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MoviemakersHome is a co-production of Brooklyn Schoolyard and Good People. CREWWRITER / DIRECTOR Matt Zoller Seitz ABOUT THE MOVIEMAKERSDIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER/EDITOR Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz makes his feature debut with Home, which he wrote, produced, directed, and edited. Home was shot entirely in Seitz's house in Brooklyn, New York. Seitz previously produced Tinsel Town, a crime thriller written and directed by New Jersey-based independent filmmaker Kenneth del Vecchio (Pride and Loyalty). He is now preparing to write and direct his second feature, Galahad. Seitz is film critic of NYPress, TV columnist for the Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. His writing on film, TV and popular culture has appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, The Independent, Gear, Dallas Observer, SF Weekly, TV Guide, Sound and Vision, and Film Festival Reporter. His work has also been reprinted in Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes, The Making of a Charlie Brown Christmas, the published edition of Kevin Smith’s screenplays for Clerks and Chasing Amy, and in the anthologies The A-List, Essays for the 21st Century and Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Cuture for Writers. Seitz graduated from SMU in Dallas, where he studied English, journalism and film and worked as a projectionist and historian for the Southwest Film/Video Archives. Seitz is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, the Television Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, producer Jennifer Dawson, and his children, Hannah and James. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / EDITOR / SOUND DESIGN / POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Jeremy Seitz is a technical consultant to several New York business and PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER / 2nd UNIT DIRECTOR / ADDITIONAL CAMERA Sean Benjamin O'Dea is a multi-media producer who manages two small production companies. He has produced and managed hundreds of film-, documentary-, and news-style video projects, with budgets ranging from several hundred to several hundred thousand dollars, and is well-versed in producing, line producing, budgeting, unit production, and all aspects of linear and non-linear post-production. His corporate and industrial projects have won every major award in his field, including TeleCon Awards for Best Direct Satellite Production (both over and under $10,000), the International TeleConferencing Association's "Application of the Year" award, and many Telly and Communicator awards. O'Dea served as producer on Kenneth del Vecchio's Tinsel Town. COPRODUCER Jennifer Dawson cut her industry teeth at Twentieth Century Fox, first in Dallas, Texas, as a film booker, and then in New York City, in syndicated television sales. She is a 1992 graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where she studied English literature, film history and film production. Dawson has also worked as a literary festival organizer, a party photographer, an artist's model, a video store clerk, a museum guard and a church secretary, and she once wore a bear suit at Showbiz Pizza. Home is Dawson's return to her first love, moviemaking. COPRODUCER
/ SOUND DESIGN / DIALOGUE EDITOR Richard Seitz worked for 10 years as an in-house sound designer, audio engineer, composer, and dialogue editor for video games, television, short films and theatrical trailers. Game titles include The Hulk 2, Battlestar Galactica, Van Helsing, The Hobbit, Predator and Diablo 2. COPRODUCER / ACTOR / CASTING Stephen T. Neave is an actor, director, writer and producer, and the founder of Good People (http://www.wemegp.com), a movie company based in Brooklyn. Neave co-wrote, directed and starred in Good Humor, a black-and-white comedy about an idealistic college graduate who buys an ice cream truck hoping to become a beacon of joy for neighborhood children, only to receive a harsh lesson in the realities of being a small business owner. He and his friend and frequent collaborator, Steve Loff (see below), are developing a follow-up feature, Unconditional. He recently co-directed a production of John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation. Stephen enjoys movies, skin diving, dare-devilish behavior, speed walking, and free form base jumping. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Erin, and his super-fresh son, Jackson. DIRECTOR
OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jonathan Wolff is an accomplished photographer, visual artist, music video director and lighting designer who makes his debut as a feature film cinematographer with Home. He previously collaborated with Seitz on Tinsel Town, for which he served as lighting designer. Wolff is the in-house gaffer for Ft. Lee-based Sirk Productions, which produces and edits films, industrials, music videos and commercials. Wolff is a graduate of Hofstra University, where he majored in Film and Fine Art. ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY/ LOCATION SOUND Hopkins grew up in a few different neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and studied art, photography, and film at the Cooper Union, where he received a BFA. He then worked in film & video production and as a still photographer. He recently produced an audio tour for iPods about the US Custom House in lower Manhattan, and a music video for the all-girl band The FemmNameless. Upcoming projects include the multimedia play Single Hills. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / FIRST CAMERA / GAFFER Born, raised and still living in Brooklyn, Steve studied film production at CUNY’s Brooklyn College. Producer, Director, Shooter, Editor – Steve has worked in all facets of film and video production. He is the founder of Fire Escape Productions, based in Brooklyn, NY. Fire Escape Productions focuses on real-life, low-budget moviemaking. Steve began his career as a Production Assistant in 1998 on the hit TV Series, Law & Order, and most recently he produced two independent feature films, Remedy and Searching for Bobby D. He is currently in pre-production on another indie feature, Unconditional, written and directed by frequent collaborator Stephen T. Neave, a fellow Brooklyn College alum. To watch Loff's reel, visit fireescapeproductions.com. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / FIRST CAMERA When not immersed in filmmaking and writing, Eric C. Parkinson is an Information Architect at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He grew up in Mexico City, is an old friend of the filmmakers, has been a philosophy graduate student and instructor and is currently working on his first screenplay. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / ADR SUPERVISOR Bradley Spinelli holds a BFA in acting and directing, a driver’s license and a PADI card. Originally from North Dakota by way of Texas and San Francisco, he has traveled the U.S. (51 states), Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, North Africa and Oceania, written novels, short stories, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as three full-length plays. Theatre notables in Dallas include Harold Pinter’s The Dwarfs (co-producer, co-director, sound designer, actor) at Studio 23, his one-man piece, Walking Down (writer, performer) at No Shame, and his Butoh version of Endgame (producer, director, composer, musician). As a member of the punk band CLUTCH5, Spinelli co-wrote/performed the soundtrack for the short film Olives (Austin Gay/Lesbian Film Festival) and a song for the indie feature Cyberstalker (American Film Festival). His short Kind of Blue (co-producer, writer, director, actor) was shown at the Dallas Video Festival. In San Francisco, Spinelli hosted the argumentative TV pilot Source TV and worked for the New Pickle Circus. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / BOOM / SOUND MIXER Born and raised in Missouri, R.C. Sanders is a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and musician. He produced Straight for Missouri Theater in Columbia, Storms of Madness for Jesse Hall Theater in Columbia, and Lucifer's House for Fox Theater in St. Louis. As a musician, he founded and performed in the live hip-hop fusion band D'brethryn, and sold beats to Queen Latifah, Nelly and Flava Unit. His screenplays include the science fiction thriller Shades and the psychological thriller North Star. Sanders wrote and directed the short film Bard and Blade. He is currently writing, directing and producing his first feature, an ensemble comedy set in and around a nightclub. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER/MUSIC SUPERVISOR Barry was born and raised in Kansas City. In 1987, he moved to Dallas to attend SMU, where he first met many of the filmmakers on Home. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992, where he played bass for The Jobes and recorded two albums. Barry lives in Northampton, MA with his wife, Lisa. This is his first job in film. Prior to Home, Michael worked as a freelance art director and assistant costume designer on various independent films. In 2003 he wrote and directed the 20-minute short Mind's Ear with his brother, cinematographer and cameraman Lucas Owen. Michael was born in Brooklyn and currently lives in Carroll Gardens, just a few blocks from where he grew up.
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