KYLA
DYAN
Lead  Actress
A graduate of PCPA's Professional Actor Training and DBA Studio's Meisner Training, you can find Kyla in upcoming releases BABYLON (Paramount) and THE IDOL (HBO).
In 2021 she worked with Yvonne Zhang, Dir and Bella Finn Parisot, DP on AFI Visual Essay NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY, later returning to the conservatory to team with Julia Ponce-Diaz, Dir for her MFA thesis film SOREDIA. Along with COLD BREW, her next performance to hit the festival circuit is in THE DEATH OF KAFKA, penned by award-winning screenwriter Rebecca Leigh. Commercially, Kyla led the Xiaomi #Cinemagic campaign for the 2021 International release of their 11 TPro, as well as a 16mm Volvo spec with the talented LA-based director Alfredo Vidal.
David
kennedy
Writer, Director, Cinematographer, editor
David Kennedy is a California videographer, director, editor, art photographer, and motion graphics designer. He attended Theatre/Art school in London and UCLA Film School and was co-founder of Fresno Magazine. Kennedy has
worked for Dreamworks, Disney Studios, Technicolor, and others.
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His short film was a finalist at both Cannes and France's Deauville Film Festival, both of which he wrote, directed and edited. David’s recent short film (that he also directed, shot and edited) RED WATCH, went to over 41 International Film
festivals in 2020-2021.
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Kennedy has directed and edited television commercials that have been awarded the prestigious ADDY Best of Show Award (three times out of five years) and the ADDY Best TV Commercial (four times out of five years).
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Kennedy’s film work has been seen in more than 10 states and eight countries, on channels such as ESPN, MTV, ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC, TNT, MYSPACE, Comcast, the BBC, and La Rue in France.
Cindy
Wathen-kennedy
producer
Cindy Wathen-Kennedy is the award-winning Independent Producer of RED WATCH and THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE. She is also the Owner of Wathen Marketing and has degrees in Marketing, Psychology, and a Juris Doctor of Law.
She’s also the co-author of REMEMBERING CESAR: THE LEGACY OF CESAR CHAVEZ, the first book to be endorsed by the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation. Her contributors included Coretta Scott King, Paul Chavez, Edward James Olmos, and Martin Sheen.
In the Bay Area, she worked as an Assistant Acquisitions Editor and Art Researcher for The University of California Press, where she participated on the BFI Film Institute imprint, the California Natural History Guide program, the New California Poetry series, and the Mark Twain Papers.
As a freelance Producer, her credits include:
*RED WATCH, winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM at the New York Shorts International Film Festival, the INDIE SPIRIT AWARD at the Sedona International Film Festival, and an AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD at the YoFiFest in Yonkers, New York.
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*THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE, a grant-winning documentary short for the inaugural Big Tell competition sponsored by Bank of America, the BEST IN SHOW winner at the Pinnacle Film Awards, and BEST PRODUCER FINALIST at the Indie Short Fest.
*"Gotta Love Fresno" Featured Fresnans Comcast documentary shorts.
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*Scads of PSAs and corporate promotional videos.
Additional media experience includes Fresno State Music & Media Library, KFSR Program Manager, Assistant Music Director, and disc jockey along with stints for Pollstar, KYNO FM, and KMPH FOX 26.
Coinciding throughout her education and career, her nonprofit work has included:
·Fresno Filmworks, Board Member, Publicity Director
·Fresno State College of Arts and Humanities Advisory Board
·Fresno Arts Council, Board Member, President
·Fresno Art Museum, Board Member, Marketing Committee
·Mayor Swearengin’s Fresno Poet Laureate Nomination Committee
·Central California Writers, Board Member, Conference Director
·Fresno Historical Society, Board Member
·ACLU, Northern California, Board Member
Mike Ladouceur
film score
Mike Ladouceur is among the most exciting and significant talents emerging today‚ with many high-profile film and TV projects to his name. Renowned on both sides of the Atlantic, his musical style blends orchestral and ambient electronic textures, and has been described by distinguished conductor and orchestrator Jeff Atmajian as “like listening to a beautiful impressionist painting”. Mike’s distinctive sound is constructed from many intricate lines and textures that combine to create a rapturous force. He employs a diverse sonic palette which allows the listener to become entranced in a meditative state, often triggering deeply emotional responses.
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Mike’s notable career highlights are many and varied, and include winning the Angel Award for Best Original Music, Short Film for BirthCloud, and the Tagore Gold Medal for outstanding musical contributions at the Royal College of Music, presented in March 2016 by HRH Prince Charles, the
Prince of Wales.
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Between Worlds, his debut album, was recorded at Angel Studios with a 42-piece orchestra and was launched at an immersive art installation at London’s Hospital Club in 2019. Mike is published by Warp Publishing. Among his many notable film and TV credits include music for Dateline (NBC) and Aurora Fearnley’s epic Sci-fi Pulsar (Little Northern Light/Reel Issues Films), which stars David Gyasi and Jessie Buckley.
Mike has written additional music and arrangements for His Dark Materials (HBO/BBC), Marcella (ITV/Netflix), Love. Wedding. Repeat (Netflix) and for Master Moley (Nottage Productions) starring Gemma Arterton, Charles Dance, Julie Walters, Warwick Davis. He has also worked as Orchestrator on major projects including Black Widow (Marvel/Disney), Mission Impossible: Fallout (Paramount), Ad Astra (Plan B), Gemini Man (Skydance/Paramount), 6 Underground (Netflix), Looking Up (Tianjin Chengzi Yinxiang Media), Where’s My Roy Cohn? (Sony) and Nae Pasaran (BBC Scotland).
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Mike is a passionate educator and holds prestigious teaching posts at two of the world’s leading institutions, London’s Royal College of Music and the University of Cambridge, where he teaches the film music curriculum at both undergraduate and Master’s levels.
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