Gustavo Bernal-Mancheno
Director
Ecuadorean director, Gustavo Bernal-Mancheno has made a number of short films, including the 35mm short, "Luzia", which was the recipient of a major grant from the Kodak Corporation. He is a veteran of numerous cable TV shows, including programming for National Geographic and the History Channel. He holds a BA in Directing and Digital Editing from Columbia College Film School. "Silhouettes" is his feature film debut.
Wonjung Bae
Director of Photography
An Oscar winner, Korean cinematographer Wonjung Bae won the gold medal in the Documentary category at the 38th Student Academy Awards for her film "Vera Klement: Blunt Edge". The film also won a 2010 Directors Guild Student Film award in the Eastern region, woman’s category. Born in Busan, South Korea, Won trained with respected Korean documentary photographer,Youngsu Kim, first learning to shoot 35mm still photography before becoming a filmmaker.
Brett D. Thompson
Producer
Brett Thompson is head of Midwinter Studios, which operates out of LA and Chicago. He joined the Silhouettes team on the heels of producing "The Scenesters", which won a number of awards at major film festivals, including Slamdance, and premiered on Showtime. In addition to Silhouettes, he produced "It's a Disaster", an apocalyptic comedy starring Julia Stiles, David Cross and America Ferrera, which world premiered in June 2012. Brett rounds out the team with his business acumen that he honed as a partner in one of the Big Four professional services firms.
TSI Productions in association with
Midwinter Studios
Presents
Silhouettes
A Film by Gustavo Bernal-Mancheno
Starring
AAMOD Tom Silva
NADIA Fawzia Mirza
SHAKTI Puja Mohindra
CAL Sean Masterson
PRODUCED BY Brett D. Thompson
WRITTEN BY Tom Silva
STORY BY Tom Silva & Gustavo Bernal-Mancheno
EDITED BY Eduardo Bernal
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Wonjung Bae
SOUND DESIGN James Thompson
PRODUCTION DESIGN Curtis Cassell
PRODUCTION MANAGER Alyssa Telford
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Alexandra Leopold
CAMERA OPERATOR Josh Cubas
CAMERA OPERATOR Chris McAlister
GAFFER Matthew Justin Rivera
2nd UNIT GAFFER Chad Carlstone
KEY GRIP Andy Jarosz
GRIP Nick Deuel
STEADICAM Camrin Petramale
SOUND MIXER James Thompson
SOUND MIXER Aaron Bartscht
BOOM OPERATOR Aramis Hamer
WARDROBE Curtis Cassell
HAIR & MAKEUP Sara Jean Stevens
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Velizar Ionikov
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Dylan Diveley
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Melissa Birks
WARDROBE Curtis Cassell
ART DIRECTION Christopher Tuttle
ART DIRECTION Dana Malone
Director
Ecuadorean director, Gustavo Bernal-Mancheno has made a number of short films, including the 35mm short, "Luzia", which was the recipient of a major grant from the Kodak Corporation. He is a veteran of numerous cable TV shows, including programming for National Geographic and the History Channel. He holds a BA in Directing and Digital Editing from Columbia College Film School. "Silhouettes" is his feature film debut.
Wonjung Bae
Director of Photography
An Oscar winner, Korean cinematographer Wonjung Bae won the gold medal in the Documentary category at the 38th Student Academy Awards for her film "Vera Klement: Blunt Edge". The film also won a 2010 Directors Guild Student Film award in the Eastern region, woman’s category. Born in Busan, South Korea, Won trained with respected Korean documentary photographer,Youngsu Kim, first learning to shoot 35mm still photography before becoming a filmmaker.
Brett D. Thompson
Producer
Brett Thompson is head of Midwinter Studios, which operates out of LA and Chicago. He joined the Silhouettes team on the heels of producing "The Scenesters", which won a number of awards at major film festivals, including Slamdance, and premiered on Showtime. In addition to Silhouettes, he produced "It's a Disaster", an apocalyptic comedy starring Julia Stiles, David Cross and America Ferrera, which world premiered in June 2012. Brett rounds out the team with his business acumen that he honed as a partner in one of the Big Four professional services firms.
TSI Productions in association with
Midwinter Studios
Presents
Silhouettes
A Film by Gustavo Bernal-Mancheno
Starring
AAMOD Tom Silva
NADIA Fawzia Mirza
SHAKTI Puja Mohindra
CAL Sean Masterson
PRODUCED BY Brett D. Thompson
WRITTEN BY Tom Silva
STORY BY Tom Silva & Gustavo Bernal-Mancheno
EDITED BY Eduardo Bernal
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Wonjung Bae
SOUND DESIGN James Thompson
PRODUCTION DESIGN Curtis Cassell
PRODUCTION MANAGER Alyssa Telford
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Alexandra Leopold
CAMERA OPERATOR Josh Cubas
CAMERA OPERATOR Chris McAlister
GAFFER Matthew Justin Rivera
2nd UNIT GAFFER Chad Carlstone
KEY GRIP Andy Jarosz
GRIP Nick Deuel
STEADICAM Camrin Petramale
SOUND MIXER James Thompson
SOUND MIXER Aaron Bartscht
BOOM OPERATOR Aramis Hamer
WARDROBE Curtis Cassell
HAIR & MAKEUP Sara Jean Stevens
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Velizar Ionikov
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Dylan Diveley
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Melissa Birks
WARDROBE Curtis Cassell
ART DIRECTION Christopher Tuttle
ART DIRECTION Dana Malone
POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Bruce Levy
POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Carol Schaffner
Original Music Composed by Tom Silva
Music Produced & Arranged by Phillip Amerson
BANSURI IMPROVISATION Lyon Leifer
GUITAR & ORGAN Phillip Amerson
PIANO Marcus Smith
PERCUSSION & TEXTURE Josh Hamburg
"Three Silhouettes"
Written by Tom Silva
Produced by Phillip Amerson
Performed by Mona Jethmalani
"The Pursuit"
Written by Phillip Amerson
Produced by Phillip Amerson
Graphic Design
dda
Still Photographers
Matthew Justin Rivera
Alex Au
Carolina Sanchez
Puppets Courtesy of
Blair Thomas
Special Thanks to
Sears Tower
Cafe Eva
Fearless Radio
Magic Inc.
The Belmont by Reside
Straw Dog Theater
Jafer & Arshia Hasnain
Gail Hamburg
Rodrigo Silva
Nicole Sotelo
Dan Tyrrell
Original Music Composed by Tom Silva
Music Produced & Arranged by Phillip Amerson
BANSURI IMPROVISATION Lyon Leifer
GUITAR & ORGAN Phillip Amerson
PIANO Marcus Smith
PERCUSSION & TEXTURE Josh Hamburg
"Three Silhouettes"
Written by Tom Silva
Produced by Phillip Amerson
Performed by Mona Jethmalani
"The Pursuit"
Written by Phillip Amerson
Produced by Phillip Amerson
Graphic Design
dda
Still Photographers
Matthew Justin Rivera
Alex Au
Carolina Sanchez
Puppets Courtesy of
Blair Thomas
Special Thanks to
Sears Tower
Cafe Eva
Fearless Radio
Magic Inc.
The Belmont by Reside
Straw Dog Theater
Jafer & Arshia Hasnain
Gail Hamburg
Rodrigo Silva
Nicole Sotelo
Dan Tyrrell
