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Chris
Eska - Writer, Director, Editor
Chris
was raised in Ottine,
Texas (pop. 98) and studied sociology and art at Rice University before attending UCLA's
MFA film directing program. His short films have screened on PBS,
at the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Competition, the Texas Filmmaker's Showcase, and at
festivals worldwide. After taking a one-year leave of absence from UCLA
to backpack across India and Asia, Chris returned to Japan to produce
Doki-Doki, his master's thesis film. Doki-Doki
premiered on the national PBS series Independent
Lens with an introduction by Susan Sarandon.
August Evening is his first feature and was nominated for
two 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, where it won the John Cassavetes
Award.
Visit Chris Eska's website |
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Connie
Hill - Producer
Connie is
the director of interactive education for the PBS station serving
Houston and southeast Texas. She is responsible for educational
technology projects and online educational content for local
productions. She has received Telly Awards and the Lone Star Emmy
Award for her work on HoustonPBS programs. Recently, she was script
supervisor for the short film, Abbey's Road. Connie is also a
certified teacher in Elementary Education PK-6 and English as a
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Jason
Wehling - Producer
Jason grew up in Georgetown, Texas and met Chris
while studying at Rice University. While there, he wrote, directed
and edited numerous projects, including a feature narrative called
Lemmy Lemmm… In 2002, he was hired by PBS headquarters
outside Washington, DC, to evaluate projects and proposals for the
national primetime schedule, and in 2005, he returned to Texas to
produce August Evening. Recently, Jason associate produced
an award-winning documentary called A Place to Dance
and worked as coordinating producer on an episode of Forecast
Earth for The Weather Channel. |
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Yasu
Tanida - Director of Photography
Yasu is a Los Angeles based cinematographer
having photographed award-winning feature films, music videos, and
commercials. He holds a BFA from Chapman University where he
won the Einstein Award and the Kodak Best Cinematography Award in
2001. Some of Yasu's work include Olatunde Osunsanmi's
The Cavern for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Greg
Hatanaka's Until the Night, and the upcoming
Ways of the Flesh for Dennis Cooper, and Universal
Remote for Gary Hardwick. This is Yasu's second
collaboration with Chris, having shot his award-winning short film
Doki-Doki in Tokyo, Japan.
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Jonathan Hughes - Original Music
Jonathan works as
a musician and graphic designer in Buffalo, New York. He composes mainly
electronic music, and also plays bass and guitar. He has released
two records of ambient music on the San Francisco based label The
Foundry —"Trillium" in 2002 and "Fluidities" in 2005. In
addition to August Evening, he has composed music for the
documentaries Dishes and Donut Day.
Visit Jonathan Hughes' website
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Windy &
Carl - Music
After a
lifetime of listening to and being influenced by music, Windy Weber
and Carl Hultgren began writing music together in 1993. After self-releasing early works on their own Blueflea
record label, in 1997 Kranky Ltd in Chicago adopted Windy & Carl onto the
label - a place they still fondly call home. Depths (1997),
Consciousness (2001), and The Dreamhouse (2005) are all on Kranky.
While it may be hard to define Windy & Carl's sound, the guitars,
bass, occasional keyboard and vocals are generally ambient in nature
- music great for coloring the background or forefront of any
activity - walks in the park, driving, afternoon naps.
They create music with a wide range of atmospheres - from a warm
fuzzy blanket to a deep ocean to the open spaces of a frozen Antarctic.
Windy & Carl spend much of their time running their own record store in
Dearborn, Michigan - Stormy Records. Visit
Windy & Carl's website |
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