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Elizabeth Appell, Writer/Producer

Elizabeth Appell is an award winning novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. Several of her screenplays have been optioned, and her play Confessions of a Catholic Child premiered in 2007 in Los Angeles.

Her play Moon Walkers was showcased in Los Angeles with James Denton (Desperate Housewives) as the main character. In 2008 she was a semi-finalist in the Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Conference.

Several of her short stories have been published in literary journals.

As well as producing Easy Made Hard she is working on her newest play, Reflecting Incidents.

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Delphine de St. Paër Suter, Director

From a young age Delphine grasped the art of storytelling. Throughout her youth she performed in numerous theatre productions that ignited her passion for directing and producing. She attended San Francisco State University as a cinema major with a minor in theater. She has successfully worked in both worlds. In the fall of 2003, her work on the short film Destiny’s Design was nominated for the ASC Conrad L. Hall Heritage award. Delphine’s film, Eyes of a Child, won the 2005 Kodak Eastman Scholarship and was showcased at the 2006 Cannes film festival. Her current project is producing "Doggie Boogie."

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Mickey Freeman, Director of Photography

Mickey Freeman has been an award-winning director of photography for 25 years. His honors include the Academy Award nominated documentary Goodnight Miss Ann, a portrayal of Latino boxers in the barrios of Los Angeles for which he was Director of Photography. He received an Emmy award for the public affairs promotion of the Oakland Gospel Choir for ABC, an Emmy for his visual portrayal of The Return To Tule Lake and most recently an Accolade Award of Excellence for the feature film, Presque Isle.

His work ranges from numerous Hollywood feature films including Mrs. Doubtfire, Hurly Burly, True Crime, Basic Instinct and many independent features, drama for television, and documentaries.

Mickey’s passion for his work is never-ending. He is as excited today about his current projects as he was about his very first project. His interaction with people creates a rare and compassionate camaraderie as he establishes an immediate connection between the two. This rapport allows the subjects of his camera and his direction to be more of themselves.

Mr. Freeman lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and enjoys sailing, backpacking, and photography.

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Tom Bullock, Editor

Formally trained as a pianist and actor/singer from the age of seven, Tom started professional film work as a film editor on a children's TV comedy series. He has since continued as film & sound editor and post producer on feature films, shorts and trailers in SF and LA., and has performed the same function on many commercials, corporate, documentary and educational films and videos.

Tom is owner/operator of Fire/Water Films, a San Francisco based post-production service. Occasionally taking time out to direct—or perform as a character actor and voice-over talent—Tom is a longstanding member of Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, and the Motion Picture Editors Guild
(LA local 700).

Tom, the author of a book Film Editing Nutz & Boltz, has absolutely no desire to be either a corporate CEO or owner of his own plane.





Crew list

Douglas Freeman, Art Director







Bill Bowles
, 1st AD

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Felicia Giouzelis, 2nd AD

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Michael Blake, Production Coordinator

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Steven Smith, Production Coordinator

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Peter Van Scherpe, Sound Recordist

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Justin Chin, Boom Operator

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Tom Schnitzvil, Gaffer

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Satsuki Murashige, 1st AC

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James Suter, 2nd AD

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Jeff Deveraux, DIT/Red Support

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Charlie Kuttner, Key Grip

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Joel Pincosy, Grip


Michael Wood, Assistant Art Director

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Marco Ramirez, Grip

Justin Chin, Grip


Ron Vidor, Steady Cam Operato

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Constance Hasapopoulos, Script Supervisor


Nancie Marsalis, Make Up and Wardrobe

Delphine de St. Paër Suter

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Dave Maier, Fight Coordinator

Airto Jackson,Videographer

Mark Altenberg, On-Set Photographer

Melissa Davis, PA


Juliette Blake, Caterer

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Post Production


Tom Bulluck, Editor, Fire/Water Films

Dave Nelson, Sound Mixer, Outpost Studios

Ed Rudolph, Colorist, VideoArts

Jeremy Roland, Stabilizer


Composers

Sam Bass, Cello

Eric McFadden, Guitar

Kevin Carnes, Music Supervisor



A special thank you to Curtis Blake who generously allowed us to shoot in his home. This location was very important in more
ways than one to the making of Easy Made Hard.