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Adam grew up in New York City, graduated Harvard University. Adam was nominated for an NAACP Image Award as 'Nathan Hastings' on The Young & Restless. He adapted/produced Just Passin' Through & What Angles Fear for Dreambuilder Foundation & Proctor & Gamble; both won EMMYs for Regional TV and consecutive Regional EMMYs as 'Lead Actor' for Adam. More recent highlights include upcoming "Flinch" by director/writer Cameron Van Hoy (Suicide Girls), 2018 hit, "Uncle Drew", Joel Edgerton's hit directorial debut, "The Gift", Lethal Weapon, Rosewood, Glow (Netflix/Jenji Kohan), his role as a "B613 assassin" in Scandal, recurring on Heroes, Criminal Minds, Love's Routine (w/ W. Defoe) and "Ocean's 13" (w/ Al Pacino). Adam co-wrote, produced and starred in, "Forgiveness", which won of the Martha's Vineyard Film Fest. HBO Prize; and swept the San Diego Film Black Fest., including Best Feature Film & Best Supporting Actor for him. He was a writer on staff of Vin Desil's ground-breaking web-series, "The Ropes" on Netflix & Crackle. Raised in the theater, Adam's challenging roles include "Mercutio" in Michael Arabian's "Romeo & Juliet", Bobby Seale in Ron Sossi's "Chicago Conspiracy Trial", "Cody" in Neil LaBute's "This is How It Goes"; and was an executive member of the renowned Circle Rep. West Company. In high school, Adam excelled in music, playing guitar and saxophone, and was a All-County athlete, achieving honors in football & baseball. Adam started at QB for the Harvard Crimson, earning Ivy League Player of the Week, E.C.A.C player of The Week, and The New England Sports Writers' Player of the Week. Adam's father is a NY City & State Commissioner; his mother, an author and former professor at The New School for Social Research. His brother, Khary Lazarre-White, the Founder of "The Brotherhood/Sister Sol", an award winning Harlem based Youth Organization, published his first novel in 2017, "Passage".
 
 As a director, Adam's short film "200 Years" produced by Rob Fried (Collateral, Rudy, Boondock Saints), for Feeln' Originals, reached the 3rd round of Oscar voting. He lives with his wife, actress, Dendrie Taylor, and their beloved daughter, Aiyana.

Credits Include...

Forgiveness with Richard T. Jones

Just Passin' Through with Adam Gifford

Brotherly Love with Jefferson Moore

What Angels Fear with Greg Lauren

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Music is Snowbound by Dennis Mitcheltree.

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After graduating with a BS in Engineering, Danny moved to NYC in the 90's and acted in and produced plays, sketch comedy, and stand up comedy. He became one of the biggest producers of stand up comedy in NYC outside the comedy clubs for 8 years. He had 5 different venues, producing 8 shows a week, and giving away 30 spots a week to comedians. Danny had celebrities such as Jim Gaffigan, Ed Helms, Sarah Silverman, Marc Maron, Bill Burr, and many others come in on a regular basis to headline. He also co-founded the Comedy Soapbox with Steve Hofstetter.
 
 Danny was cast in a great deal of theater, appearing in numerous plays and was the lead in six productions off and off off Broadway.
 
 He's had a few options on scripts, and moved to LA in 2013 and produced a comedy series that we premiered at the Hollywood Improv called "Who Killed the Bible Salesman", while doing comedy at the clubs and small venues. One of his scripts, a vigilante/horror/comedy, Danny successfully produced a reading with Christopher Titus, Judd Nelson, and Casper Van Dien. There were 18 actors and about 30 audience members.

Check out his new Website & Podcast The DL Show - http://www.thedl.show

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Credits Include...

Who Killed the Bible Salesman? starring Fred Stoller

The Danny McDermott Show starring Rick Overton

Cross: Rise of the Villains starring James Hong, Eric Roberts, and Danny Trejo

Whiskey God starring Cody Renee Cameron

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Music is Sweet Georgia Brown by Latché Swing.

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David J. Greenberg is a producer, writer, and director, as well as a screenwriting professor from Philadelphia. His feature film "Stomping Ground" premiered at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and will be released by Breaking Glass Pictures. He has written over 60 features including "What Matters Most" (2011) and "Used To Love Her" (2015) as well as the documentaries "Bonnie & Clyde: Lovers on the Run" and "Celebrity Skin." He is in post-production on the documentary "22 Indictments," which he directed. He is the author of the book Screenwriting For Micro-budget Films, published by Routledge Press. He produced the feature "Seclusion" in Spring 2021 and "The Missing" in 2022.

Purchase his book on Amazon, Screenwriting for Micro-Budget Films: Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Reverse Engineering Your Screenplay 

Visit his main website https://DavidJGreenberg.com/ 

Credits Include...

What Matters Most starring Elise Falanga

Seclusion starring Mariela Hill

American Zealot starring Lynda Williams

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Music is Boogaloo by Bob Hart.

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Sabrina Oertle is known for Kontaxt (2021) and Nostalgia.  Her life’s journey has taken her from Ontario in the inland empire, to the District Attorney’s office, to producing commercials in Santa Barbara, to now running her own feature development and production company.  

Credits Include...

Kontaxt starring Christa B. Allen

Read along with Sabrina, The Deal: A Novel of Hollywood.

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Music is Água de Côco by Jose Corte-Real.

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Joelle began her writing career as an advertising copywriter, creating award-winning campaigns for brands like In-N-Out Burger, Kleenex and Lexus. Since making the jump to screenwriting, she's written several romantic comedy and family telefilms including Hallmark Channel's Paris, Wine and Romance. An experienced animation writer, Joelle's series credits include Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Ben 10: Omniverse, DC Super Hero Girls and LEGO Friends. She also created the adult animated series Superslackers for 420TV.

She is also a graduate of the Warner Bros. Sitcom Writers Workshop and Best Screenplay winner at the La Femme Film Festival.

Check out Joelle's latest movie, Saving Christmas Spirit.  

Check out Joelle's latest graphic novel, Werewoofs.

Credits Include...

Saving Christmas Spirit starring Ashley Newbrough

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes starring Dawn Olivieri

Teen Titans starring Judge Reinhold

Jackie Chan Adventures starring Jackie Chan

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Music is Julianne (The Night We Met) by Evan Hodges.

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Award-winning filmmaker Paul J Salamoff has been working for over 30 years in Film, TV, Video Games and Commercials as a Writer, Producer, Director, Executive, Comic Creator, Storyboard Artist and Make-Up FX Artist. 

Salamoff is the author of ON THE SET: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette (Now in its 4th Edition) and the graphic novels Discord, Tales of Discord, Hired Guns, Logan’s Run and issues of Vincent Price Presents. His short stories and essays have been included in acclaimed anthologies including MIDIAN UNMADE: Tales From Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and THE CYBERPUNK NEXUS: Exploring The Blade Runner Universe and he is a two-time Bram Stoker Award Nominee. 

Salamoff teaches screenwriting at THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY and made his feature-film directorial debut with ENCOUNTER, a multi award-winning Sci-Fi/Drama based on his original screenplay that stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Cheryl Texiera and Tom Atkins. ENCOUNTER won “Best Independent Film” at The 46th Annual SATURN Awards.

Official Website: www.paulsalamoff.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/paul.salamoff

Twitter: @PaulSalamoff

Mastodon: @PaulSalamoff

Credits Include...

Encounter starring Luke Hemsworth

Cemetery Gates starring Greg Nicotero

The Last Breath... starring Sandra Ha

Ultraman starring Bill Mumy

EXECUTIVE

V.P. of Production (BOLD Films) - Legion, Bobby, Starship Troopers: Marauder

V.P. of Production (David Lancaster Prod.) - Wes Craven’s The Breed, Hollow Man 2

WRITER

Encounter

Alien Siege

The St. Francisville Experiment

SPECIAL MAKE-UP FX

Secondhand Lions

Scary Movie 2

Me, Myself & Irene

There’s Something About Mary

Batman & Robin

Ed Wood

Critters 3 & 4

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Music is Snowbound by Dennis Mitcheltree

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Producer John Heinsen focuses on the development of TV, film and multi-platform projects through his company Bunnygraph. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Producers Peer Group of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the Influencer Advisory Board of Sparks & Honey (Omnicom). Previously John served as Vice President, New Media for the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and was founding Co-Chair of the Guild's VR Task Force and Mobile Committee. Originally from Chicago, he is a Graduate of the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory and the University of Arizona.

Check out John’s work at:

https://manabu.eu/

https://www.amuletstudio.eu/

Credits Include...

Return to Le Cateau 1917 (Documentary)

The Annual Academy Awards starring Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres, and Seth MacFarlane

Lone Hunter starring Tom Choi

The Mongolian Connection starring Kaiwi Lyman

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Summer grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado where she fell in love with showbiz performing theatre. She then moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California. Go Trojans!  She’s written numerous screenplays and is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

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Her website is www.SumSmiles.com

Credits Include...

Pandemic Pillow Talk starring Eric Roberts, Brian Gross, and Eliza Roberts

The Warning starring Pleasant Wayne

As In Kevin starring Kasia Szarek

Content Warning; Discussion of Sexual Assault in this episode.  

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Music is Menilmontant by Latché Swing.

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Emily Coupe is an Australian born Eurasian actress turned producer, who has worked consistently in both Australia and Los Angeles.
 
She has recently been cast in feature films The New Hands, Lilith, Home Bound, Dark Haven, The Locket, and Wicked Wifi Workout.
 
Emily recently completed film The Crossroads in AZ in which she played the lead, & is also co-writing + producing the music.

Credits Include...

The Crossroads starring Nick Ballard

The New Hands starring Felissa Rose

Lilith starring Vernon Wells

Website: www.emilycoupe.com

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Music is “Julianne (The Night We Met)” by Evan Hodges.

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Jeremy Daniel Davis is an actor, writer and producer. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona on April 2nd. Most recently he produced a film called, Willy's Wonderland starring Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, and Beth Grant.

Check out Jeremy’s YouTube channel, with Behind The Scenes footage from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/user/standalonejd 

Credits Include...

Willy’s Wonderland starring Nicolas Cage

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Music is Sweet Georgia Brown by Latché Swing.

Episode still image credit goes to Screen Media, from Willy’s Wonderland, still photographer Nick Romanelli, and cinematographer David Newbert.

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