Double Crossed

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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Sandwich Confessionals

Find out what happens when sandwich ingredients stop being polite and start getting fresh. Sandwich Confessionals.

Meet the talented NYU filmmakers behind "Sandwich Confessionals," one of 2013's Subway Fresh Artists Filmmakers Series:

Jennifer Suhr (Writer / Director)
Jennifer Cho Suhr received her B.A. from Yale in American Studies and Ethnicity, Race, & Migration. As an MFA candidate at NYU, she has written and directed short films, music videos and was one of the creators of the TV pilot, American Viral. She also was a recipient of the Tisch School of the Arts Fellowship. Her last film, Saeng-il (Birthday), received the Audience Award at the Gen Art Film Festival 2011. Her thesis, a short entitled Out There, received the Spike Lee Film Production Grant. She is currently developing her first feature film.

Colin Whitlow (Producer)
Born and raised in rural Virginia Colin received his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia in Studio Art and English Literature. He then moved to San Francisco where he worked at YouTube before joining NYU’s selective MBA/MFA dual degree program in 2010. He has spent the last three years producing numerous short films, commercials and a TV pilot while intensively studying business and filmmaking. He plans to work in the media industry in New York upon completion of the program in May.

Geoff Mansfield (Producer)
Originally from Hong Kong, Geoff worked in production in New York on shows like 30 Rock and Flight of the Conchords for a few years before getting his dual-MBA/MFA at NYU. There, he was a Bernie Brillstein Scholar and produced numerous shorts and a TV pilot, American Viral, starring Michael Showalter. Prior to this, Geoff rode a bicycle across the States.


Episode 1: Best friends Cucumber and B. Peppers try to get into the exclusive Subway Club.

Cast:
Hamface - Willie Teacher
Cucumber - Tim Hoffman
Peppers - James Manzello
Turkey - Shawn Dugas
Bacon - AnnaRose King
Chicken - Kenny Santucci
Meatballs - Thomas Patrick

Episode 2: The ingredients of BMT Breakfast Melt are forced to go through sandwich therapy.

Cast:
BF Ham - Rick Younger
JT Tomato - Larry Wendorf
EE Muffin - Jonathan Tindle
Miss Egg White - Cristina Duran
Spicy Pepperoni - Natasha Williams
Cheese - Luke Guldan


Crew:
Director - Jen Suhr
Producer - Colin Whitlow
Producer - Geoff Mansfield
Assistant Director - Abu Bakr Shawky
Director of Photography - Kirsten Tan
1st Assistant Camera - Armaan Virani
2nd Assistant Camera – Klark Chaudry
2nd Camera Operator - Chananun Chotrungroj
DIT - Daniel Shaw
Gaffer - Tony Sur
Key Grip - Zack Schamberg
G&E - Cory Lonas, Fernando Martinez
Sound Mixer - Dimitri Kouri
Boom Operator - Tarek Fouda
Production Designer - Ioannis Sochorakis
Art Director - Gabriela Bruno
Art Assistants - Blake Lyons, Raymond Wei, Aarica North
Costume Designer - Lara de Brujin
Costume Intern - Kim Goings
Hair and Makeup - Kate Tsang
Makeup Assistant - Amanda Bujak
Editor - Sarah-Violet Bliss
Sound Mixer - Michael Curtes
Composer - Michael Curtes
Casting director - Lauren Charkow

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WHAT'S NEXT... AT LEAST UNTIL 2/22

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What's Next... At Least Until 9/13 - UPDATED

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What's Next... At Least Until 8/31 - UPDATED

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MY DAMN CHANNEL -- My 5th Birthday Love Letter

I'm flying home from the 30th Birthday of "Just for Laughs" in Montreal -- the annual, best family reunion in comedy. I've just spent 4 daze and nights with many of the world's best comic minds -- and I'm heading into our birthday re-inspired to keep giving you more.

Everything everyone said about being an entrepreneur has turned out to be true. It's been much more rewarding to not work inside the old corporate monoliths of my past: MTV, VH1, CBS. But I'd never be here without remembering everything I learned there. It's been much harder work to create and run my own business -- the hours are endless -- the pressure to win for everyone who believes in us and works with us is a weight I've tried to carry with honor every day since leaving people like Mr. Moonves, Mr. Redstone, and their worlds 6 years ago.

We launched My Damn Channel July 31. 2007 to create a new destination for comedy fans and a new home for talent to get the freedom, money, production, distribution and promotion they deserve. Don Was still runs our music channel too. YouTube changed the world. Technology empowered every single content creator to finally get the equipment and distribution we needed to get our art seen by the masses without having to break down the walls of major television networks.

Most new companies never make it 5 years. We made it. Thank you for being part of this family and for supporting our simple mathematical premise: The Best Talent + The Best Original Entertainment = Big Audiences + Big Business.

From our first minute, we trusted smart artists to create their best work. We trusted smart fans to discern the difference between schlock and great video worthy of your views, likes, comments, and shares. This entire dream evaporates without you.

Smart advertisers trust us to deliver excellent talent, creative, production, distribution and promotion alongside every marketing dollar they spend to reach millions in a whole new way.

Our backers trust us never to raise too much or spend too much. They trust us to win big. Those backers include saints we love and many of our closest friends and family members.

To every artist, fan, advertiser, backer and business partner that's been with us since 2007 - thank you for believing and thank you for building the future of entertainment.

My Damn Channel would never have made it to our 5th birthday -- we'd never have even launched without WARREN CHAO. He's my Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, and the man who proves every single day that he's the most dedicated, brilliant, multi-talented executive in media. When I hatched the My Damn Channel idea in 2006, I went looking for the one person who could embody most of the things I was missing to take this dream from inception to glory. Warren is a Harvard graduate, a lawyer, a venture capitalist, a technologist, a business development executive and the only man in the world I'd trust to manage the math and the money. I want to thank Warren and his family for their trust as we all work every day to turn that trust into success.

Every artist who's ever had a video on My Damn Channel shares our belief that show business is best when TALENT is in charge. We vow to continue to put as many of you in charge of your art as we possibly can. We vow to continue to share your art with as many humans as possible. And yes...we vow to continue to share the cash.

Every person who's ever worked inside My Damn Channel has brought their energy, spirit, sweat, brain and backbone to help build an idea and a business that's grown gradually and consistently bigger every year. We worked together to try to avoid most of the mistakes of the first Internet bubble more than a decade ago. We worked tirelessly to outlast dozens of companies who raised countless millions to try to get this right. We worked together passionately to bring us onto the same stage as much deeper-pocketed, excellent pals like Funny or Die and College Humor. If you're on our team right now, you know that 2012 is the inflection point. This is the year when premium original content became the Queen and King at the prom. This is the year when our phones started ringing off the hook. This is the year we launched My Damn Channel LIVE every weekday afternoon with YouTube. This is the time when the great work you've done begins to reap more of the rewards you've earned.

Thank YOU again for every minute you've helped everyone at My Damn Channel.

Please share our link: www.MyDamnChannel.com

Please subscribe here: www.YouTube.com/MyDamnChannel

Please continue to let me know what you think of all that's good/bad/ugly -- and how we can work together.

Great art is usually reliant on breaking the rules. I apologize for breaking the rule to "keep it short" - but I couldn't let this 5th birthday go by without one final story:

My wife and I have twins who will also soon turn "5." My youngest daughter nearly broke my heart when she asked today why I couldn't have a job that got me home at 3 o'clock in the afternoon every day. She once asked me why I couldn't be a mailman - since he seemed to have to only work in the morning. The hours we all put into a career can be ridiculous and wrong. Jessie: I hope you find this one day and know that this was the night when your Dad started getting so good at his job making videos that he was home more with you and your sister and your brother and your most beautiful and loving mother.

Respect and Love,
Rob

(This note appeared originally on Rob Barnett's Facebook Page, 7/31/12)

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Wake You Up When September Ends? Okay.

Ah, September. You went by so fast. How can it be the end of you already? We're still debating whether or not it's okay to wear white and now you want us to start thinking about Halloween costumes? Sigh.

In honor of the end of September and a certain song by Green Day that has been stuck in our heads all day, we present images of My Damn Channel stars sleeping so that we can tell them to "WAKE UP!" just like the song asks us to.

Wake up, Daily Grace! It's the end of September!


Wake up, Kristen Schaal! It's the end of September!


Wake up, Gigi! It's the end of September!

So we hope you're awake now."Waking you up when September ends" was kind of a weird request, right? Pretty arbitrary. We mean, if you're going to hibernate, why not just wake up in March? Whatever. We're your friends so we'll play alarm clock for you but just this once. Unless you pay us or something. Then we'd probably do it more.

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Meet The Worst Generation

Editor's Note: Today we have guest bloggers! The Worst Generation is our newest series and we thought it might be nice for you to get to know its stars a little more intimately, so here they are:

So, My Damn Channel wants us to do some type of blog thingy to kinda introduce ourselves to the people of the internet. Since we don't have any actual "fan mail" (or even "fans" for that matter), I've ripped off a few questions from a Justin Bieber fan site for us to answer. Answer these bad boys and any other questions you can think of to get this bad boy rollin'.

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If your house was on fire and you could only take one thing with you what would it be?
- Roxy, 13, Detroit

JIM: Hi Roxy. Thanks for watching. I'd probably have to grab my amazing-incredible-pornography box, a.k.a. my computer. Either that or my collection of Simpsons action figures.

THOMAS: Bauer, he's the only hope any of us have for success. And you're an idiot Jim the question clearly stated one thing that you would take and you clearly listed two.

JIM: I get nervous talking to people from Detroit. She probably just wants to steal our stuff.

MITCH: My depression pills.



Where do you get your best love advice?
- Lonely in Little Rock

MITCH: My dad once told me. "never take home the three legged dog from the pound just because you feel sorry for it." That made since when I was 9 and it still does to this day.

JIM: I've tried it all; tarot cards, gypsy palm readings, fortune cookies, magic 8 balls... and I found the best place for you to get your love advise... is from inside your heart :)

THOMAS: I just watch what Mitch does, and it teaches me exactly what NOT to do as far as love is concerned.



If you could  have dinner with 3 people, dead or alive, who would it be?

THOMAS: I don't really care as long as those three people are buying. And it better be some gourmet shit, if I have to go listen to three other people bore me to death I don't want to do it over a Big Mac and fries.

MITCH: Bo Jackson, The Pope, and Dennis Rodman

JIM: Wow Mitch, what are the odds of the Pope even responding to that evite?  I'm going with Jenna Jameson, Pamela Anderson and Angelina Jolie. In their primes. Next question.


How does it feel to be mobbed by screaming girls?

JIM: You get used to it.

THOMAS: Feels normal, they've been doing it my whole life.

MITCH: Sometimes, I don't feel worthy of it all. Other times, it gets annoying having to hear all the jibber-jabber that comes along with it.


Describe your dream girl.

MITCH: I hear your dream girl is actually a version of your mother. So probably an annoying old bitch.

JIM: My dream girl is funny, smart, nice smile, pretty eyes, caring of others, and got an ass so big you can see it from the front.

THOMAS: Depends on my mood. And the season.


What would a fan have to do to date you?

THOMAS: Tell me their daddy was Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Jerry Bruckheimer or any such type of person, so that I can leave these clowns of TWG behind and get started on my life doing something that is actually worth a shit.

JIM: Be 18 years old and have a vagina. A trust fund wouldn't hurt either.

MITCH: Have you ever heard of a ballcuzzi?


Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

JIM: Hopefully off of unemployment and out of my parents' basement.

MITCH: Cute cottage near the sea with roommates that make me breakfast and flush the toilet once in a while... or unemployed in my parents basement.

THOMAS: Dating Spielberg's daughter.


How do you deal with all the haters out there?

MITCH: I always carry a butterfly knife I got in Baja. Can't hate when you're getting stabbed.

THOMAS: In the words of Tupac: " Fuck it. I feel like I shine. And I don't give a fuck how many white people, the Media, black people, playa haters, police, whoever, try to darken my shine, Im'a always shine through. "

JIM: Uhhhhh wait what? 


What would you do if all the fame went away tomorrow?

JIM: If all of this fame was suddenly taken away from me, I'd probably blow my head off.

MITCH: It would be a long way to fall, but I'm sure I could still pull ass so who cares.

THOMAS: Be excited that I'd never have to answer stupid questions like these again. Is this really what you want us to do Jimmy? Whataya' stupid or something?


How would you describe your style?

THOMAS: Lazy

JIM:  Oh I dunno, maybe rural-chic with an urban twist.

MITCH: Commando, Ballistic, and Fresh.


How do you maintain such a hot body?

THOMAS: Layers and no AC.

MITCH: Commitment to Excellence.

JIM: More like commitment to purging after every meal. I usually lift like 8 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Editor: Uh, thanks, guys! We'll all be watching you and Bauer every Tuesday at www.MyDamnChannel.com/TheWorstGeneration! And following you on Twitter at @TheWorstGen!  And on Facebook at Facebook.com/TheWorstGeneration!

Otherwise we'll be avoiding Mitch and his butterfly knife.

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#SnarkWeek

If you haven't noticed, Michael Ian Black has been hosting Comedy Central's #SnarkWeek.  That's right, #SnarkWeek.

If you’ve ever felt left out not being able to participate in Shark Week, then #SnarkWeek is for you.  Tweet the snarkiest tweets you’ve got with the eponymous hashtag #SnarkWeek.  If they're snarky enough, they’ll be featured on Comedy Central's very snarky stand up page.  Snark!

The week culminates with Michael Ian Black’s comedy special “Michael Ian Black: Very Special,” which premieres Saturday on Comedy Central at 11:00 ET. The Comic’s Comic interviewed Michael about #SnarkWeek (the pound sign is very important) here.  And as always, you can see Black’s face in this Wainy Days episode, or on our very own Stella Channel.

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FREEDOM WINS

It's an historic day on planet earth. We salute every family who's suffered terror. We salute our President. We salute every woman and man serving freedom on the frontlines of a war that goes on.

We'll continue to entertain you at My Damn Channel as we honor and praise what's right and what's just.

"Justice has been done." (President Barack Obama, 5.1.11)

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