Guests

Ron Aberdeen

Has completed twelve original, commercially viable spec screenplays and wrote five more with writing partners.He also completed eight screenplays as assignments for producers or directors.‘Friends of my Enemies’ won Script of the Month on TriggerStreet in February 2008, ‘The Gunfighter’ won the same award in September 2008 and ‘Recompense’ was nominated for the award in September 2006. In late 2009, Ron was commissioned to write six fifty minutes episodes for a new TV series being produced in 2010, (recently changed to thirteen 30 minute episodes). In January 2010, he was commissioned to write a feature screenplay for a prestigious Anglo-Chinese-Hong Kong project. Ron is a 65 well traveled youth. He was previously the CEO for an International machine manufacturing company and a marketing executive for the Sony Corporation.

Kelley Baker

Kelley Baker is well known for working with other people. He was the sound designer on six of Gus Van Sant’s feature films including, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, GOOD WILL HUNTING, and FINDING FORRESTER. He designed the sound on Todd Haynes feature film, FAR FROM HEAVEN, with Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore. He was the picture editor/sound designer on Will Vinton’s The Adventure’s of Mark Twain, and Meet The Raisins for CBS.

Kelley has written and directed three full‑length features, eight short films and a few documentaries. Kelley films have aired on PBS, The Learning Channel, and Canadian and Australian television and have been shown at Film Festivals like London, Sydney, Annecy and Edinburgh.

John Bender

For the past twenty years Mr. Bender has been functioning as a professional journalist writing fine art and music criticism/analysis, inclusive of a regular column for Film Score Monthly and special feature articles for Video Watchdog magazine.  John specializes in essays for premiere CD release of both domestic and international film scores, including prestige digital restorations of such scores as LAST TANGO IN PARIS, BULLITT, COLPO MAESTRO AL SERVIZIO DI SUA MAESTRA BRITANNICA, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, NAVAJO JOE, LA MORTE HA FATTO L’UOVO, THE FIVE MAN ARMY, CLASSIC ITALIAN SOUNDTRACKS: SPAGHETTI WESTERNS, and EYE OF THE DEVIL. He was the first American journalist to publish English-language interviews with Peter Thomas (renowned German film composer), Edda Dell’Orso (famed female vocalist of Italian cinema), and Peter Tevis (seminal balladeer of the Italian spaghetti westerns).

Daniel Emery Taylor

Daniel Emery Taylor is best known to comic/sci-fi fans as “Darryl Hallenbeck” in the cult classic monsterfest The Return Of Swamp Thing. The sequel finds the mucky DC superhero falling for the beautiful Abigail Arcane while attempting to vanquish his archenemy (and Abigail’s stepfather) Anton Arcane. As two young boys attempt to capture Swamp Thing on film (much like other loveable losers who have tracked Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster) they constantly run into trouble from mutants and Arcane’s armed mercenaries. Luckily, Swampy has a tendency to save the day.

Daniel went on to gain modest fame for his role. He followed that up with spots on television’s In The Heat Of The Night and the critically acclaimed I’ll Fly Away. He was a regular on local programming and commercials, even doing some modeling and print work for regional and national business. His next trip to the silver screen found him in the Tom Green comedy Road Trip.
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Bert I. Gordon

He is best known for a series of giant monster movies (for which he earned the nickname Mr. B.I.G) , but he has also made ghost stories, occult thrillers, magical adventures and sex romps. He is a producer, director and writer, who has also worked with his own special effects. Going back to 1955, his filmography includes such classics as “The Beginning of the End” (1957), “The Amazing Colossal Man” (1957), “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958), “Tormented” (1960), “The Magic Sword” (1962), “Village of the Giants” (1965), “Picture Mommy Dead” (1966), “Necromancy” (1972), “The Food of the Gods” (1976), “Empire of the Ants” (1977)” and “Satan’s Princess” (1990), among many others. He is Bert I. Gordon and he brings his years of moviemaking prowess to the B-Movie Celebration this weekend.

Lloyd Kaufman

Just say the word “Troma” and a barrage of mind-bending movie craziness comes to your mind: “The Toxic Avenger,” “Class of Nuke’em High,” “Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD,” “Terror Firmer,” “Redneck Zombies,” “Rabid Grannies,” “Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead” and the list goes on. All of these were brought to you by the brain of Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Pictures and a producer/director in his own right, having authored the books “Make Your Own Damn Movie,” “Direct Your Own Damn Movie” and “Produce Your Own Damn Movie.” Kaufman once again makes his presence known this weekend backed with over 40 years in the movie business

Daniel Roebuck

Having made his feature film debut starring in the teen comedy CAVEGIRL Daniel Roebuck quickly realized that there was only one direction to travel in his career. Up! Soon after CAVEGIRL, Roebuck established himself as one of the industry’s youngest character actors with his haunting portrayal as the teenage killer, Samson in THE RIVER’S EDGE.

Since then Daniel Roebuck has continually challenged himself with each new role he undertakes. His fearlessness was readily apparent as Roebuck took on the guise of Jay Leno in THE LATE SHIFT, HBO’s critically acclaimed telefilm, written by Bill Carter, directed by Betty Thomas, and executive produced by Ivan Reitman. THE LATE SHIFT detailed the “late night wars” as NBC jockeyed for the services of Jay Leno and David Letterman following Johnny Carson’s retirement from “The Tonight Show.” Roebuck described the task of playing such a high-visibility entertainer as “the hardest thing I’ve ever done.” However, after driving past Leno while on his way to an initial make-up test for the role, Roebuck believes there is a “definite serendipity” to his involvement in the project.

Never one to be satisfied, Daniel stepped into another set of famous shoes when he was asked to play Garry Marshall in BEHIND THE CAMERA; MORK AND MINDY, THE UNAUTHORIZED STORY. A long time fan of Marshall’s oeuvre, Roebuck was thrilled to yet another leap into the world of Bio pics.

Aside from his numerous on camera projects, Daniel has recently lent his voice to two animated films. In the first, CHRISTMAS IS HERE AGAIN, Daniel plays an elf named Paul Rocco. Roebuck is also producing the 2007 release.

The second film is THE HAUNTED WORLD OF ELSUPERBEASTO. In it, Daniel reprises his role of Morris Green, from Rob Zombie’s THE DEVIL’S REJECTS. Although many actors have played the same character in 2 different movies, this may be the first time that one project was live action and the second film was animated!

In 2005 Roebuck settled back into series television when he joined the cast of LOST in the last three episodes of the acclaimed series’ first season. Daniel played the misunderstood Dr. Leslie Arzt and made TV history when he exploded on camera in the season finale!

Jim O’Rear

Has been involved in the entertainment industry for over twenty five years, beginning his career on tour as The Youngest Professional Magician with David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone Jr., and The Great Tomsoni and opening for acts like Cheap Trick and John Anderson.

With his “magical” background and having been trained in New York at The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts, it was only natural that Jim move into the realm of film, television, and theater where he has worked steadily as an actor, stuntman, and special make-up effects artist on such projects as Day Of The Dead, Star Trek 4, The Vampire Wars, Lethal Weapon 3, Creature Feature, Hayride Slaughter, Cop & A Half, Psycho Beach Party, Evita, Little Shop Of Horrors, No Retreat No Surrender 3, Mortal Kombat: Conquest, and many more with actors including Martin Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Mel Gibson, Amanda Plummer, Maximillian Schell, Robert Englund, Jon Voight, Chris Sarandon, and others.

Wanting to get some of his own ideas onto the screen, Jim successfully moved into the area of screen writing. Although competition is tough, he has written and sold a number of horror-related screenplays, including The House Of Pain (in development with Robert “Freddy” Englund, Gunnar “Leatherface” Hansen, Tom “Friday The 13th” Savini, Bill “ChopTop” Moseley, and Debbie “Scream Queen” Rochon), Hayride Slaughter, Hayride Slaughter 2, The Deadly Obligation, Vampyre Tales, and (currently in production) Wolfsbayne. Jim also placed third in 2003 for Best Screenplay in TSA’s screen writing competition and is a current finalist for Best Screenplay in the Fade In Screenplay contest and Writer’s Network competition. Pre-production has just begun in Los Angeles on his new screenplay, The Demons 5, featuring an all-star horror cast.

Tony Randel

Tony Randel got his start working for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures and worked on the special visual effects for films like “Battle Beyond The Stars”(1980), “Galaxy of Terror” (1981) and “Forbidden World” (1982). He has since made his name as a director in the B-movie world, hemming such films as “Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time” (1992), “Children of the Night” (1991) and “Fist of the North Star” (1995).” His most recent feature is “The Double Born” (2008). He has also directed several episodes of the television series “Power Rangers In Space” and “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. In addition to all of that, he has been an editor and a screenwriter of various B productions. Randel brings a wealth of B-movie experience to the table which he will share with us this weekend.

Jim Wynorski

Jim Wynorski is one of the most prolific B-movie directors working today. Starting with 1985’s “The Lost Empire,” he has directed over 80 features with no end in sight whatsoever. Some titles from his library include “Chopping Mall” (1986), “Big Bad Mama II” (1987), “Transylvania Twist” (1989), “Sorceress” (1995), “Gargoyle” (2004 as Jay Andrews), “Cry of the Winged Serpent” (2006 as Jamie Wagner) and “A.I. Assault” (a.k.a. “Shockwave”)(2007, as Jay Andrews). He was recently the subject of a documentary “Popatopolis,” which documents his attempt to produce a feature film in 3 days. A regular at the B-Movie Celebration, Wynorski is back once again to spread his B-Movie wisdom to you lucky people.

Golden Cob Winners in Attendance

Brooke Lewis Bets B Movie Scream Queen

A native of Philadelphia, the vivacious and versatile Brooke Lewis has made a quick impact as both an actress and producer. Brooke relocated to New York, where she began her professional career. Her first major taste of the limelight came from Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding – the Off-Broadway hit comedy- in which she played the “prima donna” bridesmaid Donna Marsala. Brooke soon signed with Tazmania/Metropolitan Records and released the freestyle song “Get Me Off Your Mind”. Brooke would also find success on-screen, appearing in The Rules (For Men), A Packing Suburbia, Fare Well Miss Fortune, and Pride & Loyalty. She headed west – to Hollywood. There, she would create Philly Chick Pictures, an endeavor designed to increase opportunities in front of the camera, as well as behind it. Since making the move, Brooke has had roles in, or on, several projects, including, Quintuplets, Mafiosa, Break, Gerald, Dahmer Vs. Gacy and Double Tap. She recently starred opposite Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster) in the indie TV pilot/web series Life’s A Butch. Some of this firecracker’s impressive producing credits include: Circuit Riders (actress/producer), Broken Angel (co-producer), Kinky Killers (actress/co-executive producer) and iMurders (actress/executive producer). Among projects still in production, or yet to be released, are The Drum Beats Twice (actress/executive producer), The Sinatra Club (actress/producer) and Slime City Massacre (actress/associate producer). In March of 2009, Brooke launched the Ms. Vampy TV/talk show/web series, in which she starred, produced and directed! She was honored by Screamqueen.com as SCREAM QUEEN OF THE MONTH November 2008!!! SCARS MAGAZINE honored her with the centerfold and interview in March 2009 and she graced the October 2009 Cover of SCARS with iMURDERS Co-star Tony Todd. Last Doorway Productions chose her as the first ever BLEEDING BEAUTY OF THE MONTH August 2009 and she was chosen SINISTER GIRL of 2009 by SinisterSpace. Spreading out to SciFi, she is SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s SLICE OF SCIFI’s SLICE QUEEN. As if she is not busy enough, Brooke strongly believes in charity work and was chosen HOT HUNKS OF HORROR HOTTIE 2009. The amazing “hunky horror” calendar benefits the Lynn Sage Foundation for Breast Cancer Research and Brooke promoted this cause throughout the year. She is also an award sponsor for the favorite horror film festival Shriekfest. Brooke is a proud member of Women In Film and Film Independent. And, during football season (when she finally decides to take a break from working!), you will always find her at a sports bar cheering for the Philadelphia EAGLES!

Chuck Cirino Best Soundtrack Bone Eater

Chuck has worked as a producer, director, filmmaker, videographer, animator, special effects technician, editor, and composer. Chuck is best known for executive producing and directing Weird TV, a television series featuring weird Americans, bizarre news, unbelievable events and outlandish skits. In addition to earlier national syndication, Weird.TV was a hot property on MSN Video and nominated for 3 Webby Awards under the categories of Best Humor, Best Use of Animation or Graphics and Best Weird. Chuck has directed projects for Disney, CBS, FOX, TLC and PBS among others. He has produced reality segments for Strange Universe, Real TV, The 90′s Channel, and BBC’s Yankee Pankee. Chuck’s credits also include executive producer and director of the Sci Fi Channel projects, Worldwide Weird and Warped In Space, and Baberellas; an independent Sci Fi feature distributed by Xenon Pictures. Chuck’s work includes directing the entire run of The Federated Group’s TV commercials with Shadoe Stevens—a Southern California commercial phenomenon, creative direction for Planet Hollywood’s worldwide in-house TV Series, Planet TV; directing music videos for bands like Earth, Wind & Fire and The Dickies, editing Martin Mull’s, and The History of White People In America.

In the late-1980s Chuck began scoring films for Roger Corman. He recorded over 40 musical soundtracks for these movies through the mid-1990s. Today he has at least 7 films playing on Syfy. In the last few years Chuck worked at HBO New Media producing comedy songs, sketches, directing and editing content. He is currently with Break.com post producing several branded web series.

Jim O’Rear (see above) Best B Movie Actor

Jessica Cameron Rising B Movie Actress

Jessica Cameron was born and raised in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada and moved to Toronto to study fashion at Ryerson University. After finishing her degree she moved to Ohio to work as a fashion designer and in her spare time she decided to try an acting class. The acting bug bit, and Jessica has since made acting her full time career. In the two short years she has been acting, she has already been involved in cast in a number of roles for music videos, TV shows and feature films. Most recently she will be playing Princess Areola in the feature film Potpourri directed by Elliot Diviney. She just wrapped on the feature film Resurrection, directed by Jeff Burr.