filmmakers
mia trachinger: writer/director/producer
Singled out by The Hollywood Reporter as one of "Five New Talents to Watch," Los Angeles native Mia Trachinger earned an MFA in Directing from the UCLA School of Film, Theater and Television. After making several award-winning short films, Mia wrote and directed the feature film BUNNY, which went on to screen in film festivals around the world, including Toronto, San Sebastian, The Hamptons, and Los Angeles. BUNNY earned two Independent Spirit Award nominations (John Cassavetes Award and Someone To Watch Award) and won the Maverick Spirit Award at the Cinequest Film Festival. In 2003, BUNNY received a national release through Madstone Films. Her sophomore feature, REVERSION, will make its world premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
rebecca sonnenshine: producer
Rebecca Sonnenshine is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. After working for several years as a production and development executive, Sonnenshine produced the feature film, BUNNY (2000), for which she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination (John Cassavetes Award). She was awarded a 1999 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for her feature drama, MERMAID DREAMS. Her other writing credits include the short film series, RECONOCER (2002), and the feature film HAPPILY EVEN AFTER (2004), which made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2004, she was selected to participate in the Berlinale Talent Campus, and she attended the Film Independent (FIND) Director's Lab with her feature project, SEE ME THROUGH. She also co-wrote AMERICAN ZOMBIE, which premiered at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival and will be released in early 2008 through Cinema Libre. Most recently, she wrote the thrillers WITHIN and SHE LIVED, both in post-production.
patti lee: director of photography
Patti Lee is a Cinematographer and Los Angeles native. After earning a Bachelor's Degree at UCLA's Film School, Patti began her career in the Set Lighting Department on movies, commercials and television shows. Patti Lee's cinematography credits include The Bernie Mac Sho", This Land, Solitary, Maid of Honor (Sundance 2000) and Bunny, which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. Patti has also shot several documentary projects, among them Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet, Palm Pictures' American Mullet and Where the Girls Are, executive produced by Ethan Coen.
Patti Lee has also served as Lighting Designer for television shows such as David E. Kelley's The Law Firm, Disney Channel's Movie Surfers, as well as The Family and The Great Domestic Showdown for ABC.
Most recently, Patti has been traversing the globe, traveling to Sweden, Switzerland and Kenya on the documentary project, A Small Act of Kindness.
jonathan snipes: composer
Jonathan Snipes is a composer and sound designer for theater and film. On the screen, his music has been heard in NBC's The Office, New Line Cinema's Snakes on a Plane, and 20th Century Fox's Wrong Turn 2. As "Captain Ahab" Snipes has released two full length albums and four EPs, on labels as diverse as Los Angeles' Deathbomb Arc and Hatestate, and London's Irritant Records. Theater credits include Matt Shakman's production of Nocturne by Adam Rapp at the Black Dahlia Theatre, Larry Biederman's production of Crumble by Sheila Callaghan at Moving Arts, and Michael Hackett's production of Meditations on Virginity by Witold Gombrowicz, which was seen at the National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland. In 2003,he was nominated for a Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for his work on Jose-Luis Valenzuela's production of Evelina Fernandez' Dementia.
mischa livingstone: editor
Mischa Livingstone was born in Scotland and moved to Israel as a child. After completing his mandatory military service during the Gulf War, he moved to the United States to study film at UCLA, where he received a BA in Film Production and an MFA in Screenwriting.
His films have won awards at festivals worldwide and have been added to the Smithsonian permanent collection. Festival screenings include the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Tirana Intl Film Festival, and Cinequest, to name but a few. His latest film, "A Little Night Fright" was recently invited to screen at the 58th Berlin Film Festival.
Whilst not making films, Mischa teaches Film Production at the Art Institute of California.