Brian Evenson: [ Writer ]

Brian Evenson

He has translated work by Rafael Cadenas, Jean Fremon and Jacques Jout.
He received an O.Henry Award for his story Two Brothers which the screenplay for Prophets and Brothers has been adapted from. Evenson has also twice received O. Henry honorable mentions and is the recipient of the Glenna Luschei Prarie Schooner award.
In 1995 he received an NEA Fellowship; that same year he was told by Brigham Young University that if he continued to write fiction in the same vein as his first book, Altmann's Tongue, he would be fired. Instead, Evenson chose to leave BYU and the Mormon Church of his own free will and to teach at Oklahoma State University where he taught for four years. In 1999 he moved to University of Denver, where he was the Director of Creative Writing.
Evenson's short fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Conjunctions, The Quarterly, Prarie Schooner, Third Bed, The Southern Review, and a number of other magazines. He now teaches in the creative writing program at Brown University, and is a senior editor for Conjunctions.
Prophets and Brothers is Evenson's first screenplay.

Emily Kirst: [ Lyndi ]

Emily made her film debut in Katherine Allen’s “The Enchanting Box” starring as “The Girl”.

Emily Kirst. Photo by Marina Levitskaya

The film has been featured at various festivals including The Gotham Film Festival and the San Diego Women’s Film Festival.

Emily most recently appeared in the independent film “The Father, Unblinking” a short film by director Ziggy Attias, which is currently on the film festival circuit.

In addition to her acting, Emily satisfies her performing arts desire with six years of jazz, hip hop and tap classes as well as a theatre class. She just recently began playing the flute and singing in her school chorus.

When she is not performing, Emily enjoys spending time with her friends, riding horses, and playing on her soccer team.

Emily was born in Kearny, NJ and now makes her home in Monmouth County, NJ with her parents and baby sister.

Sergei Krasikau: [ Producer ]

Sergei Krasikau. Photo by Marina Levitskaya

NY-based versatile producer with a very wide range of experience - political and social documentaries, art movies,
independent features, music videos, extreme sports (climbing, white water kayaking...), etc.

Among his recent jobs are an experimental feature shot during RNC last year, several DV and 16mm shorts and TV pilots, Line Producing a feature for Russian TV network, a CNN documentary on Muslim extremism in US, a SHOWTIME documentary about "Rosa Parks of Pakistan" - a victim of ritual gang rape turned civil rights advocate.

Demian Barba: [ Cinematographer ]

Born and raised in Mexico City, working as a PA on film sets since 16 years old and throughout high school .

Demian Barba. Photo by Marina Levitskaya

Rejected from film school (for which in retrospective, he's very thankful), joined a young, busy production company where for 3 years worked on commercials and music videos. In search of a rounded art and humanities education, he took non-credit classes at the University IberoAmericana and the National Autonomous University of Mexico - film, philosophy, art history, aesthetics, communications, history, literature and dramaturgy. Then, in 2001 - New York City: to study at the New York Film Academy. He hasn't left New York since.

Credits: the DP on 3 mini-DV features and over 15 short films (most of them shot on 16mm), in addition to countlessjobs as an AC, gaffer, grip, and electrician. The productions have ranged from Taiwanese soap opera features, college thesis films, and Paulina Rubio music videos to the four million dollar short film by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Amores Perros", "21 Grams") for BMW.

BLOW UP HOLLYWOOD: [ Original Score ]

Reviews for from the bands website
www.BLOWUPHOLLYWOOD.com

"This music is very intriguing, as dark, brooding, and haunting as the angel of death itself."
Reviewed by Keith Hannaleck, Progressive World,

Blow Up Hollywood

"blow up hollywood is a stark and thoughtfully composed meditation on death, dying, life and the afterlife, featuring plaintiff pianos, viably poignant vocals and mournful strings that quickly and consistently carve the path for clarity and introspection. It's hard to find words for a release this fresh and intelligent, so it's probably best to say that this is an absolute essential meant for those who wish to brace both beauty and sadness.
Reviewed by Jedd Beaudoin

"blow up hollywood bends, nay, breaks musical genre lines without even trying. every single track strikes the listener to the core, and most defy definition."
Kelly Marshall - Rocket Fuel

"In a category all by themselves...Once again, Blow Up Hollywood captured my imagination with thought provoking soundscapes and wove an intelligent provocative story within their music. Intellectual music for everyone, how many bands are making music like that?"
© Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck-http://www.muzikreviews.com

"Overwhelming and astonishingly powerful...Blow Up Hollywood's full-blown huge sound is a marvel to behold. The songs evolve slowly, taking on one idea after another without sounding forced. And when the summation arrives, it's like a revelation from beyond the veil. Blow Up Hollywood is definitely putting itself in the running as a truly "important" band."
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