Penny Dreadfuls

James Arnall, like his distant relative, Ellis Arnall, former President of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, is a self-proclaimed “practical idealist.” He is also a self-taught filmmaker who brings his no-nonsense Missouri perspective to the intriguing world of Hollywood. While happily married with two new babies, he does have an attraction to stories involving spousal death. And while abiding the law, he is fascinated with all things criminal. Sharing sensibilities with Hitchcock and Haneke, James' friends and family are happy (relieved) he has found writing and filmmaking as an outlet for an “active” imagination.

Zelda trained to become a filmmaker by working in the pit crew of a drag racing team, catering high end affairs, milking cows, designing equipment for NASA and overseeing the energy efficiency of power plants. She's happy to explain how degrees in Psychology and Engineering from Stanford coupled with life experience spanning between her start in the Appalachians to years as a political and environmental activist in San Francisco and Washington, D.C all mesh with training at the Film Arts Foundation to create a film director and producer.

Carolyn Hennesy, a Los Angeles native, has been in over 100 theatrical productions spanning the LA, regional and international theatre scenes.

Carolyn trained at the American Conservatory Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, as well as earning a dramatic scholorship to the California State University at Northridge. She has played on the stages at the Mark Taper Forum, Arizona Theatre Company and the Geary Stage. She also studied with the Groundlings in the early '90's and became a member of the Sunday Company. From there she moved to the main company at the ACME Comedy Theatre where she performed for five years to critical acclaim. She has performed in the all-star improv show “The Cream” at ACME and was a founding member of the all-female improv troupe, “Ovaryaction.” Carolyn is the 2000 recipient of the prestigious Natalie Schafer Award for Outstanding Comedic Actress given by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and has been featured as an “Actor's Actor” in the industry publication Backstage West.

Films include “Terminator 3,” “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blond,” “The Polar Express,” and “Wave Babes.” Television work includes many regular guest and recurring roles on shows such as “What I Like About You,” “Half and Half,” “Any Day Now,” “Reba,” “Providence,” “That 70's Show,” and “Dawson's Creek.” She can currently be seen on the daytime drama “General Hospital” as “Diane Miller.”

In addition to a full-time acting career, Carolyn also teaches improvisational comedy and is the author of the “Pandora series of novels for young adults.
 

Donald's recent stage work was the “The Pugilist Specialist” at the Elephant Theatre in Los Angeles. He has also performed in “Free Fanjul,” “Von Lutz,” “Harvest,” and as a member of Theater of NOTE, Donald performed in “Death of Griffin Hunter,” “Girl under Grain,” “Poulet Giganticus” (LA Weekly Award nominee – Best Actor) and the late night short “Eight Seconds” Donald was also recognized with a Drama-Logue Award for his work in “Walking Wounded,” written directed by Lynn Mamet and staged at the Sanford Meisner Center. Television work includes roles on “Punk'd,” “Huntress,” “Profiler,” “General Hospital,” “Saved by the Bell,” and “Days of Our Lives.” Film work includes “Scream of the Bikini”, “Sabotage” and “Feeding” with his lovely and talented wife, Carolyn Hennesy.

Michele Boyd is an actress living and working in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to working previously with director Zelda Hallman on the 48 Hour Film Festival entry "The Memo", Michele currently plays the recurring character "Riley" on the award-winning web series "The Guild" with Felicia Day. Michele also co-hosts the series "Machines of Malice" on the Discovery Channel.

Michele grew up in San Diego, CA, but moved to Los Angeles from Boston. When not acting, she's either increasing her geek status by playing far too many video games, or snowboarding up at Big Bear. You can follow Michele on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/micheleboyd or find out more at http://www.micheleboyd.com.
 

Christopher Collard is a painter and a musician and an actor on stage, television and film. He plays many instruments and is an excellent whistler. You can find out much more about Chris at his web site – http://www.christophercollard.com.

James Arnall, like his distant relative, Ellis Arnall, former President of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, is a self-proclaimed “practical idealist.” He is also a self-taught filmmaker who brings his no-nonsense Missouri perspective to the intriguing world of Hollywood. While happily married with two new babies, he does have an attraction to stories involving spousal death. And while abiding the law, he is fascinated with all things criminal. Sharing sensibilities with Hitchcock and Haneke, James' friends and family are happy (relieved) he has found writing and filmmaking as an outlet for an “active” imagination.

Zelda trained to become a filmmaker by working in the pit crew of a drag racing team, catering high end affairs, milking cows, designing equipment for NASA and overseeing the energy efficiency of power plants. She's happy to explain how degrees in Psychology and Engineering from Stanford coupled with life experience spanning between her start in the Appalachians to years as a political and environmental activist in San Francisco and Washington, D.C all mesh with training at the Film Arts Foundation to create a film director and producer.

Dilip Isaac is a skilled artist both behind the camera as well as heading post-production. His skills in design and color make him a versatile visionary. Painting with light and pixels makes him a jack of many trades.