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orge Jaramillo is a Colombian film director and animator living and working in Los Angeles, California.

From a very young age, Jorge discovered movies and animation, and this taste quickly became a passionthat led him to study and see as many animated films as he could, focused specially on Japanese anime, which still strongly influences his work.

After studying animation at Lasalle College, Jorge quickly began working on big animated productions in his country, which led him not only to improve his technique but also planted an interest in storytelling and direction.

His personal projects, include the short film "Push it!", that got a special mention on Poland Pepsi Film Festival in 2010, and "RED", which was featured at the New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF).

On 2015 Jorge’s Graphic Novel "Elena" is was published by Line webtoon.

Jorge Jaramillo is a young director that surprises with his unique style. High contrasts, strong colors and shapes are the elements always present on his creepy and surreal images. His obscure visual proposal led him to conceive and direct great music videos and also to work in mayor Hollywood movies such as “Pacific Rim uprising”, “XXX3 - The return of Xander Cage”, and most recently Netflix’s “Cowboy Bebop.”

Joanna Tsanis is an award-winning writer, producer, and filmmaker. Her directorial debut Imagine a World (2019), a satirical horror short, premiered at Toronto After Dark Film Festival in 2019 and screened in multiple festivals around the world including Mórbido Film Fest in Mexico City and Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio where she won the award for ‘Best Director, Short’.

Joanna wrote and produced Eleftheromania (2018), a WWII-era short film starring Academy Award Winner Olympia Dukakis. The film screened at several festivals worldwide, including Raindance Film Festival. Joanna won the award for ‘Best Short Screenplay’ at Mindfield Film Festival, and the award for ‘Best Drama’ at Toronto Shorts International Film Festival.

Joanna recently directed the dramatic horror short Mourn, starring Lynne Griffin of the cult classic Black Christmas (1974). The film will screen at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, the largest and longest running horror festival in the United States.

Formerly a comic book critic for the Toronto Standard, Joanna has a varied history with storytelling. She has produced numerous branded videos, both animated and live-action. Her branded documentary short Girls Helping Girls screened at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the 2017 Gabby Awards.

In addition to freelance producing, Joanna also works at the award-winning film studio Landed Entertainments where she produces both short and long-form content including a documentary on job recruitment in the United States, eight genre shorts, and a feature-length horror anthology film (currently filming).

Joanna actively lends her production experience to student filmmakers at Ryerson University where she ran an alumni film festival and managed a grant and mentorship program for film students in continuing education.

Besides working as a Post Producer for award-winning production company Caviar, Steffen decided to return to his original passion a few years ago. His previous shorts 'Hold Back' and 'Silent Campine' got selected for more than 100 festivals worldwide and received numerous awards. His third film in four years, BOS, is an experimental fantasy short that will take your breath away. Steffen is currently developing two feature films that will further explore the mysterious horror vibe of his recent shorts. One of them is FALL, based upon the critically acclaimed novel by Flemish writer Roderik Six, and selected by the European Genre Forum 2020.

Pia Thrasher is an actor, filmmaker and visual artist originally from Germany, where she studied the arts at the E.T.A. Hoffman Gymnasium. She majored in English and graduated from the Euro Sprachschule Bamberg as a Foreign Language Correspondent. Pia's acting experience started around 5th grade in school theatre and several small stage productions in her hometown in Germany. Soon after immigrating to the U.S. she tasted 'movie blood' while working on several film sets as an extra, including James Cameron's 'Titanic'. Wanting to learn more about the craft, she began training in earnest and enrolled in acting classes and showcases. Once she started auditioning, student films offered her opportunities to play speaking parts, adding experience and confidence to win her supporting and leading roles in shorts and independent films.
Pia eventually branched out and also started working on indie film sets behind the scenes, gaining more knowledge and skills as a filmmaker. The dark comedy short 'The Appointment' was Pia's directorial debut in 2015. Her follow up is the short film 'Things We Dig', a horror comedy, which she wrote, directed and stars in as the character Kuni von Stechen.

Brendan is a Colorado native, but has called Los Angeles home since 2009. He is a working commercial director specializing in performance heavy, cinematic and stylized comedy, dark comedy and horror. Narrative remains his main creative passion so he shoots short films in between commercial gigs.

He's making a concerted effort to transition into film/TV so he is currently pitching several feature screenplays that he also plans on directing. "THE LOOKOUT", his most recent screenplay, is a tense and contained horror thriller taking place In the shadow of a looming nuclear threat. A disenfranchised young woman attempts to escape modern society by taking a job at a remote fire lookout tower. In her newfound solitude, chilling events force her to question her own sanity and reality itself. See a teaser for the script here - https://vimeo.com/357413743

Brendan currently lives in Santa Monica with his newborn son (and future horror fan), wife and dog. When he's not directing, he can be found beating the drums or scrambling around the mountains and deserts of California.

www.BrendanBeachman.com

Patrick Kennelly is a Los Angeles based director, editor, producer whose body of work spans film and video, theater, live events and the visual arts. He met “Hammurabi” collaborator Bethany Orr working on his debut feature EXCESS FLESH, which toured the worldwide festival circuit in 2015. Essentially a horror film about food, it was called  "the most twisted movie at SXSW—and of the year” by The Daily Beast. In addition to developing his own projects, Patrick serves as Artistic Director at renowned experimental arts center Highways Performance Space & Gallery, in its 31st year. 

Chris Lofing & Travis Cluff | Writers, Directors, Producers, Co-Owners; TREMENDUM PICTURES

Born and raised in a small Nebraska farm town, Chris Lofing’s filmmaking aspirations began when he
was 13. Immediately after graduating high school, Chris moved to Los Angeles to attend The New York
Film Academy.

Around the same time, Travis Cluff, living in Fresno, California found himself suddenly laid off when the
market crashed in 2008. Determined to turn things around, Travis decided to try out for ABC’s obstacle
course game show WIPEOUT. He won his episode and took home the $50,000 grand prize!

The pair met by chance and realized they had a shared passion for movies. Travis’ marketing and business
background was a perfect compliment to Chris’ film and technical experience, and the two immediately
formed Tremendum Pictures. Determined to break new ground in the ultra-low budget space, the pair
used Chris’ room in their 1000sq ft. condo (where Travis’ family of 5 also lived) as a production office and
co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced the micro-budget horror film, THE GALLOWS for $100,000.
The duo caught the attention of mega-horror producer Jason Blum and struck a deal with New Line
Cinema & Warner Bros. The film became New Line’s first acquisition in 8 years and went on to gross
over $42million at the box-office becoming the lowest budgeted movie in modern history to go straight
to a worldwide theatrical release and earning a spot among the top most profitable movies of all time
based on ROI. The sequel, THE GALLOWS ACT II, was released by Lionsgate during Halloween,
2019. The duo also produced PREY alongside Blumhouse & HydePark Ent. which released through
Cinedigm in September 2019, and also BEHIND YOU through Vertical Entertainment this past April.
They are currently gearing up to sell their latest suspense thriller HELD, and are working on a slate of
new projects in various stages of development. Chris and Travis are represented by Ziffren Brittenham.