Steve Lasky
Steve Lasky, Producer

Steve Lasky, Producer/Production Manager and Assistant Director with thirteen years experience in the business of film production. He has worked on dozens of projects including episodic television, feature films and commercials.

His experience in the creative side of advertising, led to involvement in film production for television commercials.
Steve has produced award winning commercial work for many corporations including; Eastman Kodak, CellularOne,
Time Warner Corp and others.

His credit list includes The Painting", (Santa Monica Films, “Carnival Knowledge, (Minaret Films), “Chill Out”, (Top Line Cinema). He has also worked on television projects such as "The New Captain Kangaroo Show”.

Steve also managed the production of the cutting edge computer animation project called “iLumina” for Visual Book Productions and published by Tyndale House Publishers.

Steve is a member of Film Florida, Florida Motion Picture Association, and a former president of the Film Foundation of Tampa Bay.


J.R. von Schondorf,
Coordinator/Assistant Director

A graduate of Florida State University, J.R. has over ten years of production experience.
His feature film credits include “The Apostle” (October Films), and “Great Expectations”, (20th Century Fox). The has worked on television projects such as “Second Noah”, and “The All new Captain Kangaroo Show. (Fox).

J.R. coordinates production as well as working as an Assistant Director for commercial projects. He is very familiar with union requirements, and has the reputation of being well prepared and easy to work with. His commercial credit list is long and varied.

Skilled on any sort of computer, J.R. can often be found one step ahead of the production at hand, making sure everything flows smoothly. He makes it all look effortless.

 


Directors And Other Friends
 

Rob Allen, Director/DP

Rob Allen, has years of experience directing high quality programming for such major-market outlets as MTV, Nickelodeon, The Golf Channel, Telemundo and The Discovery Channel, and HBO, to name just a few.

He has virtually defined the format of high-end, long-form marketing, through his work with Fitness Guru, Tony Little, but we know him best through his directorial work on commercials, and his cinematography for such independent features as “Carnival Knowledge”.

Curtis Graham, Director/DP

Curtis was practically born with a camera in his hand. Already an accomplished photographer by the age of 17, he attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and later attended the American Film Institute also in L.A. as a recipient of the prestigious Mary Pickford Scholarship. While at AFI, he shot “The Blue Men” which is currently listed as the most award winning short film of 1990. The film received an ACADEMY AWARD, EMMY, and FOCUS AWARD among numerous other honors.

With a shelf full of awards including the New York Art Director Award, CLIO, TELLY, NORMA, and national Addys, Curtis has gained a well deserved reputation of bring a superb sense of composition and performance to his commercial direction.

Philip Waters, Director/DP

Philip has either shot or directed just about every form available to a cinematographer these days. His film credits include "Cyborg " with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and "Captian America", as well as contributions to "A Rage in Harlem" with Gregory Hines and "Chattahoochee" with Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper.

A resident of Nashville, Philips' music video and concert credits seem endless. From Ringo Starr and Tony Bennett to Pink Floyd, Phil Collins and Iron Maiden.

Commercial Direction has also been a constant throughout his career. His work for the Shakespeare "Ugly Stik" is a good example of Philips' skill.

 

 
   
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