Headed out to Castro Valley for the first cast and crew screening of Dan Pavlik's comedy feature, 'Nominated.' I appear briefly as Keith, a townie paintball enthusiast. Super fun to see the final product and catch up with the cast.
 
 
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Annette Bohle's Tacos Pescados has hit the web. 

Five crazy minutes of lost love, a philandering drunkard, Mexican food, plenty of drinking, and a rabbit.  I play several roles, all from behind a sizeable horseshoe moustache. 

That's me in the picture with Nanishka Camberos, who appears along with Rowan Brooks, Anya Prinz, Sina Eiden, Ryan Huffman, Quinne, Erin, Cyrus Paul Ghazizadeh, Amy McCrary, and a dog named Hank.

Written by Annette with Quinne Brown, and directed by Quinne and Erin Coker.  I co-wrote the song with Annette and Marco Villalobos.  Marco and I recorded the song with Willy Seekamp at Beast of Baden Studios.

May the farce be with you.

 
 
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This was fun.  Paintball and comedy are natural partners.  Director Dan Pavlik and his cast and crew were awesome.  Fellow paintballer Mark Flores' dog Sadie stole the show.  Lots of laughs.  Should be pretty funny flick; look for it next year.

 
 
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The cutting-edge dystopian indie thriller that could continues to snowball its way through the festival circuit.  Having just played to raves at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, it's on to Rooftop Films, an outfit with the motto "Underground Movies Outdoors."

If you're in Brooklyn next Friday, it's the place to be.

 

Nominated

07/30/2009

 
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I am happily attached to this extremely cool indie comedy, Nominated.  Dan Pavlik, first time feature director, is a gem.  The script is laugh-out-loud off the page.  Carl Lumbly and Brian Degan Scott top the bill; my good friends Quinne Brown and Sina Eiden are also involved.  Shoot slated for September. 

 
 

Variety published a review of Canary this week. 

 
 

Say that five times fast!  Moonlight picked up the Gold Kahuna Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival.

Screenings take place between March 6th and 9th in Hawaii.  Check it out if you're on Oahu.  I play "Dimitri," a not-so-balanced customer.

 
 

Moonlight Sonata, Celik Kayalar's indie feature in which I play one very dark scene (not for kids), has been accepted into the 11th Annual California Independent Film Festival in Livermore this coming April 16 - 19. 

Tickets go on sale March 16.  Moonlight screens at 5pm on Saturday, April 18th at Vine Cinema in Livermore.  For more info on the festival, click here.

For a taste of my scene (not for kids), click the first link above, navigate to "gallery," and click on the second picture from the left on the bottom row. 

A whole bunch of my old pals from the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking also appear.  Betrayal, violence, twists, revenge.  Ahhh...

 
 

Alejandro Adams is an amazing director.  Canary is a dystopian sci-fi feature dealing with organ theft.  I play an agressive TV producer.  Ensemble cast, improvised performances, great chemistry.



Canary screens Sunday, March 1 at 6:30 and on Saturday, March 7 at 4:00 at the San Jose Rep.  Get your tickets online, at the door or by calling 408.295.3378. 

Canary has also now been added to IMDb - check it out.

Update:  both screenings were well-attended and great fun on a very big screen.  Thanks to those of you who made it out to support and enjoy!

 

Moonlight Sonata

11/01/2008

 

I shot a day on Celik Kayalar's feature Moonlight Sonata this past May.  Festival submissions and the hunt for distribution have commenced.  I have one scene with one of the leads.  Check out the trailer.  No, I am not in the trailer, but it gives you a pretty good idea of what's up.  Nice trailer, Celik!

I'm learning that this actor's life has interesting rhythms.  Sometimes you go without work for a while.  You continue to market, develop your craft, care for yourself, learn new things, but it can seem like "nothing" is going on.  Then a project you shot what seems like a million years ago comes to life out of postproduction and there's this whole other ride.  In live theatre, there's your audience reaction every night, staring you in the face, like a flash flood.  On camera, it's more like a stealthy, forgotten glacier that sneaks up on you and bears you away.