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Garret studied journalism at the University of Washington and received an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program. He performed on and off Broadway and in theaters around the country before he also began pursuing film and television roles. A self described workaholic, he enjoys a reputation as a highly respected and sought after performer known for his focused and immersive style.
Garret Lee Dillahunt was born in Castro Valley, California to working class parents. He has two brothers.- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Lilan Bowden was born in Alameda County, CA. At Castro Valley High School, she got her start in theater and improv comedy and continued to pursue those interests at University of California, Irvine. After she graduated from college, she moved to Los Angeles and started taking classes and performing at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She still performs improv and live sketch comedy, and has a comedy duo with her best friend called "Lilan and Wilder." The correct pronunciation of her name is "LEE-lon."- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Dina Ruiz was born in 1965. She graduated from Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, anchored Newsline for Ohlone College Television, then majored in Radio/TV at San Francisco State University, graduating in 1988. Two years later, she was hired as a reporter and eventually a news anchor for KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona. About a year after that, she was hired at KSBW as a news anchor.
She met Clint Eastwood for the first time while doing an interview in 1993. They married March 31, 1996. Their daughter, Morgan Eastwood, was born December 12th 1996.
She retired from KSBW in 1997 to spend more time with her baby "Morgie" and husband.
One of her projects was a news magazine called "Quest for Excellence" that airs on several Bay Area stations. "Quest" is intended to highlight aspects of the state's educational system, and a recent program even highlighted a Monterey Bay student with cerebral palsy.
Dina is hostess of Candid Camera (1998) and acted in Blood Work (2002) and True Crime (1999). She is on the board of two non- profit charities and a contributing editor for "Golf Digest Women".
She also hosts The Eagle Invitational Golf Tournament.- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
A seemingly overnight success with his own TV series, "Titus", Christopher at age 35 struggled to reach that peak. His series is based on his life. His father was a womanizing beer guzzling salesman. Living with his father, he endured a series of stepmothers until, at age 12, he decided to run away from home. He moved into a garage with his biological mother, a classically trained pianist. She spent much of her time in mental institutions before finally committing suicide. From these situations he developed what Titus calls therapeutic stand-up comedy. Like his TV show character, he enjoys customizing cars and currently has four.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Rachel Maddow was born on 1 April 1973 in Castro Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Ides of March (2011), The Rachel Maddow Show (2008) and Red, White & Royal Blue (2023). She is married to Susan Mikula.- Jennifer Roszell was born on 7 March 1966 in Castro Valley, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Rabbit Hole (2010), Damages (2007) and Law & Order (1990). She has been married to Karl Mansfield since 2 October 2005. She was previously married to Constantine Arvanitakis.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Clifford Lee Burton was born on February 10, 1962 in Castro Valley, California, to Janet (Morgen) and Ray Herbert Burton. He had two siblings. His mother was from a German Jewish family, and his father was of British Isles descent.
As a youngster, Clifford always liked music, listening to genres such as blues, classical, country and jazz, and he even liked the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He loved all kinds of music, and when he attended college he became educated in music theory. At the age of six he learned to play his first instrument, the piano. When he became a teenager he learned to play the bass guitar and took lessons from September 1978 to January 1980. He had played in several bands before he joined a band that would later go on to become one of the most popular and successful bands of all time.
In 1982 he played at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Los Angeles and was spotted by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, who were forming a heavy metal band and were searching for a new bassist with creativity. The two had gone to the Whiskey A-Go-Go at the recommendation of Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records. Hetfield and Ulrich were greatly impressed with Burton's bass playing and asked him to join their band, Metallica. At first Burton didn't want to join Metallica, but agreed to join if the band was willing to relocate to San Francisco, which they did. Burton went on to perform on the band's first three albums ("Kill 'Em All", "Ride The Lightning" and "Master of Puppets"), which all became hits, and with these three albums he instantly became a favorite musician amongst many music fans, with his impressive bass playing, powerful stage presence and very opinionated and honest personality. Things were looking bright for Burton but, sadly, his life was cut tragically short in 1986. After Metallica had finished touring with Ozzy Osbourne in 1985 they began touring in 1986. On the morning of September 27 the bus the band was touring in was driving from Stockholm, Sweden, to Copenhagen, Denmark, to perform some more gigs, and it went into a slide on some icy roads. Burton was thrown out of the bus' window and the bus fell on its side and crushed him. His Metallica bandmates were devastated over Burton's death, as were the band's fans. Burton was a powerful force in Metallica and his loss is seen by many as one of the most tragic losses in the history of music, which it is, because Burton was extremely talented and helped to contribute to some of Metallica's most successful songs. Not only that, but his live performances were also very powerful and he was very friendly and down-to-earth, very honest and opinionated and always willing to express his thoughts and feelings.
Metallica paid tribute to Burton by releasing the home video _Cliff 'Em All (1987) (V)_ and by using several unused riffs and a poem of his on their song "To Live Is To Die", which appeared on their acclaimed 1988 album "...And Justice For All". Burton may be gone, but he'll never be forgotten, and he will always be remembered by both Metallica and their fans, as well as music fans in general, and his contributions to the music industry are some of the finest that were made.- Manager
- Producer
- Actor
Nick Terry was born on 29 August 1979 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is a manager and producer. He has been married to Michele McPherson-Terry since 3 October 2018.- Special Effects
- Additional Crew
Dominic V. Ruiz was born on 29 March 1969 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is known for Space Cowboys (2000), The Perfect Storm (2000) and Mystic River (2003). He was previously married to Jade Marx.- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Brodie Brazil was born on 3 April 1981 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is known for Gamer Nation (2003), High School Sports Focus (1992) and A's on Deck Show (2005).- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Cinematographer
Herbert Bennett is a multiple disciplinary, award-winning video and film editor/writer/producer creating hundreds of hours of broadcast television in news, documentary, music videos, and media projects.
Bennett gained interest in television when a cable-TV provider gave Castro Valley High School a functioning TV channel. After learning to edit video in high school, Herbert went to College of San Mateo to further his studies in television, film, radio, and engineering. Prior to graduating, at age 20, he began working as a news editor at NBC affiliate KRON-TV, San Francisco. There, he won two Emmy Awards for news editing. At KRON he met documentary filmmaker Mark Kitchell who was directing the film, "Berkeley In The 60's" (1990). He became the assistant-editor on the film which garnered an Academy Award nomination.
He then began editing for CBS Network News in SF working for The Evening News, 48 Hours, & Sunday Morning, This Morning, and other programs. In 1994, Herbert founded Metropolis Editorial Post House in San Francisco in the Embarcadero area. There, cutting numerous documentaries, music videos, films, and created work for Specialized Bicycles, Yahoo Inc., FCB-West, Hal Riney, & BBDO. Two films finished at Metropolis also gained Academy Award nominations; Promises (2001), and Weather Underground (2002). While at Metropolis Bennett also directed/produced/edited 2 documentary films of his own; Burning Man "Where's The Fire?" (1998), and Haiti: Harvest of Hope (1996)
While in Austin, TX for 8 years, Herbert created works for Ballet Austin, wrote & edited two documentary films for Discovery Channel: In the Shadow of The Blade (2003), and An Ocean Away (2006). He also began an 18-year long documentary project along with Chris Furbee called: Huntington's Dance (2014) that premiered at Slamdance and won the Audience Award.
Now in Los Angeles, Bennett landed a job at A. Smith Co. editing for a highly-acclaimed music-documentary series Unsung for TVOne. He edited 36 episodes about; Gil Scott-Heron, Lou Rawls, Kool Moe Dee, Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony, The Whispers, The Goodie Mob, Tupac Shakur, and others. Unsung has won staggering 7 NAACP Awards for: Best News and Information Series. In 2022 Herbert is on staff at CBS Network News in Los Angeles working out of Radford Studios, Burbank.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Shawn Harris is the lead singer and also guitarist for punk group, The Matches. He was born in Oakland, California. He is an artist and has drawn the cover art for several albums, including the cover art for a Matchbook Romance album. He attended Bishop O'Dowd High School. The Matches' latest album, Decomposer was released September 11, 2006.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Anthony Ilacqua was born on 11 August 1972 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for To Better Days (2020), Max Helms: Curse of the Relic (2014) and Resort to Ice (2011).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Valerie Allen was born in Castro Valley, California, USA. She is known for Mainly Etc. (2001), Cherish (2002) and Making David (2002).- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Production Designer
Daniel Selby was born in Castro Valley, California, on June 3, 1965, at Eden Hospital. His father was a hard-working professional in the manufacturing business in Oakland and his mother was a singer. Both supported Daniel in his desires to act. His mother helped him get started by enrolling him in acting and modeling schools across the bay in San Francisco in 1970. Daniel started modeling clothes for local stores such as Mervyns and The Gap and continued modeling until 1985. His first role was in Love, American Style (1969). He continued doing small roles throughout the 1970s and 1980s, even signing with a small record label in 1976, Davis Entertainment Group out of Los Angeles. Daniel continues to concentrate on stage, TV and film.- Producer
- Stunts
- Executive
Father of the actor Randy Shelly, he was a Professional Water Skier from 1970-1985 winning several National Titles and competing around the world. Randy is a Real Estate Developer and manages his sons acting career. He is also actively involved in film production. Randy divides his time between Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
- Producer
Nick Erickson grew up in Northern California in the small town of Manteca. In 2006 he moved down to Orange, California, so he could pursue a BFA in Film Production at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. After his first year in college, he wrote and directed his first independent production, which became a 40-minute fantasy action flick entitled "Spirit Forgotten." He has since directed three more films at Chapman University.- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Make-Up Department
Freda Felicia Louise Crowton was born on 27 December 1974 in Castro Valley, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Spot Check (2011), Talk to the Gun (2022) and Gone with the Dead (2024).- Richard Lyons was born on 19 April 1959 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He died on 19 April 2016 in the USA.
- Producer
- Actor
James Hanzalik was born on 6 December 1985 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Warning (2021) and Apparition (2019).- Ed Sprague was born on 25 July 1967 in Castro Valley, California, USA.
- Mark Ray was born on 30 January 1967 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is known for White Water Summer (1987).
- Kristen Reshes was born on 21 February 1990 in Castro Valley, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Birthday Kidnapping (2009).
- Music Department
Scott is the President of Jazzical Music Productions, which is a music production house founded by MIDI wizard and electronic music pioneer Clovice Lewis. His recording studio produces a wide variety of commercial music and artists.
As a recording artist and engineer, Scott has written award winning commercials for AT&T Cable, and he has produced CDs for just about every style of musical artist. Scott's work in the studio includes award winning music from China and India, and he recently worked with the internationally famous vocal a capella group, "The House Jacks".
Scott studied music at Cal State Hayward, where he concentrated on jazz and classical guitar, and also studied composition, arranging and jazz theory with Dave Eshleman. Scott also holds a bachelor's degree in management from San Diego State University and has been involved in the computer industry as a programmer and operator since the 1970's.
As a professional musician Scott has a long and diverse background. He is endorsed by several major music companies including Mesa engineering, Moze Custom Handmade Guitars and Dean Markley. As a performer, Scott has had the pleasure of playing with numerous great players, including mandolin virtuoso David Grisman, pedal steel legend Bobby Black, plus members of the Drifters, Santana, The Greg Allman Band, Robben Ford Band, John Lee Hooker, and The Tempations.
Scott's musical roots are firmly entrenched in blues, bluegrass, ragtime, and slide guitar. He also has a strong background in solo jazz guitar, fingerstyle guitar, funk, classical, country, rock and reggae guitar. A kid who picked up his first guitar at the age of seven, Scott performed his first professional gig at the age of twelve. Since then, Scott has performed in countless bands and venues, including the famous Fillmore West, in San Francisco, CA.
Scott has hosted cable television shows including "The Bay Area Rhythm Section" which showcased local musical artists. He also authored a book on, "Guitar Theory and Harmony" and he has written articles for a local music magazines.
Scott, along with two of his students from the Foothill Music Technology Program wrote, recorded and mastered a full Hollywood movie soundtrack for large movie distributor, "Lionsgate Entertainment" in the summer of 2003. This music soundtrack, backed up rap stars, "BustaRhyme, Xhibit of "Pimp My Ride" which currently airs on MTV, Ellen Cleghorn (Of Saturday Night Live Fame) and Bubba Smith. the Movie is called "Full Clip" and it is currently available on DVD in all movie rental houses such as Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. This is a Hip Hop based action flick.
Scott also had the good fortune to record and help produce Broadway Musical stars James Mellon on a NY Broadway musical project called, "Dorian, the Musical." James also wrote the Move "Birds Of Prey" and starred for years on Broadway in NY. He starred in plays such as West Side Story and in other major plays, including performances with Bernadette Peters on Broadway. James' partner Kevin Bailey was in the original Broadway troop of "Lionking." Scott recorded and engineered three songs for this new play.- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Nick Vandenakker is a Co-Owner of Vortex Production. He runs and stars in two Youtube channel, ThePCGamingVortex and TheEntertainmentVortex. He was also on the At the Source channel (previously known as SmokenPictures) for over three years. Nick is currently working on a Star Wars fan film (2017) that he is the Executive Producer on. Nick has over five years of experience creating content for Youtube covering many topics including game tutorials, movie reviews and fan film projects. In all of Nick's gaming content he is known under the alias Hikaro.- Actor
- Producer
Cliff Perotti was born on 29 January 1960 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Dozed and Confused (2020).- Additional Crew
- Editorial Department
- Location Management
Mike Heimowitz was born on 1 May 1985 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is known for Adina's Deck: The Case of the Plagiarized Paper (2008), Trauma (2009) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).- Jewels Hanson was born on 6 December 1974 in Castro Valley, California, USA.
- Jack Del Rio was born on 4 April 1963 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is an actor, known for NFL Head Coach (2006), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970). He has been married to Linda since May 1986. They have four children.
- Carrie Arlah was born on 4 December 1978 in Castro Valley, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Intentions (2003).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Nicholas H. Martin was born on 22 February 1985 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He is an actor, known for God Bless America (2011), Hit and Run (2012) and To the Bone (2017).