Hilary Ann Swank is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. Her Hollywood film career began with a small part in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1992) and then a major part in "The Next Karate Kid" (1994), where she played Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of the sensei Mr. Miyagi. She has become known for her two Oscar-winning performances: first as Brandon Teena, a transgender man in the movie "Boys Don't Cry", …

Shareeka Epps (born July 11, 1989) is an African-American actress. Epps was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She starred in the Oscar-nominated 2006 film "Half Nelson", alongside Ryan Gosling. The film was based on the low budget, short film "Gowanus, Brooklyn," in which she also starred alongside Matt Kerr.

Thomas Haden Church (born June 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actor.

Catalina Sandino Moreno is an Academy Award-nominated Colombian actress. Sandino was born in Bogotá, Colombia to a pathologist mother. Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. She relocated to New York City in 2004, after she was "discovered" at the Rubén Di Pietro acting school in Bogotá.

Neil LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Born in Detroit, Michigan, LaBute was raised in Spokane, Washington. He studied theater at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church; see also Mormon). At BYU he also met actor Aaron Eckhart, who would later play leading roles in several of his films.

Chris Carter is a Los Angeles-based disc jockey and music/film producer who started his music career as a founding member and bass player with alternative rock/power pop band Dramarama. After Dramarama originally split in 1994, Carter formed QM Management, which used to manage LA pop group The Wondermints, currently best known as Beach Boy Brian Wilson's touring backing band. Until September 2006, KLSX aired Chris's Breakfast with the Beatles, …

Michael Cuesta (Born July 8, 1963) is an American film screenwriter and director. He received a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in 1985. Cuesta wrote and directed the 2001 independent film, "L.I.E." which starred Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Billy Kay, and Bruce Altman. "L.I.E." received critical acclaim and two Independent Spirit Awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

Born in Harlem and raised in the Lower East Side of Manhatten nineteen-year old Victor Rasuk started acting at the age of 13. He graduated in January 2003 from the Professional Performing Arts High School and has appeared in several plays and short films including the off-off Broadway play WHITE BOY. In 1999, Rasuk starred in Peter Sollett 's short film titled FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING.

Cyndi Williams is a voice actor. Cyndi Williams was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Actress for her performance in Kyle Henry's film, "Room (film)", which was nominated for the Cassavetes award.

Tom Kalin (born 1962) is an award-winning screenwriter, film director and producer. His debut feature, "Swoon", is considered an integral part of the New Queer Cinema. In addition to his feature work, Kalin has created a number of short films, many of which are collected in the compilations "Behold Goliath or The Boy With the Filthy Laugh", "Third Known Nest" and "Tom Kalin Videoworks: Volume 2".

Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935 in Ogdensburg, New York) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions. He first came to prominence in the 1978 crime drama, "Straight Time," in which he played a sadistic parole officer. One of his most acclaimed roles was as Bryant in Ridley Scott's cult classic "Blade Runner".

Debra Eisenstadt is an American director, writer and actress. As a writer and director, she is the recipient of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Slamdance Film Festival and the Someone to Watch Award at the 2002 Independent Spirit Awards, both for her film "Daydream Believer". Her most highly visible acting role was starring in the film version of David Mamet's controversial "Oleanna" where she played opposite William H. Macy.

Cam Archer (b. 1982) is an American independent filmmaker. His feature debut, "Wild Tigers I Have Known", premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. The film was executive produced by American filmmaker Gus Van Sant, who had previously executive produced the documentary "Tarnation". The film follows a 13-year old boy coming to terms with being gay, and was photographed by frequent Archer collaborator Aaron Platt, …

Patricia Castle Richardson (born February 23 1951 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA) is an American television and film actress best known for her role as Jill Taylor on "Home Improvement". She also starred in "The Parent Trap 3" as Cassie McGuire in 1989. Born to a Navy family, Richardson attended the Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas, Texas, and was a 1973 graduate of Southern Methodist University, where she was friends with classmate Beth Henley.

Marianne Maddalena is an American film producer who was born in the 1960s in Lansing, Michigan. She is part of a joint venture called Craven-Maddalena Films alongside Wes Craven. One of their productions, Wes Craven's New Nightmare was nominated for Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards in 1995.

Mark Archer is a motion picture producer, director and writer. His credits include the 1997 Sundance Film Festival winner, "In the Company of Men", for which he was nominated for "Best First Feature" at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards. "In the Company of Men" also won the Filmmaker's Trophy at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. Mark Archer's other feature film credits include "American Reel", starring David Carradine and Mariel Hemingway.

Alison Folland (born August 10, 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an actress. She tried out for the role in 1995's "To Die For" as a joke, having never acted previously, but she landed the part. She was nominated in 1997 for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in "All Over Me". She's also had supporting roles in films such as "Good Will Hunting" and "Boys Don't Cry".