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- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Randall Batinkoff has worked with some of the best actors and directors in the movie industry over the last three decades. His acting career began at the age of nine. While shopping at a toy store with his mom, an agent came up and asked if he would be interested in auditioning for a commercial. Randall got the job and 50 more by the time he finished high school at Phillips Academy in Massachusetts. During the middle of his freshman year, at Brown University, he got his big break when he was cast as Stan Bobrucz in For Keeps? (1988). He graduated from Brown with a degree in International Relations.
After college he returned to Hollywood, where he portrayed Reg Goldman, the model-chasing son of the studio head who intimidates Tim Robbins in the classic Robert Altman film, _The Player_. Next he played Rip Van Kelt, the morally torn head of the football team in School Ties (1992), opposite Matt Damon, Brendan Fraser, and Chris O'Donnell, and Buffy's dim-witted boyfriend Jeffrey in the cult comedy Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).
Batinkoff had winning roles in John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995); in Nicole Holofcener's Sundance debut Walking and Talking (1996); in The The Peacemaker (1997), with Nicole Kidman and George Clooney; in _Mad City_ with Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta; and as Helen Hunt's vomit-hating, forehead-licking date in the James L. Brooks' Oscar-winning As Good as It Gets (1997).
Batinkoff starred in the edgy Sundance competitor Dead Man's Curve (1998), as Rand, a smooth, well-manicured killer opposite Keri Russell and Matthew Lillard, and the Slamdance-premiered Let the Devil Wear Black (1999), as a racist hit-man with Norman Reedus, Mary-Louise Parker and Jacqueline Bisset. Batinkoff received rave reviews from critics when he portrayed Hugh Hefner in the Peter Werner directed, USA studios film, Hefner: Unauthorized (1999).
Batinkoff plays opposite Jennifer Lopez and Martin Sheen in Bordertown (2007), Gregory Nava's drama about the Juarez murders; and in Broken (2006), where he co-stars with Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto.
Randall recently had a memorable role in Lionsgate cult smash Kick-Ass (2010), based on the hit comic book of the same name, directed by Matthew Vaughn, and starring Nicolas Cage and Chloë Grace Moretz. Randall produced Kick-Ass: The Game (2010) for the Sony Playstation Network.
37: A Final Promise (2014) marks his directorial debut, which he also co-wrote and produced.- Music Artist
- Producer
- Actress
Trisha Yearwood was born on 19 September 1964 in Monticello, Georgia, USA. She is a music artist and producer, known for Con Air (1997), For Love of the Game (1999) and Hope Floats (1998). She has been married to Garth Brooks since 10 December 2005. She was previously married to Robert Reynolds and Christopher Latham.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Hank Garrett was born on 26 October 1931 in Monticello, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Death Wish (1974), The Amityville Horror (1979) and Nothing to Lose (1997). He has been married to Deanna Marie Smith since 23 July 2017.- Actress
- Writer
Ellen Dolan was born on 16 October 1955 in Monticello, Iowa, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for As the World Turns (1956), A Timeless Love (2016) and The Cloud.- Producer
- Executive
Anthony Rhulen was born on 27 September 1969 in Monticello, New York, USA. He was a producer and executive, known for The Butterfly Effect (2004), Killing Season (2013) and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). He was married to Ashley Scott. He died on 15 January 2021 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Michael Elias was born and raised in upstate New York. He has worked in motion pictures, television and stage as an actor, writer, producer, and director in New York, Los Angeles and London. He was a member of The Living Theatre and acted in 'The Brig' by Kenneth Brown in New York and London. At Warner Bros Elias and Rich Eustis created and produced the award winning series 'Head of the Class' that ran for five seasons on ABC starring Howard Hesseman and Billy Connolly. Elias wrote and directed the acclaimed Showtime jazz drama 'Lush Life' starring Forest Whitaker, Jeff Goldblum and Cathy Baker. Mr. Elias was nominated as Best Director in the Cable Ace Awards. His produced screenplays include "The Jerk", "The Frisco Kid", "Serial", "Envoyez les Violons", and "Young Doctors in Love". His play "The Catskill Sonata" about blacklisted artists premiered in Los Angeles directed by Paul Mazursky. The LA Weekly named it number one in its list of ten best plays of the year. In 2013 Open Road Media published his novel "The Last Conquistador". His television adaptation of Anthony Burgess' novel "A Dead Man in Deptford" on the life of Christopher Marlowe is in development with John Maybury set to direct. Michael Elias is a member of Writer's Branch of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on its Foreign Language Committee. He is also a member of the WGA, the DGA, and PEN. He graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland with a degree in mathematics and philosophy. Michael Elias lives in Los Angeles and Paris. He is married to Bianca Roberts, Executive Director of The Mona Bismarck American Center.- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Joanne Lara was born on June 3, 1952 in Monticello, Georgia. She grew up in Tampa, Florida where she graduated from the University of South Florida with a BFA in Dance. Upon graduating, she danced with the Fairmount Dance Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio where she was a member of the company as well as Head of the Dance Department at Cayahoga Community College. In New York, Joanne danced with the Louis Falco Dance Company and began her acting training with Sandeed Shurin from the Actors Studio and Mervyn Nelson. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 to pursue her acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory, and has appeared in numerous film, television and stage productions. Joanne has worked in film production as an associate producer and Assistant to the Director in such films as "To Kill For", "Motorama" and "Wigstock: The Movie". She continued to act, produce and write (she has written six feature scripts + a novel) in Los Angeles where she resided with her cocker spaniel, Joey, her cat Tabasco, and her three birds. Joanne Lara died from ovarian cancer on June 9, 2020 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 68.- John Graham was born on 24 December 1906 in Monticello, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Outer Limits (1963), Lights Out (1946) and The Invaders (1967). He died on 29 November 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Tommy was voted one of PETA's 20 Sexiest Vegetarians Next Door in 2010 and 2007. He has appeared in feature films, modeling campaigns, television programs and was featured as "The Assassin" in The Famine's music video for "Consume, Devour, Repeat." He is the youngest of five children and was raised on a farm near Lake Cumberland in southern Kentucky. Tommy has 5 tattoos, including a half-sleeve on his right arm.
- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Eighteen years after moving to Los Angeles in his van as a teenager, Dj Ashba can claim that he is an award-winning guitarist, producer, Grammy nominated songwriter, multi-platinum recording artist, graphic design entrepreneur and member of the bands Guns 'n Roses and Sixx: A.M. With an unstoppable mixture of raw talent and hard work, Ashba has already made a name for himself in the world of rock'n'roll, and he has only just begun.
Ashba was born in Monticello, Indiana and was raised in rural Fairbury, Illinois by his religious single-mother, a classically trained pianist, who began teaching him about music as a toddler. Dj performed in his first piano recital at the age of five, where he played Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." Ashba's next ambition was to learn the drums. He built kits out of garbage cans and pots and pans, until he finally acquired a real set at the age of six. When he was eight, Dj took a job detasseling corn in the fields in order to earn enough money to buy his first guitar out of the Sears catalog. He would ride to his job in the corn fields on the bus with a guitar player from a local band, who would teach him a new chord each day on a "fret" that they had carved into the back of a bus seat with a pocketknife. His friend would take the knife and make three holes in the fret and say, "That's an A chord, go home and practice." Dj sometimes spent 17 hours a day practicing guitar in his bedroom as a teenager.
For his 16th birthday, Ashba's father took him to his first concert, the Motley Crue Girls, Girls, Girls tour and his life was forever changed. "The crowd, the music, the lights! It was the night I realized that no matter what it takes, I was gonna be on that stage one day." At the age of 19, Dj packed up his possessions and set out for Hollywood to make it as a rock star. He joined the band Barracuda and toured for two years before leaving to do his first instrumental solo record "Ashba: Addiction to the Friction." He describes that album as "It was a huge learning experience. I learned a lot about, recording, writing and the music business."
In 2001, Ashba co-founded the band Beautiful Creatures with Bang Tango front man Joe Lesté. The band was signed to Warner Brothers Records and played their first show with Kiss on their farewell tour in front of 60,000 fans. The band went on to play Ozzfest, the Rolling Rock tour and dates with Marilyn Manson. Beautiful Creatures' songs appeared in the films "Rollerball" and "Valentine," as well as the television show "Smallville."
In 2003, DJ founded Ashba Media, Inc. (AMI), a creative design agency. AMI beat 110 agencies to become the agency of record for Virgin Megastores, and are responsible for the look and feel of each store. In addition to Virgin, other AMI clients include Ovation Guitars, Royal Underground clothing and Sony Playstation. In 2005, Ashba founded Ashbaland, the production company in which he writes and produces music. Ashba has worked with artists such as Motley Crue, Neil Diamond, Run-DMC and Drowning Pool. He co-produced and wrote on Motley Crue's "Saints of Los Angeles" album, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2007.
Ashba then teamed up with Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx and James Michael to create the band Sixx: A.M. (Sixx, Ashba, Michael). They released the critically acclaimed Heroin Diaries Soundtrack in 2007, and their single "Life is Beautiful" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. While the group originally had no intention of touring, they took the opportunity to join Motley Crue's Crue Fest in the Summer of 2008 along with Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Trapt. Sixx: A.M. is currently releasing their long-awaited follow up album "This is Gonna Hurt" which will be released May 3rd, 2011.
It was announced in March of 2009 that Ashba would be the new guitarist of Guns N' Roses. Since joining the band, Ashba has toured around the world, Canada, Asia, and South America, etc. in support of their latest album, "Chinese Democracy." "Axl and I have tons of respect for each other, I am very thankful to be a member of Guns N' Roses. God Only knows the damage were about to do."
2011 has brought many new adventures thus far for Ashba. He has recently launched Ashba Swag, his own unique creation of clothing and merchandise. Furthermore, he's teamed up with Cody Verona, CEO of Congregation of the Forgotton Saints located on Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles. Cody has custom designed stage clothing for Ashba over the past 10 years and has partnered with Dj to develop the custom Stage Clothing within Ashba Swag. What's next? Only time will tell. Ashba plans to head back out on tour in the fall with Guns N' Roses. They are confirmed to take stage at RIR and from there. The year has only just begun.- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Stephen McClellan Ryder was born in Monticello, New York in 1943. The seventh child of a retired U.S. Cavalry trooper and the legendary showgirl Vicky Lynn, Stephen grew up on Sedgwick avenue in the Bronx. He went straight from DeWitt Clinton High School to the U.S. Army at the beginning of the Vietnam era, and upon resuming civilian life, became a police officer. After being injured on three occasions, his law enforcement career ended and Stephen took up the pen, becoming a police reporter, then a feature writer for the New York Daily News, where he was a candidate for Pulitzer Prize nomination for "Half The Power Of God.- A Police Story."
The early 1990s brought a new career path. Stephen had long ago gone back to college and excelled. He became an educator after studies at Harvard, teaching writing at an exclusive prep school. During that time he wrote three books "The Man From Machupuchare," "Minstrel," and the much-heralded "Dinner Behind The Lines" for Bennington Books, selling out three editions. In 2001 Stephen accepted a faculty position at New York University to teach screen-writing. NYU voted him "The Most Accomplished Faculty" in 2001.
The success of his landmark film "L.I.E." and his fluency in French landed Stephen a Producer's slot at Metropolis Films in Paris, and upon returning to the States, Monsieur Ryder took the helm of Metropolis' New York office. He has written ten feature films, and served as screenwriter and Executive Producer for Stargaze Pictures in Montreal.
Stephen is a member of WGA (Writer's Guild of America;) the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO;) The Academy of American Poets, The Dramatists'Guild, and SAG-AFTRA. Stephen, a divorced father of four lives alone in a chateau in the south of France.- Actor
- Special Effects
One of the most sought-after illusionists and magic lecturers in the world today, Jeff McBride was raised in Upstate New York, and still maintains a home studio there, in addition to his primary home and studio in Las Vegas. He first gained prominence in 1992, when his "Mask, Myth, and Magic" tour included a stop in Barcelona, Spain, for the Barcelona Olympics Arts Festival. In 1993, McBride performed his trademark, award-winning Mask routine on World's Greatest Magic 2, which originally aired on NBC.
He's been named Magician of the Year by The Magic Castle, has gone on tour as the opening act for such performers as Tina Turner and Diana Ross, and has been featured on countless magic specials and documentaries such as PAX's Masters of Illusion, ABC's Champions of Magic, PBS's The Art of Magic, and all three episodes of The Learning Channel's Mysteries of Magic. Additionally, his role as Joran Belar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) was created specifically for him.
Aside from performing, McBride has lectured and led workshops for such diverse groups as The Smithsonian, The Disney Institute, the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Center for Symbolic Studies and others.
McBride is founder of The Mystery School, a unique experiential retreat for magicians (and subject of an acclaimed 1994 CBC-TV documentary hosted by Arthur Kent), and creator and co-founder of the WorldMagics Festivals. His Las Vegas studio is home to "McBride's Master Class" which he co-created with magic expert Eugene Berger. Past students include such luminary magic professionals as Lance Burton, Mac King (of Mac King's School of Magic), The Pendragons, Siegfried (of Siegfried and Roy), Teller (of Penn and Teller), Luna Shemada, and Fielding West, as well as countless fans and magic enthusiasts.- Writer
- Director
- Actress
Giovanna Gagliardo was born on 12 December 1941 in Monticello d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy. She is a writer and director, known for Il mare della nostra storia (2018), Via degli specchi (1983) and Caldo soffocante (1991).- Actor
- Writer
Tedrick Martin is an American Actor, Writer, Producer and Director from Mississippi and Louisiana known for THE WALK 2022 and also DARK SIDE OF FOOTBALL SEASON-1 He has had a passion for the Art of Acting and Dramatization since he was eight years old when he performed his first Elementary School play for Thanksgiving as the Indian Chief.- Actor
- Sound Department
Steve Gallon was born on 10 September 1925 in Monticello, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for The Guy from Harlem (1977), Ain't That Just Like a Honkey! (1976) and Petey Wheatstraw (1977). He died on 1 September 2004 in Miami, Florida, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
J.B. Lenoir was born on 5 March 1929 in Monticello, Mississippi, USA. He was a composer, known for The Accused (1988), The Soul of a Man (2003) and The Blues (2003). He died on 29 April 1967 in Champaign, Illinois, USA.- Sam Madison was born on 23 April 1974 in Monticello, Florida, USA.
- Alan Brasington was born in Monticello, New York. After graduating from High School he attended the State University at New Paltz. He taught English for 2 years before auditioning for The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where he received a scholarship - he graduated in 1967.
He appeared on Broadway with the A.P.A. Repertory Company at the Lyceum Theatre in Cockadoodle Dandy, The Misanthrope, The Cocktail Party and Hamlet, and in many other Broadway shows including: A Patriot for Me, Shakespeare's Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Light, Merlin, Two Shakespearean Actors and Charlotte Sweet. - Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Michel Mallory was born on 25 January 1941 in Monticello, Haute-Corse, France. He is a composer, known for 8 Women (2002), Love, etc. (1996) and Dry Cleaning (1997).- Additional Crew
Jimmy Glenn was born on 18 August 1930 in Monticello, South Carolina, USA. He is known for Love Ranch (2010), HBO Boxing (1973) and ESPN Friday Night Fights (1998). He was married to Wynola Ann Glenn and Swietlana (Swannie) Garbarska. He died on 7 May 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Albert P. Wilson was born on 30 November 1922 in Monticello, Mississippi, USA. He was an editor, known for Corky (1972), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966). He died on 12 December 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Al Jefferson was born on 4 January 1985 in Monticello, Mississippi, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer ("Blue Prelude", "Jealousy", "Blue Flame", "At the Woodchoppers Ball", "Blue Evening"), arranger, tuba player, educated at Hendrix College. He played tuba in the Isham Jones and Sam Katz bands, and others. In 1936, he helped form the Woody Herman Orchestra. Joining ASCAP in 1939, his chief collaborators were Gordon Jenkins, Gene Gifford, and Leo Corday. Other compositions include "Out of Space", "Blue Lament", "New Orleans Twist", "The Cobra and the Flute", "Is Love That Way?", "Blues Upstairs and Downstairs", "Gotta Get to St. Joe", "Be Not Discouraged", "Ain't It Just Too Bad?" and "Indian Boogie Woogie".- Dante Graziosi was born on 11 January 1915 in Granozzo con Monticello, Novara, Piedmont, Italy. He was a writer, known for Una topolino amaranto (1984) and Nando dell' Andromeda (2000). He died on 7 July 1992 in Riccione, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Make-Up Department
- Actress
- Special Effects
Deciymber Goss was born on 1 May 1995 in Monticello, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for The Hunt (2017), Every Second Counts (2021) and Fallaway.