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Sherman
P. Lau is an award winning director and television producer. His most recent film, TOGBE has been screened at the United
Nations Film Society Film Festival, New York Documentary Center DocShop
and the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. It will also make it’s television premiere on PBS in early
2004.
He
has produced and directed television documentaries, music videos and
commercials including the Emmy nominated series, “Behind the Music.”
He has been nominated for the Cable Ace award and Alfred E. DuPont
Columbia Journalism Award for his documentary “Postcard from Bosnia:
Sheryl Crow.” His music
video for the band "Grinspoon" was voted #3 video of 2000 by
Rolling Stone Australia.
He
has just finished post-production on his latest project, his first
narrative feature film, ZOOEY, which he wrote, directed and edited. An urban love story between a prostitute and her husband that
is based on an actual couple and yearlong interviews with New York City
prostitutes. The film was
shot by Brett Albright whose credits include “Ballad of Ramblin Jack”
and “Naked States.”
Living
in New York City, Sandra Kuhn is originally from Lausanne Switzerland. Her
passion for Cinema and television brought her to the United States, where
she started her carrier at MTV Networks in 1995. There she worked on
various programs for VH1 such as “The VH1 Fashion Awards”, “the
Making of Couture” or “Game Show a-go-go”. In 1997 she went on to
Produce a weekly half hour news show “Cinema” for PBN, a PBS
affiliated station. In 1998 Sandra produces her first Award Winning Short
Film “Razor’s Edge”, which won the Price of “Jury des Jeunes” at
Locarno. The same year she produced another Short Film directed by Marta
Ibarrondo “Fidel”. From 1999 to 2001 Sandra went on to produce
commercials for the European market such as “Granny” de LU,
“Salomon”, “Telephonica Spain” along with music videos such as
“Canto della Terra” from Andrea Bocelli. Leaving the commercial world
in 2001, Sandra returned to television and supervised a daily talk show
for Oxygen “SheCommerce”. She finally went back to VH1 in 2002,
producing part of the new “I love the 80’s”, “I Love the 70’s”
& “I love the 80’s Stikes back” series.
Brett
was born and raised in Indiana. His interest in photography brought him to
New York, where he graduated from New York University's Tisch School of
the Arts after studying cinematography under Tom Mangravite. While
attending NYU Brett shot over 25 short films and has won the Wasserman
Award for cinematography. Since then he has shot dozens of commercials
& music videos, documentaries & shorts. Brett's work has been
shown at festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, Hamptons, St. Louis, Los
Angeles, and the IFFM and has shown on NBC, CBS, HBO, MTV, VH-1 & BET.
Most recently, Brett completed his first feature, "In the Eye of the
Storm" which is now in post-production. His photographic style is
influenced by contemporary DPs such as Bill Pope, Harris Savides, and
Larry Fong as well as the "masters" Conrad Hall, Roger Deakins,
and Dante Spinotti. Brett is a member of the International
Cinematographer's Guild, Local 600 and resides in New York City.
Sarah
has appeared in the films: The Surprise, Thousand Dollar Shoes and has the
lead in the upcoming Blue Road. She has been seen on the NBC series Law
and Order and has recurring roles on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Off-Broadway goers saw her in Bad Boy Nietzsche (dir. Richard Foreman)
prior to a tour with the show throughout Europe and Japan. Other NY
theater credits include: The Cherry Lane Theater, The Looking Glass
Theater, and Manhattan Theater Source. Sarah has a degree in theater from
UCLA.
Xavier
Jimenez has studied acting at the University of London in England and The
American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He has appeared in
off-off Broadway shows including: Suburbia, in which he played
"Buff", The House of Ramon Iglesia, playing Javier, and The
Glass Menagerie where he played Jim and earned an Irene Ryan
nomination.
He is making his film debut in the film Zooey playing Angel.
Xavier's
passions include: Acting, gymnastics, writing, listening to music from
artists such as: Bjork, Tori Amos, Nine Inch Nails, Placebo, and A Perfect
Circle. He Loves watching films, especially from directors such as:
Vittoria De Sicca, Federico Fellini, Peter Jackson, Buster Keaton, and
Pedro Almodovar. His favorite books to read have been given birth to by
such authors as: Limony Snickett, Edgar Alan Poe, William Shakespeare, and
Pablo Neruda.
Xavier
Jimenez hopes to make more films in the future. His dream is to make films
in English, Spanish, and Italian. Acting is his oxygen and he hopes to be
breathing for a very long time! Don't let him suffocate.
Rachael
Roberts is currently playing Dr. Clay in the critically acclaimed off-broadway
production of Roadhouse. She
is a recent graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)
on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Her
appreciation for theatre has led to roles as diverse as Sarah from
Children of a Lesser God, and Jackie-O in The House of Yes.
She last collaborated with Timothy Haskell in Rebecca Ramirez’s
Lower East Side production of Catcall.
Rachael also enjoys improv, having performed Comedy Sportz in San
Francisco and Madison. She is
currently an active member of the highly regarded Noo Yawk Tawk comedy
troupe here in Manhattan. On
screen, you’ll soon see her as the lead in the gritty feature film,
Shook. To find out more
please visit rachaelroberts.com.
Lavetta
Cannon is a graduate of Cornell University. Her on-camera credits include
Law and Order: Criminal Intent and All My Children. She has also appeared
in the highly acclaimed film short "Are You Cindarella?" and
most recently have done readings for “The Talented Tenth” and for a
new work entitled “The Bones of Lesser Men”. She just wants to say
that her entire experience working on “Zooey” was one of the best that
she has ever had on a set – even though it was freezing!!
Jordan
has studied at the Actors Institute Theatre in New York City. This summer he will be featured in M. Night Shyamalan’s
“The Village.” At the age
of 12, his work includes numerous, T.V. commercials, industrials and
theatre. His film work
includes "Strays" directed by Ben Robbins, "Love Gets You
Twisted" directed by Jeff Stanzler, "Property of the
Church" directed by Dara Albanese and "The Royal Tenenbaums"
directed by Wes Anderson.