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- Ashleigh Aston Moore was born as Ashley MacMillan (first stage name Ashley Rogers) on September 30, 1981. Her parents were Maryanna Aston Moore, an interior designer, and Dennis MacMillan, who wasn't around for much of her life. She grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Her first acting gig involved wearing a chicken suit for a White Spot restaurant commercial. From there she went on to film the Odyssey, other various commercials, TV and movies. Most notably, Ashleigh played the role of Chrissy in "Now and Then" with well known actors such as Demi Moore, Thora Birch, and Rosie O'Donnell. Her mother tutored her and helped her to pursue the dreams she'd had since she was four. Ashleigh's largest role was in Now and Then (1995), for which she had to pack on 20 pounds. This was a challenge for the 12-13 year old and caused life long self image issues. She had done a few more jobs since then, but after 1997, she decided to stop acting and remain in Vancouver, where many of her family members were located. In December 2007, Ashleigh passed away in British Columbia at the age of 26. It is rumored that it was an drug overdose, but it was actually from pneumonia and bronchitis.
- Owned by actor, Dane Andrew, Rascal is the only Dog to win so many different titles. Current holder of the following: voted "The World's Ugliest Dog" Ring of Champions, Western USA's Ugliest Dog. The Oldest Ugly Dog Contest" in Fort Bragg, Ca. Ugly Dog Winner "Citrus Harvest Festival" Highland, Ca. Winner of "Regal Cinema's Hotel For Dogs" Ugly Dog Contest, FL. Author, Tim Downs Ugly Dog Contest, PSPCA "I'm so Ugly I'm Cute" contest. Dane and Rascal were named this year's "Distinguished Residents" at The Mayor's State of the City, and have a Star on the Walk of Fame in S. California.
Rascal is a very healthy 7.lb pure bred Chinese Crested who is a rescue descendent of Lady Pink & World renowned Chi Chi "The World's Ugliest Dog". Never shaven, he is naturally & completely hairless except for his Mohawk and a little hair on his tail and feet. He is complete with warts & freckles. Having a lack of teeth, he can't keep his tongue in his mouth & his face appears crooked at times. People are calling him a Space Alien, Einstein, Phyllis Diller, Bat Dog, or "Hairless Potter", but to us he is our loving little Family member.
Rascal is Ugly Dog Royalty, being from a dynasty of ugly with his mom, grandmother, and grandfather all who have held the title of "The World's Ugliest Dog". Rascal's grandfather, "Chi Chi", is in the Guinness Book of World Records for winning the most ugly dog contests with 8 ugly dog wins. He was named #81 of the top 100 all time Guinness moments on their 2008 NBC special. Chi Chi may be the only dog along with Rascal's Mom "Mai Tai" and now Rascal to have received a Mayoral proclamation. Rascal has not one but 2 Mayoral Proclamations from both Sunnyvale and a Honor from The City of San Francisco By Mayor Gavin Newsom, for a total of 4 proclamations in the Ugly Dynasty. Rascal was named official Fire Dog of Station #1 in Newark, Ca. Rascal received an Honorary Doctorate in Animal Magnetism from SSU. in California.
Rascal is so ugly that 'Jay Leno' had him on the NBC Tonight Show before winning his 1st title in 2002, Interviewed by 'Barbara Walters' on The View, 'Jane Pauley' show, 'Carson Daly', 3 'Animal Planet' shows, 'Kathy Griffin's D-List, ET & several more TV shows. Cast in 5 horror movies, "Tele-Zombie" with Scream Queen, 'Brinke Stevens'. "The Last Nightmare", "Curse of the Smoke O' Lantern", "Scanky Doo", a cameo in "Carma" with Oscar nominee 'Karen Black'. publications: People, OK, Perez Hilton, Star, just to name a few.
Rascal has a cartoon strip & documentary film on the way, both called "The Ugliest Dog". He has collected blankets for animal victims of hurricane Katrina, and has Rascal's Christmas for Kids, soon donating a percentage of profits from his patented hotdog leash line, to animal charities. - Actress
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Kim Wuan was born and raised in the Silicon Valley, CA. After graduating NYU with a BFA in Drama, Kim spent much of her career performing Shakespeare at theaters such as The Guthrie, Folger Theater, and Barrington Stage. She has worked Off-Broadway with The Public Theater, Lincoln Center, and the National Asian American Theater Company (NAATCO), to name a few. She was also the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Accidental Shakespeare Company in NYC from 2010-2014. When not acting, her hobbies include yoga, knitting, aerial silks, cooking, and exploring NYC.- Actor
- Producer
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Brian began to skate at age 8 when he went to a figure skating show which starred Peggy Fleming. He fell in love with the sport and quickly became very accomplished. At times, he even gave the 1984 men's Olympic Champion, Scott Hamilton, a run for his money. In 1988, he won "The Battle of the Brians" between himself and Canadian Brian Orser. He went pro and has skated and toured with skaters like Tara Lipinski, Michelle Kwan, Scott Hamilton, Paul Wylie and Kurt Browning.- Actress
- Make-Up Department
- Producer
Sharon Savene was born on 2 September 1975 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Star Trek: Odyssey (2007), Star Trek: The Helena Chronicles (2008) and Dead Air (2009). She has been married to Rupert Savene since 23 June 2002.- Sound Department
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- Editorial Department
Ben Lazarus was born on 22 November 1981 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. He is known for The Division (2011), Faster (2010) and Piranha 3D (2010). He was previously married to Mashanda Lazarus.- Writer
- Director
- Editor
With over twenty-five years of experience in the film and television industry, Jon has written and directed numerous award winning feature films, short films, and television pilots. In 2017-18 he worked at Universal Studios Japan developing Virtual Reality attractions for theme parks in Hollywood, Orlando and Osaka. From 2000-2017, Jon focused most of his attention on writing and directing various films and television pilots: Still Green (Director), Breakdance Academy (Writer/Director), Deadly Retreat (Writer/Director), Real Estate Milfia (Creator/Writer/Director), to name a few. Jon, whose work has been featured at film festivals, including the HBO Comedy Arts Festival, studied at the highly acclaimed Improv Olympic with the late Del Close in Chicago. Jon continues to write and produce feature and episodic work with his wife Danielle in their company Artigo indie Films.- Producer
- Actor
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Dane Andrew grew up in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay Area's of California. Born the only child to Doris Birkland Beezley & Dale Lloyd Beezley, Dane attended Mango Jr. High & Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, Ca. with now actress, Teri Hatcher in the class of 82. Graduating with a degree in TV/Film Production from De Anza College, he continued with 5 years at Stage One Theatre Company to perfect his acting skills. Since age 11, making countless TV show & news appearances with "The World's Ugliest Dog", and even still to this day with one of its descendents, appears on National talk shows. Producing & Hosting Celebrity interviews for Total Entertainment News (TEN) that can be seen in part on such shows as Extra, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, E!, and past shows as American Journal, Hard Copy and Enquirer TV to name a few, Dane got his first Nationally aired on camera break after doing the last interview with OJ Simpson before his murder arrest. Owner of Tri-D Film & Video Productions, he also shoots professional Celebrity and notable personality photos for a national Press agency, and has had photos in magazines and papers from USA Today & News Week, to Rolling Stone & People. Dane spent 4 years in city government as the Chairman of the Sunnyvale Arts Commission. As Arts Commissioner, there were no calls from Batman as hoped. Hobbies include Historical and Civil War Cavalry re-enacting on his pinto horse. Holding a motor cycle license, he also loves to restore classic cars and can even been seen driving one of the actual Don Johnson TV show, yellow 71 Cuda convertibles from the show "Nash Bridges". He enjoys free time with his numerous exotic animals and reptiles for which he says "Are the best character actors of all".- Actor
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Raised in San Jose, California Eric Toms began his career when his sketch comedy troupe pitched and sold their late night sketch show to a local TV channel. Eric immediately dropped out of college and threw himself into the experience, taking on the role of head writer, performer, and video producer. Making the leap to stand-up comedy Eric traveled the world and by 25 had already worked with some of his comedy heroes, such as Kevin Pollak, Norm Macdonald, Lewis Black, Tracy Morgan and Bobby Slayton.
In 2008, Toms was scouted and hired to host the comedy clip show Reality Binge on Fox. Working on Reality Binge later led to a guest appearance on Good Day LA and Last Comic Standing. Shortly after, show runner and fellow comedian, Steve Marmel, asked Eric to guest star as Gilroy Smith in Disney's Sonny With a Chance season 1 finale "Sonny: So Far" staring along side Demi Lovato.
Since then Eric's writing has won recognition with The Academy of Arts and Sciences and The Austin Screenwriting Festival, and he has starred in independent feature films like disOrientation in which Eric was nominated for the Jury Award at the New Haven Film Festival. Eric has also written commercial campaigns for brands such as 7-11, Netflix, and Cholula Hot Sauce.
In 2017 Toms began the Night of Shorts Night, a free short film showcase in Los Angeles. Since then he has screened hundreds of short films and created a community of filmmakers. It is free for filmmakers to screen their work and free for audience members to come out and watch. In 2023 Toms released his first feature film, Bakersfield Noir, a film which he made for $1,000, utilizing the talents of his friends and creatives he'd made at the Night of Shorts Night.
In 2021 Toms began producing the podcast Making Movies is HARD!!! hosted by Alrik Bursell and Liz Manashil. The podcast interviews indie filmmakers weekly and has partnered with multiple film festivals, such as the Austin Film Fest.- Dennis Sanfilippo was born on 1 December 1951 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. Dennis was a producer, known for Rebel on the Highway (2018). Dennis died on 3 December 2022 in Angels Camp, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Jasper Dickson was born on 5 June 1984 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. He is known for Bottoms Up (2006), Lost L.A. (2016) and The Oldest Vine (2022).- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Set Decorator
Nina Flebbe was born on 3 October 1968 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. She is a production designer and set decorator, known for The Fugitive (2000), Lovers Lane (2000) and The Real World (1992).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Nicholas Burger was born on 30 June 1986 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. Nicholas is a cinematographer, known for 1881 Zombies (2009), Redivider (2008) and The Loveless (2008).- Sarah Benjamin was born on 12 February 1988 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Our Lady of Chaos (2009) and World of Wargames (2010).
- Currently resides in Antioch, Ca. Scott was born and grew up in Sunnyvale, Ca. He started his show biz career in Stand Up Comedy while attending San Diego State University where he received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration emphasizing Marketing. After graduating from College, Scott competed in several Stand up Competition throughout California, finishing 2nd at his alma mater post graduation. Scott has appeared in several industrial films including one in the County he currently resides, Contra Costa County, on behalf of the "First Five" Program. He has also appeared in multiple Student Short films and has been cast in a feature film. He is currently working in the IT field, but is slowly gravitating back into film and commercial work.
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Sioux Lehner was born January 14th, 1958 in Sunnyvale, CA. Sioux was a dancer and performer. Her first dance teacher was Benny Smith, in the Bay Area. Soon after, Sioux joined her high school dance team, "The Featherettes". Marlene Rosburg was Sioux's coach, and Sioux was the head captain. After high school, Sioux attended Long Beach State, however, her career took over when she won the crown for Miss Los Angeles in 1979. This was just the beginning, as she went on to dance professionally all over the world. Sioux eventually landed a gig with David Copperfield, performing as his lead showgirl for 3 years. Sioux was also the lead dancer on NBC's "Midnight Special" with host Wolfman Jack. Sioux's list of commercial/print work is very extensive. An honorable mention goes to her role in the feature film "Going Berserk" with John Candy. Sioux's dream was to open up her own dance studio. In 1988 she began looking for the perfect place to start her dream. By 1989, "Dance Attack" was born in Mt. View, CA. The studio grew into 3 separate buildings with over 2,000 students. Dance Attack became known as one of the most competitive studios in the United States. Sioux's main goal was to teach her students the "love of dance."
Sioux's family included her husband Peter Lehner, daughter Rachele Lehner, and two sons Justin and Jake Lehner.- Caren Rebekah Parmenter was born in Sunnyvale, California. Since then she has traveled all over the States. Her passion and enthusiasm for Acting began at a young age performing Theatre and home movies with her three siblings until high school. It was there Caren was introduced to drama studies and performing arts, where she performed in several productions. Upon graduating Caren embarked on a journey to Brazil, continuing various arts. When she returned to the United States, Caren pursued her love of the Theatre by working extensively in Theatre productions on and offstage. Caren has since transformed as an Actress and now wants to take her acting to the next professional level.
Caren aspires to continue a career in Acting and establish herself in the industry at a professional level, with the hope to Act alongside some of her inspirations like: Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Laura Linney & Jennifer Lopez. Recently Caren has appeared in several Lead, Supporting & Featured Extra roles in Independent Films.
Caren is hoping to attend the three month accredited acting program at TVI Studios in Los Angeles, where she hopes to gain a professional insight of the industry and further develop her talent. - Actor
- Writer
- Sound Department
Michael Hitchcock was born on 13 June 1979 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Silent Lynx (2016), Hectic Knife (2016) and RussianMonster (2016).- Producer
- Sound Department
- Actor
J. Lynn Johnston was born on 21 March 1978 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Reign of Fire (2002), Reign of Fire (2002) and Lou and Lou: Safety Patrol (2006).- Andrew Garcia was born on 29 August 1939 in Sunnyvale, California, USA. Andrew died on 11 September 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Smith became a central voice in the DV filmmaking revolution through his provocative writings, experimental videos, and digital effects for dozens of independent feature films including director Frank Grow's groundbreaking debut Love God (1997) and Todd Solondz's controversial Happiness (1998). His own directorial efforts include pioneering efforts in 360º video, web cinema, and interactive storytelling. His short film, Carny Tales (2002), won the Audience Choice Award at the Sundance Film Festival. He made his award-winning feature film debut with _Charlie the Ox (2004).
The author of several books on moviemaking, including Composition in Film, FireWire Filmmaking, Making iMovies, and The Film 100 (a ranking of the most influential people in the history of cinema), he also edited The DV Filmmaker's Handbook.
The former publisher of RES: The Magazine of Digital Filmmaking and a featured columnist on the Adobe.com website, Smith still writes extensively about the emerging technologies and techniques used by today's digital filmmakers. He has moderated panels and seminars on DV production at the Sundance, Cannes, and Los Angeles International Film Festivals and taught digital filmmaking at the UCLA School of Design.