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Melissa grew up in Sayville, New York. Her acting career started at the age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called Splashy. Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her agent from the beginning. Melissa is the oldest of eight children, some from her mother's second marriage. Six sisters, Trisha Hart, Elizabeth Hart, Emily Hart, Alexandra Hart-Gilliams, Samantha Hart, and Mackenzie Lee Hart, who is the only sibling who never appeared on Melissa's TV series, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). Her brother is Brian Hart.
Melissa performed in two plays as the youngest member of New York's Circle Repertory Lab Company: "Beside Herself" in 1989 (starring Lois Smith and William Hurt) and "Imagining Brad" in 1990. She was also in the National Actors Theater production of "The Crucible" on Broadway with Martin Sheen (as understudy of three of the children in the play). Melissa cites Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn as early acting inspirations and still collects memorabilia of the former. For the past few years, she has been juggling acting and attending New York University. She's now living in Connecticut.- Actress
- Casting Department
- Casting Director
Emily Hart was born on 2 May 1986 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999), Raising Helen (2004) and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). She has been married to Alex Madar since 22 September 2013. They have two children.- Actor
- Sound Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Cooper Andrews was born on 10 March 1985 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Walking Dead (2010), Shazam! (2019) and Halt and Catch Fire (2014).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Stephen Rannazzisi was born on 4 July 1977 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The League (2009), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) and Samantha Who? (2007).- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Glenn Berger was born in Smithtown, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Kung Fu Panda (2008), King of the Hill (1997) and Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).- Michael Galeota was born on 28 August 1984 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996), The Jersey (1999) and Clubhouse Detectives (1997). He died on 10 January 2016 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Kevin Thoms was born in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. Kevin is an actor, known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), FBI: Most Wanted (2020) and Hacker (2017).
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Rob Fox was born on 16 August 1963 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Straight from the Hood: An MTV News Special Report (1993), Last Comic Standing (2003) and Sex in the 90's (1990). He was married to Beth Littleford. He died on 24 June 2017 in Burbank, California, USA.- Producer
- Actress
Trisha Hart was born on 29 May 1978 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), Silencing Mary (1998) and Tying the Knot: The Wedding of Melissa Joan Hart (2003). She has been married to Josue Portillo since 10 July 2015. They have one child.- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Make-Up Department
Kc Brandenstein was born on 9 July 1984 in Smithtown, New York, USA. She is a producer, known for Aquaman (2018), The Fate of the Furious (2017) and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016).- Actor
- Director
- Editor
Chris Marcantel is the President and founder of Showrunner Productions. Chris is an Emmy nominated producer for his work on the web Soap Opera "Gotham: The Series". A member of the the Director's Guild of America, Chris has produced and/or directed commercials for Nokia, Pepsi, Citibank, MCU Bank. As a producer for a series of E*Trade spots, Chris worked with Emmy nominated director Mathew Penn and collaborated with actor Bryan Cranston on a web project for Netstudio.TV Other directing credits include the Soap Operas "Guiding Light" and "The City" Chris Marcantel began his career in show business as an actor. Upon graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he quickly found work in the New York theater scene and in regional Theater. Chris originated roles in plays by Craig Lucas and in the Tony award winning "Torch Song Trilogy" by Harvey Fierstein. This led to numerous television roles including Guest Starring on "Kate and Allie". His work in Prime time also gave him the opportunity to co-star with such Hollywood luminaries as Mildred Dunnock, Warren Oates and E.G. Marshall. He played the son of Colleen Dewhurst in the CBS movie, "Baby Comes Home" and was a series regular in "Nurse" where he was Michael Learned's son. In addition to his work in Prime-time television, Chris has had contract roles on the soaps, "Another World", "Guiding Light" and "Loving".- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Matthew Perniciaro was born in Smithtown, New York on October 27th, 1979 and later grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. He then attended New York University before moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career as a film producer.
He is a founding partner at Bow and Arrow Entertainment, an independent motion picture production and finance company, founded in 2014.- Andrew Levy was born on 11 August 1966 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for S.E. Cupp Unfiltered (2017), Red Eye w/Tom Shillue (2007) and Impaled: Painfully Blunt! (2009).
- Brian Hart was born on 19 May 1984 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Right Connections (1997), The Santa Con (2014) and Hollywood Medium (2016). He has been married to Giovanna Augello since 26 September 2015. They have two children.
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Paul Davidson was born on 17 August 1971 in Smithtown, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for 11/8/16 (2017), Its a Hit! (2017) and Living on Soul (2017).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Curtis Lepore is an American actor, director and social media phenomenon born in Smithtown, New York. He is known for Easter Egg (2018), Deported (2020) and Airplane Mode (2019).
Curtis garnered much of his popularity through the smartphone app Vine. He ranked as the fifth most popular user on Vine later moving to other platforms such as Youtube and Instagram. Curtis Lepore was the frontman of straight edge hardcore band, GhostXShip, a band he helped found in his hometown of Syracuse, New York. In 2012, Lepore issued a statement announcing his departure from the band. After leaving the band, Lepore also provided featured vocals on the song "Black Death" for beat down hardcore band No Zodiac. Lepore also embarked on a European tour with No Zodiac in 2013 where he provided lead vocals substituting for the band's then-vocalist Gerardo Pavon.
Curtis Lepore has since created his own film studio and has explored mediums such as lighting, directing, writing, acting and producing. He is has used his platforms for various charity fundraisers, including World Wildlife Fund and American Red Cross.- Actor
- Composer
- Cinematographer
Parrish Smith was born on 13 May 1968 in Smithtown, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Juice (1992), Whip It (2009) and Barbershop (2002).- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Jason Wozny was born on 2 April 1978 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), The Savages (2007) and Bride & Prejudice (2004).- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Will Link was born on 15 June 1979 in Smithtown, New York, USA. Will is a director and writer, known for Delma Dewey Dimsdale: The Making of a Misogynist (2003) and Freak Out (2004).- Editor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Matt is a Director, Writer, Cinematographer, and Editor based out of Los Angeles. He grew up in New Hampshire, and after attending film school moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry. His early career was mostly spent working in post production, beginning as an editor at Deluxe Digital Media. After his time at Deluxe, Matt began to pursue directing as his main focus, while continuing to work as an all around filmmaker in the narrative, commercial, and documentary spaces. In 2018 he co-founded the Assorted Kinds filmmaking collective, which empowers filmmakers to make short films through collective support - creating 24 short films in two years before being forced to take a hiatus due to Covid-19.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Jarett Grushka was born in Smithtown, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for New Found Glory: This Disaster - Live in London (2004), New Found Glory: The Story So Far (2002) and Cribs (2000). He has been married to Lauren Nicole since 28 May 2006. They have three children.- Courtney Rose was born on 3 August 1999 in Smithtown, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Backroad (2012), Junie's Leverage (2009) and Up&Down (2012).
- Seth is the Founder and Artistic Director of The York Shakespeare Company and has appeared in and/or directed 34 productions of Shakespeare. Roles include: Iago, Claudius, Talbot, Margaret, Chorus, Leontes, Friar Laurence, Antonio (Tempest), as well as directing and playing the title role in Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, Macbeth, King Lear, Richard 2, Henry 4, Henry 5, Titus Andronicus and Richard 3. He wrote and directed the first author-approved stage adaptation of one of Ian McEwan's works, In Between the Sheets, and starred as Captain Ahab in Orson Welles' Moby Dick - Rehearsed in productions for both The Acting Company and Twenty Feet Productions. Other performances include: Azdak in The Caucasian Chalk Circle for Sonnet Rep, John Proctor in The Crucible for manhattantheatresource, and Tupolski in The Pillowman at APAC as well as directing and playing Jamie in YSCs production of Long Day's Journey Into Night and starring in the world premiere and subsequent Off-Broadway premiere of four-time Emmy-winner Randy Cohen's solo play The Punishing Blow. Film: The Summoning of Everyman (Death), The Kindergarten Shuffle, the title role in Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta and the forthcoming Dangerous Words from the Fearless. He is a lead vocal actor in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Worgen) and Legion (Archmage Xylem), is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and serves alongside Donna Murphy on the Advisory Board of Wingspan Arts.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Elise D'Orazio is an American actress, producer, filmmaker, writer, and voice-over artist. She was born in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, and is known for Hellevator (2015), This Is Us (2016), and her work in theater. While attending Syracuse University, she received the first Aaron Sorkin fellowship. She is related to the poet Robert Browning.- Domenica Steele was born on 12 April 1988 in Smithtown, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Paintball the Movie: Court Jesters (2005).
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Marino Amoruso is an award-winning writer, director, producer and author. He has written, directed and edited over 50 films for networks such as PBS, Lifetime , USA and numerous major and regional Sports Networks. Marino has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, won the prestigious Western Heritage Award and awards at the New York Film Festival. Recent successful productions while partnering talents with MyMar Entertainment resulted in the ground-breaking, award-winning docudrama "Jackie Robinson: My Story", which won Best Film at 2 prestigious Film Festivals. The same team of Marino and MyMar just completed a 30 minute series pilot, "Pray For Us Sinners." Set in the early 1960's, its satirical nostalgia is narrated by older Anthony who reflects with sarcasm mostly about himself, as we watch a show featuring an 8 year old boy from 1960s Brooklyn who has to deal with the nuns at Catholic School, while living with an older bitchy sister, his middle class parents as well as his loud Italian immigrant grandparents. And that's just in one apartment in the Brooklyn building. This is a great series for the older than millennial Baby Boomer. Marino Amoruso has also written nine books: 5 non-fiction and four novels, with screenplays ready for film adaptation- Bill Weld was born on 31 July 1945 in Smithtown, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Traffic (2000), The American President (2000) and I Am Gary Johnson (2018). He has been married to Susan Roosevelt since 7 June 1975. They have five children.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Christopher Del Gaudio is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama. As a student at NYU, he cross-trained with the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute under the tutelage of noted acting instructors Geoffrey Horne, David Gideon, and Fred Sadoff; and cultivated his writing talents in extensive study with the late playwright Harry Kondoleon. He has worked professionally in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows, among them The Devil's Advocate (1997), A Perfect Murder (1998), Godzilla (1998), Sabrina (1995), Law & Order (1990), and _SubwayStories: Tales From The Underground (1997)_.
In 1993, he established Power of Cohesion Productions to produce commercial and independent film as well as broadcast and DVD quality digital video. Although his incisive, psychological, yet lushly poetic style of writing earned him industry attention, he gravitated towards a place in the independent film arena that had gone unexplored. In 1999, he marked his debut as the creator/writer/director of the cult public access television series "The Realm of Never," a supernatural anthology drama blending nuances of The Twilight Zone (1959) with a theatrical flavor of Dark Shadows (1966)and Playhouse 90 (1956). Shot live-to-videotape with three cameras, it became a reinvention of the techniques utilized in much of television's Golden Age and elevated public access to the level of art form. It remains the only studio-produced dramatic series on public access television anywhere in the United States, as well as the first public access show to earn official selection onto a national film festival twice. While ever spreading the word and expanding the dimensions of "The Realm of Never," Mr. Del Gaudio wrote, directed, and co-executive produced the independent film _Crocus Bloomed, A(2004)_,which won First Place at the 2004 Northeast Regional Video Festival in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He recently completed a feature-length screenplay and a story projection for 22 new episodes of "The Realm of Never" and actively produces a talk show entitled "Realm of Never: The Talk Series," a companion piece to the dramatic series, spotlighting artists from the worlds of film, television, and theater.- Craig Biggio was born on 14 December 1965 in Smithtown, New York, USA. He has been married to Patty Egan since 10 February 1990. They have three children.
- Christopher Higgins was born on 2 June 1983 in Smithtown, New York, USA.
- David Hartstein was born on 9 June 1976 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He was married to Heather Hartstein. He died on 17 June 2011 in Southhampton, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
- Assistant
Lynn Ritter was born on 25 October 1979 in Smithtown, New York, USA. Lynn is known for The Pigs (2005) and The Matisse Print (2009). Lynn has been married to Christopher Ritter since 4 January 2000. They have two children.- Art Department
- Art Director
- Special Effects
James Harris was born on 22 May 1964 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an art director, known for I Am Number Four (2011), Tomorrowland (2015) and The Specialist (1994).- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Jeff and his younger sister Alyson were raised by their parents, Jack and Kathy, a History Teacher and an Art Buyer in the suburbs of Long Island, New York. At an early age, he excelled at athletics which developed into a brief stint as a semi-professional racquetball player. After the discouragement of almost failing an introductory film course at Binghamton University, he earned his Bachelor's degree in psychology. For several years he worked at various mental health facilities. Then, upon attending a Q & A screening of the aptly named "The Kid Stays In The Picture" (2002) his passion for cinema was rekindled. The evening's host was a location scout and helped Jeff secure his first role in Richard D'Angelo's "First Person"(2003). While taking various film courses and learning the craft, Jeff met professor, filmmaker and media artist Lise Swenson, a producer of "Strange Culture"(2007) who grew to be a trustworthy mentor. Jeff also founded Avalon Studios in 2003 which produces the Avalon Micro Film Festival Tour in addition to independent films. The AMFF Tour includes music and short films by international award-winning filmmakers and takes place in different U.S. cities each year. More recently, ground-breaking documentaries like "Man On A Wire" (2008) and "Capitalism: A Love Story" (2009) have lead Jeff into documentary filmmaking.- Little Bear "The Bearded Lady" Schwarz is an operatic singer, member of Seattle circus Sideshow troupe, "Wreckless Freeks," and burlesque performer. Her beard is real and the result of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). She was born and raised on Long Island, New York, and resides in Seattle. "Blunt Talk" is her first TV appearance.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Additional Crew
Courtney DeStefano was born on 2 April 1982 in Smithtown, New York, USA. Courtney is an editor, known for Long Island Medium (2010), Underdog to Wonderdog (2009) and American Restoration (2010).- Additional Crew
- Actor
Jason Roeser was born on 9 June 1975 in Smithtown, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Arrangement (2017), Behind the Bash (2005) and Michael & Michael Have Issues (2009).- Frank Catalanotto was born on 27 April 1974 in Smithtown, New York, USA.
- David Corcoran was born in 1954 in Smithtown, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Duke Jupiter: I'll Drink to You (1982), Duke Jupiter: I'm Available (1983) and Duke Jupiter: Every Step I Take (1983). He died on 21 June 2018 in Ogden, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Ben Hills was born in Smithtown, New York (Long Island) to parents Gary Hills (engineer) and Ria (Wijsbeek) Hills (artist), who was born in the Netherlands. At the age of 7 Ben moved to Hopedale, Massachusetts, then at age 10 to Uxbridge, MA.
At a young age he became highly interested in herpetology and would study this in detail after dropping out of school at age 15 as part of his home studies.
Ben Hills met Stanley Tucci at a fair in South Salem, NY while visit his aunt and cousins. They discussed his interest in acting.
At age 25 he moved to Dover, New Hampshire to go to The Atlantic Culinary Academy. Here he met his future wife Samantha Dodd. Shortly after being married they moved to Scottsdale, Arizona to start a life together.- Actor
- Sound Department
Michael Biscardi was born on 3 December 1981 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for A Changed Life (2010), My Friends (2012) and Fight the Panda Syndicate (2008).- Additional Crew
Shawn Smart was born on 22 June 1979 in Smithtown, New York, USA. Shawn is known for The Tom Green Show Uncensored (2000).- Mark A. Swinson was born on 5 May 1968 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Delusional (2022), Stringer (1999) and The Definite Maybe (1997).
- Gregg M. Oberlin was born on 20 September 1977 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Machine Head: From This Day (1999).
- Joseph Murena Jr. was born on 14 June 1978 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Sound Department
Francis Kaczmarek was born on 30 September 1978 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. Francis is an editor, known for The Rest of My Life (2019), New Dogs, Old Tricks (2018) and Kid Fitness (2005).- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Russell J. Papia Jr. was born on 19 January 1983 in Smithtown, New York, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for 78 Days (2005).- Audrey Shin was born on 12 March 2004 in Smithtown, New York, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
- Animation Department
Michael Posillico was born on 20 September 1981 in Smithtown, New York, USA. Michael is a writer, known for Walter Bloom, December Ends (2006) and Dress Rehearsal (2006).