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The Dreamers

2003

When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.

Ingy Fillion

Cast · Known for The Dreamers

Ingy Fillion is known for The Dreamers (2003) and The Backwoods (2006).

Valentin Merlet

Cast · Known for The Dreamers

Valentin Merlet is an actor, known for The Dreamers (2003), Ruby & Quentin (2003) and Enquêtes réservées (2009).

Eva Green

Cast · Known for 300: Rise of an Empire, Casino Royale, Just Play Dead

Eva Gaëlle Green (born July 6, 1980) is a French actress and model. She started her career in theatre before making her film debut in 2003 in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial “The Dreamers.” She achieved international recognition when she appeared in Ridley Scott's “Kingdom of Heaven” (2005) and portrayed Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film “Casino Royale” (2006). That same year, Green was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Louis Garrel

Cast · Known for The Dreamers, Little Women

Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983 in Paris) is a French actor. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma mère, Dans Paris, Les Chansons d'amour, La Belle Personne and Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser.

Gilbert Adair

Writer · Known for The Dreamers

Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. He was critically most famous for the "fiendish" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used, but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including Love and Death on Long Island (1997) and The Dreamers (2003)

Michael Pitt

Cast · Known for The Dreamers, Dawson's Creek, Boardwalk Empire

Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician. Pitt is known in film for his roles in Murder by Numbers (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers (2003), Gus Van Sant's Last Days (2005), and Michael Haneke's Funny Games (2007), and in television for his roles as Henry Parker in the teen drama Dawson's Creek (1999–2000), Jimmy Darmody in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011), and Mason Verger in the second season of the NBC series Hannibal (2014). He has also appeared in the films Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Bully (2001), Silk (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), I Origins (2014), and Ghost in the Shell (2017).

Simu Liu

Cast · Known for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Jackpot!, Avengers: Doomsday

Simu Liu (/ˈsiːmuː ˈliːjuː/ SEE-moo LEE-yoo; simplified Chinese: 刘思慕; traditional Chinese: 劉思慕; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor. He rose to prominence by starring as Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuting in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Liu was born in Harbin, China, and raised in Mississauga, Ontario. He has also played Paul Xie in the Omni Television crime drama series Blood and Water—for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award and an ACTRA Award—Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience (2016–2021), and one of the Ken dolls in the fantasy comedy film Barbie (2023). In 2022, Liu published the memoir We Were Dreamers and was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simu Liu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ursula O. Robinson

Cast · Known for Beauty in Black

Ursula Oriana Robinson is the Drama Program Coordinator and a Tenured Associate Professor of Drama at South Carolina State University where she cultivates and molds young dreamers into accomplished artists. This award winning playwright is also the Artistic Director of Ursula O. Robinson Productions (UORP), a comprehensive artistic company that creates tailor-made works of art that heal, entertain, educate, and even set the mind free! Ms. Robinson is also chair of the Creative Spiritual Arts Department at Spiritual Foundation Ministries in Orangeburg, South Carolina, where she uses her God-given talents to edify the Body of Christ. She is also an accomplished Toastmaster's International award winning speech maker holding the title of District 58 Humorous Speech Winner for two consecutive years. This accomplished artist, is known for her one-woman shows, her hilarious comedy acts , and her prowess as a writer of personalized monologues. Ms. Robinson holds a BA in English, a BA in Theater Arts, and an M.F.A. in Acting. Blessed with the gifts of playwriting, performance, and practically anything artistic, Ms Robinson believes that the arts have the ability to change people's lives for the better.

Seroca Davis

Seroca Davis is an award-winning actress who has been working in the industry since she was a child, when she landed her first television role in a ten-part series for ITV. Since then, Seroca has continued to work in film, television, and has performed on stage in 'Don Juan in Soho' (Donmar Warehouse), 'Random' (Royal Court) 'Love Labour's Lost' (Shakespeare's Globe), 'We the People' (The Globe) and Debbie Tucker Green's 'Ear for Eye' (Royal Court). Her screen credits include 'Small Axe' (BBC), 'Criminal Justice' (BBC), 'Doctor Who' (BBC), 'Holby City' & 'Casualty' (BBC) and she narrated animated series 'Star Math's' (C4). Seroca has had a very successful career in Radio. One-woman show 'With a Little Bit of Luck', a celebration of the UK Garage and club scene of the early noughties, told through spoken word and live music, won Best Radio Drama at the BBC Radio & Music Awards 2019. Seroca also won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Actress in 'Sweet Little Thing'. She was last on stage in the adaptation of Jackie Kay's 'Red Dust Road', which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival 2019. She can be heard in the lead role of The Professional in new Video Game 'Warhammer 40,000 - Darktide' (Fatshark) She can currently be seen starring as Una Marson in 'Our Lost Caribbean Voice' (BBC), opposite Kate Winslet in BAFTA winning 'I am Ruth' (Channel 4) and starring in comedy short '7 Minutes' directed by Ricky Gervais (BBC). Seroca can currently be seen starring as Erica in new 6-part Channel 4 drama 'Dreamers'.

Jung Kook

Jeon Jung-kook, known professionally as Jung Kook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer under Big Hit Music. He is the maknae of the boy group BTS. Jung Kook has released two self-produced digital singles, Still With You in 2020 and My You in 2022. In 2022, he featured on American singer Charlie Puth's single Left and Right, which peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Later that year, Jung Kook became the first South Korean artist to release an official song for the FIFA World Cup Soundtrack with Dreamers, which he subsequently performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony. In 2023, Jung Kook released his debut solo single Seven featuring Latto, which broke numerous chart and streaming records. It simultaneously debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Global 200, and the Global Excl. US charts, making him the first Korean solo artist to do so, and eventually became the fastest song in history to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify. His follow-up single 3D, featuring Jack Harlow, debuted at number 5 on both the Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, making Jung Kook the first South Korean soloist to achieve two consecutive top-five entries on the latter. His debut album, Golden, was released on November 3, accompanied by a third single, Standing Next to You. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, making Jung Kook one of the highest-charting South Korean solo artists in Billboard chart history, and the first to sell over 200,000 copies within a week. In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea, along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture. In 2024, Jung Kook was promoted to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.

Jordan Bell

Jordan Bell is an actor, singer, and proud Canadian. After training at the prestigious Randolph Academy of the Performing Arts in Toronto, his wide ranging career has taken him from performing the classics at Ontario's Stratford Festival to stages across America. His favorite credits include Dear Evan Hansen (Toronto), Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz (National Tour) and the award-winning Between the Sea and Sky (NYMF). Jordan resides in New York City with his partner and their two rescue cats: Bruce Springsteen and Casper Mattress. He is a pop culture enthusiast who specializes in discovering indie pop divas. He is also passionate about working with community based organizations to empower immigrants and Dreamers.

Bart Shatto

Broadway credits include: Tony-nominated  War Paint (opposite three-time Tony winner Patti Lupone), Valjean in  Les Miserables, Tony-nominated original cast shows of The Civil War and Hands-on a Hardbody, Quincey Morris in Dracula: The Musical. National Tours: Les Miserables, The Civil War, Cats. Vocalist for symphonic rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra (since 2002). World premieres of Tammy Ryan's play Tar Beach (Luna Stage), Martin Casella’s play Black Tom Island (Premiere Stages), musical Treasure Island as Long John Silver (The Rev Theatre Company), The Remarkable Mr. Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (North Coast Rep), and Stephen Schwartz's  Children of Eden (Papermill Playhouse (Original Cast Recording). Other Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Bucks County Playhouse and Casa Manana. TV: Law & Order (NBC), Chicago  Fire (NBC) Chicago Med (NBC), Murphy Brown reboot (CBS), Gaspard and Lisa (Disney Jr.) Film: Freedom (opposite Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding Jr), Life of an Actress (opposite Tony-nominated Orfeh and Taylor Louderman - cast album produced by Broadway Records). Awards: 2024 Best Actor Winner (Chicago Indie Film Awards and New York Arthouse Film Festival), Best Ensemble Winner, for Indecent (Connecticut Critics Circle Award) and a Helen Hayes nomination for The Civil War - Ford’s Theatre) Bart’s solo show Backto Broadway: Heroes, Villains, and Dreamers is seen all over the country. Upcoming projects: The Life and Adventures of Davy Crockett (Davy Crockett) and the World Premieres of Pre-Broadway/Canadian Premiere of The Ballad of Johnny and June (Johnny Cash Musical) directed by Two-Time Tony winner and 4-time Tony nominee Des McAnuff.   www.bartshatto @iambartshatto

Janyse Jaud

Cast · Known for Andromeda

Janyse Jaud (born November 26, 1969) is a Canadian actress, voice actress, singer, musician, and author. Her major voiceover roles include Hulk Versus, My Little Pony, Inuyasha, Ed Edd n Eddy, Batman: Black & White, Baby Looney Tunes, War Planets, Spider-Man Unlimited, and Strawberry Shortcake. She is also the narrator of the Emmy Award-winning TV series Adoption Stories. She has worked with companies such as Warner Bros., Alliance Atlantis, Hasbro, Marvel, Paramount, Cartoon Network, and Universal Pictures in both on-camera and voice. As a singer and songwriter, she has received many awards including Winner of Best Song ‘This Day Is Mine’ in the Contemporary Christian category at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Winner of Best Jazz CD ‘The Magic of Christmas’ at the Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards, three Nominations at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Best Jazz Song ‘That’s What I Love About You’, Best Dance Song ‘Best Friend Forever’, and Best Contemporary Christian Song ‘Dreamers’ as well as two nominations at the Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards for Best Song ‘Dreamers’ and Artist of the Year, as well as a nomination for Best Children's Song ‘Stomp’ at the Independent Music Awards USA, and a nomination for Best Song ‘Blessed Is This Holy Night’ at the Hollywood Music Awards. She was chosen as a finalist (one of the top 4 rated songwriters) by the Song of the Year international songwriting contest. She has had many of her original songs chosen for movie soundtracks.

Mark Provencher

Born in Louisville, Kentucky - Mark grew up moving around the Midwest with extended stops in Michigan, Minnesota - where he also attended The University of Minnesota, and more recently Chicago, Illinois. His career in the entertainment industry began working for "The Oprah Winfrey Show," when a twist of fate led to Mark becoming one of the audience warm-up guys for the show - still one of his favorite gigs. Around this time he began studying improvisation at The Second City in Chicago before deciding to relocate to Los Angeles. Mark continued his training at the famed Beverly Hills Playhouse where he also starred in one acts for The Katselas Theatre Company. Some notable on-camera appearances along the way include the bong smoking adult party-goer in Superbad, the dreamer-husband in Kia's 2012 Superbowl spots with Adrianna Lima and Mötley Crüe, and network TV appearances on Love Bites, The Mentalist and CSI. His short film "The Ricochet," the first project he wrote in addition to starring in, was an official selection at the Los Angeles Shorts Film Festival and The Other Venice Film Festival. He is married to entertainment lawyer, Jennifer Provencher and lives in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Blake Shelton

Cast · Known for The Angry Birds Movie

Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country singer, songwriter and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The now Platinum-certified debut album also produced two more top 20 entries ("All Over Me" and "Ol' Red"). Although the album was released on Giant Records Nashville, he was transferred to Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Giant closed in late 2001. His second and third albums, 2003's The Dreamer and 2004's Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill, are gold and platinum, respectively. His fourth album, Pure BS (2007), was re-issued in 2008 with a cover of Michael Bublé's pop hit "Home" as one of the bonus tracks. His fifth album, Startin' Fires was released in November 2008. It was followed by the extended plays Hillbilly Bone and All About Tonight in 2010, and the albums Red River Blue in 2011, Based on a True Story... in 2013, Bringing Back the Sunshine in 2014, and If I'm Honest in 2016. As of June 2017, Shelton has charted 33 singles, including 24 number ones, 17 of which were consecutive. The 11th No. 1 ("Doin' What She Likes") broke "the record for the most consecutive No. 1 singles in the Country Airplay chart's 24-year history". He is a seven-time Grammy Award nominee. Shelton is also known for his role as a judge on the televised singing competitions Nashville Star, Clash of the Choirs, and The Voice. He has been on The Voice since its inception, and in six of fifteen seasons (2–4, 7, 11, 13), a member of his team has won. From 2011 to 2015, Shelton was married to singer Miranda Lambert.

Susan Blakely

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Susan Blakely is an American film actress and actress, who has mainly played supporting roles. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. Blakely also has appeared in films including The Towering Inferno, Report to the Commissioner, Capone, The Concorde ... Airport '79, and Over the Top. Blakely arrived in Hollywood in the early 1970s, and began appearing in supporting roles in films including Savages, The Way We Were, and The Lords of Flatbush. Her first major role was as Patty Simmons in the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno. The following year, she played the female lead roles in films Report to the Commissioner alongside Michael Moriarty, and Capone opposite Ben Gazzara. Blakely gained wide critical acclaim with her leading role in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw. For her performance, Blakely won that year's Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She earned a second Emmy Award nomination the following year when she reprised her role in Rich Man, Poor Man Book II. After her television success, she played leading roles in two movies in 1979: the disaster film The Concorde ... Airport '79 opposite Alain Delon, and the sport drama Dreamer with Tim Matheson. During 1980s and 1990s, Blakely played leading roles in many made-for-television movies. She portrayed Frances Farmer in the 1982 film based on Farmer's autobiography, Will There Really Be a Morning?, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She played Eva Braun opposite Anthony Hopkins in the Adolf Hitler biographical film The Bunker, and Joan Kennedy in The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story. She appeared in such feature films as Over the Top, My Mom's a Werewolf, and Hate Crime. She recently guest-starred on This Is Us and NCIS and in past years on Hotel, The Twilight Zone, Falcon Crest, Murder, She Wrote, Nip/Tuck, Brothers & Sisters, Southland, and Cougar Town. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susan Blakely, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Tom Laughlin

Cast · Known for Impractical Jokers

Thomas James Laughlin, best known by his ring name Tommy Dreamer, is an American professional wrestler, promoter, and actor. He is the founder, owner, and wrestler of the independent professional wrestling promotion House of Hardcore, which he runs with his wife Monique Dupree. Dreamer is best known for his appearances with Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), WWE, and Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling. Dubbed the "heart and soul" of ECW, Dreamer regularly featured in the company's major storylines as well as holding a number of back-office roles in TNA notably. Championships held by Dreamer over the course of his career include the ECW Championship (which he has held twice, becoming the only man to do so in the ECW organization and WWE's ECW brand), ECW World Tag Team Championship and WWF/E Hardcore Championship.

Trisa Laughlin

Cast · Known for ECW Hardcore TV

Trisa Laughlin is an American children's author and retired professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, Beulah McGillicutty. She is best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s. While working as a backup dancer for the singer Prince, Hayes met the baseball player Ron Gant, who introduced her to his friend, professional wrestler Raven. Raven in turn introduced her to Paul Heyman, the owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling, an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Beulah returned to the ring on June 12, 2005, at the WWE-produced ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view. She interfered in the main event, helping Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman, but their opponents, The Dudley Boyz, won despite her efforts. Beulah was involved in a catfight with Francine, who had just kicked Dreamer in the crotch. On August 8, 2010, Hayes appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, first shown sitting in the front row with her two daughters, before later getting involved in Dreamer's match with Raven by giving Raven a low blow. In 2014 Hayes officially retired after accompanying her husband to the ring one final time at his House of Hardcore 7 Pay-Per-View. During Dreamer's match, Hayes got into a brief cat fight with TNA Knockout Velvet Sky. After the match Hayes thanked all of the fans in attendance and those watching for their love and support over the years. On June 7, 2006, it was announced that Beulah would be in the corner of Dreamer and Terry Funk against then-heels, Mick Foley and Edge as an equalizer to the heel gimmick of Lita. On the day of the pay-per-view, the tag match was later changed to a six-person mixed tag match pitting Edge, Foley, and Lita against Dreamer, Funk, and herself. Wrestling barefoot, Beulah handled Lita and appeared on the bottom of a catfight. Dreamer, Funk, and Beulah would lose the match when Edge speared and pinned Beulah with a cover that resembled the "legs up" version of the missionary position. Beulah appeared on the December 29, 2009 edition of ECW on SyFy. She and her twin daughters were sitting in the front row during Tommy Dreamer's last match in WWE. In 2012, Laughlin published Gertrude the Great, a children's book illustrated by Jill Thompson. After retiring from wrestling in 1998, Hayes returned to college. On October 12, 2002 at the Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester, New York, Hayes married Tommy Dreamer, with whom she later had twin girls, Brianna Laughlin and Kimberly Laughlin. The twins appeared in the season six episode of "The Sopranos" called "The Ride" as Domenica Baccalieri, Tony Soprano's baby niece

Trudy Vachon

American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Luna Vachon. Over the course of her 22-year career, she wrestled for promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), Extreme Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and World Championship Wrestling. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2019. Luna was honored in April 2009 at the 44th annual Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, given the "Ladies Wrestling Award" in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of her fondest memories about the wrestling business was being able to visit children as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. After her retirement, Luna took an interest in fellow Canadian wrestlers and especially monitored the career of Nattie Neidhart, the daughter of fellow wrestler and friend Jim Neidhart. Around Christmas 2009, Vachon's house was destroyed by a fire in which she lost her wrestling-related memorabilia and other possessions. After the fire, she stayed at her mother's home and joined her father and his third wife Dee on a cruise in February 2010. The fire prompted a call from fellow wrestler and friend Mick Foley (and others) to fans to send Luna-related memorabilia to Vachon's post office box. Foley also suggested that TNA bring her in to manage Tommy Dreamer at the Hardcore Justice pay-per-view in August 2010, but Vachon turned down the offer, stating that she had retired. On the morning of August 27, 2010, she was found dead by her mother at her home in Pasco County, Florida. She was 48 years old. According to the District Six Medical Examiner's Office in Florida, she died from an "overdose of oxycodone and benzodiazepine". Investigators previously found crushed pill residue and snorting straws at multiple locations inside Vachon's house. Vachon became addicted to medication at some point and underwent rehabilitation, paid for by WWE, which she completed in June 2009. She was cremated after her death and her ashes were scattered at the ranch formerly owned by her close friend André the Giant in Ellerbe, North Carolina

David Ferrier

David Everett Ferrier was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray. Del Ray was best known for his appearances in The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as one half of The Heavenly Bodies with his tag team partner, Dr. Tom Prichard. The Heavenly Bodies made several appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling in December 1995 as members of Raven's Nest. At ECW December To Dismember: Ultimate Jeopardy on December 9, The Heavenly Bodies faced Raven's enemies, The Public Enemy, in a tag team bout. The match had stipulations applying to the losers - if the Public Enemy lost, they would face one another later that night, while if The Heavenly Bodies lost, The Eliminators (members of Raven's Nest) would be forced to leave ECW, while their manager, Jason, would have his head shaved. Moreover, if The Heavenly Bodies were defeated, then Raven's valet, Beulah McGillicutty, would be forced to spend a week with Tommy Dreamer, while Raven's Nest member Stevie Richards would be locked in a steel cage for five minutes with the winners of the Ultimate Jeopardy match later that night. The Heavenly Bodies lost their match, leading to the enforcement of the aforementioned stipulations. Later that evening, Raven, Richards, The Eliminators, and The Heavenly Bodies faced Dreamer, The PitBulls, and The Public Enemy in an ultimate jeopardy match. The match was won by Dreamer, who pinned Richards. Richards was subsequently locked in the cage with Dreamer's team, but Raven and his Nest attacked Dreamer's team before they could hurt him. Raven's Nest then attacked Dreamer's team until The Sandman drove them away. Del Ray later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Jimmy Graffiti. He took part in the three ring battle royal at the 1996 World War 3 event on November 24. Del Ray remained in WCW until a knee injury forced him to retire in 1997. After retiring, he worked as an instructor in Steve Keirn's Floridian professional wrestling school for several years, training wrestlers such as Buck Quartermain and Steve Madison, and managed a tag team known as the New Heavenly Bodies. Del Ray later retired from training wrestlers and started a hardwood flooring company named Ferrier's Fine Flooring Inc. in Tampa, Florida in March 2006. In September 2013, he registered another Tampa company called Ferrier's Flooring Inc. Ferrier, who lived in Valrico, Florida, died at the Tampa General Hospital on December 6, 2014. He suffered a heart attack at the wheel of his truck on US 301 near the Florida State Fairgrounds. Two days later, WWE.com noted his death and offered condolences to his friends, family and colleagues.

Andrii Ivchenko

Cast · Known for xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Born in the heart of Ukraine, in a city called Kharkiv, Andrii Ivchenko was always a dreamer and very passionate about television and film. As his desire to be an actor grew, Andrii enrolled in his high school theater programs and realized he was a natural at memorizing lines quickly and learned how to own the stage. At the age of 18, Andrii joined the U.S.S.R. military and served for 2 years. After he got out, he attended college and got his Masters Degree in Kinesiology. Knowing his opportunities to succeed in film and television were extremely limited in Ukraine, Andrii packed up and moved to Europe for the next few years hoping to find bigger opportunities. Not too long after, he moved to Toronto, Canada (where he later became a citizen) to try his luck knowing there were many more productions in television and film casting. Almost immediately, Andrii signed with an agent and began landing acting/stunt roles on such known shows as: "Falling Skies," "Nikita," and "The Transporter" (the TV series). He landed his first leading role in a Lionsgate feature called "The Way Of The West" which was released in 2011 as well as a lead role in the Envision Media feature "Freezer" opposite Dylan McDermot which was released in 2014. After having some great success in Canada, Andrii decided to make the move to Los Angeles. Since moving to LA about 9 years ago, Andrii has landed almost a dozen additional recognizable credits in television and film. He is most recognized as the Russian Terminator, Grigori, on season 3 of the Netflix mega hit series "Stranger Things" as well as from his supporting role, opposite Vin Diesel, in the box office hit "xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage" as the Russian villain 'Red Erik.' Andrey has also been seen recurring on the TV show "Counterpart" on Starz! and a Guest Star appearance on the hit Netflix show "Lucifer." He's also very recognized as Perseus, the leading villain character in "Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War." Most recently, he completed a feature film called "Darkness Of Man" where he stars opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme as well as the feature film "The Best Man" that will be distributed by Saban Films out early 2023. Andrii has definitely become a recognizable face and name within the entertainment industry and this next year will be very exciting with all of the upcoming projects he has in the works. In his spare time he likes to hang out with friends, go to the gym, and travel.

Simon Dennis

Cinematographer · Known for Peaky Blinders

Simon Dennis is a Bafta nominated Cinematographer who has been shooting diverse movies and high end TV drama around the world. Drawn to both fiction as well as true stories that challenge as well as entertain, he prides himself on being versatile and passionate to create visuals that are story driven and emotionally motivated. Raised in rural Devon, UK and bit of a day dreamer at school he was a very curious photographer from a young age, falling in love with Ansel Adams and Black & White imagery. It wasn’t until a course in Fine Arts as a Graphic Designer that he discovered his interest and inner love for film-making and eventually went on to graduate with a first-class Honours Degree in Film & TV studies at Napier Film School in Scotland. It was during this course he discovered the curious role of a Cinematographer for the first time and was fixated by it. So much so he took a leap and spent most of his educational grant on a 16mm Arriflex ST Camera and began to experiment with fellow students. He learnt and honed his craft initially on various 35mm Music Videos before winning a Scottish Bafta for his photography on the short film Sex & Death. He then photographed his first feature film The Last Great Wilderness for acclaimed director David Mackenzie as well other feature length projects including The Sweeney starring Ray Winstone. He then got invited to photograph TV projects including Dr.Who and Ripper Street which then led quickly to the acclaimed Peaky Blinders for which he was nominated for a Bafta and Royal Television Society award for his lighting and craft. He continued with more feature films including The Girl With All The Gifts starring Glenn Close and The Limehouse Golem starring Bill Nighy, plus TV shows Jekyll & Hyde for ITV Studios, Black Sails for Starz and Krypton for Warner Bros. In 2017 he was invited to America to photograph Ryan Murphys now Multi Emmy and Golden Globe winning The Assassination Of Gianni Versace which led to the much acclaimed shows Pose, Ratched, Hollywood and Impeachment : American Crime Story for Fox Studios / Netflix. More recently he shot the 5 part limited series Candy for Hulu and Golden Globe nominated 8 part limited series Fellow Travelers for Showtime. He was invited into the BSC in 2018 and the ASC in 2023.

Esben Storm

Esben Storm (26 May 1950 - 28 March 2011) was a Danish-Australian filmmaker, actor, songwriter and dreamer. He made serious films and documentaries and also spent many of his happiest years writing, directing and acting in the children's television series Round the Twist, about three children and their widowed father living in a lighthouse and having magical adventures.