorate (summa cum laude) from the European Graduate School of Switzerland where she studied with Atom Egoyan, Claire Denis, and Magarethe Von Trotta. Main Muñoz was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2020.
Main Muñoz is Costa Rican-American; she was born in Cambria, California and holds residency in Costa Rica and the US.- Director
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- Actor
Paul is an award-winning film director and stunt coordinator. He grew up in the Central California coastal town of Los Osos, on the outskirts of San Luis Obispo. During his senior year of college at Cal Poly he was invited to be an extra on the film We Were Soldiers. It was on that set where he was given the opportunity to work his first day as a professional stuntman. By the time he was graduating and ready to make the move to LA to pursue his career in stunts, he was already working as a stuntman on Hulk. It didn't take long for Paul to start making a name for himself. Specializing in stunt driving, fight choreography, and wire work, Paul has found himself doubling many of Hollywood's A-Listers including Tom Hiddleston, Christian Bale, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm, and many more.
In 2010, just shy of ten years into his stunt career, Paul received affirmation that this was exactly where he was to be! Paul found himself on the receiving end of a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture as part of the Star Trek stunt team and two Taurus World Stunt Award nominations in the categories of Best High Work and Best Specialty Stunt.
Now with over 300 total credits, Paul has taken what he's learned in front of the camera and is now focused on the "action" behind it. Shortly before finishing the latest season of Magnum P.I. and Hawaii Five-0, Paul utilized both show's crews to work on his own multi-award winning film, 38 Minutes, which he wrote, directed, and produced.- Actor
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Vance Skarstedt was born on 22 June 1922 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for No Place to Land (1958), The Slime People (1963) and Man or Gun (1958). He died on 13 December 1984 in Tujunga, California, USA.- Producer
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Pamela Eells was born on 29 August 1956 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005), Family Matters (1989) and Bunk'd (2015).- Producer
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Although Van was born in San Luis Obispo, California, he spent a couple of years living with his family in South Korea, and then finally settled in Leesville, Louisiana. While growing up in a small town, Van spent most of his time playing sports, mostly football. While in middle school he watched a performance of "Little Shop Of Horrors" and was blown away. When he reached high school, he was playing Football in the fall and being involved in the school's musical in the spring. He changed his major in his first semester of college from journalism to theatre, deciding to pursue a degree in acting.- Art Department
- Animation Department
- Director
Peabody and Emmy Winning Director, Annie nominated Director and Story Artist, Amber Hollinger, grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. From a young age she was intrigued with marrying her love of art with her love of film. After a Freshman year at CalArts she was hired for her first professional animation job at the age of 18. With over 36 properties on her resume her passion has not wavered. Amber's leadership style is rooted in communication, mutual respect, and teamwork. She works hard, laughs loud, embraces challenges, and will most likely Moonwalk out of the room (poorly).- Actor
- Art Department
Asher Metchik was born on 16 April 1986 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Corrina, Corrina (1994), Freaky Friday (1995) and Milo (1998).- Actor
- Stunts
John McKee was born on 30 December 1916 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Cape Fear (1962), 1941 (1979) and Tough Enough (1983). He died on 12 May 2013 in Vineland, New Jersey, USA.- Actress
Peggy Doyle was born on 27 September 1920 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Fletch (1985), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) and Dream On (1990). She died on 3 July 2006 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.- Brian Burnett was born on 4 June 1981 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Grind (2010), CSI: Miami (2002) and L.A. Noire (2011).
- Actor
- Music Department
Jonathan Ritter was born on 29 April 1982 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. Jonathan is an actor, known for A Cinderella Story (2004), Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru (2008) and Live from Lincoln Center (1976).- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Robert Hunter was born on 23 June 1941 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Box (2009), Great Expectations (1998) and Wild (2014). He was married to Maureen Hunter. He died on 23 September 2019 in San Rafael, California, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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- Producer
Kevin O'Neil was born on 4 November 1975 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Terminator Genisys (2015).- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Location Management
Zack L. Smith was born on 1 December 1979 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an assistant director, known for Inception (2010), Star Trek (2009) and Geostorm (2017).- Actor
- Producer
- Director
American Actor JR Garcia was born March 18th, 1988, in Arroyo Grande, California to former model, Susan Lyle-Garcia and Engineer, Fernando Garcia. As a child, Garcia showed strong interest in the entertainment industry. When he was 5, he found himself modeling for Levi's Kids and shot his first commercial at the age of 6. After many years as a Levi's Model, he and his parents decided to take a break and continue his studies. At 11, Garcia got back into modeling and acting. By the age of 17, he shot his first international commercial for Polo Sport Aftershave that aired in exclusively in Europe. He soon joined the Dance Company at his high school while still continuing his career in acting.
Upon graduation from high school, Garcia moved down to Los Angeles to follow his dreams. He has been in many films and television shows such as, Greek, The Wedding Bells and Fast and the Furious. He has studied voice, improving, and theatrical acting and now studies at California State University, Northridge where he is working toward his degree in Cinema and Television Arts.
Garcia loves to surf, snowboard, swim, and spend time with his family. He has a younger sister, Ashliegh Brooke Garcia, an aspiring Child Psychologist.- Actor
- Stunts
Frank Matts was born on 7 April 1920 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Capture (1950), The Cisco Kid (1950) and The Range Rider (1951). He died on 13 November 1990 in Van Nuys, California, USA.- Dillan Arrick was born on 4 April 1989 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Person of Interest (2011), The Mysteries of Laura (2014) and Rush (2011).
- Winter Wong is an American actress from San Luis Obispo, California. She attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) where she got her Stage Combat Certification for Broadsword.
She is known for her role as Natalie in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. - Actress
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- Producer
Carly Twisselman was born on 22 February 1986 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Love (2008), Callie Twisselman: Hung Me on the Line (2015) and Country Road (2017).- Frank Somerville co-anchors the weekday editions of "KTVU Channel 2 News at 5," "KTVU Channel 2 News at 6" and "The Ten O'Clock News on KTVU Channel 2." Somerville joined San Francisco's KTVU Channel 2's Mornings on 2 and The Noon News in January 1992. The Berkeley native had been an intern at KTVU many years before. Previously, he'd worked as an anchor-reporter at WJAR in Providence, R.I and at KFTY in Santa Rosa. While in Rhode Island, WJAR sent him to San Francisco to cover the Loma Prieta earthquake. That was in 1989. Somerville reported live for several days, and later said it was the hardest work he'd ever done in his life. His half-hour special on the quake was nominated for an Emmy Award. He also won an Associated Press Award for Best Spot News for his coverage of a fire in downtown Providence, and an award for a Best Feature story about an 87-year-old hockey player. (Somerville is a devoted hockey player himself.) Somerville earned his B.A. in Broadcast Communications Arts at San Francisco State. While there, he was named "Outstanding Broadcast Student." Despite that, Somerville has admitted "I never really distinguished myself at school." He proposed to his wife on the Phil Donahue show live, while he was anchoring Mornings on 2 in San Francisco. She was a producer there, and the results of this proposal--where Somerville got down on knee on air--were seen across the country. "Thank God she said yes!" he quipped later. The Somerville home is filled with his abstract bright colored paintings and other artwork. Somerville has several hobbies. He trains twice a week in Gracie Jujitsu, a Brazilian martial art. He also plays ice hockey in an adult league. In addition, he works out at a gym at least three or four times a week.
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Todd Riffel was born on 25 February 1973 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Women: Stories of Passion (1996).- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Production Manager
Antranig Khachig "Antran" Manoogian (born July 26, 1962) is an American animation producer. He has work at various animation studios on numerous television series including Bagdasarian Productions (The Chipmunks), DIC Entertainment (Sonic the Hedgehog), Hanna-Barbera (Real Adventures of Johnny Quest), Walt Disney Television Animation (Great Minds Think for Themselves), Oddbot Animation (Corn & Peg), and G7 Animation (Biker Mice From Mars) and on a countless number of commercials, interstitials, short subjects, direct-to-videos and animation for theme park attractions.- Chase Kennedy was born on 30 June 1993 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
- Justin Schollard was born on 12 October 1984 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for All My Children (1970), Sinister Heaven (2010) and Major Crimes (2012).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
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Ben Booker was born on 22 June 1976 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Chasing Mavericks (2012), The Perfection (2018) and Old Dads (2023).- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Producer
Peter Haas was born on 8 December 1984 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Valiant (2014), Black Ops (2009) and American Yearbook (2004).- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Art Director
Richard Wilcox was born on 20 February 1933 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Hitchhiker (1983), The Accused (1988) and Look Who's Talking Too (1990). He was married to Elizabeth. He died on 15 November 2011 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Forrest Lark (22 years) was born in San Luis Obispo, CA, and is an actor known for his supporting roles in Drug Lords (2018), A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018), The Call for Anne (2018), and The Date Profile (2010). He is graduating from the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television in the Summer of 2020 with an emphasis in acting and stage directing. Forrest is based in Los Angeles, CA.
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Van Pierszalowski was born on 24 November 1984 in Cambria, San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Midnight Sun (2018), The Airborne Toxic Event: Come on Out (2020) and The Vow (2020).- Composer
In January 2014, Erin Gee was cited by Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, as a member of the short list of the most influential composer-vocalists of the 21st century and since then has been awarded the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Bogliasco Fellowship. This marks a turning point in the trajectory of international recognition through the performance of her series of compositions entitled Mouthpieces, which uses non-traditional vocal techniques, devoid of semantic language, to construct intricate and subtle patterns of a diverse array of vocal sounds. Linguistic meaning is not the voice's goal. The construction of the vocal text is often based on linguistic structure-vowel-consonant formation and the principle of the allophone-and is relatively quiet, with a high percentage of breath. The Mouthpieces began as solo vocal works, devoid of semantic text or language and notated with the International Phonetic Alphabet. In the Mouthpiece series, the voice is used as an instrument of sound production rather than as a vehicle of identity.
The series began as one piece for solo voice in 2000, which she began performing as a graduate student, and has grown to over 30 works for orchestra, opera, vocal ensemble, large chamber ensemble and string quartet, which have been performed internationally with some of the top ensembles for new music. Her works are taught in the composition and musicology programs of many leading universities such as M.I.T., University of Pennsylvania, Smith College, and Mills College, and she has lectured at Harvard, UC Berkeley, Dartmouth and Wellesley. Ms. Gee's career began with commissions for her own voice as a soloist or in combination with other instruments, but now regularly includes requests from singers wishing to perform her works, or commissions from ensembles and vocalists who would like to interpret a new Mouthpiece in the series.
Her debut portrait CD, Mouthpieces was released in January 2014 on the col legno label in Vienna and received a warm and thoughtful review in Gramophone, the premier review magazine for classical music. The review stated, "Erin Gee clearly has a contribution to make," and mentioned the "tangible virtuosity of Gee's formidable vocal execution, as well as the comparable (if relatively more orthodox) finesse of the instrumental component."
Gee's awards for composition include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Radcliffe Fellowship, the 2008 Rome Prize, the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Zürich Opera House's Teatro Minimo, and the Picasso-Mirò Medal from the Rostrum of Composers, a Fromm Foundation Commission, and a CMA grant with Dal Niente, among others. She has been commissioned by the Zurich Opera House for the opera SLEEP, by the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group under Esa-Pekka Salonen, and for four pieces by Klangforum Wien. Gee has also worked with the Latvian Radio Chamber Choir, Ensemble Surplus, Alter Ego, Either/Or Ensemble, Wet Ink, Metropolis Ensemble, Repertorio Zero, and many others. The American Composers Orchestra commissioned Mouthpiece XIII: Mathilde of Loci Part I for Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, which was highlighted in Symphony Magazine (March/April 2010), and cited in the New York Times as "subtle and inventive." She has received a Tanglewood commission for 2016 and was a guest composer and performer at the Mizzou International Composers Festival. She is also one of the composers for Kronos Quartet's 50-for-the-Future project. Frauke Aulbert premiered Mouthpiece 30 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg in 2017, and Dal Niente premiered Mouthpiece 32 in 2018. Roulette hosted her first portrait concert in Feb 2019 with the Argento Ensemble, where they premiered Mouthpiece 33.
She has had performances in Europe, North America, South America, Hong Kong and Japan and in the Wittener Tage für Neue Musik, Musik Protokoll in Steirischer Herbst, Klangspuren, Darmstadt Festival Summer Courses, the Sonic Festival, and the Zurich Tage der Neue Musik among others. Gee was in residence at the Montalvo Arts Center and the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart in 2010. She is active as a vocal performer of her own work, but it is not designed exclusively for her voice.
Ms. Gee is an Associate Professor of Composition at Brandeis University. Her chapter titled "The Notation and Use of the Voice in Non-semantic Contexts: Phonetic Organization in the Vocal Music of Dieter Schnebel, George Aperghis and Brian Ferneyhough" is published by Routledge Press in the book Vocal Music and Contemporary Identities, edited by Christian Utz and Frederick Lau.
Through her Mouthpiece series she has created an ephemeral world that expands the possibilities of the voice, leaves behind the constrictive structure of language, and replaces histrionic female vocals with a virtuosic mouth and a tabula rasa for an emotional palate. Composer, Professor and former Arts Director for the American Academy in Rome Martin Brody's states in his CD liner notes, "Erin Gee presents a set of voluptuous enigmas - a taxonomy of finely-etched utterances devoid of meaning; an orderly syntax of sounds that vaporizes fixed forms; an aesthetic environment that feels at once extraterrestrial and uncannily familiar."- Additional Crew
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Laura Beason was born on 9 December 1989 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. Laura is a writer and director, known for Would Be Ghosts (2018), American Dad! (2005) and Dagger Eyes (2018).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Art Department
- Sound Department
Tom West was born on 19 December 1956 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is known for Air Force One (1997), Outbreak (1995) and Forrest Gump (1994). He died on 13 November 2001.- Art Department
George Gabe was born on 9 January 1908 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. George died on 8 September 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jake Scott Blakely was born on November 3, 1997, in San Luis Obispo, California, to Denise Palermo, a teacher, and Roger Blakely, a computer programmer. He grew up and went to school in San Luis Obispo until he graduated San Luis Obispo High School in 2016. Prior to starting high school, he met his acting coach Aaron Michael Metchik who introduced him to the acting industry and sparked Jake's passion for acting.
Jake has been interested in acting since elementary school, where he performed in various plays, as well as attending theater classes. In middle school, Jake met Aaron Michael Metchik who coached Jake and eventually brought him to Hollywood to perform a dialogue in front of an audience that had several agents. One of the agents, Annette Robinson, contacted Jake and set up an appointment to meet him. Later that month, Jake Blakely signed with Artistic Talent and he began submitting for projects in Los Angeles.
Jake and his family, soon found out that submitting for projects in Los Angeles, while living in San Luis Obispo, was not ideal. Since Jake was still a minor, his mother drove him to auditions in Los Angeles from their house in San Luis Obispo, which was over two hundred miles away. Over time, the drive became a hassle to work around his school schedule and his mother's work schedule, so he decided not to renew the contract with his former agency. Jake continued acting in school projects as well as film projects with his friends, however, he put his LA acting career on hold until after he graduated high school.
After graduating high school, Jake Blakely moved to Long Beach and continued self-submitting for projects. Jake enrolled as a student at Long Beach City College with his schedule composed of mainly online courses that have allowed him to have a flexible schedule for acting.
On screen, Jake Blakely has appeared in numerous Proactiv X Out commercials, an episode of Big Time Rush (2009), three music videos, self-filmed shorts with his friends, and a UCLA short film. His training includes many theater classes he attended throughout school, three workshops taught by Aaron Michael Metchik, as well as continuous coaching from Aaron. He attended classes at The Groundlings Theatre & School in 2012 where he refined his improvisation skills with the help of his teacher Kate Frisbee. Jake Blakely later used these skills to claim a spot in the improv troop at his local high school after auditioning for the part against eighty other students. After graduating Highschool, Jake began attending classes with Ajarae Coleman and is currently enrolled in her classes (February 2017 - July 2017).
Outside of acting, Jake Blakely is an entrepreneur who is always working on creative projects and finding new hobbies. His hobbies outside of acting include but are not limited to, composing music, working out, designing vector images for companies or individuals, website design, coding, and reading self-help and philosophy books. - Arthur Lovejoy was born on 16 October 1902 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Highway Patrol (1955) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1957). He died on 1 August 1961 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
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Ethan Zachery Scott was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He began acting at the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre in early 2006. He appeared in the world premiere of the 2012 play War Bride, by Samantha Macher, which won seven StateSceneLA awards, including Best World Premiere Play. In 2012, Ethan was a reoccurring character on Season 2 of Good Cops on Machinima.com. He also appeared in Squad 85 on YOMYOMF. He is the host of EZwithETHAN, a weekly vlog on YouTube. Ethan is an associate of Weyward Sisters Productions and a member of SkyPilot Theatre Company in Los Angeles, California.- Art Department
Dave Archer was born on 15 January 1941 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is known for Howard the Duck (1986). He was previously married to Michaelle Hillary J. Nelson.- Laura McPheeters was born on 14 August 1960 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Seniors (1978).