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Taylor Sheridan is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for 'Sicario' (2015) and 'Hell or high water' (2016), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
He also starred in the FX television series 'Sons of anarchy' and directed the film 'Wind river,' starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.- Actress
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Meredith Kathleen Hagner is an American actress. She began her career portraying Liberty Ciccone on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (2008-2010), which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2009. Following her departure from As the World Turns, she appeared as a series regular on the FX drama Lights Out (2011) and the TBS sitcom Men at Work (2012-2014).- Actor
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Sean Bridgers was born on 3 March 1968 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Room (2015), The Woman (2011) and Free State of Jones (2016). He has been married to Rachel York since 25 March 1998. They have three children.- Laurel Holloman was born on 23 May 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995), The L Word (2004) and Boogie Nights (1997). She was previously married to Paul Macherey.
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Connie Ray studied dance at East Carolina University. She earned an MFA in acting from Ohio University. Known for her screen and stage work, she is also a writer. She presently splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. Her film and television highlights include The Torkelsons (1991), Hope Floats (1998), Idle Hands (1999), Stuart Little (1999), About Schmidt (2002), Ice Princess (2005), Thank You for Smoking (2005), The Big C (2010), and Grey's Anatomy (2005). As a playwright, she penned the "Smoke on the Mountain" trilogy - numbering among the most produced musicals in America for the last twenty five years.- Actor
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John Newton was born on 29 December 1965 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Alive (1993), The Christmas Card (2006) and Melrose Place (1992). He has been married to Jennifer Newton since 7 October 2006. They have one child.- Actor
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Jack Hogan was born and raised in North Carolina and studied architecture at the University of North Carolina. In 1948, bored by college life, he left U.N.C. and spent the next four years in the navy. During this time, he decided to become an actor and once discharged, he enrolled at the Pasadena (Calif.) Playhouse. In 1955, Jack headed to New York to study at the American Theatre Wing. A year later, he returned to Hollywood where a string of acting jobs, both in films and on TV, followed. In 1962, he signed to play the quick-tempered, troublesome, womanizer Pvt. Kirby, in ABC's hit series, Combat! (1962). After Combat! (1962) left the air in 1967, Jack's TV career included on-going appearances on Adam-12 (1968) and Sierra (1974). In the early 1980s, he moved to Hawaii where he supervised the operation of his building business. During his 10-year stay, he garnered a recurring role Jake and the Fatman (1987) and served as the casting director for Magnum, P.I. (1980). Recently, Jack, twice divorced and the father of two, returned to take up residence in Chapel Hill. Jack's favourite pursuits include painting, fishing, reading and poetry.- Actor
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Loudon Snowden Wainwright III was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Martha Taylor, a yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright II, longtime editor of Life Magazine. LWIII eschewed magazines in favor of folk music, which he began playing professionally in the '60s. Part of the "New Bob Dylan" scene in the late '60s, early '70s (and subject of a humorous ode to Dylan on the singer's 50th birthday). Probably best known for song "Dead Skunk"; continues to put out new albums and to tour.- Actress
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Kelly Lynn Reiter is a small town girl who fell in love with big dreams. From the time she was a toddler, she was obsessed with Lucille Ball, John Ritter, and the thrill of performance. With a young theatre background, and singing professionally at the age of 5, Kelly moved briefly through modeling and into her passion, acting. At age 14, she landed her first large movie role. She started college in bio medical engineering at UNC Chapel Hill at age 15 in order to follow her dreams to Los Angeles at 18. Since then, it's been nothing but drive and dedication that has kept her working steadily. Her MMA training, singing, song writing and guitar talents, along with standup comedy and improv, have made possible her close to 50 projects. She has played the good girl, the bad girl and even the alien girl but no matter what, when she is on set she is smiling and when she's not on set, she's figuring out the next time she can be. She can usually be found in fuzzy socks, a Will Ferrell shirt, and most definitely a smile.- Alex ter Avest was born on 15 February 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Cell (2016), Logan Lucky (2017) and Stuck in Love. (2012).
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Deirdre Haj Film Streams, Omaha, Executive Director Deirdre Haj joined Film Streams in May 2021 following an outstanding run at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, in Durham, NC, which she had led since January 2010. Under her leadership, Full Frame developed into a prized, Oscar-qualifying festival, established year-round programming and community engagement, and prioritized equity, diversity, and inclusion across the organization and its programming. Achievements during her tenure include the creation of the nationally acclaimed School of Doc filmmaking course for teens, the Teach the Teachers documentary literacy program for educators, and the festival's celebrated Speakeasy Conversations series, including an annual panel addressing the lack of diversity in the documentary filmmaking field. Haj also developed resources to build new Full Frame offices, as well the Full Frame Theater in downtown Durham, and oversaw a consistent annual growth in membership. In addition to her executive leadership of Full Frame, Haj also served as Senior Advisor for Television and Film at Duke University since 2016. Prior to her roles at Full Frame and Duke, she worked between Hollywood studios via the MPA and government agencies, drawing together film and television actors, producers and directors and federal agencies to examine onscreen depictions of various public health issues. She is the founding Vice President of the Film Festival Alliance.
Deirdre is married to Joseph Haj, Artistic Director of The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Selected Press:
"Brave New World", Real Screen, 2020 "We Need to Stop Patting Ourselves on the Back", Filmmaker Magazine, 2017 "Notes from North Carolina", Documentary Magazine, 2017 "Documentary Has a Race Problem", Indiewire, Roger Ross Williams, 2017
Selected videos and Publications:
"A&E IndieFilms Speakeasy", Interview with Jehane Noujaim, 2019 Interview with Deirdre Haj, Papagena Robbins, Synoptique, Vol. 3 Issue 2, 2015- Actor
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Ned Andrew Brower was born in Chapel Hill, NC, and raised in Seattle, Washington. The son of an eye surgeon father and an artist/chef mother, Brower played in a series of punk bands as a teenager before attending film school and moving to Los Angeles in the year 2000.
Brower spent his first three years in LA working as a model and actor. He participated in a variety of fashion campaigns, runway shows, national commercials, studio film projects, and television series. In the Spring of 2000, Brower joined the LA rock band Rooney as the drummer and primary backing vocalist. Rooney was then signed to Interscope/Geffen Records in 2002 and released their debut album in 2003. Rooney toured internationally, and went on to make four studio albums and ten music videos before they disbanded in 2013.
Tired of life on the road and craving some space from his artistic pursuits, Brower made a professional pivot and became a first responder EMT with the Los Angeles County Fire department. After two years of 911 calls all over La County, Brower returned to school, attending UCLA and earning a master's degree in nursing. Brower went on to work at the emergency department at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) as a pediatric er nurse.
Throughout his career in emergency medicine, Brower has continued to write and perform music. Brower has composed songs for multiple animated series (Central Park, Clone High) and portrayed the role of Mick Fleetwood in the popular Fleetwood Mac musical comedy "Don't Stop!" which he co-wrote and directed with long time Rooney collaborator Taylor Locke (Train.) Brower also regularly collaborates on music with famed podcast host and stand-up comedian Marc Maron.
In 2024, Brower's different worlds collided when he was cast as nurse Jesse Van Horn for the upcoming HBO Max series, The Pitt. The Pitt is slated for release in early 2025.- Producer
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Lew Schneider was born on 18 July 1961 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), The Goldbergs (2013) and Men of a Certain Age (2009). He has been married to Elizabeth Abbe since 1986. They have three children.- Actor
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- Music Department
Mojo Nixon was born on 2 August 1957 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Super Mario Bros. (1993), Astro Loco (2021) and Stag (1997). He was married to Adaire McMillan. He died on 7 February 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Madeline Taylor has been acting for over a decade in film and on stage in both NY and the Southeast. She has been featured in shows produced by HBO (Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning mini-series, "John Adams"), CBS, Sundance Channel ("Rectify"), NBC, the Williamstown Theatre Festival ("Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow" by Halley Feiffer and directed by Trip Cullman), and North Carolina Theater ("Steel Magnolias" directed by Eric Woodall).
Madeline's most recent feature film, "Changeover" (2016), can be seen on Flix Premiere. The multiple award-winning film follows her as the lead character, Haley Thompson. She was nominated by the Houston Film Critics for Best Actress in the film, and she was compared to Brie Larson in "Room" for her portrayal of Haley.
She is a 2017 graduate of Duke University with a major in Theater Studies and minors in Russian and English. She has studied at the Moscow Art Theater School, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, University of Southern California, UNC School of the Arts, and Moonlight Stage Company. - Actor
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HUMANITAS Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Tony, and WGA Award winner, three-time Emmy nominated writer. Films: Hacksaw Ridge and The Quiet American. TV: All the Way, The Pacific, The Andromeda Strain, Crazy Horse, Spartacus. Theater: Building the Wall, All the Way, The Great Society, Hanussen, Shadowplay, By the Waters of Babylon, Handler, A Single Shard, Devil and Daniel Webster, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, Final Passages, The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune, Heaven on Earth, Tachinoki, The Dream Thief, The Kentucky Cycle and a musical, The Twelve. Robert is a New Dramatists alumnus, the Dramatists Guild Council, and a board member of The Lilly Awards and The Orchard Project.- Actress
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Zoe Myers started her career acting in regional theatre in Georgia before moving to Los Angeles to pursue TV/Film roles. She spent a few years dabbling in music, writing and recording a dozen songs which are still available on the usual music sites. After shooting two faith-based movies, "Destiny Road" and "A Long Way Off" in North Carolina, she realized that she missed "sweet tea" and the southern way of life. Her last music video, Destiny Knows My Name, chronicles her decision to move back to the southeast. She earned her college degree in Christian Counseling and has continued to pursue acting, coaching and working with children. Zoe is engaged to her college sweetheart with plans to marry in 2020.- Actor
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Originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Matthew began acting in high school. He went on to study acting at Emerson College (BFA), the London Academy of Dramatic Art and Yale School of Drama (MFA). After spending years doing regional theater and work in New York City, he moved to Venice Beach, California to live with his wife, Alexis Chiu. In LA, Matthew became affiliated with Young Storytellers, a non-profit that mentors 5th graders in at-risk elementary schools, overseeing them writing their own short screenplay. He also volunteer taught acting at a teen center for homeless youth in LA called Hollywood Arts. Matthew currently lives in NYC, where he has helped to bring Young Storytellers to NY and splits his time between volunteering, auditioning, and taking care of his infant daughter. He was most recently seen on Amazon's political satire "Alpha House" starring John Goodman. He plays a Colonel and former team captain of the UNC Tar Heels basketball team where John Goodman's character coached for years before becoming a senator -- a dream role for Matthew as he is a die-hard Tar Heel fan.
He is a proud member of the Actors Center Workshop Company.- Writer
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Blair Tindall was born on 2 February 1960 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. She was a writer, known for Malcolm X (1992), Mozart in the Jungle (2014) and Crooklyn (1994). She was married to Bill Nye. She died on 12 April 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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Gabriel Abrantes studied at The Cooper Union in New York, ENSBA in Paris and at Le Fresnoy in Tourcoing. His films confront historical, social and political themes through an investigation of post-colonial, gender and identity questions. They layer improbable readings, twisting traditional narratives that flirt with absurdity, folklore, humor, and politics. He lives and works in Lisbon.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Brian Avery Galligan was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is known for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Black Widow (2021).- Producer
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Rhys Ernst was born on 14 October 1982 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Adam (2019), The Thing (2011) and Transparent (2014).- Wendi has been trained in New York City with William Esper Studios and Movement with Lloyd Williamson. She has studied in LA with Ivana Chubbuck Studios and the Groundlings. Currently completing her certification in Broadcast Journalism from UCLA, she plans to host and do entertainment/fashion reporting.
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Laurie Dhue was born on 10 February 1969 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Damages (2007) and The Following (2013).- Actor
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Chevy was born in Chaple Hill, North Carolina. Chevy got his first big break as a back-up dancer at his local theater in the Lion King. he is know for his role as a principal Dancer in Disney High school Musical 1 and 2, He was also Featured in other Disney channel show such as Phineas and Ferb, Read It and weep, Halloween town High, Return to Halloween Town and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Chevy will also be Featured In the up coming DC hit Swamp Thing and the Netflix Original Outer Banks we are looking forward to seeing him in future projects.