FILMMAKER - DAVID B. SHARP

Writer/Director/Producer David B. Sharp is an Emmy-award winning special visual effects artist, published author and screenwriter with over twenty years in the film business.

As a first-time feature film director, Sharp notes, "Sveener and The Shmiel is a culmination of my years of 'movie-building' experience with miniatures, special effects, puppet-making, practical and visual effects on movies such as Passion of the Christ, Mission Impossible II, Event Horizon, The Arrival, Muppets From Space, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppet Christmas Carol, and more. He adds, "My goal with the Sveener movie is to create a film that provokes the viewer, is generously entertaining, and wildly different than anything you have ever seen before. My neighbor calls it 'lightning in a bottle'. I hope that Sveener and The Shmiel lives up to his grand assessment."

Sharp's screenwriting background dates to the early 1990's and includes the sale of his first screenplay, Co-Pilot. He currently has several screenplays in development and two ready for production (read: investors).

David's passion for movies began when he saw "Planet of the Apes" and was sealed when his parents took him to "2001: A Space Odyssey". Spending his adolescent years alternating between Toluca Lake, California and Mexico City, his interest in moviemaking and miniatures continued to grow. His first job in the film industry was at Coast Special Effects in North Hollywood, CA, sweeping the stage floors. He soon progressed to helping in the animation department and creating special visual effects for commercials, television and film projects. In the 1990's, Sharp established his own special effects company, David B. Sharp Productions, Inc., delivering hundreds of effects shots and sequences for many, many television programs, commercials, and feature films. For David's filmography, please click here to visit Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - David B. Sharp page.

In his current feature film project, Sveener and The Shmiel (SATS), Sharp delivers a thought-provoking, funny, sometimes startling and often disturbing, cinematic experience. This filmmaker has a voice that has not been heard until now - Sveener and The Shmiel is a new film that delivers a fresh perspective. The 80-minute movie is not yet rated, but it's hovering near an "R" for violence, the "f-word" times two, and butt cheek nudity.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - THOMAS D. GLEASON

Thomas D. Gleason (www.cinewidgets.com) is an award-winning cinematographer for the 35mm short film, That's That ("Best Cinematography" - Hi Mom! Film Festival, April 2002). Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Tom got his start in the film business playing a zombie in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. He moved to the West Coast in the mid-80's and began a career in visual effects constructing miniatures and mechanical effects for such projects as Beetlejuice, Terminator 2, Waterworld, Titanic, and Muppets From Space. He later shifted his emphasis to cinematography and began working as a camera assistant on various film and television projects such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith, HBO's In Treatment, and MTV's Cribs. He has gone on to shoot sequences for The Arrival and The X-Files Movie and was Director of Photography for the short film The Glitch (2008). Sveener and The Shmiel, shot in HDV, is Tom's first feature film credit as Director of Photography.

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR - RICHARD MALZAHN

Richard Malzahn, founder of Perpetual Motion Pictures (www.pmpfx.com), is widely recognized for his pioneering digital visual effects. He is credited as the Visual Effects Supervisor most recently on Rush Hour 3, Knocked up and Blades of Glory. Other film projects include The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Manchurian Candidate, Big Fat Liar, Scary Movie, The Jackal, Titanic, Muppets from Space, and many more.