Filmmaker of the Week by To Tony Productions

In this episode of Filmmaker of the Week we sit down with the amazingly multi-talented Pearls Daily!

An in-demand showgirl and actress in NYC, Pearls Daily (born Brianna Hurley) has accumulated numerous credits onscreen and in theater, most notably as "Mina Margery Crandon" in the macabre, Drama Desk Nominated Off-Broadway hit "Play Dead" directed by Teller and created by Todd Robbins, as "Minky Woodcock" in "Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini" and for her work on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". 

Her body of work includes film, TV, stand-up, sketch comedy, theater,Improv, magic, and burlesque. In 2020 she stepped behind the camera to produce her first narrative short film "Briar" which she also starred in. Critics are calling it "Dripping with style and substance", which is what Ms. Daily always aims to deliver both on and off screen. Aside from her eclectic performance career she is also an accomplished model whose clients include Pepsi, Bergdorf Goodman,OLAY, Nat Nast, Canon, Lindsay Adler, Elie, Bombshell Bakers, A5 Accessories, Wink My Way, Defy Lingerie, Cynthia Von Buhler, The Rev Magazine, Moped Magazine, Titan Comics and many others. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA since 2011.

To Follow Pearls on Social Media you can follow her Instagram and check out her Website.

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Daniel Hess

In this episode of Filmmaker of the Week we are featuring filmmakers and founders of Cinema Latte Productions Lorraine Wheat and Kelly Chen.

Lorraine Wheat is a writer and director with a background in journalism that obtained her MFA in Film and Television Production from the University of Southern California. She began her film career outside of school in post-production as an assistant editor for Leander Sales on an episodic horror for UrbanFlix TV, which opened the door to working on the set of Taraji P. Henson’s “Peace of Mind.” Now she works at ViacomCBS promoting Paramout Plus’ scripted and non-scripted shows.

Kelly Chen is a junior studying Classical Performance and Composition with an emphasis in Keyboard Studies at the Thornton School of Music. She applies her musical background to sound design and audio for film and games. As a first- generation Asian American, she realized through teachings of the older generation that anti-blackness has been deeply rooted in Asian culture. 

Together after forming Cinema Latte Productions the two have begun the process of funding their first short film Unspoken Vows, which you can support with the Indiegogo Campaign here.

To follow the team further you can check out any of their socials: Website, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Twitter.

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In episode three of filmmaker of the week we are featuring Animator/Director Stephanie Marshall.

Stephanie Marshall is an Animator and Director with a passion for stop motion stories that blendreality into fantasy (with a hint of horror.) After completing a Masters at Central Saint Martins inCharacter Animation, she moved onto the National Film & Television School to study DirectingAnimation. Her graduation film entitled The Unknown, is a fantasy stop motion animation. Theentire film was shot almost entirely using motion control, which includes one of the largesttracking shots ever done in stop motion.

You can connect with Stephanie on Instagram @stephanimate or with her recent film The Unknown @the_unknown_film

You can also see more about her work on her Website: here

To read our review of The Unknown follow the link to the blog post here.

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Our second episode of Filmmaker of the Week features Alexandr Borecky.

Alexandr Borecky was born Czech Republic, and raised in Prague, where he is working on several projects as an actor, writer and director. His debut work is short film Origin (2021), which he wrote, produced, directed and in which he also starred.While studying at Charles University Alexandr took classes of theatrical improvisation. That's where he was offered to study at Prague Conservatory of Acting which he eventually refused and continued at Charles University. He left the university three years later, started a proper theatrical training and decided to pursue acting as a career. During this stage of the training he was able to take part in a few theatrical productions in Prague. In 2017 he moved to Los Angeles to get proper on-camera acting training which he received in form of individual classes. After moving back to Europe, Alexandr started writing and focusing on directing. 

You can connect further with Alexandr on his Instagram: @alex.borecky or on IMDB.

You can read our review of his short film Origin here: https://totonyproductions.com/blog/2021/03/13/origin-review/

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Cheers and thanks as always for listening!

Daniel Hess

On our first episode of Filmmaker of the Week we welcome Susie Dodds, an Australian based filmmaker and director of recent short film Spoiled Milk.