Meet the NYU filmmakers who created the Subway Fresh Artists Series
"Double Crossed:"
Forest Conner (MBA/MFA)
Forest Conner graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2006 with a dual-degree in Computer Science and Psychology, specializing in Arti?cial Intelligence Research. Since graduation, Forest has worked in the fast-paced world of software development in Silicon
Valley for the networking giant Cisco Systems, Inc. while spending his free time entering short ?lm competitions in the San Francisco Bay Area and fostering his love for ?lm production. It was from this experience that he decided to enter the graduate program at NYU.
Through the dual-degree program, he strives to understand the business of ?lm, with the ambition of becoming an independent ?lm producer. With the world-class professors and the access to some of the nation's greatest ?lmmaking talent, he believes that the opportunities are limitless.
Forest was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina.
John Ryan Johnson (MFA)
John Ryan Johnson is an independent filmmaker based in New York City. His diverse production experience as a writer, producer, director, and cinematographer covers both narrative and documentary film, commercials, music videos and television in the U.S. and abroad.
Ryan's latest commercial, "Celebrate Responsibly", won the Esquire/Ciroc Ultra Premium Cut Contest and aired on Bravo! on New Year's Eve 2012.
Ryan's NBA spec commercial, "Nine to Five" was selected to the 2012 SHOOT Online New Director's Showcase and was named a finalist in both the 2012 AICP Awards and the 2012 Porsche International Student Advertising Film Awards.
Ryan is currently finishing his NYU Graduate Thesis film, “Anatomy of an American Dream”.
Zachary Kerschberg (MFA)
Zachary Kerschberg is an award winning narrative and documentary ?lmmaker. He holds an Honors B.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures from UC Berkeley and an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from NYU. He was a Fulbright fellow to Dubai in 2008 and is currently completing a second M.F.A. in Directing at NYU.
Watch Double Crossed now:
Episode 1: Jack Nolan, private eye and black marketeer, sticks his neck out for no one, until an old flame walks back into his life.
Episode 2: Jack Nolan crosses the city to find Angela Winters and unravel the mysterious gift cards, but discovers more than he bargained for.
Episode 3: Double crossed by the woman he once loved, Jack Nolan risks everything to end prohibition and restore freedom of choice.
Credits:
CAST
Episode 1
Peter O'Leary - Jack Nolan
Justine Cotsonas - Angela / Crystal
Aaron Costa Ganis - Sam White
Lucy Walters - Waitress
Peter Hart - Sandwich Coat Man
Justin Luis Denis - Timmy McDonald
Carmine Raspaolo - Mayor
Eden Duncan Smith - Papergirl
Anthony Govine - Sax Player
Miguel Govea - Government Official
Pasquale Di Stasio - Bouncer
Constantine Goltsev - Bouncer
Episode 2
Peter O'Leary - Jack Nolan
Justine Cotsonas - Angela / Crystal
Aaron Costa Ganis - Sam White
Eric Rolland - Chef
Marylouise Burke - Taxi Dispatcher
Episode 3
Peter O'Leary - Jack Nolan
Justine Cotsonas - Angela / Crystal
Aaron Costa Ganis - Sam White
Eric Rolland - Chef
Lucy Walters - Waitress
Eden Duncan Smith - Papergirl
John Ryan Johnson - Ralph
Anthony Govine - Sax Player
Mike Lubik - Roughneck Mike
Lee Zuniss - Roughneck Lee
CREW
Writers: Forest Conner, John Ryan Johnson, Zach Kerschberg
Directors: Zach Kerschberg, John Ryan Johnson
Producer: Forest Conner
1st AD: Eunice Lau, Leonora Lonsdale
2nd AD: Aina Segui
UPM: Stefanie Coimbra
Script Supervisor: Lisa Fusco
Cinematographer: John Ryan Johnson
Camera Operator: Edna Luise Biesold
1st AC: Aileen Taylor, Marcos Herrera, Kyle Sather
2nd AC: Luis Quintero, Asantewaa Prempah
Steadicam Operator: Dave Isern
DIT: Nikita Liamzine
Gaffer: Conor Stalvey
Best Boy: Philip Prince
Key Grip: Harry Ycaza
G/E: Fernando Martinez
G/E: Derek Stalley
Driver: Dan Whitman, Andrew Hess, Ryan Reynolds, Stephan Mathurin
Sound Mixer: Jim Weidner, Jacopo Messina
Sound Design and Mix: Marcelo Añez
Editor: Craig Youngren
Colorist: Pedro J Padilla
Production Designer: Harry Mavromichalis
Art Dept: Jacinto Romero, Ivan Calixto, Stella Toppan, Hailey Rogge, Ila Duncan, Orges Bakalli, Jennifer Rosari, Morgan Smith, Robbie Frischling-Sosman
Graphic Designer: Derek Gabryszak
Costume Designer: Lauren George
Hair and Makeup: Emma Berley, Heidi Pakdel, Shaun Thomas Gibson
Still Photographer: Ruoyi Jiang
Special Thanks:
Jordan Bayne
Ricardo Sala
Morgan Jane Smith
Laura Moss
Abu Shawky
Lydia Darly
Gizem Mut
Anastasia Soloveva
Bea Dela Cruz
Lika Hinic
Eugenia Tempesta
Adriana Youngren
Fiona Murguia
Tine Thomasen
Jarreau Carillo
Rajat Sharma
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What To Look For On My Damn Channel In The Next Few Weeks:
11/12
It's Monday, and Hayley Hoover is back with advice for college students, covering everything from studying tips to eating on a limited budget. Bagels and instant ramen, anyone?
11/13
Comedian Mark Malkoff is determined to make a video each week until actor Bill Murray agrees to have dinner at Mark's home in Queens, New York. This week, the lovely
Michelle Vargas coaches Mark on life and how to get the courage to meet Bill Murray.
Starring comedian Dan St. Germain as a man who just can't seem to keep a gig, a girlfriend or a place to live. The pilot aired earlier this year during an episode of My Damn Channel LIVE. In this episode, Dan learns about dedicating yourself to a cause, then gets kicked out.
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New exclusive musical performances from July's Detroit All-Star Revue at the Concert of Colors!
11/14
Beth Hoyt and the My Damn Channel LIVE team are ready for November's biggest holiday. (Sorry, Veterans Day.)
Joseph Birdsong gives SFW relationship and sex advice.
11/15
Essnemma, "Advice Thursday"
Every Thursday, Emma Caulfield answers questions that fans leave for her on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
11/16
Kristina Horner revels in her nerdiness with game reviews, movie reviews, and tips for how to feel less awkward.
11/19
The boys are back and town and by in town I mean on the internet. Join Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil every Monday as they talk about everything alien, paranormal, and strange.
11/20
Comedian Mark Malkoff is determined to make a video each week until actor Bill Murray agrees to have dinner at Mark' home in Queens, New York.
11/21
Have you ever thought of quitting Facebook? Well it turns out it may be way harder than you ever imagined.
11/22
Thanksgiving!!!
Eat a bunch of turkey and stuff until we come back on Monday!
My Damn Channel LIVE goes dark from 11/19-11/23. New vlogs from Daily Grace every day, and new episodes of our how-to/advice series Answerly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
What To Look For On My Damn Channel In The Next Few Weeks:
8/6
McMayhem "Spoon"
Matt McManus runs around Los Angeles "spooning" strangers.
Answerly, "Hayley Answers"
Hayley Hoover doles out helpful hints to college (and college-bound) students.
8/7
My Damn Channel LIVE, Olympics; Special Guests: Broad City
Beth continues paying homage to the Olympics as part of the YouTube project,
"Creators Invade London," with help from Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobsen of the web series,
"Broad City."
Coffey Chat
Look for the latest episode from our newest vlogger, Shannon Coffey. New episodes every Tuesday!
8/8
Status Kill, "The Mad Tagger"
Do you hate being tagged in pictures without your permission? Turns out the man behind all of the senseless tagging may be a mad genius that special agent Denton Sparks must take down.
Save The Supers, "One-Shot: Panthera"
We take a closer look at the catwoman-like supervillain played by Felicia Day.
My Damn Channel LIVE, Special Guest: Ayinde Howell
Ayinde Howell, star of the My Damn Channel original web series
Status Kill, joins Beth in the studio.
8/9
You Suck At Photoshop, Volume #28: Text on a Path
"Cage Matches, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and a Family Reunion"
Ready to meet his destiny, Donnie challenges Ricky to a cage match at the upcoming Mixed Martial Arts super event in Covington, KY. Ricky accepts and Donnie decides he needs to "badass" himself into shape with a new tattoo. Consulting his fans, he arrives at a new moniker and uses text on a path to prepare the art for the inkery. That is, until, he's me with an unexpected Skype call from his nemesis's spawn.
8/10
The Tweekly News, Episode #10, SEASON FINALE
Randy and Jason Sklar navigate the week's Twitter trends and pop culture stories. In partnership with EX®, a free online quit smoking program. Outtakes and bloopers can be seen on
BecomeAnEx.org/Sklar.
8/13
Product Displacement, "Big Anthony's Pizza," SEASON FINALE
The final fauxmercial from the crew at Captain Hippo.
8/15
Save The Supers, Episode 4, Title TBD
A hit at
Comic-Con, the newest series from
Sandeep Parikh continues its look at a group of financially-strapped superheroes through a mockumentary lens.
Answerly, "Ask Joe"
Joseph Birdsong gives SFW relationship and sex advice.
8/16
You Suck At Photoshop, #29
It's the penultimate episode of the season... is Donnie's life starting to make sense? And have any of us learned to master Photoshop?
8/17
Answerly, "Kristina Answers"
Kristina Horner revels in her nerdiness with game reviews, movie reviews, and tips for how to feel less awkward.
Don’t forget, we also have new episodes of
My Damn Channel LIVE every Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. ET, new vlogs from
Daily Grace every day, and new episodes of our how-to/advice series
Answerly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
What To Look For On My Damn Channel In The Next Few Weeks:
7/23
Product Displacement "Smith and Flowers"
A brand-new fauxmercial courtesy of the folks at NYC-based studio Captain Hippo.
7/24
My Damn Channel LIVE, Special Guest:
Wheezy Waiter
He's a popular YouTuber and the head of our YouTube Creators' Olympic Team. YouTubers
"Invade London!"
Coffey Chat
Look for the latest episode from our newest vlogger, Shannon Coffey. New episodes every Tuesday!
7/25
Status Kill, Season Two Premiere, "I Hate Invites"
The covert operative (Ayinde Howell) returns, and is STILL inundated by social media requests while he's trying to work.
My Damn Channel LIVE, Special Guest: Gilbert Gottfried
There will be another original segment of
"Gilbert Gets It" then Gilbert will stick around for the entire show to answer questions the audience tweets during the show using the hashtag #MyDamnChannelLIVE.
7/26
Linked Out, "140 or Less"
Another episode of gentle (or not so gentle) social media satire from the comedy troupe Junior Varsity.
You Suck At Photoshop, #27
The Webby award-winning web series returned this year after a long hiatus. So far this season, protagonist Donnie Hoyle has been in the Himalayas, on a speeding train, and in an Egyptian tomb. Yet he's still had wiFi access to continue giving us Photoshop lessons. Hmm...
7/27
The Tweekly News, Episode #8
Randy and Jason Sklar navigate the week's Twitter trends and pop culture stories. In partnership with EX®, a free online quit smoking program. Outtakes and bloopers can be seen on
BecomeAnEx.org/Sklar.
7/30
Product Displacement, "Muntson"
A fauxmercial from Captain Hippo for the DVD box set of the longest-running TV show you've never watched and never knew existed!
7/31 - Happy 5th Anniversary to My Damn Channel!
My Damn Channel LIVE,
Special Guest: Pete & Pete
Members of the cult hit kids TV show from the '90s will join host Beth Hoyt for Olympic-themed segments.
Sorry, guys! Pete & Pete had to reschedule for a later date!
8/1
Save The Supers, "Issue #3: The Superforce vs. Cat - astrophe"
A hit at
Comic-Con, the newest series from
Sandeep Parikh continues its look at a group of financially-strapped superheroes through a mockumentary lens. This episode features Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible) as the Catwoman-like villain, "Panthera."
8/2
McMayhem, "Candy"
Matt McManus runs around the streets of LA making strangers uncomfortable, but in the most charming way possible!
You Suck At Photoshop, #28
Donnie has more Photoshop tips... he's even starting to use CS6! (Sorry if that's too nerdy.)
8/3
The Tweekly News, Episode #9
Follow
@SklarBrothers and
@TheTweeklyNews!
My Damn Channel LIVE, Special Guests: Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero from the cult hit movie,
The Room.
"You're tearing me apart, LISA!"
Don’t forget, we also have new episodes of
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Guys, for real, I was
totally going to get you all flowers for Valentine's Day, but I waited until the last minute, and now my florist is trying to
FRICKIN' GOUGE ME...
Luckily I came up with something much better.
The Wainy Days Seasons 1-4 DVD is out!
You heard right...
it's a DVD! An actual, physical memento that you can hold and cherish and lose when you move to a new place, and then download illegally from a torrent site even though
file sharing is Un-American! (No joking though, don't do it. It makes David angry. You won't like David when he's angry.)
And this isn't just some ho-hum, hodge-podge compilation of webisodes you can watch for free online. Don't believe me? Then check out this sneak peek of the
EXTREMELY NSFW "Makeout MegaMix," just one of the many extras:
It's an exciting time to be David Wain, or just a fan of David Wain.
His new movie, Wanderlust (starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston) opens Friday. "Wainy Days Seasons 1-4" is available TODAY. Oh and can't get enough DW? Check out all the hardcore Season Five action
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Where's Mark Malkoff been?
Was he so exhausted from taking people on Free Cab Rides all over New York City that he's gone into hiding? Was his last vlog chronicling his adventures arm-wrestling children just too Over The Top?
Fear not. Mark is hard at work in Los Angeles putting together his next project for you: "Celebrity Sleepovers."
Make sure you visit the My Damn Channel Facebook Page where we will post photos of Mark and some of the celebs who have let him into their home.
Like Lisa Loeb:
And Ed Begley, Jr.:
... where we see the
arm-wrestling thing is starting to become a recurring theme.
We'll let you know when the video is going to premiere. Until then, we hope more celebrities arm wrestle with Mark because Dan Harmon and I agree that these
Over The Top jokes are never going to get old:
In honor of Veterans Day, we thank all of the men and women who have served to help keep us safe and free.
May you all come home to someone who loves you.
It's also 11/11/11! In honor of this day, we turn to our Spinal Tap brothers and Turn It Up To 11 with our picks for our Top 11 Videos!
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I started my career in radio and I started My Damn Channel as a response to getting tossed out of radio in 2006.
Podcasts are not new, but in the past few years, a number of brilliantly talented people with brains and balls decided to head to their garages and go punk - bringing new shows to the masses on the Internet - without any of the soul-killing, corporate execs able to stop these brave rebels from creating completely original "radio" that puts the "F" back in Freedom.
I created Free FM back in 2004 to give awesome talent like Adam Carolla a radio show that harkened back to the earliest days of freeform radio....a form never done better than the way it's still being done today by Howard Stern.
When I got "shit-canned" as Adam loves to say - and could no longer protect him from the devils - he got "shit-canned" too. Adam took to his garage to build a monster audience for his podcast and My Damn Channel continues to put our cash where our heart is as a paid sponsor.
Today, we pony up again to become a proud sponsor of
WTF with Marc Maron. If you know this show, then you simply need to know that I could no longer sit back and cheer for Marc without jumping in to support him. If you're uninitiated, then his words will be better than mine and I encourage you to watch the video of Marc's recent keynote speech given at the premiere comedy festival,
Just for Laughs in Montreal.
Like with Adam Carolla, you'll hear My Damn Channel artists and comedians on WTF with Marc Maron. From time to time, Marc will tell you about the good shit we're doing here to premiere original series with great talent and without any of the corporate red tape that used to get in our way.
And we've now got a whole new Marc Maron channel to check out regularly when you're on My Damn Channel, featuring his podcasts, videos, extras and excerpts with a link to subscribe and donate like we did to a rare talent taking the truth by the horns.
Rob Barnett
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Today on Daily Grace:
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Hallelujah!
Seriously. She's giving three sweet Powershots away to three of YOU who helped make her King of The Web!
Hallelujah!
(PS: Now that song is stuck in your head, too. You're welcome.)
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"pro youtube" on 10/28/2011 9:00:00 PM by Rob Barnett
Today, Google made a major announcement setting the stage for new programming on YouTube. We're honored that My Damn Channel is working to create a new YouTube original channel as part of this initiative.
We launched www.MyDamnChannel.com back in 2007 - dedicated to giving the most talented people in entertainment a studio and distribution platform where they can co-create, produce and showcase the best original video programming. We've made thousands of videos and many of the most watched and awarded comedy series like “Wainy Days,” “You Suck at Photoshop,” “Horrible People,” “Daily Grace” and political satire from the great Harry
Shearer. We've been supported by major advertisers who partner with us to reach engaged, loyal fans online with media
campaigns and branded entertainment that break through the noise.
In addition to running our own site, we've always syndicated to other outlets and YouTube has been a powerful partner since we launched our first channel there in 2007.
In February, 2012, we’re expanding our YouTube relationship to give you MY DAMN CHANNEL LIVE: a hosted, 30-minute, weekly comedy show featuring world premieres of our original videos
and series. We'll bring you stars you love and new talent too.
MY DAMN CHANNEL LIVE will also invade your screens daily with 10-minute, interactive blasts from our host. You'll see our new live show on a dedicated channel on My Damn Channel, on a new
channel on YouTube, and in syndication.
We'll keep you plugged in on the birth of our new baby with fresh updates about all the artists we’re signing and the new series we’re producing from now 'til launch.
I want to give HUGE thanks to everyone who's supported My Damn Channel. A few short years ago, Warren Chao and I
were two crazy fools with a power point presentation and a dream. The fact that one of the most revolutionary companies in the world just tapped us for their new adventure blows us away and we're
counting on all of you to be watching.
Rob Barnett
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