Writer and Producer: Sarah Kozinn is an actor, writer, and producer living in NYC where she has appeared in several plays, films, commercials, and tv shows. She conceived this project specifically to work with this talented team. She is currently producing a web series called Woe Is We that will be on the web by the fall. Sarah is also a graduate of the Performance Studies program at NYU Tisch and is currently writing a book on Law and Performance.
Director: Bajir Cannon was born in small-town Ohio and raised in a Sufi community outside Philadelphia. He grew up playing with the puppets and masks his parents and grandparents had made decades earlier. Bajir wrote and directed love/sad--an original play that played for an extended, sold-out run Off-Broadway in January 2003--earning rave reviews and featured in a broadcast for National Public Radio. He also built Movie-making programs for children in New York City and New Jersey. A writer, director, former Kindergarten teacher, and third-generation puppeteer, Bajir lives in Brooklyn. You can check out his most recent feature film at www.cedarheartpictures.com.
Producer: Jacob Robinson. Producer and Founder of Brooklyn Abridged Films, LLC, Jacob Robinson has lived around the world, from Los Angeles to New York to Dubai. Since he moved to New York, Jacob has been working in consulting while running his production company. Currently, he is wrapping up post-production on the feature film The Distance Between the Apple and the Tree, written and directed by Abby Long Director Bajir Cannon. He is also in pre-production for The Strange Case of Dr. and Mrs. Jacobs, a short film written and Directed by Abby Long Editor Alex Horwitz. This fall, Jacob will join the first class of NYU's new MBA/MFA in Film Producing.
Director of Photography: Sam Fleischner is a Brooklyn based artist and filmmaker who has shot films in Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Finland, Israel, and Cambodia. His work can be seen at his website: www.howfollowswhat.net.
Editor: Alex Horwitz is the son of a circus clown and an opera singer, and has worked in New York film production on projects such as Across the Universe, Spider-Man 3, and Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary, Shine a Light. Alex has collaborated with Broadway composer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) on a feature-length screenplay, Basket Case, a musical about a school shooting set to hit songs of the 90's. More recently, he was Co-Producer on House of Satisfaction, an upcoming indie feature. Alex's short film, The J2 Project, explores the cloning of Jesus Christ. Ain't it Cool News called J2 "brilliant," and it has been released worldwide on Troma DVD. He is currently directing a zombie love story starring John La Zar and Adrienne Barbeau (www.strange-case.com)
Sound Designer and Mixer: David Crabb. Check back soon for David's bio.
Sound Designer: Rafe Magee a musician and sound designer originally from California works in independent film, interactive media projects, and in music.
Scorer: Jason Krebs is currently a graduate student in Music Technology with a concentration in Film Scoring at New York University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in Jazz Studies and a minor in Film Studies from The University of Vermont. He currently resides in the New York City area. (www.jasonkrebsmusic.com).
Associate Producer: Ashraf Rijal grew up on New York City's quaint Roosevelt Island. He spent his high school years at The Dwight School, where his musical pursuits culminated in a performance at Carnegie Hall with his jazz ensemble. He continued his musical endeavors at Connecticut's Wesleyan University, playing in a number of bands – one of which completed a successful summer tour of the Northeast in 2004. Mid-way through college, he turned his attentions to film, working on several projects in different roles over the years. He co-produced "Death to the Tinman," which garnered an Honorable Mention at Sundance 2006 in the Short Film category. He also wrote and directed a short of his own – "Agave" – during his final year at school. Now back home on Roosevelt Island, he currently works fulltime at the two-time Oscar-winning production company Cabin Creek Films, where his training to become a documentary producer has taken him on the road with the likes of Bon Jovi and Iraq Veterans Against the War to name a few. He continues making music at home under the alias "green and brown" (myspace.com/greenandbrownmusic), and is a founding editor of the NewFlags blog collective (newflags.blogspot.com), a "minimal disclosure" blog that takes critical looks at the film, music, writing, and media of today and yesteryear.
Assistant director: Miranda Sajdak is a graduate of the Columbia University Film Studies program. Her film experience includes work on Cloverfield and The Bourne Ultimatum. She currently resides in Los Angeles. www.mirandasajdak.com
