BEHIND THE SCENES
ELIZA FOSS
DIRECTOR
Eliza Foss is an actor, writer and director living and working in New York City for over twenty years. She has been seen on major stages in New York City and in regional theaters across the country as well as in episodic t.v. and independent films. Most recently she was seen in the film Indignation and an adaptation of Enemy of the People at The Barrow Group Theater in New York. She was the AD on Jeremy and Ann’s first film, Plot. This is her directorial debut.
SUZANNE BRADBEER
WRITER
Suzanne is a widely produced and published playwright, as well as a librettist, children’s book writer and most recently, screenwriter. She has received the BMI Foundation’s Harrington Award for Creative Excellence and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Suzanne is quite fond of birds.
MATT LANDFIELD
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
A native New Yorker, Matt Landfield has 20 years of experience as a writer, director, cinematographer and producer for narrative, documentary and interactive content including film, video, and live broadcasting. He is a co-founder of TimeTravlr Creative, a social-impact focused production company in Brooklyn, New York. Landfield has been hired to direct documentary work for the United Nations Global Compact, the Associated Press, Jazz at Lincoln Center and 3 Generations, among others. He has also produced and directed documentary-based work for Google, Microsoft, Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer, Astrazeneca, Toyota, and nonprofits and philanthropies including the William G. McGowan Fund and The JM Kaplan Fund. The From the Ground Up documentary series about community development in Brownsville Brooklyn that he conceived and developed for JPMorgan Chase won the 2015 Contently Award. Most recently, Matt Landfield directed and produced a feature length documentary Educating Leaders in an Uncertain World: The McGowan Fellowship for The William G. McGowan fund, and he is currently producing and directing Private Money Public Power, a feature documentary about the history of philanthropy in the United States.
CHRIS HARRAL
1ST AC/GAFFER
Chris Harral is an actor and videographer in the NYC area. In addition to CTS, his other most recent film behind the camera, Maya (One-Eyed Rabbit Productions), is currently playing in festivals around NYC. Many thanks to the cast and crew! BFA, PaceUniversity. www.charralfilms.com
ASHTON MICHAEL COREY
COMPOSER
ADRIAN MARTINEZ
ON SET SOUND MIXER
Adrian Martinez is an audio engineer, sound mixer on set, musician and DJ from the Bronx, New York City and has been working in pro audio and film for over 20 years. In 2010, the documentary, To Be Heard, was completed after 5 years of work, a film in which Adrian recorded almost all sound, shot scenes that ended up in the film, and performed assistant editing duties. During that period, he started building his first field audio package for film with the help of a $1000 loan from family, converting that into a career. In 2016, he sang and danced in the Public Theater's production of Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, NY. Currently, he is developing a YouTube channel to discuss maintaining a creative life through holistic mindset, movement and diet, while considering scientific principles, systems, phenomena and the behavior of all things all maintaining a zest and curiosity for life! He will document his own development in new frontiers as a music producer, voice actor and more while exploring new ideas.
RANDY COONFILED
COLORIST
Known internationally as a Colorist and Training Consultant, Randy Coonfield has over 35 years of experience and hundreds of credits working in Television and Motion pictures. Randy has trained fellow Colorists from around the world and has worked with all of the major Hollywood studios and dozens of production companies. Currently Randy works with Blueline Finishing, a boutique facility in Los Angeles specializing in emerging technologies such as HDR, Dolby Vision and new media formats. As a Colorist Randy brings a keen sense of responsibility and an eye for perfection. When not working, Randy enjoys outdoor activities, travel and family.
Ashton Michael Corey is a Composer, multi instrumentalist, music producer, and sound designer for the stage and screen. Recent design work includes the short film M.U.M.B. directed by Timothy Boissey and the Off-Broadway production of Medicine The Musical directed by Joey Murray. Recent music production work includes Alone Tonight (EP) by Christine Baird, Ave Maria (Single) by DeAnna Choi and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, and Ciclos (Single) by Pedro Coppeti. IG: @ashtonmcorey
KRISTI GATTO
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Kristi Gatto is a doctoral student and graduate part-time instructor in the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University. She grew up on Long Island, NY, and has always been a storyteller. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Music Management and a Master of Arts in Film Production. Upon entering the New York film scene, she combined the skills from both degrees and gravitated towards documentary and music video production. In 2020, she began working on her Ph.D. at Texas Tech University. Kristi's research interests are in fan studies with a particular emphasis on a fan's participation within a fandom. More specifically, she is interested in examining narrative transportation and retrospective imaginative involvement.
VERA BEREN
POST SOUND MIXER
Vera Beren is a native New Yorker born in Milan of Puerto Rican, Italian, Austrian and Russian heritage, brought up by semi bohemian creative parents on European film, Bach, Brel, Ballet, Theatre and Opera. At the age of 17 she started her own band, "die Hausfrauen", innocently rejecting her opera, ballet and acting training, signing to an indie label for a few minutes, recording and touring before its demise, which then allowed bits and pieces of her previous loves to return and merge. Indulging in anything having to do with voice, music, sound, recording, theatre, film and video in every aspect, in front and behind the scenes since, she has found that mixing audio for film allows her to use many of these skills in one sitting. She has been managing big NY recording studios since the 80s and is proud to have been at John Kilgore Sound & Recording since 2003 where her love for manipulating audio has truly emerged and has been supported.
LOGAN BOFFI
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Logan is 17 year old Junior at a Musselman High School in West Virginia. He is active in his JROTC and as a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. This was Logan's second time as a production assistant in film and he enjoyed both productions.