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Hilarie was born and raised in Sterling Park, Virginia. She is the oldest of four children and describes her family as tight-knit. Hilarie developed a passion for acting early in life. Shortly after moving to New York to go to school and pursuing her acting dream, she landed the coveted job of VJ at MTV. She won a guest spot interviewing on the red carpet for MTV and did so well she ended up with a job.- Additional Crew
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Lisa Ann Russell was born in Sterling, Illinois on March 21st 1972, later moving to Chicago, Michigan and then to California where she became a model for Revlon and went to college. Lisa later got acting experience by making a guest appearance on Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993) in 1993 where she met Mark-Paul Gosselaar. The couple married in Maui Cove on Maui, Hawaii on August 26th 1996. Lisa later went on to act in several movies, including Kounterfeit (1996) and Twisted Love (1995), which also featured guest appearances from Mark-Paul Gosselaar.- Actress
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Avery Clyde is an American actress known for strong, intellectual characters. "She can save or steal your baby or your business". Known for her character Kathy Zelden on Amazon's Bosch; it was the first time she played a character from a book series: Michael Connelly's 4th book; Tale of Two Truths. Fun fact: Her first recurring role on Dawson's Creek, she played a guidance counselor and was often younger than the actors she was "counseling". Avery is a member of SAG/AFTRA Equity and lives in Los Angeles with EP/director Rob Clyde and their two boys.- Actor
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David Figlioli grew up in Sterling Heights, Michigan, a suburb outside of Detroit, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit. He is a busy character actor known for both dramatic and comedic roles in film and television. Leading film roles include working along side Burt Reynolds and Bruce Dern in the dramatic western "Hard Ground" and with Billy Gardell in the screwball comedy "Special Unit" for which he won "Best Actor in a Feature Film" at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival. Recurring television roles on "Lucifer", "Murder in the First", "Kirby Buckets", "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels", and a myriad of guest starring roles including "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", "Grimm", "Castle", "Last Man Standing", "The Middle" and "Monk". David is also the author of 2 books: "The Art and Business of Acting in Commercials", based on his over 100 national commercial bookings and "Memoirs of a Circus Clown", chronicling his decision to temporarily leave Hollywood at the age of 40 to perform with the Cirque Du Soleil show "Corteo" for 3 years and over 1000 performances in North America, Japan and Russia. David lives in Hollywood, California with his pit bull companion Cooper.- Actor
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Frank Harts was born in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Rustin (2023), Master of None (2015) and Paterson (2016). He has been married to Shelley Thomas-Harts since 4 August 2011.- Actor
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Patrick Tatten was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Growing up in the building trades, Tatten found that his love of chainsaws, carpentry and wood sculpture would play an important role in his creative process.
A resident of Los Angeles, Tatten has continued to work as an actor in both television and film, while running a progressive design company, showcasing his versatile artistic skills. Tatten is represented by Aqua and The Daniel Hoff Agency- Director
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Jay Cutler has always known the value of hard work. He started working as a construction worker at the age of 11, began training in the gym at 18, going on to win numerous competitions as a pro. Jay left the sport as a legend of the sport in 2013, after winning the prestigious Mr. Olympia 4 times. He's one of the greatest bodybuilders ever - but he wanted to become a corrections officer for a maximum security prison in his youth. Born and raised in Massachusetts, America, Jay Cutler grew up in a large family, as the youngest of seven siblings. He began working with his brother in the construction business at the age of 11, naturally developing a muscular physique. Although Jay had been lugging concrete blocks around throughout his youth, it wasn't until he was 18 that he entered the gym to start lifting weights. However, at this point, Jay hadn't considered a career as a bodybuilder. During his time in College, Jay fell in love with the gym after training almost every day. He made serious progress to his physique and began being noticed around his local area for his strong build. After encouragement from a personal trainer at his gym, he entered his first competition as a bodybuilder in 1993, at the age of 20 - the NPC Iron Bodies Invitational show. Impressively, Jay walked away from the show after winning both the teenage and men's heavyweight divisions. He realized his potential to succeed in the industry and decided to pursue a career in fitness. In 1996, he returned to the stage with an incredible package for his biggest show yet - the 1996 NPC Nationals. Jay continued his winning streak by placing 1st, but he'd won more than just a trophy. At the age of 23, Jay had achieved what some athletes spend 10 years trying to do - he'd earned his Pro Card, becoming a professional bodybuilder. The young athlete was on the road to becoming a legend. Over the course of the next 10 years, Jay entered a massive 23 competitions - winning 11 of them and placing in the top 3 numerous times. During this time, he became one of the greatest bodybuilders in the world. Many even believed that he should have beaten Ronnie Coleman at the 2001 Mr. Olympia. However, it was in 2006, at the age of 33, when Jay really reached the peak of his career. Between 2006-2010, Jay battled against the likes of Ronnie Coleman and Phil Heath in the most prestigious competition in bodybuilding - the Mr. Olympia. He won every year during this period, except for in 2008, taking home 4 Sandows in total. Jay continued competing for a further 3 years, appearing in as many shows. However, he stepped on stage as a competitor for the last time at the 2013 Mr. Olympia. Although he didn't win, Jay had done enough to cement his place among the legends of the sport. He left the sport as a bodybuilding icon.- Keesha Smith was born on 1 August 1978 in Sterling, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for The Fear Chamber (2009), Reality Obsessed (2008) and Big Brother (2000).
- Dustin Began his career in 2008 after making several appearances in Little Caesars commercials that began airing across the country. His unique acting style and sense of humor coupled with an all American look quickly opened doors for him in the film and television world. Once Dustin began Landing roles in Independent features such as Street Racer (film) and House of the Wolf Man Hollywood's mainstream entertainment executives began to take notice. Dustin quickly began making appearances on networks such as TLC and CBS including a role on the hit day time soap The Young and The Restless. Columbia Pictures also cast Fitzsimons in David Fincher's hit film The Social Network as the president of Harvard's prestigious Phoenix Club.
- Paul Stanton was born on 21 December 1884 in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Bachelor Mother (1939), Across the Pacific (1942) and It Could Happen to You (1937). He died on 9 October 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Ross Ford was born on 24 February 1923 in Sterling, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Air Hostess (1949), Manhattan Angel (1948) and Project Moon Base (1953). He died on 22 June 1988 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Susan Dolan Stevens was born in Sterling Heights, MI and raised on a dairy farm. She attended Stevenson HS and was very active in Drama, Debate, Oral Interpretation-Forensics Competition, Varsity Sports and was a Student Council Officer. She graduated National Honor Society and attended Eastern Michigan University on scholarship. Her fondest theatrical experience at EMU was performing in Richard III. She transferred to Albion College to participate in the Great Lakes College Association program in New York. She had the great honor of studying with Lee Strasberg, Elaine Aiken and Geoffrey Horne at the Lee Strasberg Institute. She stage managed the playwrights lab at the Actors Studio under Harold Clurman. She headed west to get her MFA in directing from the University of Utah and had the privilege of studying Shakespeare under Dave E. Jones and voice with Charlene Bletson. She signed with Burton & Perkins agency during her last year of graduate school. One of her first commercials was for McDonalds despite being a vegetarian. She was also featured in Ford and Toyota commercials and owned a number of Fords' and drives a Prius to this day. She regularly commuted to L.A. for work and is now based in the beautiful mountains of Utah.
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Terry Brooks was born in Sterling, Illinois in 1944. During his childhood, Terry realized that while he enjoyed role-playing, he found that his mind was able to carry a vast playground of ideas. He started writing when he was in the fourth grade and became hooked. He continued with his writing interest all through law school. During which time he wrote the draft for what became the blockbuster hit "The Sword of Shannara."
Terry submitted the draft to Ballantine books courtesy of Don Wollheim in 1974. The president of Ballantine, Ron Busch, gave it to Judy-Lynn Del Rey for her review. She gave it to her husband Lester Del Rey who used it to help jump-start the fantasy genre in the post Lord of the Rings era. In 1977, and after much revision, "The Sword of Shannara" was published. The book became a success and launched a whole series that furthers the story of the Ohmsford family struggle with evil.
Not just limiting himself to the Shannara series, Terry wrote two more to date: "The Word and Void" (3 books) and "The Magic Kingdom of Landover" (5 books). He is also the author of the book adaptations to the movies "Hook" and "Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace."
Recently, plans have been undertaken to turn the Magic Kingdom series into a movie. Stephen Sommers, of "The Mummy" and "Van Helsing" fame, has been chosen to direct the movie. The production company "Universal" acquired the rights with Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz adapting the text to screenplay. Exact date of movie release is unknown as of yet.
Today (2005), Terry lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Judine. He gives tours and book signings with readings from his latest writing project. He is currently working on a six-book project that furthers the Shannara storyline as well as combine it with his "Word and Void" series.- Director
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Starred and costarred in many films, his hero turn in Evil On Queen Street is what he is best remembered for. Also directed almost every film he had appeared in from 2001-2008.
Born on September 5th, 1973 in Sterling, IL. His early childhood was what could be expected for someone his size, he usually had a run in with the local bullies on a regular basis. After more then a few attacks, Matt decided to learn how to defend himself. He studied two forms of martial arts, Jeet Kune Do and Kenpo. These fighting skills not only helped him to overcome the local bullies, but he has incorporated them in to most of his films.
His entire filmmaking venture began in 1988 when a camcorder was first brought into the household. After shooting a few experimental short films (both horror with Killseeker and comedy with 3 Stooges inspired works), he decided to try his hand at a serious short horror film. With only a few of the roughest of editing tools, he began work on Evil On Queen Street in 1996 and this 40 minute short film would take him until 2001 to fully finish.
In between that time, Matt was busy writing scripts. One was a Spider-man script, another was Meteor: The Hidden 3, and the other was known a Eve Of Terror. Matt sent Spider-man to every major movie studio he could find the address of, but to his disappointment received no response from any of the companies. He thought about sending the Meteor script to New Line Cinema who had released the second Hidden film and sending Eve Of Terror to some of the other studios. But after the disappointment of Spider-man, he decided against it.
New online capabilities became available to Matt, and soon he was busy trying to show off his work on the internet. He placed his finished version of the short Evil On Queen Street on his web site, known then as Matt Spease Productions. He checked out the works of such online indy filmmaking companies like Timberwolf Digital. With this he decided to make the company official and starting working on films to sell on the web site. His first work for Matt Spease Productions was a Star Wars spoof with 3 Stooges elements known as The Stooges - Episode V: Die, Stooges, Die. The production was very rough and was shot with the same camcorder that Matt had growing up, needless to say the camcorder was in dire need of being retired. Then there was the lightsaber effects, which were a major pain that Matt grew tired of rather quickly. Pro Wrestler Violet Flame starred in the film as the Princess and Matt basically played all other roles in the film himself.
That film was only a mild success and Matt wanted to move forward to a film that was more his style. His father asked him to remake the short film Evil On Queen Street. Matt brought Violet in from California to play the role of Alexia Thompson, a character that was a combination of the other hero of the short named Damien and Nick's girlfriend who was a victim in the short. The film was released under the Matt Spease Productions company name in 2002.
Matt was happy with the outcome of the film and early reviews somewhat, but he wasn't happy with some of his editing, FX, and the title of his company. In 2003 the company became Dark Night Films. Eve Of Terror was then dusted off and was given the working title Copycat. This film was eventually released as The Chameleon Killer with Violet Flame again playing the lead. The film was released to a huge success online and is a major favorite among the fans of Dark Night Films.
2004-2005 was a point of experimentation for Dark Night Films as Matt directed two short fan films called Jason Vs. Leatherface (based on the comic of the same name) and Michael Vs. Jason. He planned another fan film titled Halloween: Wrath Of Jamie Lloyd, but the film was scrapped. This period was also a time of experimentation for the feature films with the arrival of the sister company Lighthouse Pictures, which was designed to film the action and sci-fi films. Lighthouse's first release was a new Stoogesless version of Die, Stooges, Die. This film was entitled Dark World: Duel Of The Assassins. Meanwhile Dark Night Films was doing an experimental film as well, the horror anthology called Evil Deeds. Matt even incorporated footage from the scrapped short film Halloween: Wrath Of Jamie Lloyd into the segment, The Mental Patient. Lighthouse's final experimental film was a prequel to Evil On Queen Street entitled StoryLine (although the film was initially released in two parts ala Kill Bill under the titles The Thief (2004) and Pray For The Hunters (2006)) was released in 2006.
In 2006, after all the experimenting was done, Matt decided to remake Evil On Queen Street and this time base it more after the initial short film. So the Damien Cruz character that was now popular from StoryLine was now reinstated into the new script and the Alexia character was reverted back to her original origin as just Nick's girlfriend. The film was shot with a almost totally new cast minus a few returning cast members (such as Matt as Nick, Isaak Partlow as Max Burton, and Roxanne Long & Joan Spease as Jannette & Christine) and a few archive footage scenes from the original film. It was finally released in 2008 to a much stronger response then the original Violet Flame version.
In 2007, after many failed starts and successful stops on the sequel to The Chameleon Killer (Silent Vengeance), Matt Spease started work on shooting a feature film remake of his oldest short film series, Killseeker (which was loosely inspired by the 1982 Chuck Norris film Silent Rage). And while this film was being shot, the Evil On Queen Street sequel, Domination, was finally remade with Phil Giourousis reprising his role of The Demon from the 2008 remake of the original. This film was finally released in early 2009.
Meanwhile Killseeker, now titled Indestructible, marks Matt's first feature film slasher role, as he plays the part of James Kirby. The film is scheduled to be released in mid 2009.- Rod Biermann has experience representing employers and executives, partners, and professionals, in a wide variety of employment related claims and issues. He has litigated complex employment matters in Federal and State Court and in arbitrations and mediations on behalf of both companies and individuals, including claims of Discrimination; Hostile Work Environment; Retaliation; Disability; Wage and Hour Violations; Restrictive Covenant Breaches; and Employee Benefits Claims. He also has significant experience with complex employment agreements from both the employer and employee perspective, including drafting and negotiating executive level employment contracts, severance agreements, consultation agreements, and restrictive covenants. In addition, Biermann has experience conducting employment law audits to determine whether a company is in compliance with all up to date employment law mandates, and experience vigorously defending small and large corporations against New York State Department of Labor audits. Prior to entering law school, Biermann spent a number of years in Los Angeles, California as an actor in the entertainment industry where he landed substantial roles in major studio films including Pearl Harbor, and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, and starred/guest starred in numerous sitcoms, dramas, movies of the week, TV pilot episodes.
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Richard Benner was born in 1943 in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Monsters (1988), Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980) and Outrageous! (1977). He died on 2 December 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- James L. White was born on 15 November 1947 in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer, known for Ray (2004), Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic and Empress of the Blues. He was married to Elizabeth White. He died on 23 July 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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Brian Iles was born on 20 October 1975 in Sterling, Virginia, USA. Brian is a director, known for Family Guy (1999), The Oblongs (2001) and The Simpsons (1989).- Director
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Stan Phillips was born on 21 October 1933 in Sterling, Colorado, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Real Ghostbusters (1986), The New Adventures of Madeline (1995) and Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990). He was married to Judy. He died on 28 January 2014 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA.- Actress
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Kelly Nienaltowski is most known for her performances in Inheritance, and Parallel Worlds: A New Rock Music Experience. Kelly grew up in Sterling Heights, Michigan where she began performing at just 8 years old. She attended Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts in St. Louis where she obtained her BFA in Acting. Upon graduation, Kelly moved to Los Angeles where she has been a working actor in film, theatre, commercials and voiceover. She has been nominated for a variety of awards for her VO work on the scripted sci-fi anthology podcast The Theatre of Tomorrow, as well a member of the award winning company, The Los Angeles New Court Theatre. Kelly is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AGVA.- Director
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Roy Clements was born on 12 January 1877 in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Motion to Adjourn (1921), Wanted: A Coward (1927) and When a Woman Strikes (1919). He was married to Neva West. He died on 15 July 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Kevin McKee was born on 26 April 1950 in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Tainted (1987).
- Lawrence Chenault was born on 23 November 1877 in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Ten Minutes to Live (1932), The Scar of Shame (1929) and The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920). He died on 27 December 1943 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- Youst is also known as an International Painter, Sculptor and Writer, who migrated to the Arts from an Athletic background. Lived in Montreal in 70s and 80s, and owned the Gallery Miller-Youst in Old Montreal. Returned to Acting in 2006 after a twenty-five year seclusion on his Oregon ranch. Married to Ballerina Karen Mercier, with three children, and enjoys residence in the Sonoma Wine Country as well.
- Hal Borland was born on 14 May 1900 in Sterling, Nebraska, USA. He was a writer, known for When the Legends Die (1972). He was married to Barbara Ross Dodge and Alice Le Bene. He died on 22 February 1978 in Salisbury, Connecticut, USA.