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Synopsis

Cast

• Michael Chordas: Matt Lambro
• Dan Glade: Patrick Viall
• Arthur Keenan: Tony Kelly
• Dina Struthers: Axelle Grelet
• Andy Jensen: Gabriel Diani
• Trent Grant: Jake Hanover

Crew

• Co-Director: Matt Lambro | bio

  While residing in the San Jose Bay Area, MATT LAMBRO (lead actor, co-director, co-writer) attended the Theater Arts Department at DeAnza College and performed in a variety of local community theater revivals – such as CYRANO DE BERGERAC and COMEDY OF ERRORS. He also collaborated on Ken Saba’s student film short COMPULSION; and developed, co-wrote, and starred in the comedy troop production WITS’ END. The group received the sponsorship from the City of Cupertino and DeAnza College to produce a show for public broadcast television. WITS’ END - with their theatre showcases and pilot show - gained local recognition for their cutting edge, mirrorized sense of humor that took a satiric stab at film, television, advertising, and society. Matt furthered his theater education in improvisational comedy at the Comedy Sportz club in San Jose. Afterwards, he was the lead in the San Francisco produced television commercials for Longs Drugs and Videotransform. A few years later, Matt moved to Los Angeles where he became the lead in KCBS’ promotional television spots, broadcast commercials, and film shorts for local film schools and independent filmmakers. He has also written and directed one-act plays and monologues for potential production runs at community theater venues in Hollywood, Burbank, and Ojai. In 2004, Matt Lambro and Ken Saba won the grand prize Panasonic Digital Filmmaker’s Grant Award for their screenplay THE UNTITLED MICHAEL CHORDAS PROJECT (later re-titled THE LITTLE DOCUMENTARY THAT COULDN’T); Matt also stars in the lead role and also co-directed the ‘mockumentary’ with Richard Hartman. Aside from having nice hair, Matt has recently completed two dark comedy screenplays and is producing video games for B1 Media.

• Co-Director: Richard Hartman | bio

  RICHARD HARTMAN (co-director) hails from Kansas City, Missouri where he did theater performances, stunt work, and – eventually – toured the United States as part of a comedy duo. Since moving to California, Richard has worked in just about every element of the film and television industry. Starting out – of course – he was a background player, learning a lot of the show business terminology and film making etiquette. Richard later moved into acting in broadcast television commercials where he continued to learn more of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the business and – through networking – was also employed as an Assistant Cameraman, a Dolly Grip, Lighting Grip, and Set Design Assistant. For four years, Richard aided several Art Center College of Design film students as their Creative Director and Co-Writer on various broadcast television commercials; many of the productions went on to win the Clio and Telly Awards. After collaborating on a few comedic productions with Ken Saba, Richard assisted Matt Lambro and Ken as the Co-Director of their ‘mockumentary’ THE LITTLE DOCUMENTARY THAT COULDN’T. While scouring the Hollywood and Las Vegas nightlife for fresh ideas – Richard is developing an independent production company, creating promotional spots, commercials, and sketch comedy. Like Matt Lambro, he too has nice hair.

• Producer: Ken Saba | bio

  Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, KEN SABA (producer, co-writer, editor) earned two Associate of the Arts degrees – in Film and Animation, and Television Production – from DeAnza College. His satiric film short COMPULSION – starring Matt Lambro - was a finalist in student film competitions at DeAnza and in San Jose. Ken also produced and co-wrote the comedy troop production WITS’ END – with Matt Lambro and four other comedians – which gained local recognition for their mirrorized sense of humor that took a satiric stab at film, television, advertising, and society; WITS’ END received a grant and sponsorship from the City of Cupertino and DeAnza College to produce a show for public broadcast television. After his graduation from DeAnza, Ken was employed at NASA’s Ames Research Center as their Television Production Department’s Lead Videographer on several national and international award-winning broadcast programs. He also produced and directed a variety of NASA video productions. After four-years, Ken left NASA to go back to school at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Master of Fine Arts in Film and Entertainment Design. While attending Art Center – Ken was the writer, producer, and director of television commercials and theme park entertainment projects, earning award wins at many festivals and showcases – such as the Clio’s, Telly, London International Advertising Awards, the TiLE (Trends in Leisure Entertainment) design conference, and many others. In 2004, Ken Saba and Matt Lambro won the grand prize Panasonic Digital Filmmaker’s Grant Award for their feature film screenplay THE UNTITLED MICHAEL CHORDAS PROJECT (later re-titled THE LITTLE DOCUMENTARY THAT COULDN’T); Ken also produced and edited the ‘mockumentary.’ Ken’s additional work includes writing and producing Art Center College of Design’s new recruitment video, serving as a Lead Editor on broadcast television commercials and on-air promos, and the writing and video editing of news programs and various new media productions for the Los Angeles Police Department. Besides being a theme park geek, Ken is developing a web series for F***ING WITTY – a Los Angeles based comedy troop starring Michelle Prenez of “Lucky Legendary.com,” April Wahlin of Fox Reality Channel’s THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT ELVIRA, and Jennifer Wenger (formerly Jennifer Gehrt) of Morgan Spurlock’s CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO.

• Writer: Matt Lambro
• Writer: Ken Saba
• Director of Photography: Ian Campbell
• Picture Editor: Sean P. Keenan
• Picture Editor: Ken Saba
• Picture Editor: Brett Galde
• Production Designer: Susan Magestro
• Composer: David James Nielsen

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