Filmmakers
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, Screenwriter, Director, Executive Producer, Actress, “Lana”
Jeanne Marie is an international performance artist, actress, writer, director, producer and master herbalist. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the author of various books, including Beautiful Terrible & True and My Italia, Jeanne Marie is published in Shepherd Express, Blue Fifth Review, The Nervous Breakdown and A Gathering of Tribes and others. She is the founder and CEO of Seasons & a Muse, Inc., a seven-division arts and entertainment corporation, and the creator and face of Womanness Skin Care, pure organic cosmetics. Jeanne Marie has starred in movies and theatre, including “Field Day” and “The Scarapist,” on radio and television, like BBC, NPR and Lifetime TV’s “Jackie’s Back.” She has featured at festivals and venues worldwide, including Ladyfest, Lollapalooza, Bristol International Poetry Festival, Nuyorican Poets Café, Green Mill, Pabst Theatre, House of Blues, Comedy Store, Knitting Factory and others. She has performed and worked with students at schools like Art Center College of Design, Chapman University, Santa Monica College and Thousand Oaks High School. Jeanne Marie has received awards and nominations from Shepherd Express, Fade-In Magazine, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Vatican Division of Arts and Culture and others. She lives in Los Angeles.
Synthian Sharp, Director, Editor and Composer
Synthian is an award-winning rock musician, screenwriter and filmmaker. His debut position as lead singer in a rock band was solidified at age fourteen in the fallout of the rock quartet Quiet Riot. Four years later, Synthian was a two-time Orange County Battle Of The Bands Champion with three television performances under his belt, and songs spinning on top New York radio stations by popular request. Later, Synthian formed hardline, activist rock project, Exit Ophelia. The group’s music video, “Believe” made him the first rock musician ever to be given an Artivist Award, and although “Believe” is a music video, it has earned requested screenings by the United Nations, the Dalai Lama, and festivals the world over. University professors in several countries have adopted the video as standard viewing material in World Culture & Social Sciences programs, and students in Beijing China have been arrested for distributing it. The budget for “Believe” was $4. Since releasing “Believe,” Synthian founded The Dream Harder Foundation, produced four short films for leading animal and human rights charities, written two feature screenplays, co-directed “How I Became An Elephant” and “The Scarapist,” and composed the main theme to Val Kilmer’s “American Meth.” He lives in Orange County, California.
Guy Hoffman, Composer, Music Director
Guy has been playing drums since age nine. His public career began with the Shorewood High School concert orchestra. Guy first found acclaim with roots rock band BoDeans, and later became a member of folk punk legends Violent Femmes. Guy has worked with notable producers like T-Bone Burnett and Andy Johns. He appears on BoDeans debut album Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams, and can also be heard and seen on the Rhino Records reissue CD/DVD set, including music videos for “She’s A Runaway” and “Fadeaway.” His “Still the Night,” co-written with Sam Llanas and Kurt Newman, appears in “The Color of Money.” Guy reunited with BoDeans’ singer/songwriter Sam Llanas to record A Good Day To Die. Guy recorded two versions of “Blister In The Sun” with Violent Femmes for the “Grosse Pointe Blank” motion picture soundtrack. The Violent Femmes release, Violent Femmes: Archive Series No. 2 – Live in Chicago at Q101, features Guy on drums and vocals. Guy has also featured in motion picture and television productions such as “Woodstock ’94,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” VH-1 Hard Rock Live, MTV and more. He is the composer and music director of films such as “Field Day” and “The Scarapist.” Guy has performed in numerous music videos and on talk shows like American Bandstand and Late Night With Conan O’Brian. He lives in Los Angeles.