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Christopher
Charles Odom (Producer, Director & Writer) Edward
J. Odom, IV (Co-Executive
Producer) Charles
Alleyne (Lighting Director) Christopher Charles Odom (Producer, Director & Writer)Christopher was born in After two years of switching his major
each week at MOREHOUSE, Chris eventually dropped out of school in search of
common sense. Four years later, Chris
was living in a hospital for three months alongside his dying roommate. While the roommate was planning his own
funeral, Chris was planning his own future.
It was then when Chris saw the light - only it was the light of the
camera. He was to become a filmmaker. Chris returned to school and earned his
Bachelor of Arts in Film & Video with a Minor in Theater from Winner of the APA MARTY KLEIN COMEDY
WRITING AWARD, the WILLIAM J. & LEE PHILLIP BELL / THE YOUNG & THE
RESTLESS TELEVISION WRITING AWARD, and the STEVE LAWRENCE AND EYDIE GORMET
FELLOWSHIP, Finalist in the SCRIPTAPALOOZA TV PILOT COMPETITION, Chris has
written several scripts for stage, film, and television. During his short walk on this earth,
Chris has enjoyed the pleasure of as performing as an
all-around-entertainer. In more recent
days, he performed as on of the principal characters in the off-Broadway
musical “MAKE MINE Most recently, Chris completed the
feature documentary HOW TO MAKE IT IN HOLLYWOOD BEFORE YOU MAKE, on which
Chris was the Producer, Director and Writer.
Currently, Chris is in post-production on the documentary feature
MAKING THE CUT on which Chris is also the Producer, Director and Writer. Chris’ big dream is to one day run his
own feature and television digital studio, and God willing, one day his dream
will come true. (www.christopherodom.com)
- # # # - Edward J. Odom, IV (Co-Executive Producer)E.J. has been involved in the media
industry for nearly 20 years starting with Local TV Access broadcasting in
the 1980’s, in During the same time, E.J. was a
“self-taught” pioneering Rapper, Party Promoter & Hip-Hop DJ while
attending E.J. also once performed as the opening
act for now legendary rap artists EPMD.
E.J. was a part of a rap duo producing music, writing lyrics and
developing other artists that performed around Upstate New York. E.J. was integral to providing a musical
electronic extravaganza during live concert shows in the mid 80’s. At that time it was unprecedented to
perform DJ mixing using more than 2 turntables with electronic music samples
of not only music, but movie sound bites and “spoken word”, in order to
deliver to the music listener an “Ear-Orgy” sensation. Through these budding entrepreneurial
experiences, E.J. has created multiple business ventures. Today, E.J. is President/CEO and founder
of E J O Ventures LLC. (DBE Certified) an Internet Technology and Business
Management Solutions provider. E.J.
oversees the strategic execution and implementation of operations, sales, and
customer satisfaction. E.J. is also is
the co-founder of Odom Entertainment, media entertainment and production
company. Previously to forming EJO Ventures, E.J. as General Manager, managed
the Tennessee Offices of Inflow, an International Technology company and
President/CEO Stanton Systems a Digital Fiber Construction Company. E.J. also was a Part-Owner Cumberland
Distributing, Inc. a Procurement Sourcing medium with former NBA Basketball
player Charles Davis. Charles Davis was a stalwart NBA veteran and former
teammate of NBA legend Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls. E.J. holds a bachelors’ from - # # # - Charles Alleyne (Lighting Director)Charles Alleyne
started his film making education with a number of eight-millimeter
projects. In 1992, he attended The New
School in In 1995 with
knowledge in hand, he set out to do his first project - a short film shot on
16 millimeter entitled, “Two Words”, which he wrote and directed. That year Charles organized a two-week film
festival to benefit The Sickle Cell Victim’s Organization at Then in 1999, he
started work on his first feature, shot on super 16, which he wrote and
directed, entitled “Justin Brown”. It
is the story of a young black man in crisis, determined to keep himself from
repeating the mistakes of his alcoholic and abusive father. Filmed on a shoe-string budget, “Justin
Brown” looks like a million dollars. Charles Alleyne, - # # # - Auggie (Cast)Auggie has written, produced, and
"Hosted" his own hit cable TV show "Weekend Dance Party"
on "Jones Intercable/Adelphia". Other writing credits include the comedy
skit "Breakfast Brokers" for "The New TNN" which he also
starred in, a feature length screenplay in final stages of Pre-Production
called "The Fast Life", a fact based quasi-autobiographical account
of his life as a criminal, and Auggie is putting the finishing touches on
"Hustle" another screenplay in the "Footloose/Flash
Dance" vein, and "Rustler's Rap OG" an Old "B"
Western Comedy parody with a ghetto twist. Auggie came to acting by way of the
Theater Arts Department at Other stage credits include a supporting
role as "Private Wilkey” in the award winning play by Charles Fuller
"A Soldier's Story", performed at the "Colman/ Smith"
Theater in Hollywood under the guidance of the teaching team of Actor Leo
Rossi and Casting Director Stephen Snyder. Auggie’s talent is vast and includes
Model, Stuntman, Dancer, Writer, and Director, but his first love is acting! Auggie has starred in lead and
supporting roles in independent films such as AFI's "Bar Time" and
"A Piece Of History" and mainstream feature films such as "The Johnson Family Vacation"
starring L'il Bow Wow and Cedric The Entertainer, and blockbusters like
"Terminator 3" and "Lethal Weapon 4". He has been in the music videos of stars
like Brian McNight, Queen Latifa, Ja Rul and county singer Steve Holy. Auggie's TV credits aren't too shabby
either with shows like "The West Wing" as the President’s CIA
Bodyguard, or on shows like "ER", "JAG" and "The
Jamie Kennedy Experiment". Auggie says that his adventure thru the
big world of "Entertainment" will take him from one end to the
other, from behind the scenes to in front of the camera, and that's just fine
with him! - # # # - Ken Cosby (Cast)Ken Cosby was born in In 1991 he transferred to New York
University’s, Tisch School of the Arts film school were he received his
Bachelors in Fine Arts in 1993. From
there, he entered NYU’s Graduate Dramatic Writing Program where he received the
1994 NYU Lucille Lortel Playwriting Award for his one act play Angel At The
Heavenly Gate and in 1995 he received his Master’s in Fine Arts as well as
the Graduate Award in Screenwriting. He has been a member of the Writer’s
Guild of America since 1994 and has written for NBC. Ken teaches screenwriting at the - # # # - Yolanda Cruz (Cast)Yolanda Cruz belongs to the Chatino
community, an indigenous group in the state of - # # # - Lisa Heile (Cast)Lisa Heile was born into a family who
spent most of their free time writing and recording music. She began singing at age four and playing
the piano at age seven. By the time
she graduated high school she had songs on the radio and was performing in While away at college Lisa picked up the
guitar and began the process of writing original songs. Lisa majored in Philosophy and minored in
Music at UMASS. While there, she
studied music theory and performed with many talented musicians at Symphony
Hall, Fanuel Hall, Club Passim, and various churches and colleges. The majority of Lisa's time since
graduation has been spent recording music for independent and major labels in
- # # # - Nessa Laverty (Cast)Nessa, a native of Nessa auditioned and was accepted to be
part of a cabaret show consisting of eight girls that traveled all over Since moving to Nessa’s Mantra: “Dance like nobody’s watching, jump
like you’re willing to fall and love like you’ve never been hurt”. (www.nessalaverty.com)
- # # # - Annie Lee (Cast)Annie Lee was born and raised in the
City of She now holds a B.A. from UCLA in the Social
Sciences with a Communications minor equivalent. She interned at First Look Pictures, a
distribution company, and also worked side by side on production and
development with the producer of “The Fast and the Furious,” Doug
Claybourne. In a short film, “Mindbenders,” directed
by Atif A. Mirza, she conducted her own martial arts stunts where she
underwent extensive training and even pulled a ligament! She also loves children, which led her to
being an acting coach at the LA Performing Arts Center for children ages
6-11. Annie makes
her feature film acting debut in Prime Media Picture’s, “Close Call,” (www.CloseCallmovie.com) directed by
Jimmy Lee, which will release in Theaters late 2003. The film stars Jeff Fahey (The Lawnmower
Man), Philip Moon (The Joy Luck Club, The Big Lebowski), Christina Ma (Kiss
the Girls), and Adoni Maropis (The Scorpion King). “Close Call” is one of the first feature
films written, produced, and directed in She also just produced a short film
titled “Tomato & Eggs” directed by Shawn Chou starring Lisa Lu (The Joy
Luck Club), Michelle Krusiec (HBO's Mind of a Married Man), Keiko Agena (WB's
Gilmore Girls), and Sab Shimono (The Big Hit), which is currently on a
festival run and won the Audience Award for Best Asian-American Short Film at
the Big Bear Film Festival. Currently she is working on many
independent projects and is also volunteering at the With a strong passion for acting and
filmmaking, she is aspiring to be a producer and director. - # # # - LAnce Moseley (Cast)LAnce Moseley, 32 years old, hails from LAnce first came to Now LAnce has put his second script, a
6-year-old idea to paper, Promo Guy and is currently working with some “In this day and age, you have to BE
more than just one thing to make it.
And if you’re really gifted, it will all come; confidence, confidence
in SELF, and the karmics of fate.” – LAnce Moseley - # # # - Beverly Neufeld (Cast)Beverly Neufeld has recently been
"released" from UCLA’s MFA Screenwriting program where she received
3.5 Fellowships, a Scholarship to study Screenwriting in Tel Aviv, and a few
parking tickets. She also received the
covetous Samuel Goldwyn Award (first place) for her Drama, "Brown
Widow." "Brown Widow" also won the
UCLA Screenwriting Showcase in June 2002, and came in 6th at the Chesterfield
Competition. While at UCLA, Shortly after graduating UCLA, The summer of 2002 she received her
first writing assignment, rewriting "Sadako: Angels Of The World"
for Meeting Point Films, as a possible Showtime Project. Upon graduating, worrying she’d never
write again without the support of her UCLA deadlines and meetings, she
organized a rewrite group and a writing group that is still going on. She works with Meg LeFauve in her Development
class and also takes sit-com workshops to hone her talents. In September, she wrote 2 features in 25
days. She’s not worried. Recently, Other then writing, - # # # - Oxygen (Cast)Oxygen “O2” (vocalist, musician, arranger,
songwriter, composer, producer) and his band I. G. T. F.
(I-nternational G-alactic T-actic F-orce) form a harmonic and synergistic
blend of musical talents. Based in Taken as a
musical entity, I. G. T. F. is greater than the sum of its parts. Oxygen explains the theory as being:
“...an ebb and flow of creative musical interrelationships creating an
acoustic distinctiveness... or if you fancy, Funked Up and Rocked Out...”
he chuckles. One might be
quick to overlook Oxygen’s depth if it were not for the commitment to
the basics of creating catchy riffs with thought provoking lyrics worthy of
the music. In the beginning was
rhythm, so it’s rhythm he gives them.
Doing just that, - # # # - David L. Watts (Cast)David L. Watts is the CEO of a
multi-media DVD/CD production company called The FuTurX, LLC and Co-CEO of a
classic African-American DVD company called Tempest Entertainment. Mr. Watts is also a professional
writer. On Mr. Watts' current interest is in
developing diverse stories that are commercially entertaining yet culturally
sensitive such as “Soul On Ice”, the true story about the Detroit Rockies, an
all-black teenage hockey team that won the 1995 US-Canadian
Championship. The FuTurX owns the theatrical rights to
“Soul On Ice” and Mr. Watts is the associate producer for
the independent film, “Divided We Stand”.
Mr. Watts is a graduate of the USC
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