Erik Griffin (born March 12, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, podcaster and actor. He played Montez Walker on Comedy Central's Workaholics.He has had acting roles in Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, I'm Dying Up Here, Murder Mystery, and Blunt Talk.
Quinn Redeker (May 2, 1936 – December 20, 2022) was an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his work on daytime dramas.
Alma Vessells John (September 27, 1906 – April 8, 1986) was an American nurse, newsletter writer, radio and television personality, and civil rights activist. Born in Philadelphia in 1906, she moved to New York to take nursing classes after graduating from high school. She completed her nursing training at Harlem Hospital School of Nursing in 1929 and worked for two years as a nurse before being promoted to the director of the educational and recreational programs at Harlem Hospital. After being fired for trying to unionize nurses in 1938, she became the director of the Upper Manhattan YWCA School for Practical Nurses, the first African American to serve as director of a school of nursing in the state of New York. (Adah Belle Thoms had served as acting director of Lincoln School for Nurses between 1906 and 1923). In 1944, John became a lecturer and consultant with the National Nursing Council for War Service, serving until the war ended, and was the last director of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses from 1946 until it dissolved in 1951. Her position at both organizations was to expand nursing opportunities for black women and integrate black nurses throughout the nation into the health care system.
In 1949, John wrote a script titled Brown Women in White for production on WNBC, which led to a second career in radio and television. In 1952, she presented The Homemaker's Club on station WWRL in New York. The following year, she became the first black radio personality to be invited as a member of the New York chapter of the Association of Women in Radio and Television. She campaigned successfully for the organization meetings to be held in unsegregated facilities. In 1957, she received the McCall's Golden Mike Award for her show What's Right with Teenagers and in 1959 she became the director of women's programming at WWRL. Over her 25-year career at the radio station, she wrote and produced numerous programs giving household tips, health care advice, and providing community service information. In 1970, John began appearing on television shows at WPIX-TV. She interviewed prominent black figures on her shows Black Pride and Positively Black. John worked up to her death in 1986 and is remembered mainly for her pioneering role in radio.
Anna Konkle (born April 7, 1987) is an American actress, writer and director. She is known for co-creating and starring as Anna Kone on Hulu's original TV comedy series PEN15, alongside Maya Erskine. Her work on the series earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2019 and Outstanding Comedy Series in 2021.
Founded in 2010 by Travis Stevens, Snowfort Pictures is a boutique film production company specializing in the development, financing and production of commercial genre films.
The company's first production was Adam Wingard's A Horrible Way To Die which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and was immediately picked up for theatrical distribution by Anchor Bay Entertainment. The film won jury awards for Best Actor (AJ Bowen), Best Actress (Amy Seimetz) and Best Screenplay (Simon Barrett) at the 2010 Fantastic Fest and went on to play numerous festivals around the world.
Additional Snowfort productions include Adam Wingard's "What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape" that premiered at the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival, the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and AFI Film Fest entry "All In All", The Butcher Brothers "The Thompsons" (an international co-production with Lionsgate UK), Frank Pavich's 2013 Cannes Film Festival entry Jodorowsky's Dune (an international co-production with Koch Media in Germany and Camera One in France), SXSW 2012 hit The Aggression Scale from director Steven C. Miller, the SXSW 2013 hit Big Ass Spider! from director Mike Mendez, the SXSW 2013 Audience Award Winner, 2013 Boston Underground Film Festival Director's Choice Award Winner "Cheap Thrills" from director E.L. Katz, Ravi Dhar's arthouse action film "American Muscle", the Hollywood Cult tale Starry Eyes from directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch (a co-production with MPI/Dark Sky Films), and 2015 SXSW breakout We Are Still Here from writer/director Ted Geoghegan.
Other collaborations with female filmmakers such as Karyn Kusama ("XX"), Sarah Adina Smith ("Buster's Mal Heart"), and Bethany Brooke Anderson "Burning Kentucky") have found critical and commercial success around the world.
David Klass is an American screenwriter and novelist. He has written more than 40 screenplays for Hollywood studios and published 14 young adult novels. His screenplays are primarily character-based thrillers for adults, while his novels often tell the stories of teenagers in crisis.
Kate Wetherhead is an American actress, writer and director known for her work on Submissions Only, Legally Blonde, and the Jack and Louisa book series.
Claudia Llosa Bueno (born 15 November 1976) is a Peruvian film director, writer, producer, and author. She is recognized for her Academy-Award-nominated film The Milk of Sorrow.
