filmmakers
SCOTT HAMILTON KENNEDY Scott’s debut documentary, OT: our town, was an official selection and won awards at some of the top film festivals in the world. In it’s theatrical release, OT garnered rave reviews, was selected for several ‘best of’ lists (including Kenneth Turan of the LA Times), and was nominated for Best Documentary by the IFP Independent Spirit Awards. Currently Scott is developing a narrative adaptation of OT: our town. His feature script Up River, an urban adventure movie set on the Los Angeles River, went through the highly competitive IFP/FIND Directors Lab. ——————————————–
JULIE BERGMAN SENDER Julie Bergman Sender has a unique mix of experience—from producing feature films and documentaries to producing and directing groundbreaking national media campaigns that focus on politics and social issues. Julie began her career as a film Executive at Warner Brothers producing movies with director Sydney Pollack as well as working at Disney, Universal and partnering with Jodie Foster. She has produced a number of well known feature films including the Agneiszka Holland directed “Washington Square” starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney and Maggie Smith; the Ridley Scott film “G.I. Jane” starring Demi Moore; and “Six Days, Seven Nights” starring Harrison Ford. Julie Bergman Sender is a partner with her husband Stuart Sender in Balcony Films, Inc., a Los Angeles-based media production and consulting firm. Balcony Films specializes in creating feature and documentary films and television programs and distributes visual content and large-scale campaigns for theaters, television, on-line, radio and whatever comes next. Balcony Films works with for-profit companies and non-profit organizations to create both content and distribution strategies that allow their clients to market their media and causes and brand themselves in innovative ways. Balcony Films award-winning content and public service campaigns often feature well-known actors and performers, including: Will Ferrell, Jason Alexander, Helen Hunt, Felicity Huffman, Rosario Dawson and Stevie Wonder. Their work and campaigns have been featured on all major network and cable networks, including programs such as Good Morning America and The Today Show. They’ve been written about in the NY Times, Washington Post, NY Post, The Times of London and extensively on the web. Balcony Films work has helped register literally millions of new voters and the tracking and placement company NBN confirms that their recent campaigns have created over 300-million media impressions and earned millions of dollars in free and earned media for their clients. ——————————————- STUART SENDER In addition to his work as a partner in Balcony Films, Stuart Sender has an eclectic background as a broadcast journalist and war correspondent, a screenwriter and Academy-Award nominated documentary filmmaker. Stuart has written, produced and directed award-winning news and documentary programs for public and network television in the United States and internationally. These credits include Prisoner of Paradise (prisonerofparadise.com), which received Academy Award and Directors Guild nominations as well as wining the prestigious Grierson Award in the U.K. Stuart Sender also directs many of Balcony Film’s political commericals and public service announcements which have featured well-known actors such as Felicity Huffman, Marg Helgenberger, Julia Louis Dreyfus and Jason Alexander. He is currently producing and directing two feature documentaries: “Harmony” a global environmental documentary; and The F Word, which focuses on stories of Forgiveness (the other F word) from combat zones around the globe. He is also adapting the acclaimed book, The Golden Spruce as a feature film in collaboration with the author John Vaillant. These are also being produced with Julie Bergman Sender and Balcony Films. ——————————————–
Vivianne is the daughter of a Greek Orthodox Mexican-Lebanese father and a Jewish Russian-American mother. Born and raised in Mexico City and educated in the French, Mexican, and American educational systems, Vivianne was destined to be different and borderless. She always knew she wanted to make a difference, and it was clear that her passion for acting and production would facilitate this dream. She got her BA from Pepperdine University, where she majored in television production and minored in theatre. Vivianne has worked as an actor in theatre and television for the past twelve years. Her passion is also in looping and voice-overs and you can currently hear her voice in many films and commercials. She has had the privilege of teaching theatre to �at-risk� kids for the past nine years in wonderful institutions like The Old Globe Theatre, The Shakespeare Festival, The Virginia Avenue Project and The Unusual Suspects. She has also been a volunteer for Make a Wish Foundation for the last five years. Behind the scenes, she has worked at various companies, including the Berkley Group, where she worked on the making-of documentary for Paramount’s Clear and Present Danger and as an assistant publicist for Fair Game and Dangerous Beauty. Her work as an associate producer for a series of educational videos for LAUSD combined her love of production with her passion for under-privileged youth. Currently, Vivianne is in post-production for the 16mm short film Unknown which she co-produced with the union of Flip Films. Vivianne was thrilled when producer/director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (OT: our town) asked her to co-produce his latest documentary Tierra Y Libertad (Land and Liberty).
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