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Edoardo Ballerini PT 2recently completed filming the feature film “No God, No Master,” opposite Academy Award Nominee David Strathairn. Also in 2009, Edoardo was seen in “The Caller,” with Frank Langella, “Corrado” opposite Tom Sizemore, and in the ensemble “Life is Hot in Cracktown” with Kerry Washington and Illeana Douglas. Edoardo has been called “an actor to watch” (Variety), “a most promising actor” (Los Angeles Times), and a ‘heartthrob” (The Hollywood Reporter).He has appeared in over forty films and television series, including the blockbuster “Romeo Must Die,” the highly acclaimed indie “Dinner Rush,” co-starring with Danny Aiello, and in a memorable recurring turn in “The Sopranos.” Edoardo’s directorial debut "Good Night Valentino" premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and later screened at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, in Italy. He also played the title character, silent screen idol Rudolph Valentino. The short film is permanently archived at the Academy of Motion Pictures. His feature project on Valentino was recently optioned by Andrew Lauren Productions. Edoardo Ballerini is a graduate of Wesleyan University and is a dual citizen (Italy), and fluent in Italian. He lives in New York.A Partial Filmography: He has had recurring roles on: “Boardwalk Empire”, “The Sopranos”, “The Sarah Connor Chronicles”, and “24”He’s appeared on: “Medium”, “Without a Trace”, “NYPD Blue”, “Law & Order”, “Protect & Serve” (pilot), “Charmed” Movies: “No God, No Master”, “Life is Hot in Cracktown”, “Dinner Rush”, “Romeo Must Die“, Malevolent”, The Last Days of Disco”, “I Shot Andy Warhol” Besides acting he served as a contributing writer on “The F-Word” and as writer/director on “Good Night Valentino” . Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at http://www.rexsikes.com

Sarah Nean Bruce runs Bel Age Pix. A twenty year veteran in the entertainment biz, Recent projects: Additional Unit Producer of “The Delphi Effect” (aka “Kiss Me Deadly”) for Regent Entertainment; Co-Executive Producer of film festival award-winning noir sci-fi feature “Yesterday Was A Lie” for Helicon Arts Cooperative; Co-Executive Producer of the Hallmark film “Where There’s A Will” (Love, Clyde)” directed by John Putch, starring Marion Ross, Frank Whaley, & Christine Elise for Larry Levinson Productions; Co-Executive Producer of the Hallmark Romantic Comedy “The Family Plan” starring Tori Spelling & Little Miss Sunshine’s “Olive” Abigail Breslin for Larry Levinson Productions released domestically and worldwide; Director of the thriller / horror feature film “Bram Stoker’s Way of The Vampire” released domestically through Blockbuster Entertainment and worldwide; Director / Producer of the dramatic ensemble piece “The Marriage Undone”; Producer of the hybridized Live-Action / CGI television pilot presentation “Labrats” for Director Bob Saget and Executive Producer Troy Miller; Co- Writer of the horror-thriller feature script “Witches of Beverly Hills” for Regent Entertainment; Producer of the feature film “Flash!” for Director Annabel Schofield and Starline Films West Releasing; Co-Producer of the Spanish-language taboo drama “Regreso A Casa”; Producer of “The Process of Creative Deception” for Velocity Pictures; and a Co-Producer for renowned docu-filmmaker Dr. Michael Tobias on the edgy documentary feature “Stone’s Edge” about and authorized by Oliver Stone. She also served as Supervising and Consulting Producer for the 1997, 1998, and 1999 “Lone Star Film and Television Awards.” As a consultant for New Regency Films: she worked on “Pretty Woman”; “The Power of One”; “That Night”; and “Under Siege.”

Jon Cowley has been entrenched in the VFX industry for the past twelve years - both as an artist, an onset supervisor and within various VFX facilities.

Over that time, he has had the pleasure of VFX Supervising feature film work throughout Canada, into the United States and on select projects for the Chinese market.

Recent projects include the Academy Award nominated District 9 (both for Best Picture and Best Visual Effects) and the upcoming Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Past credits, both as an artist and a Supervisor, include Smallville, Watchmen, X-Files: I Want to Believe, Panic Room and Stay.

Jon is a board member of the Vancouver branch of The Visual Effects Society and stays active within the VFX community.

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Uwe Boll is certainly a larger than life character. An intelligent, tough individual who dares to challenge the system at all levels. He is a true film maverick. Dr. Boll studied film directing at HFF in Munich, Germany and the University for Music and Acting in Vienna, Austria. He also pursued German Literature and Economics at the Universities of Cologne and Siegen, Germany and by 1995 Uwe obtained his doctorate in German Literature. He became the Chief Executive of BOLU Film Production and Distribution, Schweinfurt, Germany and BOLL KG, Burscheid, Germany in 1992. By 1995 Uwe began working with Taunus Film-Production GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany as a producer and director.He embarked upon his directing career, completing over 15 feature films. In 2005, Uwe directed BLOODRAYNE in Romania and IN THE NAME OF KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE, in Vancouver, BC. The Bloodrayne cast included Sir Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) and Kristanna Loken (Terminator III). During the production of Bloodrayne, Uwe rescued and adopted his second dog. Uwe has a great love for animals and actively works with special interest groups for animal welfare. The passionate jogger and workaholic presently splits his time between Vancouver, Canada and Germany.In 2006 Dr. Boll finished shooting a horror film called SEED. This film features some of the most extreme violence ever explored in cinema. Following SEED, Uwe embarked on a film version of the computer game, POSTAL. This entertaining black satire effectively challenges the rules of political correctness. Uwe has even decided to incorporate and satirize himself in the film, personifying his reputation as a highly criticized and controversial director. Uwe ended 2006 directing his Vampire meets the Old Wild West feature, BloodRayne II: Deliverance, which stars Natassia Malthe & Zack Ward. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at http://www.rexsikes.com

Sam Auster PT 3Movie Making Nuts & Bolts with Problem solving, directing, the RED camera & more. Sam began shooting news for NBC & CNN in Chicago. Auster has written & directed 3 feature films. “THE RETURN OF JOE RICH”, (currently in post-production) is a pitch-black comedy about a young man seeking redemption by joining the Mafia starring Sam Witwer, Talia Shire & Armand Assante “THE RAPE OF EDEN”, is a futuristic action adventure, released on video by West Side Studios. His first feature, “SCREEN TEST”, a teen sex comedy, was theatrically released by CineTel & shipped a record number of units on home video through RCA/Columbia. Auster has won multiple Echo awards for his commercial work, He recently directed the national spots “Open Road” for ProtectMyID.com, “Haz-Mat” for Reynolds Aluminum, & the animated spot “Missing Something” for TurboTax. Auster has shot & directed numerous other commercials for companies such as AARP, Burger King, Skechers USA, LowerMyBills.com, & Carbite Golf. He directed “Stick Figure”, an animated spot for FreeCreditReport.com, which aired during the 2003 Super Bowl. Sam recently directed a pilot for the Dove Soap “Real Beauty” docmumentary campaign, & has written & shot promos for ABC-TV’s prime time line-up. Auster shot & directed second-unit for the opening segment of “RANSOM”, the Ron Howard feature starring Mel Gibson, & for “LISTEN UP”, a feature documentary on the life & music of Quincy Jones. On the literary side, Auster has written screenplays for Ed Asner's Quince Productions (a mock-umentary about the life of “legendary” producer Buddy Rose), Edge Films and Mustang Pictures. Another of Sam’s screenplays, “FREEWAY”, is currently in development. Sam wrote & directed sketch comedy at the Robert Hartung Theater in Hollywood & at the Up Front Comedy Club in Santa Monica. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast & crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, & more athttp://www.rexsikes.com