CREW BIOGRAPHIES
LINAS PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR
A graduate of New York University’s Experimental Theater Wing, Linas Phillips started out as a live performer of experimental theater and alternative comedy while living in New York City. Linas’ day job for over 5 years was babysitting special needs kids, with whom he started making short videos. Since then he has made several short video projects, including "Salome Duoba" ,a documentary about his 93-year-old Lithuanian grandmother which he directed, shot and edited.
He is currently working on a new documentary entitled, Great Speeches From a Dying World, featuring a cast of homeless people performing famous speeches from history.
DAYNA HANSON, PRODUCER
Experimental stage director and 2006 Guggenheim Fellow in Choreography, Dayna Hanson was Co-Artistic Director of Seattle-based dance theater company 33 Fainting Spells from 1994 until 2006. Hanson co-directed the 16mm short ‘Measure’ (2001), the first dance film ever to be selected in the New York Film Festival, and ‘Entry,’ winner of Best Experimental Short award at Seattle International Film Festival in 2003. ‘Measure’ is featured on First Run Features’ ‘Dance for Camera’ dvd. From 1999 until 2003, Hanson was co-curator of New Dance Cinema, the Pacific Northwest’s only dance film festival. Her latest work for the stage, ‘We Never Like Talking About the End,’premiered at On the Boards in December 2006. Her newest short, ‘Rainbow,’ premierd at Seattle International Film Festival in June 2007, which she is developing into narrative feature film.
BEN KASULKE, CAMERA
Ben Kasulke graduated from Ithaca College with a B.S. in Cinema Production,including advanced study at the Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akadmie Muzickych Umní, Prague’s National Academy of Film. His professional experience includes employment with The Image Treasury, Negative Cutting and Conforming, Raindance Film Festival, and the Olympia Film Society. Ben has been the staff director of photography for The Film Company, an award winning Seattle based non-profit film studio, since its inception in 2005. He is the recipient of the KodakVision award for his cinematography on Lynn Shelton’s Grand Jury Prize winning “We Go Way back” at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival. Most recently, Ben was the cinematographer for Guy Maddin's latest film, 'Brand Upon The Brain!'.
JUSTIN HUBBARD, MUSIC
Singer and guitarist for the band, Turpentine Brothers, Justin Hubbard was deeply inspired by the solitude of Linas's raw footage. He and the Turpentine Brothers, (Tara McManus and Zack Brines) also contribute 2 songs from their album, "We Don't Care About You're Good Times". To hear them go to www.turpentinebrothers.com or www.myspace.com/turpentinebrothers
A graduate of New York University’s Experimental Theater Wing, Linas Phillips started out as a live performer of experimental theater and alternative comedy while living in New York City. Linas’ day job for over 5 years was babysitting special needs kids, with whom he started making short videos. Since then he has made several short video projects, including "Salome Duoba" ,a documentary about his 93-year-old Lithuanian grandmother which he directed, shot and edited.
He is currently working on a new documentary entitled, Great Speeches From a Dying World, featuring a cast of homeless people performing famous speeches from history.
DAYNA HANSON, PRODUCER
Experimental stage director and 2006 Guggenheim Fellow in Choreography, Dayna Hanson was Co-Artistic Director of Seattle-based dance theater company 33 Fainting Spells from 1994 until 2006. Hanson co-directed the 16mm short ‘Measure’ (2001), the first dance film ever to be selected in the New York Film Festival, and ‘Entry,’ winner of Best Experimental Short award at Seattle International Film Festival in 2003. ‘Measure’ is featured on First Run Features’ ‘Dance for Camera’ dvd. From 1999 until 2003, Hanson was co-curator of New Dance Cinema, the Pacific Northwest’s only dance film festival. Her latest work for the stage, ‘We Never Like Talking About the End,’premiered at On the Boards in December 2006. Her newest short, ‘Rainbow,’ premierd at Seattle International Film Festival in June 2007, which she is developing into narrative feature film.
BEN KASULKE, CAMERA
Ben Kasulke graduated from Ithaca College with a B.S. in Cinema Production,including advanced study at the Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akadmie Muzickych Umní, Prague’s National Academy of Film. His professional experience includes employment with The Image Treasury, Negative Cutting and Conforming, Raindance Film Festival, and the Olympia Film Society. Ben has been the staff director of photography for The Film Company, an award winning Seattle based non-profit film studio, since its inception in 2005. He is the recipient of the KodakVision award for his cinematography on Lynn Shelton’s Grand Jury Prize winning “We Go Way back” at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival. Most recently, Ben was the cinematographer for Guy Maddin's latest film, 'Brand Upon The Brain!'.
JUSTIN HUBBARD, MUSIC
Singer and guitarist for the band, Turpentine Brothers, Justin Hubbard was deeply inspired by the solitude of Linas's raw footage. He and the Turpentine Brothers, (Tara McManus and Zack Brines) also contribute 2 songs from their album, "We Don't Care About You're Good Times". To hear them go to www.turpentinebrothers.com or www.myspace.com/turpentinebrothers
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