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Madeleine McGraw

Cast · Known for Black Phone 2, Toy Story 4, The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Madeleine Grace McGraw (born December 22, 2008) is an American actress. She gained recognition for her roles in various horror-themed projects, including Outcast (2016–2018) and The Black Phone (2021), which earned her a Saturn Award nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor. She also starred as Zoey Campbell in the Disney Channel series Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021–2023) and has since portrayed a younger version of Hope van Dyne in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) and the Disney+ series What If...? (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Madeleine McGraw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Brady Hepner

Brady Hepner (born August 18, 2005) is an American actor who rose to fame after being cast as Vance in the hit horror film The Black Phone (2022).

Mason Thames

Cast · Known for Black Phone 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Nimrods

Mason Thames (/θeɪmz/, born July 10, 2007) is a rising young actor who made a remarkable debut as the young teen lead in director/co-writer/producer Scott Derrickson’s hit horror movie, The Black Phone (2021), based on Joe Hill’s short story, co-starring Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone and Ethan Hawke, and returning a spectacular gross of over $161 million (ten times costs) for Blumhouse Productions/Universal Pictures. Thames had his second starring role in his second theatrical feature with the David Henrie-directed adventure horror movie, Monster Summer (2024), co-starring Mel Gibson, Lorraine Bracco, Nora Zehetner, and Kevin James, and released wide by Pastime Pictures. Thames landed his biggest starring role to date as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in director/writer/producer Dean DeBlois’ live-action adaptation of his original animated feature, How To Train Your Dragon (2025)—which itself was based on Cressida Cowell’s book series—co-starring Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Bronwyn James and Harry Trevaldwyn and released by Universal Pictures. Thames co-starred with McKenna Grace, Allison Williams, and Dave Franco in the Josh Boone-directed screen version of Colleen Hoover’s novel, Regretting You (2025), produced by Constantin Film and released by Paramount Pictures. Mason Thames revived his role as Finney in director/co-writer/producer Scott Derrickson’s anticipated sequel, The Black Phone 2 (2025), co-starring Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Madeleine McGraw, Demian Bichir, and again produced by Blumhouse Productions and released by Universal Pictures. Thames reunited with co-star McKenna Grace in director/writer Lee Kirk’s road comedy, New Year’s Rev (date to be announced), with Jenna Fischer, Sean Gunn, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, Jolene Blalock, Angela Kinsey, Keen Ruffalo, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Buffy Milner, and Billie Joe Armstrong, and produced by Live Nation Productions. Thames then returned as Finney in Universal Pictures’ live-action sequel, directed and written once again by Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027), co-starring Gerard Butler and Nico Parker. Thames co-starred in the Germany-U.S. co-production based on Colleen Hoover’s novel, Regretting You (2025), co-starring Allison Williams, McKenna Grace, Dave Franco, and Willa Fitzgerald under Josh Boone’s direction, and which was released by Paramount Pictures (worldwide)/Constantin Film (Germany). Thames then co-starred with Peter Dinklage and Dave Franco, with Kiernan Shipka and O’Shea Jackson, in director/co-writer/producer Macon Blair’s comedy, The Shitheads (date to be announced), and was produced by Gramercy Park Media/Rough House Pictures/Slate Entertainment Group. Thames returned to his live-action role as Hiccup alongside the original cast in director/writer/producer Dean DeBlois’ sequel for Universal Pictures, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027).

Atticus Derrickson

Composer · Known for Black Phone 2

Atticus Derrickson is an American film composer and actor. He is best known for his work on the horror films V/H/S/85 (2023) and Black Phone 2 (2025).

Scott Derrickson

Director · Executive Producer · Known for Black Phone 2, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He is known for his work in the horror genre, directing films such as The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Sinister (2012), and The Black Phone (2021). He is also known for the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016) based on the Marvel Comics character. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Derrickson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

C. Robert Cargill

Writer · Producer · Known for Black Phone 2, Doctor Strange, Sinister

Christopher Robert Cargill (born September 8, 1975) is an American screenwriter, actor, author, podcast host and a former film critic. He is best known for writing the films Sinister (2012), Sinister 2 (2015), Doctor Strange (2016), No Man of God (2021) and The Black Phone (2021). He is the co-founder of film and television production company Crooked Highway.

Ryan Turek

Executive Producer · Known for Five Nights at Freddy's, Insidious: Out of the Further, The Exorcist: Martyrs

Ryan Turek (born October 1, 1976) is an American filmmaker, film producer, actor and film journalist. He is the co-founder of Dread Central and an executive at Blumhouse Productions. He is best known for producing horror films such as Happy Death Day (2017), Halloween (2018), Freaky (2020), The Black Phone (2021), M3GAN (2022), Insidious: The Red Door (2023), The Exorcist: Believer (2023) and Five Nights at Freddy's (2023).

James Ransone

Cast · Known for Sinister, It Chapter Two, Inside Man

James Finley Ransone III (June 2, 1979 – December 19, 2025) was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of the drama series The Wire, United States Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the war drama miniseries Generation Kill (2008), The Deputy in the supernatural horror films Sinister (2012) and Sinister 2 (2015), Chester in Tangerine (2015), the adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two (2019), and Max in The Black Phone movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ransone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jason Blum

Producer · Known for Halloween, Insidious: Chapter 2, Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Jason Blum (born February 20, 1969) is an American film producer and the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, the studio behind some of the most influential horror films of the 21st century. Under his leadership, Blumhouse produced the blockbuster franchises Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and Halloween, helping redefine low-budget, high-impact genre filmmaking. Blum’s producing credits also include Sinister, Oculus, Whiplash, The Gallows, The Gift, Hush, Split, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Get Out, Happy Death Day, Upgrade, Us, The Invisible Man, Freaky, The Black Phone, M3GAN, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Speak No Evil, spanning horror, thriller, and prestige drama. He has received multiple Academy Awards Best Picture nominations for Whiplash, Get Out, and BlacKkKlansman. In television, Blum won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for The Normal Heart and later earned an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for the acclaimed true-crime miniseries The Jinx.

Jacob Moran

Cast · Known for Black Phone 2

Jacob Moran is known for his role of Billy in the Blumhouse Universal Pictures blockbuster “The Black Phone.” Jacob starred as Tristan, in Thommy Kane’s “New Shoes” that premiered at the American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival which earned Jacob "Best Actor" and "Rising Star" awards. Most recently, Jacob portrayed David in the Warner Bros./Essex horror film "The Curse of the Necklace" which was released in September 2024. This past year Jacob wrapped two highly anticipated projects “Regarding Us”, Nicole Kidman’s new film “Holland Michigan” and "Brooklyn, Minnesota". Jacob has had Guest Star roles in a variety of television shows including ABC’s “Wonder Years,” NBC’s “New Amsterdam” and Netflix’s Emmy-award winning “Christmas on the Square” with Dolly Parton. Jacob is credited with over 300 performances of the First National Broadway show "The School of Rock." Jacob resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and Actors' Equity Association (AEA).

Miguel Mora

Cast · Known for Black Phone 2

Miguel Mora is an actor and model of Mexican descent. He is best known for portraying Robin in the 2022 film, The Black Phone.

Kellan Rhude

Kellan Rhude grew up in a military family, moving every few years, which shaped his ability to adapt and connect with people from all walks of life. As an actor, he has appeared in Dexter: New Blood, Showtime’s highest-rated miniseries, and brought a moment of levity to the darkness of David Fincher’s The Killer, which premiered in competition at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival. Having grown up on horror films, it’s no surprise he has been part of projects like The Black Phone for Universal, a major hit that now has a sequel set for fall 2025. He played Floyd Tibbits in Salem’s Lot, based on the Stephen King novel, and will soon star in a horror-thriller alongside Jena Malone, Terrence Howard, and Christopher Lloyd. He also has a role in the climax of Appofeniacs, a new thriller featuring Guardians of the Galaxy’s Sean Gunn. Beyond acting, Kellan loves to sing and play guitar. He’s an avid runner, and one of his favorite memories is swimming with wild spinner dolphins in Hawaii. He earned his BFA from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and is completing a master’s degree in writing at Johns Hopkins University. He writes poetry, essays, and fiction, with the goal of publishing his work in the near future.

Kurt Kuenne

Kurt Kuenne is an award-winning filmmaker and composer of both fiction and documentary films. He is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he won the Harold Lloyd Scholarship in Film Editing, and where he also studied film scoring at the USC School of Music under the tutelage of classic film composers Buddy Baker and David Raksin. His first feature, the teen drama “Scrapbook” (1999), landed him on Filmmaker magazine’s 25 New Faces of Indie Film feature, and he followed it with “Drive-In Movie Memories” (2001), a documentary about outdoor movies which opened the 2001 Telluride Film Festival and played nationally on PBS. In 2002, he won the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his screenplay “Mason Mule”, while his screenplay “Explode” made the quarterfinals in the same year. He then directed a series of black & white short musical comedies – “Rent-A-Person” (2003),”Validation” (2006), “Slow” (2007), and “The Phone Book” (2008) – which won 40+ awards at 120+ film festivals worldwide. In 2008, he completed his 6 year passion project, the documentary “Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father“, which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. The film was released by Oscilloscope Laboratories and MSNBC Films, was named one of the Top 5 Documentaries of 2008 by the National Board of Review, won numerous awards and placed on more than 40 critics’ lists of the Ten Best Films of 2008. In 2012, PBS POV named it one of the “100 Greatest Documentaries of All Time”. “Dear Zachary” inspired the creation of Bill C-464 in Canadian Parliament, which reformed Canada’s criminal code when it became law on December 15, 2010. (An epilogue chronicling this process – “The Legacy of Dear Zachary: A Journey to Change Law” – was released on the web in 2013.) In 2011, he collaborated for the second time with actor TJ Thyne (“Validation”, “Bones”) on the fiction feature “Shuffle“, a mystery/fantasy about a man who begins experiencing his life out of order, which was released by Screen Media Films and won numerous awards at film festivals worldwide, including the 2013 Frank Capra Award. In 2014, he co-wrote, edited and sound designed the celebrated documentary “Batkid Begins” for his Emmy-winning director pal Dana Nachman. The film premiered once again at the Slamdance Film Festival, won 5 audience awards and was acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema, who released it theatrically on June 26, 2015. Julia Roberts acquired the film’s remake rights. Kurt has since directed numerous episodes of the hit NBC television show “The Blacklist”, starring James Spader. His work as a composer includes re-scoring the restoration of the silent classic “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1925) and writing the book, music and lyrics for an award-winning stage musical adaptation of the New York Times-bestselling novel “The Looking Glass Wars”. Kurt is managed by Good Fear Film and Management.

Adam Minarovich

Adam Minarovich is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his recurring role Ed in the American television series The Walking Dead. Minarovich, a native of Anderson, South Carolina. He has operated a gold resale and cell phone store with his cousin between acting roles. Minarovich directed and appeared in the film, Exhibit A-7. Minarovich portrayed Ed, the abusive husband of Carol (Melissa McBride) in the 2010 television series, The Walking Dead. Minarovich wrote the script to the 2013 black comedy film Pawn Shop Chronicles. Minarovich has a role in the 2019 film, Blackbear (aka Submission).

Amelia Bullmore

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amelia Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress and writer. She was born in London and studied drama at the University of Manchester. Bullmore started working as an actor but turned to writing in 1995. Her writing credits include episodes for This Life, Attachments and Black Cab. She appeared as 'Sonja', the Ukrainian girlfriend of the protagonist in the comedy I'm Alan Partridge. She is currently featuring in commercials for Direct Line insurance where she plays a prospective customer at a car show. Bullmore was a finalist for the Dennis Potter Award in 2000 for her 90 minute drama entitled The Middle. Her first stage play, Mammals was the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and was shortlisted for the What's On Best New Comedy Award. From 1990 she played the role of Steph Barnes in Coronation Street. She has also recently appeared on BBC Radio 4's phone-in spoof Down the Line. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amelia Bullmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Fan Bingbing

Cast · Known for Ice Road: Vengeance, X-Men: Days of Future Past

Fan Bingbing, born September 16, 1981, in Qingdao, Shandong, is a Chinese actress, producer, singer and businesswoman. She launched her acting career in the mid‑1990s and rose to fame in 1998 as Jinsuo in My Fair Princess, later shifting focus from television to film and exploring diverse genres. In the 2000s, Fan appeared in Fall in Love at First Sight (2002) and Battle of the Warriors (2006). She won Best Actress at the 27th Hundred Flowers Awards for Cell Phone (2003) in 2004. After founding her own studio in 2007, she became involved in producing television dramas including Rouge Snow (2008) and Memoirs of Madam Jin (2009). Her film work during this period included Lost in Beijing (2007), which competed at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival, and The Matrimony (2007), for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 44th Golden Horse Awards. For her performance in I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016), she received several acting awards and nominations, including those from the 31st Golden Rooster Awards, the 11th Asian Film Awards and the 8th China Film Directors’ Guild Awards. From the 2010s onward, Fan Bingbing became increasingly active in international cinema, appearing at major film festivals and serving on festival juries.In 2010, Chongqing Blues (2010) competed at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival and she won Best Actress at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival for Buddha Mountain (2010). She served on the main competition jury of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2011. In 2016, she won Best Actress at the 64th San Sebastián International Film Festival for I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016), becoming the third Chinese-language actress to win Best Actress at two international A-category film festivals. In 2017, she featured on the Asia edition cover of Time and was listed among its 100 Most Influential People. That year, she joined the jury of the 70th Cannes Film Festival and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with lifetime Oscar voting rights. Beyond Chinese-language cinema, her international credits include Stretch (2011), My Way (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and The Lady in the Portrait (2017). In 2018, she was investigated by Chinese tax authorities over tax-related violations and was ordered to pay back taxes, late fees and fines. Afterwards, she reduced public activities in mainland China’s entertainment sector but kept working on overseas film projects. In recent years, Fan has starred in international productions, served as festival jury member and received multiple international acting honours. Her recent works include South Korean Green Night (2023), Hollywood productions The 355 (2022) and Ice Road: Vengeance (2025), Singaporean short She Said (2026), and international co-production Diary of a Mad Old Man (2026). Many of her works have been selected for major international festivals, including Busan, Toronto, and Tokyo. In 2023, she joined the main competition jury of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival. In 2025, she won Best Actress at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards for Malaysian film Mother Bhumi (2025) and served on the jury of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. Fan Bingbing’s career spans television, film, production and international cinema, with work across Chinese-language and international productions.

Paul Herman

Paul Herman (March 29, 1946 - March 29, 2022) was an American actor. Among other roles, he was known for playing Randy in David O. Russell's dramedy Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and Whispers DiTullio in Martin Scorsese's crime epic The Irishman (2019). His other appearances in movies include Once Upon a Time in America, At Close Range, We Own the Night, Heat, Crazy Heart, Quick Change, Sleepers, Cop Land, The Fan, Analyze That, The Day Trippers, and American Hustle. He had a recurring role on The Sopranos as "Beansie" Gaeta, as well as another HBO series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase's accountant, Marvin. Herman had also played minor background characters in two other Scorsese crime films. In Goodfellas, he was The Pittsburgh Connection, and in the montage sequence 'Back Home, Years Ago' in Scorsese's Casino, he was a gambler who rushes to the phone booth to place the same bet that Sam Rothstein (Robert De Niro) did. In 2009's Crazy Heart, Herman played the manager of Jeff Bridges' character. Herman, along with his brother Charlie, ran the Columbus Cafe in the 1990s. Located across from Lincoln Center, it was frequented by actors, ballet dancers, gangsters, and FBI and DEA agents. Herman also had a small ownership stake in the cafe, along with Mikhail Baryshnikov as well as other actors. Source: Article "Paul Herman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Paisley Cadorath

Cast · Known for Nobody

Paisley Cadorath was born Sept 20, 2011 in Winnipeg Manitoba. She is the younger of two children. Her older brother, Kowen Cadorath is also an aspiring actor and has always been a positive influence in his sisters life. Paisley started acting at 7 years old. In 2018 she enrolled in Expressions Film Studio in Winnipeg, Mb. Her uncle Matthew Stefanson has been a big influence in her acting career. He has been her teacher and coach. It was her uncles influence that led to her big break in her first film "Nobody" staring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielson and Gage Monroe. In September, 2019, Paisley received a call from her uncle about a role that she may be good for and thought she should audition. Paisley had never done an audition, let alone had any head shots made. She decided to go for it. A few weeks later she received a call back for a second audition. After Paisleys second audition a few more weeks went by and the phone rang. It was her uncle Matthew. He had heard that they were looking at Paisley for the role. That role was for Sammy Mansell in the action thriller "Nobody".

Gerry Vichi

Cast · Known for Inside Man

GERRY VICHI began his acting career while teaching English and Drama at Holliston High back home in Holliston, Mass. He began doing doing summer stock and local dinner theatre shows all over New England and met Jack Hallett at the Town and Country Playhouse in Salem, New Hampshire in 1971. He eventually earned his Actor’s Equity card at the American Stage Festival in Milford, New Hampshire. After much talk of becoming an actor full time, Jack Hallett called him in 1973 from the Village Dinner Theatre in Raleigh, NC and offered him the lead in “Tunnel of Love” opposite film actress Margaret O’Brien. Gerry resigned from his teaching job of 15 years, flew the next morning to North Carolina, and never looked back. He stayed on in Raleigh to play opposite Dan Dailey in “The Odd Couple” and headed straight to New York City after. He was immediately hired for his first Broadway show, Kander and Ebb’s “Woman of the Year” starring Lauren Bacall and Harry Guardino. It was deliriously fun for two years in the 1970’s to be in a hit Broadway show. Other Broadway shows followed and he played “Moonface Martin” in “Anything Goes” at Lincoln Center starring Patti LuPone, the short lived, “Ain’t Broadway Grand”, the Wizard in “The Wizard of Oz”, Fezziwig in the musical version of “A Christmas Carol”, and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” with Matthew Broderick. He appeared in a string of shows of the popular Encore series such as “Do Re Mi”, ”Follies”, and “70, Girls, 70”, another Kander and Ebb gem. He returned to Broadway in “The Drowsy Chaperone” and when that closed, he began rehearsals the next morning for yet another Kander and Ebb hit, “Curtains” starring David Hyde Pierce. Gerry also worked Off-Broadway with Al Pacino in Brecht’s, “In the Jungle of the Cities” and Bill Irwin in “Scapin”. His film credits include, “Coma”, “King of the Gypsies”, “Vibes”, “City Hall”(again with Al Pacino), “Find Me Guilty”, “Just My Luck”(w/Lindsay Lohan), and the role of Herman Gluck in Spike Lee’s wonderful drama, “Inside Man” starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, to date, his most gratifying cinematic experience. After “Curtains” closes, Gerry is scheduled to star in a new musical, “Minsky’s”, based on the grand old days of burlesque. ““Minsky’s” was written by Bob Martin(“Drowsy Chaperone”) and Charles Strouse(“Annie”, “Bye Bye Birdie”) and Casey Nicolaw will direct. The phone call from Jack Hallett in 1973 changed his life so he’s had a lifetime habit of returning all Jack’s calls immediately!! He looks forward to working at the brand new Bayberry Dinner Playhouse. Gerry Vichi is an Actor known for Find Me Guilty (2006), Sex and the City 2 (2010) and Man on a Ledge (2012).

Deborah L. Scott

Costume Design · Known for Avatar, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Love & Other Drugs

Deborah Lynn Scott (born 1954), also known as Deborah Scott, is a costume designer and set designer, best known for her work in James Cameron's directorial venture, Titanic, which won her the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Scott collaborated with Cameron on his three films in the Avatar film series, earning her second Academy Award nomination for her costume design on Avatar: Fire and Ash. Her first movie as a costume designer was Don't Answer the Phone (1979). Some of her other movies are E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Back to the Future (1985), Legends of the Fall (1994), Wild Wild West (1999), The Patriot (2000), Transformers (2007), Avatar (2009), and Love & Other Drugs (2010). In 2023, she received the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award. She has also worked as an Assistant costume designer on Shakespeare in Love (1998) and The Young Victoria (2009), and as a Set designer on Alouette, je te plumerai (1989) and Midsummer ( Nat Horne Theatre, New York City, 1990). Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Lynn Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Michael Lehmann

Director · Known for Californication, R.J. Decker, True Blood

Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957; San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director. Lehmann attended Columbia University. His first job in the film industry was answering phones at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope film company. Later he supervised cameras on films that included 1983's The Outsiders. Lehmann attended film school at USC and graduated in 1985. While at USC he made a student film, Beaver Gets a Boner, the title of which he believes helped get the attention of film executives who would later hire him. Lehmann is probably most noted for directing the black comedy Heathers. He also directed 40 Days and 40 Nights, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Hudson Hawk, Meet the Applegates, Airheads and Because I Said So. Lehmann also directs for television, and has worked on the short lived HBO comedy series The Comeback and NBC's The West Wing. Lehmann has guest directed on The Larry Sanders Show, Watching Ellie and Century City. Recently, Lehmann has directed episodes of HBO dramas, Big Love and True Blood, as well as Showtime's Californication. Lehmann's upcoming films include Your Word Against Mine. At a Q & A session during 2007's South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas, Lehmann claimed he would never make a sequel to Heathers. He claimed Winona Ryder wanted to do Heathers set in Washington, D.C., but he saw no potential for the project. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lehmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Matty Rich

Born and raised in the Red Hook housing projects in Brooklyn, NY, Matty Rich, became highly regarded as the pioneer of Black Filmmakers. Rich made his way onto the Hollywood scene in the early 90's. He gained major recognition as, 19 year-old acclaimed writer/director/producer with his award winning film, "Straight out of Brooklyn". After winning the Sundance Film Festival Award, Samuel Goldwyn Films distributed the movie. The film would go on to sweep the award season winning the prestigious Independent Spirit Award, the NAACP Image Award, The CEBA Award, The Big Apple Award, The Producer's Guild's "Most Promising Film Producer" award and the Nova Award. The movie, which was made for a mere $77,000, and became a worldwide box office success and a favorite that continues to play on television to this day! Matty then landed a three-picture movie deal with Tri Star studios under the helm of studio chief Mike Medavoy. While at Tri Star, Matty developed the First Black Organize Crime family film "Forty Theives" and "Sunset Park" with stars such as Danny and others. Next, Matty was headed for Disney studios where he was given a three picture deal from studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg. Matty soon directed the summer splash movie, The Inkwell! for Touchstone Pictures. The star studded cast members of the Inkwell included Jada Pinkett-Smith, Larenz Tate, Joe Morton, Morris Chestnut and many other notable names. The Inkwell was made for on a modest $4 million budget and became a summer splash hit in the U.S box office. After The Inkwell's success, Matty developed/produced and directed and developed several television and film projects, "Red Hook" as creator/producer/director of the drama series for Warner Brothers TV/Fox Network, the Tupac Shakur bio picture project for HBO, "Subway Scholar" with Whitney Houston as producer for Showtime Networks. "Tommy Morris vs Ray Mercer" Matty produced, directed the boxing documentary pieces for HBO pay per view, "Free At Last" feature film screenplay for the Weinstein Company and Edmonds Entertainment, "The Kool Moe Dee" Variety Show" for Buena Vista/Disney television. Matty soon headed for Paris, France where he served as Creative Director and Artistic director for the video game, 187 Ride or Die. Matty lead a team of over 100 artists, game designers and programmers. Matty also wrote/directed the 187 Ride or Die 3D animation game cinematics overseeing an animation team in Hong Kong, China. After the release of 187 Ride or Die, Matty formed Matty Rich Games, a Los Angeles based gaming development company that creates games for Apple and Android mobile phones and tablets. Matty hasn't forgotten his filmmaking roots, he is now developing film and television properties that will also feature games under his Matty Rich Games brand. Matty has been a featured speaker in Hollywood's most prominent Video Games conferences; The Ayzenberg A-List Gaming Summit (2011-13).Variety Magazine's 3D Entertainment Summit (2011-2013) Variety Magazine's 3D Gaming Summit (2010-2013). Matty was also the official host for the AT &T gaming & technology exhibition during the 2014 BET Awards Fan Fest weekend in Los Angeles.

Kevin Lucero Less

From the Sundance Film Festival, to The Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires, to Burning Man - Award-winning actor/filmmaker/artist - graduate American Academy of Dramatic Arts Los Angeles - versatile stage/film/television character actor Kevin Lucero Less has been performing professionally for 30+ years, in 400+ productions; garnering 2,000+ performances and winning over 200 awards. Selected Awards: Golden Lion International Film Festival Best Actor, Emerald Peacock Film Festival Best Actor, Gladiator Film Festival Best Actor, Live Theatre Workshop Best Actor, Mise En Scene Film Festival Best Actor, Invisible Theatre Best Actor, North Shore Film Festival Best Actor, Tabriz Cinema Awards Best Actor, Golden Wheat Awards Best Actor, Andromeda Film Festival Best Actor, David Film Festival Best Actor, Teknochat Film Festival Best Actor, Summer Film Festival Best Actor. Selected Museum: Albuquerque Museum, Art Institute Chicago, Tucson Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Greek Culture, Museum Modern Art Buenos Aires, MOCA Tucson, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Otago Museum, Field Museum, ArtScience Museum, Museu dos Baleeiros, Chau Chak Wing Museum, Academy Art Museum, Gjon Mili Museum, Nation Art Center Ottawa, ESMoA, Rochester Art Center, Museo Panóptico de Ibagué. Selected Published: Travel + Leisure, Nature, New American Paintings, Studio Visit, Shade, Persona. Selected Official Selections: Move Me (Sundance, Sundance Institute at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Apple iTunes, Sundance Channel, Academy Award qualifier), Food for Thought (Dixie Nomination Outstanding Original Screenplay, Reno Nomination Best Short Film), Passover (Brooks Barrow Gallery, Mise En Scene Winner Best Actor, Golden Wheat Winner Best Jury, North Shore Winner Best Actor), Re-en-act-ment (Hollywood Venus Winner Best Drama), Plu-ral (7SIFF, Black Country Highly Commended, Horror Movie Awards Semi-Finalist - Winner Bronze, Flickfair Finalist, Meridian Releasing Group Distribution, International Quarantine, Ojo Movil, NAFCo, Couch Nomination), Bath Time (7 Seconds Nominations Best Cinematography - Best Freestyle, West Sound, NOX), THR3E (Vertical Movie, Vertifilms Award Semi-Finalist, Aims Vertical Semi-Finalist, Linea d'Ombra), Brobdingnagian (New Generation Award Finalist, Emerging Artists Finalist, Frostbite Finalist), Toast (15 Seconds Horror Challenge Winner Silver Award, AltFF Nominations Best Under 1 Minute - Best Horror, 300 Seconds Winner Best 15 Sec Story, One Pound Short, Couch Winner Best 15 Sec Story), Cruel as a Wound or (Prone) (Golden Wheat Awards Winner Best Drama, Gladiator Winner Best Thriller, Venus Community Awards), It Ends with a Knife (Black Country Horror, Gladiator Winner Best Horror, Horror Lust, International Moving Winner Best Horror), Cleanliness (SideReel Winner Most Well-Made Technically), Humerus (AGBO, NVTV Distribution, Latest TV Distribution, KMTV Distribution, Bleedingham, Ojo Movil), En-e-my (7 Seconds Nomination, Birkenhead, Upstate New York), Affliction or (Halcyon) (Golden Wheat Winner Best Experimental), Aqua Tone (DUKA, NEUM Underwater, Alternative Night Experimental, 17th Athens Digital Arts, ROFIFE Rotary, QRC.PRJCT, Museum of Modern Greek Culture), Trespass (Vertical Movie, Vertifilms, Ojo Movil), Cellar Door (Golden Wheat Winner Best Thriller, Gladiator Winner Best Horror), The Malady (Emerald Peacock Winner Best Actor).

Ian Whyte

Cast · Known for Prometheus, Hercules

Born in Bangor, North Wales and raised in Brighton, on the South coast of England, Ian Whyte was 7'1" tall by the time he was 17 years old. Ian always stood out from the crowd. Tall, slim and athletic, little did he know of his future career in the limelight. Ian discovered basketball in his teens, and quickly caught the attention of national team scouts who saw his physical attributes and determination as valuable assets. He quickly progressed to the junior national team ranks, but uninspired by school at the time, Ian was keen to escape at the earliest possible opportunity. He spent a year at Henry Hudson High School in New Jersey, where he again attracted the attention of basketball scouts, earning sports scholarships to Iona College in New York and Clarion University in Pennsylvania. Ian returned to England in 1994 to play for the London Towers, a new franchise owned by the music promoter Barry Marshall. Still eager to find himself Ian only stayed a season with the Towers, transferring to their crosstown rivals, The London Leopards, but again, only for one season. in 1995, Europe freely opened its doors to sportsmen and women from across the continent. Ian played for teams right across Europe. In France, Belgium, Greece and Portugal, where he won the domestic treble; League, cup and playoff championships with F.C. Porto in 1997 and went to the ¼ finals of the European cup. Ian returned to England soon after to play for the Newcastle Eagles, a place that would become his home until his retirement from the game in 2003. Throughout his career Ian tirelessly distinguished himself, representing his country 80 times. In 2003 Ian received a phone call that would change the whole course of his life. By his own admission he was keen to retire from basketball on his terms rather than through injury or old age, so he responded to a casting call for the new film Alien Vs Predator. His success in gaining the role is a matter of history, but personally it was a tremendous victory for him to finally find an outlet for his emotional creativity. Ian was fortunate to work alongside such luminaries as the Oscar winning special effects duo of Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr as well as Oscar winning VFX supervisor John Bruno. He also met soon to be double Oscar winning makeup effects artist Mark Coulier who encouraged him to get in touch with Nick Dudman, the creature effects supervisor for the Harry Potter franchise. Upon completion of filming on AVP Ian travelled back to England and straight into the world of Harry Potter. Not credited as an actor this time, Ian was hired to help bring to life the character of Madame Maxime played by the sublime Francis De La Tour. Ian worked full time for an entire year on the film, faithfully doubling The character who stood a glorious 8'6" tall.