DIRECTOR
Thomas Mendolia is a filmmaker born in Brooklyn, but raised in North Carolina where he graduated from the UNC Greensboro’s BFA Acting Program. Utilizing his acting training and chasing his true passion, Thomas later attended USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He has directed several short films such as OVERNIGHT (2019 Flyway Film Festival “Best Student Short”), WHEN TREES FALL (2018 Semi-Finalist Los Angeles CineFest) and LETHE AVENUE (NYC New Filmmakers Festival). His most recent project, MR. THISFORTHAT is a psychological thriller that has been sold to Starlight Entertainment with Thomas to direct the feature film. Thomas currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with his wife, Cheryl, and his best-friends (dogs), Murphy and Maggie.
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WRITER / PRODUCER
Matthew Carlson workshopped his feature screenplay EL PERRO at the Sundance Collective Kitchen and his TV pilot THE BISLEY BOY won the SXSW Film Festival Episodic Pitch-a-thon. His script for the short film OVERNIGHT was a semi-finalist at the Austin Film Festival. As a playwright, his plays HOME, SWEET and INSIDE THE HAND were a finalist and semifinalist, respectively, for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill. As a stage actor he's worked with four directors whose work have won Tony Awards, at theaters that include The Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park in New York City, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC. Carlson graduated with a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from New York University.
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