Guests
Portland 2011 Guests
Guests attending the HPL Film Festival. They are mostly harmless although we cannot guarantee that they will note bite.
Huan Vu is a director, producer, screenwriter, compositing editor and matte artist. His films include Damnatus, Joey ist dabei, and Mu. His most recent effort is Die Farbe, an adaptation of Lovecraft's The Color Our of Space.
Jenna M. Pitman is a writer of speculative fiction from the Seattle area where she attends many different conventions, festivals, and events. Some of which she helps organize. She has had a variety of stories and articles featured in numerous publications, both anthologies and magazines including Revenant Magazine, Planet Lovecraft, and Strange Aeons. She is the co-founder of Vaginomicon, the Seattle contribution to Women in Horror Recognition Month, and the programming assistant for GeekGirlCon. She's had more day jobs than she's had years on this earth and specialized in animal care before making the move to writing. Currently she lives with two dogs and two cats and would gladly add to that list if only she had the room. And the time. Read more
Born in Sacramento, California in 1966, Rick moved to Washington State with his family in 1976. He studied as the University of Washington, and graduated in 1989. He has been involved with many local Seattle bands, notably Ventilator and Dinsdale. His first acting and directing work was on Pickman's Model (2003). Call of Nature is the fourth film he's produced and the third he's written and directed.
Sean writes, produces and directs for screen, audio and theatre. In 1985 with collaborator Andrew Leman, he co-founded the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society (“HPLHS” http://www.cthulhulives.org). Sean wrote the adaptation of Lovecraft’s celebrated short-story The Call of Cthulhu as a silent film and co-produced it for the HPLHS. Read more
Syl Disjonk lives in an hypercube in the Montreal Interzone. He owns a Certification of Insanity from Arkham Asylum for his sleep terror disorder. He has been attacked by dark ones in his dreams since his childhood. He still goes through an art therapy to keep his mind in place.
He has made much progress in recent years and now manage to survive by using his skills in the field of graphic design and visual effects. Many of his personal artworks recall the universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
His latest short film Ethereal Chrysalis is based on his nightmares and his memories of the future. Read more
Thomas Nicol is a software developer by profession, which finances his filmmaking passion. He developed the script for The Window Into Time with his long-time filmmaking cohort and friend, Ryan Collins. He lives in Champaign-Urbana, IL, where he currently heads up the local filmmaking community organization Champaign Movie Makers.
LA 2011 Guests
Guests attending the HPL Film Festival. They are mostly harmless although we cannot guarantee that they will note bite.
Andrew Leman is an actor, writer, producer and designer, not necessarily in that order. With an MFA in acting from the University of Illinois, he has appeared on stage in Chicago and Los Angeles, and is a member of Theatre Banshee. He has designed graphics and props for numerous films and TV shows, and a number of digital fonts that have been used extensively by graphic designers worldwide. With his collaborator of many years, Sean Branney, Andrew has been running The H. P. Read more
Barry is a founding member of the Celtic Arts Center of Los Angeles, and a veteran stage and screen actor, director and producer. He is a five-time recipient of the Hollywood DramaLogue Critics award for outstanding achievement in theater, two Back Stage West Garland awards for Lead actor and the Los Angeles Drama Circle Critics’ Award for Best Actor in Theatre Banshee's production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir. His television credits include Star Trek, LA Law, Judging Amy, Miami Vice, Renegade, Civil Wars, and Hunter (movie of the week).
The grandson of "Berkeley Square" director Frank Lloyd, Chris and his sister Antonia have maintained the legacy of Frank alive through the website www.FrankLloydFilms.com. Read more
Recent film credits include: The Whisperer in Darkness, My Religion, Power Poison, and Zombie Holocaust and You! Other Film credits include: Katherine (Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival), Still Life, The Night Before, Dream, Hitclown, and Side Effects Include. Television credits include: Alias, Days of Our Lives, Passions, To Pay The Rent, and Pirate Waters. Read more
DENISE DUMARS is a college professor, writer, and former literary agent. Over the years she has published numerous short stories, some of them based around the HPL mythos, including some in her collection Lovecraft Slept Here. She has also sold screenplays, nonfiction--including articles on HPL--poetry, and books. Co-authored with Lori Nyx, her book of comparative mythology, The Dark Archetype, will be re-released soon with revised and updated chapters, including a chapter on the possible mythological origins of Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu. Read more
Don hails from Chicago, where he started acting at Holy Cross High School and with the Oak Park Village Players. After working on stages around the country, he arrived in Los Angeles in 1989. Since then, some of his roles have included a recurring part as Mr. Chalmers in Saban's Masked Rider; William Randolph Hearst in the IMAX film Hearst Castle: Building the Dream (at the National Geographic Theatre at Hearst Castle); and Phil in The Bible and Gun Club which won the Grand Jury prize at SlamDance and was nominated for several Spirit awards. Read more
Matt was so impressed by the original Whisperer trailer that he jumped at the chance to be in the full-length film. In addition to encountering Lovecraft's Mi-Go, Matt has run afoul of giant piranhas, psychic Nazis, a ‘mega’ shark, Martians, Moby Dick, and several other curious beings in more than 300 movies, plays, commercials, videos, and voiceovers. His real life adventures have led him into trekking jungles, crossing the Himalayas (in winter!), and eating dog with the hill tribes of North Vietnam.
Mike Dubisch has been bringing a Lovecraftian twist to his fantasy art, illustration and comics for a quarter century, beginning in his mid teens. The versatile artist has created Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons toys, animated DVD covers for the World Wrestling Federation, designs for animated movies, and characters for MTV. His work is held in the permanent collection of The Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art. Read more
Peter Allas was born in Chicago and raised in NYC where he acquired his love for acting. After studying at Boston U. & Fordham at Lincoln Center he burst on to the NY theatre scene as “Cliff” in “The Woolgatherer” by William Mastrosimone. Recently he received a 2010 Helen Hayes Nomination (DC Tony 's) for his performance as “Teach” in “American Buffalo” by David Mamet. Read more
Sean writes, produces and directs for screen, audio and theatre. In 1985 with collaborator Andrew Leman, he co-founded the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society (“HPLHS” http://www.cthulhulives.org). Sean wrote the adaptation of Lovecraft’s celebrated short-story The Call of Cthulhu as a silent film and co-produced it for the HPLHS. Read more
Stephen Blackehart was trained in England at the prestigious London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and in New York by legendary teacher Uta Hagen. Despite countless New York & London stage performances, he became prominent as a cult film actor, performing in such B-Movie classics as Tromeo & Juliet, The Land that Time Forgot, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, and many others. Read more
