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Ben Wagner
Dan Karcher
David Speck
Saul Herckis
Nathan St John
Matthew Bradford
In Ben Wagner’s latest short “6:00” a cop confronts a gang who done her wrong in a non-stop fight through busted alleys, abandoned houses, and in a speeding car – all in one shot. This visually arresting and technical work epitomizes Wagner’s outlook on storytelling – good stories should challenge, captivate, and entertain. When not writing, producing, or directing films, graphic novels, interactive experiences, or whatever else comes to mind, Wagner got an MBA at UCLA Anderson business school – because he believes it’s not enough for filmmakers to create stories; they need to know how to find and connect with their audiences. Wagner’s philosophy developed from his experience bringing his first feature, the coming-of-age story Southbounders, to audiences across the world. Wagner is currently producing a series of interactive experiences that build off of his Nicholl Quarterfinalist screenplay, Baja, soon to be released as a graphic novel.
Writer/Director Ben Wagner Unveils an Action Epic in '6:00
ben@341am.com
Filmmaker, actor, visual FX artist...Saul is a film everyman, sometimes non-pejoratively referred to as “the beast”in some circles, or “la bestia” in others. Growing up both in Costa Rica and Chicago, Saul’s unique experience as a mixed-race outsider/beast feeds his rebellious spirit and continues to inspire his work. A graduate of Northwestern University, he now lives and works in Los Angeles. Find out more about Saul’s latest short film, Oysters & Pearls www.OysterFilm.com.
Nathan St John is a London-based illustrator and graphic designer. In addition to this summer’s upcoming publication of BAJA, St John illustrated the 2008 graphic novel ’Finding Peace.’ He is currently working on a series of short stories of life and crime in south London entitled ’SW9.
www.nathanstjohn.com
nathanstjohn@hotmail.com
Dan Karcher’s career in motion picture is purely by circumstance. What began as modest late night Flash experiments (to appease chronic insomnia) while employed as an announcer for NPR grew to become major Flash productions for the motion picture industry.
When CNN’s “TalkBack Live” took notice of Karcher’s works and featured his experiment “No War. Please,” the series garnered the attention of millions, and as a result of befriending the staff at Haxan Films and Gearhead Pictures, the apple of his works has not fallen far since. Most of Karcher’s works can be connected through six-degrees of separation of both film companies as well as Sony Pictures, Lions Gate, Paramount and others.
Though he is best known as the creator/developer of “Woods Movie - The Making of The Blair Witch Project” as well as behind the scenes at Fox’s “Family Guy,” Karcher’s career has now grown to full scale film development as producer and co-producer on several independent films.
Most recently, Forbes Magazine listed Karcher’s official site for The Blair Witch Project as the “best media campaign, ever.”
Despite the technology of broadcast media, rich content media and motion picture design, Karcher continues his work for NPR and intentionally maintains an antiquarian lifestyle in the western hills of the east coast.
www.bluedaniel.com
dan@341am.com
Matthew Bradford is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter who made his way westward from Connecticut via Chicago (or, more specifically, Evanston), where he studied film with a certificate in Creative Writing for the Media at Northwestern University. He is the co-creator of the comic book Night and Fog, which has been optioned for the screen by Superman Returns producer Gil Adler, and was in part inspired by his love for the Hammer horror movies of the Sixties and Seventies. Another passion that has informed his career path is a love of James Bond and spy movies in general--particularly of the Sixties variety. Bradford is the author of the spy blog Double O Section, dedicated to the genre in every imaginable medium, and has lent his expertise to special features on forthcoming DVDs and Blu-rays of classic spy movies.
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Night & Fog