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Taryn Manning was born in Falls Church, Virginia, to Bill Manning, a musician, and his wife Sharyn. At two months old, Manning's parents separated, and she moved with her mother and brother to Tucson, Arizona, where she was raised. Manning was active in dance, karate, and acting as a child. At age 12, her family moved to California.

She landed her first major role in 2001 as "Maddy" in Crazy/Beautiful (2001). Her breakthrough role was "Nola", a prostitute in Memphis, Tennessee, in Hustle & Flow (2005) and was nominated by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards for Best Breakthrough Performance. The film also received a SAG award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.

She has worked on the CBS series Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008). Her feature credits include Love Ranch (2010), Cold Mountain (2003), 8 Mile (2002), A Lot Like Love (2005), White Oleander (2002), and Crossroads (2002).

She is also series regular on Orange Is the New Black (2013). In addition to acting, Manning is also a fashion designer, singer-songwriter, and the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat. She is also co-owner of the clothing brand "Born Uniqorn".

Pretty, perky and appealing brunette actress Nancy Kyes had a regrettably brief acting career; she appeared in three excellent features for director John Carpenter in which she acted under the name of Nancy Loomis. She was born on December 19, 1949 in Falls Church, Virginia. Nancy attended high school in Riverside, California and studied theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Nancy made a solid film debut as a whiny secretary in the tough and exciting urban action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 (1976). (Kyes also worked behind the scenes on this picture as the wardrobe mistress.) She gave a wonderfully funny and lively performance as feisty babysitter Annie Brackett in the outstanding seasonal slasher classic Halloween (1978). Kyes was once again fine and impressive as Janet Leigh's sassy assistant Sandy Fadel in the superior supernatural classic The Fog (1980). Nancy had a small role as Tom Atkins' bitter ex-wife Linda Challis in the unjustly maligned sequel Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). Kyes has small roles in the made-for-TV movies Not in Front of the Children (1982) and Lady Boss (1992). Her sole television series credit was on the "Little Boy Lost" episode of the revival of The Twilight Zone (1985). Nancy Kyes currently works as a sculptress in Los Angeles, California.

Louisa Krause was born on 20 May 1986 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for The Dive (2023), Billions (2016) and The Girlfriend Experience (2016).

Paloma Guzmán was born on 21 July 1984 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for Person of Interest (2011), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) and And So It Goes (2014).

Tom Shadyac moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and, at age 24, became the youngest staff joke writer ever for comedian Bob Hope. Shadyac received his master's degree in film from UCLA in 1989 after completing the critically acclaimed short, Tom, Dick and Harry. He then worked on movies-of-the-week, rewrote and directed for Fox. Shadyac has also dabbled in stand-up comedy and at one time, appeared regularly at the Improv on Melrose, as well as guest starring on TV series and movies.

Jane Brucker was born on 14 May 1958 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Miami Vice (1984) and Stealing Home (1988).

Peggy Church was born in 1954 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for The Pig Keeper's Daughter (1972), The All-American Girl (1973) and The Big Snatch (1971).

Minty Lewis was born on 11 December 1978 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Regular Show: The Movie (2015), Regular Show (2010) and Close Enough (2020).

Jim Haynie was born on 6 February 1940 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Peacemaker (1997), The Fog (1980) and The Bridges of Madison County (1995). He was married to Maggie Causey and Janice A McKelheer. He died on 3 April 2021 in Langley, Washington, USA.

Bruce Cohen was born in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He is known for American Beauty (1999), Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and Milk (2008).

Jean-Paul Chreky has worked on over seventy films and instructed film production classes at the University of Miami, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, American University, and the Jacobson Sinai Academy. He had many interests as a child, earning his black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Master Scuba Diver certification, playing the violin and clarinet, and adoring sports. Jean-Paul's fascination with nature led him to major in Biology at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington. But it was also here that his love for films began to blossom, and he decided to pursue filmmaking rather than medical school.

Jean-Paul graduated at the top of his class with a Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture Production and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami. His graduate thesis film, The Shell (2005), won four of seven possible awards at the 2005 Canes Film Festival. These include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editor, and Best Music. In 2004, Jean-Paul's graduate first-year film, Triton (2004), won the Jury Award, Best Director Award, and Best Cinematography Award, and in 2008, a film he produced, No One Doubts the Camera Eye (2008), won the Best Picture and Best Editor awards at the same event. He is the only University of Miami MFA film student to ever win the Best Director Award for both the thesis film and the first-year film. The Shell (2005), No One Doubts the Camera Eye (2008), and Trunk (2009) are also Florida Choice Award recipients selected by The Education Channel and have screened at Paramount Studios.

Today, Jean-Paul continues to support the development of a multitude of productions and teaches filmmaking across the globe.

Martin was the son of Burke Vidnovic, the former head budgeter of the Federal General Services Administration and Marge, the head guidance counselor at his high school. He was voted "Best All Around" of his senior class and was a star halfback on the football team until a knee injury ended his athletic career. He was a soloist in the choir, played saxophone in the band, had the lead in the school plays, and was a straight-A student. He went to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where he met his wife. He was in the cast of Yul Brenner's "Home Sweet Homer" which toured the country but closed after one night on Broadway; whereupon, Brenner prevailed upon the show's backers to use the same cast and crew for a revival of "The King and I." He appeared in Broadway in revivals of "Oklahoma" and "Brigadoon." He has two older sisters and a younger brother, who was the star quarterback of the U of North Carolina and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints as a punter.

He has appeared in numerous national TV commercials and once literally "sang for his supper" for several months at the Plaza Hotel wherein he sang show tunes in the lounge in exchange for room and board.

Kevin Black was born on 29 June 1981 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He is an assistant director and director, known for Sicario (2015), Fright Night (2011) and Blood Father (2016).

Rob Zapple was born on 29 July 1952 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Eternity (1990), Peacemaker (1990) and Witchtrap (1989).

Jodi Weatherton was born on 1 April 1981 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA.

Michael Massé was born on 13 January 1970 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He is a composer, known for Nail Polish (2006), American Mormon (2005) and American Mormon in Europe (2006). He has been married to Valentina Popkova since 30 August 2003.

Greg was born in Falls Church, Virginia, and grew up in Lewiston, Maine. He began acting in middle school and continued at St. Dominic Regional High School.

He continued acting at the University of Chicago, where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy in 2004. He was also a member of the comedy troupe Off Off Campus at the university.

He will receive his M.F.A. in Acting from the University of California, Irvine, in 2012.

John Kirby was born on 22 October 1939 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He died on 2 October 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Born in Falls Church, Virginia, a suburb of Washington D.C. Raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a child did gymnastics, played soccer, and performed in theatre productions around Minneapolis. Was a high school cheerleader.

Attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis/St. Paul, where she obtained a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication. Speaks fluent Spanish. She is now a professional stage, commercial, and voice actor in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A classic film fanatic, Lattimer grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts with one thing always in the back of his mind, Hollywood. As a child, Stephen's mother Rita often shared her passion for the classics with her son which included art, music, and of course, movies. On a steady diet of the masters such as Ford, Hitchcock, Hawks and Huston, he learned early to appreciate great filmmaking.

Stephen's father Richard (an airline pilot) introduced his young son to his own heroes, Wayne, Eastwood, Bogart, Stewart, and Tracy to name just a few. The overall result: A true passion for the silver screen.

An accomplished artist, Lattimer attended college at the University of Connecticut to earn a fine arts degree. His education now complete, it was time to set his sights on Hollywood to pursue a film career. After working in production, swing gang, art department, props, special effects, art direction, and production design, Lattimer finally came around to his true dream, acting. Stephen pays the bills as a carpenter and a portrait artist and between auditions, can usually be found somewhere in the Los Angeles area building one thing or another.

Jessica Roulston was born on 22 May 1970 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. She is a production manager and producer, known for Tron: Legacy (2010), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and It Could Happen to You (1994). She was previously married to Nash Dunnigan.

Mark Kovacich was born on 9 June 1973 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA.

Jon D. Erickson was born on 20 November 1969 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution (2017), The Resilient Ones: A Generation Takes on Climate Change (2014) and Vermont Energy Independence Day (2013).

Sonny Warner was born on 30 October 1930 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He was a producer, known for Wattstax (1973). He died on 12 April 2007 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA.

Lindsay was born in Falls Church, Virginia on June 5th 1978. Her father was employed by the Federal Government when Lindsay was growing up and so she moved around quite a bit in her early childhood.

She got the nickname of "Agent Starling" when she was in High School because of her fascination with the FBI and her desire to do some sort of investigation as a career.

Lindsay started her Genealogy company in 2005 in Washington State called Family Reunions.