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The
Filmakers!
section!
We are proud to present our talented team of writer/producer/directors, Leslie Roswell and the Friedman brothers, Matthew and Jonathan Friedman. Plus we'd like to introduce our lead cameraman and script consultant, John McClung, and our sound engineer/set technician Michael Zimmerman.
the
Friedaman Brothers!!!!
Jonathan
and Matthew Friedman have been brothers since birth. Matthew attended the
University of Virginia, and was present at that school's historic football
victory over the Florida State Seminoles, which is generally regarded by scholars
and historians as the most important event that has ever occurred. Jonathan
attended James Madison University, where his student-project screenplays were
consistently regarded by the faculty and the other students in the film studies
classes to be among the most consistent ever regarded. Their talents manifested
at an early age, however--Matthew having garnered a third-place prize out
of three entrants in the elementary school Reflections contest for his piano
composition, "Learning is Earning," and Jonathan having probably
done something similar as well. They grew up together, having been born a
little more than a year apart, and have maintained a close relationship through
the 
years--even
after all this time, they remain just a little more than a year apart. Their
endeavors have dovetailed over the years, as they have ventured into graphic
design, music, writing, and of course filmmaking. They base some of their
work on their delightful stories of growing up, like the hilarious time they
discovered they were dating the same girl, or the body they found in the woods
one day. (Which, oddly enough, turned out to be the same girl.) Jonathan's
work on his first two short films, Ninja Wars and Ninja Wars II,
led directly to his collaboration with Matthew on their hilarious local short
feature, Scattering Ashes, which won generous amounts of critical praise
from one local tabloid. Read the actual
article!
Leslie
Roswell
Leslie
Roswell has always been recognized, since early childhood, for her extraordinary
physical beauty. The winner of several local and regional pageants and participant
in several genuine debutante balls (which do, in fact, still exist), Leslie
tends to strike people with her elven features. As a brown-belt martial artist,
she also tends to strike them with her fists when threatened (or so she likes
to joke). She decided in the early 1990's to parlay her physical charms into
a writing career, and has succeeded in having several short stories published,
and a children's book about a delightfully neurotic cat named Mort. She met
the Friedman brothers in, of all places, a swing-dance club, and within several
months was engaged to be married to Matthew. They enjoy telling the story
about how he proposed: he asked while dipping her at a big-band dance, and
she jokingly said "Who? To you?" at which point he accidentally
dropped her on the floor! She promptly cleared up the misunderstanding, and
they have been dancing happily for three years. They've already written a
romantic-comedy screenplay about their story, but they haven't shown it to
anyone yet.
LJohn
McClung
Mr.
McClung met the Friedmans while being hired to edit their first short feature,
which he still fondly remembers as being an excellent example of why the "short"
category was invented. John's colorful history, which includes a mistaken-identity
murder charge and a fortune made and lost in the junk-car business, makes
him an ideal industry outsider, and, we feel, gives our project much-needed
legitimacy in our target audience, the 'hood. John is, in addition, an electrical
engineer, which helps a great deal in designing our science-fiction elements,
and in fixing various wiring problems that arise around the house. His own
independent film, shot with longtime partner Bill Gaunce, hit the local scene
several years ago and was a successful horror release. It is particularly
notable for its ability to be enjoyed as either a horror film or a
comedy.
Michael
Zimmerman
Mr.
Zimmerman is one of the most inventive technical minds we have ever met. If
he weren't spending all his time downloading celebrity porn, he would probably
be a very rich man. Educated at various universities, none of which could
hold his active mind for long, Michael is an expert at lighting, sound, set
construction, mechanical repairs, special effects, and heavy lifting. Trained
in stagecraft, he has effortlessly translated his talents into the film domain,
where he can make even the most challenging film set look and sound like it
was done on a stage. In addition to his film duties, Michael is also responsible
for both the mechanical installation and the software administration of our
computer network and Internet connections. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer, which explains why our hard drives keep getting filled up with celebrity
porn without us being able to do anything about it or figure out how the hell
he's doing it.
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