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Allen Rivkin was born on 20 November 1903 in Hayward, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Devil Is Driving (1932), Tension (1949) and The Farmer's Daughter (1947). He was married to Ruth Kronick and Laura Kerr. He died on 17 February 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alvin Cura was born in Hayward, California, USA. He is known for Lust for Love (2014).
- The eldest child of Patrick and Wendi, Alyssa was born November 5, 1986 in Hayward California. Always a photogenic child, she loved to ham it up when her dad pulled out the video camera, even though she wasn't always intended as the subject.
The family moved from the Bay Area to Northern California in 1996, to escape the smog and traffic. In her junior and senior years of high school, Alyssa sang in the all-female choir and featured in several school plays, earning acclaim from fellow students and teachers. She was also a power figure in the school's multimedia group, Thunderpaw Multimedia, which produced short films and 3D animations for local film festivals. As the web and operations manager, she was in charge of maintaining the group's website and collection of professional film equipment. Though she dreamed of going on to study at prestigious film schools, she instead focused on working full time and earning her associate's degree in fashion merchandising at a local community college.
In 2006, she met and began dating Jonathan Vaughan, who would become her husband. The pair married in 2010, and in 2013 they moved from California to Pennsylvania, where Alyssa started her own business making custom nail polish inspired by geek pop culture.
She still loves to act and sing, though most of her time is spent working on new collections for her polish company, updating the couple's late-19th century home, and cosplaying. - Art Department
- Actor
- Producer
Andrew Olsen, is the 5th of 7 siblings. Andrew is an actor , writer, art department member, and historian best known for his appearance in, "I Love You, You Hate Me" (2022).
Andrew graduated from Southern Virginia University with a degree in Business Management and Leadership. Andrew is an entrepreneur running his company, Midwest Toys LLC. Through his company, Andrew was able to launch the world-wide educational toy brand, Puppet Pals.- Angelica Marliza DeChavez was born on September 18, 1999 in Hayward, California. She is a Filipino-American Actress, Model, and Digital Content Creator. Angelica was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 2017, she graduated from Southwest Career and Technical Academy and received her Advanced High School Diploma with an emphasis in Fashion Design.
In 2019, Angelica graduated from College of Southern Nevada with High Honors and received her Associate of Arts Degree. - Music Department
- Producer
- Writer
Falcón, a Latino Filmmaker, grew up in one of the roughest/ poorest parts of the Bay Area. As a child, he did his best to find a balance between the gritty streets and the church that helped his family survive.
Years later, he picked up a camera and started telling stories. Falcón made six short films before his first microfeature in 2008, which took home ten official selections before its DVD release.
Shortly after, he began working for AMI (Anders Media, Inc) - a music company turning media company that was exploding for producing over 800 songs for the TV series "Glee."
Falcón quickly became the head of TV/Film for the company, developing a slew of projects, directing music videos and sizzles for the company, as well as Music Production Supervising for projects such as ABC's "Dirty Dancing" Remake, Dreamworks "Captain Underpants," and FOX's "The Passion." Falcón also Created and Produced 120 episodes of the LATAM Nickelodeon Music Series "Kally's Mashup" during his time with AMI.
After going solo late in 2019, Falcón freelanced as the Music Production Supervisor for NBC's "Perfect Harmony." He also Produced, Wrote, and Directed a one-act play in Argentina (which he later filmed as a short). Before Coronavirus, he began Producing the Discovery Kid's upcoming Music TV series "Alex and Alux" in Mexico City, which is currently on hiatus due to CoVid. He recently produced a Musical Nickelodeon film in Colombia, which just came out on Paramount + in August 2021 and is repped by Range Media Partners.- Art Department
Benjamin Morris was born on 6 January 1981 in Hayward, California, USA. Benjamin is known for XII (2008) and Bob Funk (2009).- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Additional Crew
Bona Bones was born on 15 June 1988 in Hayward, California, USA. She is known for Grey Skies (2010), Tremors of Terror from Space (2007) and Battlefield America (2012).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Brandon Rogers is an American comedian, actor, director, and writer who has become best known for his sketches, where he impersonates various outlandish characters, often lampooning the stereotypes associated with them. Rogers was born on August 3, 1988, in Hayward, California. Though he was fascinated by cinema and acting at a very young age, he decided to become an actor around the age of nine. After completing high school, he attended college in San Francisco. Since he could not break into the field of mainstream entertainment, he decided to pursue his passion through social media. He created a YouTube channel in 2006 which has now amassed over 5 million subscribers.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Brett Anderson was born on 29 September 1967 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The World's End (2013), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) and The Chase (1994).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Brian Beacock is an actor, writer, producer and musician from the San Francisco Bay Area. After completing the National Tour of "Les Miserables," he moved to Los Angeles where he created a diverse career including; Voice-overs for more than 30 animated series and video games including various "Digimon" series, "Naruto," "Bleach," "Durarara," Monokukma in the "Danganronpa" game series, "Doreamon," "Blue Exorcist," "Tenkei Knights," "Code Geass," "Blue Dragon," "Battle B-Daman," "Toradora," "Tales of Symphonia," "Dragon Ball," "Dragon Ball Super (Toonami Asia)", "Bobobo-Bobobobo", "Sailor Moon" and more. Television appearances: "Imagination Movers," "Kath & Kim," "CSI," "Passions," NBC's "The Rerun Show." Films include: "Colt Racer," "To The Beat", "Mulholland Drive," "Buying The Cow," "Globehunters," "Circuit," and the upcoming horror feature "Hollow Scream." Brian has been a featured performer at the world famous Roxy on The Sunset Strip, PS 122 in NYC, and as the featured musical guest on "The Conan O'Brien Show" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (singing for Betty White). Theatre credits include: the West Coast Premiere of "Elegies," "When Pigs Fly," "Pageant," "The Last Hairdresser," "Naked Boys Singing," and the insane 35-character one-man show "Fully Committed." He and his work have been featured in the New York Times, US Magazine, People Magazine, TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Backstage West, LA Times, LA Weekly, USA Today, Daily Variety, and Entertainment Weekly. Not just an actor, Brian won the Royal Television Society's "Best Main Title Theme" Award for his lyrical composition work in "Playing It Straight," the UK's hit musical reality program, for which he wrote and produced 30 songs on location, performing them live on-set. As a writer/producer he is behind the much lauded and hugely successful web series "McCracken Live!" which won numerous awards and was one of only 22 shows in the world chosen to be in Europe's first webseries festival in Marseille France. Brian is the creator/writer/producer of the new insane zombie comedy "Acting Dead" which won a Primetime Emmy Award for actress Patrika Darbo, in addition to other numberous awards including best comedy and best writing at the Indie Series Awards. You can bite-and-binge watch all of Season 1 now on Amazon Prime Video. Stop by and say hi on Twitter and Instagram @brianbeacock, and check out www.mccrackenlive.com and www.actingdead.com.- Visual Effects
Carl Guyenette was born on 29 August 1985 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK. He is known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Total Recall (2012) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Charles Chen is a California native raised in San Lorenzo. At a very young age he was interested in taking pictures and filming video. During high school, he launched his professional video production career by starting his own video production company, providing video production services for weddings and also producing commercials for private businesses in the San Francisco bay area. Upon graduating from high school, Charles decided to moved down to Los Angeles in order to attend film school. While in school, he had the opportunity to work on the hit MTV show Pimp My Ride and also at a major music video and commercial production company. Upon graduating from film school, Charles was accepted into the prestigious page program at CBS Television City Studios in Hollywood where he had an opportunity to work on many hit shows such as, The Price is Right, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, and many more. As of now he is working as a producer, actor, and camera jib operator in Los Angeles, CA.- Actor
- Stunts
Chris Snyder was born on 29 April 1983 in Hayward, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Loaded (2007).- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Christian Guiton was born on 1 November 1991 in Hayward, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Bail Out (2017), Nick Antonyan's Road to Comedy (2017) and Royce: Oxygen (2019).- Colin Fry was born in 1962. In 1972 he received his first spiritual message and became a professional medium at the age of 17 in 1979. He has toured in Finland, Japan, Australia and America. He became host of his first television show "6ixth Sense" in 2002.
He lives with his partner Mikey and their three dogs, Laurie, Bertie and Sue in Sussex, England and enjoys collecting antique clocks and watches. He is also active in AIDS and children's charities. - Darrell Taylor was born in Hayward, California, USA. He is known for The Challenge: World Championship (2023), Citizen Dame (2017) and Spring Break Challenge 2010 (2010).
- Born in Hayward, California, David spent most of his life as a teacher of psychology, philosophy and orientation classes at the University of Phoenix and other local colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a victim of the foreclosure crisis in Las Vegas, as a result of expenses incurred during the hospitalization and subsequent death of his wife Bernell.
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
David Searle was born on 25 April 1992 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for A Dark Reflection (2015) and Pancake Day (2016).- Davone Bess was born on 13 September 1985 in Hayward, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Doris Cragg was born on 27 January 1926 in Hayward, Wisconsin, USA. Doris is known for Stranded (1987). Doris was married to Clinton M. Cragg. Doris died on 11 April 2021 in Redondo Beach, California, USA.- Editor
- Editorial Department
Duke Bishop was born on 19 August 1980 in Hayward, California, USA. Duke is an editor, known for Bid Whist Party Throwdown (2005) and Steak & Espionage (2009).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova Scotian descent), and his mother is of Samoan background (her own father was Peter Fanene Maivia, also a professional wrestler). While growing up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. During his high school years, Dwayne began playing football and he soon received a full scholarship from the University of Miami, where he had tremendous success as a football player. In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the NFL. He then signed a three-year deal with the Canadian League but left after a year to pursue a career in wrestling.
He made his wrestling debut in the USWA under the name Flex Kavanah where he won the tag team championship with Brett Sawyer. In 1996, Dwayne joined the WWE and became Rocky Maivia where he joined a group known as "The Nation of Domination" and turned heel. Rocky eventually took over leadership of the "Nation" and began taking the persona of The Rock. After the "Nation" split, The Rock joined another elite group of wrestlers known as the "Corporation" and began a memorable feud with Steve Austin. Soon the Rock was kicked out of the "Corporation". He turned face and became known as "The Peoples Champion". In 2000, the Rock took time off from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001). He returned in 2001 during the WCW/ECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE wrestlers at The Scorpion King (2002), a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001).
Dwayne has a daughter, Simone Alexandra Johnson, born in 2001, with his ex-wife Dany Garcia, and daughters, Jasmine, born in 2015, and Tiana Gia, born in 2018, with his wife, singer and songwriter Lauren Hashian.- Producer
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Eduardo Quiroz was born in Hayward, California, USA. He is known for The Damned (2006), Paper Napkins (1997) and Deliverance from Evil (2012).- Elizabeth Blanco was born on 26 September 1986 in Hayward, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Shield (2002), Paradise Hills (2007) and Becoming Eduardo (2009).
- Elizabeth Kiviligan was born on 3 December 1981 in Hayward, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Kammler Code (2016) and WelcomeMatt (2016).
- Actor
- Visual Effects
- Casting Department
Elliot Harrington was born in Hayward, California. He is an actor, known for The Embrace (2022) and Finding the Zone.- Emily Snodgrass was born on 2 December 1974 in Hayward, California, USA. She is an actress, known for World of Anime (1998).
- Actress
- Art Department
Emily Stofle was born on 14 March 1978 in Hayward, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Inland Empire (2006), Twin Peaks (2017) and Ted Bundy (2002). She has been married to David Lynch since 26 February 2009. They have one child.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Frank Diaz is an American film and television actor born in Hayward, California. He is the son of Livier, a former school teacher, and Javier, a business man. He has two siblings, an older sister Livi, and younger brother Ivan. Frank took his first steps towards acting at a very young age, always performing in school plays and participating in talent shows. Growing up, soccer had always been his true passion. His skills and techniques promised him a very successful career. He played soccer with Northern California Olympic Development, NCAA Collegiate, and Professional Teams. Frank's poise and instinctive nature in front of a camera could not be ignored. Thus while attending University and the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Frank was tested and found himself at a crossroad. By giving up his dream of continuing to be a professional soccer player, Frank chose to dedicate his life to acting and made the move to Los Angeles. He has always felt the happiest when entertaining people on stage and in front of a camera.- Georgina A. Pop was born on 29 September 2005 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK.
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- Writer
- Cinematographer
Harith Neralla was born in Hayward, California, USA. Harith is a director and writer, known for The Tale of the Train (2017).- Helena Di Buragi was born on 18 November 1985 in Haywards Heath, England, UK.
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- Producer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
James D. Clayton was born on 21 March 1972 in Hayward, California, USA. James D. is a producer, known for My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009), Hotel California (2008) and Assassins Run (2013).- Actor
- Music Department
- Director
James Monroe Iglehart was born on 4 September 1974 in Hayward, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Wish (2023), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017) and Disenchanted (2022). He has been married to Dawn Phelps since 11 January 2002.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Jamie Walker is an award-winning Director/Writer who was recently selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures to serve on the leadership board for Gold Rising, an initiative spearheaded by Bettina Fisher to promote and provide access in the film industry for diverse filmmakers. A graduate of USC's M.F.A. Program in Directing, where she was funded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, Jamie also has a graduate degree from Howard University, where she received a full ride. Originally from Oakland, CA, Jamie has over 11 years of experience in the film industry and primarily specializes in scripted TV and narrative features (drama, rom com, and comedy). She also enjoys directing YA. Her long term goal is to direct original content for episodic TV and to helm inspiring stories about leading women and marginalized characters with depth and agency who have triumphed over adversity.
Walker has received Directing fellowships from The Blackhouse Foundation at Sundance, Facebook SEEN's Emerging Director Program, The Academy of Motion Pictures, and The George Lucas Family Foundation. Her short film "Oscar Micheaux" that she wrote and directed screened at Cannes (Short Film Corner) and won "Best Short" at The African American Film Festival. Another short that she wrote and directed, "Sandra: Say Her Name" won "Best Short" at the Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival. Her shorts have screened at numerous film festivals. Walker worked at AMPAS for Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and The Student Academy Awards. She has also worked at Buzz Feed, helping to manage over 20 commercials weekly.
Some of her clients include Disney Plus, HBO Max, Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network, Wayfarer Entertainment, Lifetime, ESPN, Pepsi, Kroger, Nationwide, and more. Originally from Oakland, she resides in Los Angeles and has worked with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther), Tessa Thompson (Dear White People/Passing), Lin Miranda (Hamilton), Andre Holland (Moonlight), Adepero Odune (12 Years a Slave), Janelle Mona'e, Tiffany Haddish, J Lo, and Jill Scott, to name a few.
Jamie is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Film Fatales, Women in Media, Women in Film, Academy Gold, JTC Women Unite, and the PGA. She has worked for Disney Plus, ESPN, Lifetime, Array, HGTV and several other companies. She is one of the founding members of Rachel Raimist's "Saturday Sessions" and has participated in Directing workshops with Bola Ogun, Joel Zwick (Disney), Tessa Blake (ABC), Rachel Raimist (CW Network), Andy Cadiff (CBS), Eva McKenna (CW Network) and Jenn Page (Heart on Fire Productions).- Jaslyn Ome was born on 21 July 1991 in Hayward, California, USA. She is an actress, known for 7 Deadly Sins (2019).
- Jason Bice was born on 2 January 1977 in Hayward, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Keeper (2002), Man, Moment, Machine (2005) and 42 Ways to Kill Hitler (2008).
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- Music Department
- Sound Department
Jeff Beal is one of the most prolific and respected composers working in Hollywood today. He grew up studying the trumpet in the San Francisco Bay area, where he was immersed in the sounds of the 70's jazz, classical, and the rock & pop music scene. His prodigious talent in composition lead to many works for both big band and orchestra during his high school years. In his teens, his compositions were performed by the Oakland Youth Symphony under maestro Kent Nagano, the Monterey Jazz Festival All Star big band, and others.
After high school, Jeff went to the Eastman School of Music to study composition with Pulitzer prize winner Christopher Rouse, Rayburn Wright and Bill Dobbins. During the Eastman years, he was awarded an unprecedented 11 student awards from Downbeat Magazine for his compositions and trumpet playing. It was at Eastman Jeff also studied film scoring, and met the producers of what would become his first film assignment, Cheap Shots (1988).
Before moving to Los Angeles, Beal lived in New York City and San Francisco, where he pursued a career as a jazz recording artist and composer. His debut recording "Liberation" for Island Records was considered an underground classic by the New York jazz community. Beal would continue to release a total of seven solo recordings, and frequented as a guest artist on other recordings.
In 1993, after his "Concerto for Jazz Bass" was recorded by John Patitucci on Chick Corea's new label, Beal decided to make the move to Los Angeles. His big break came when Ed Harris called on Jeff to score his directorial debut Pollock (2000). Beal's unique blend of Americana, minimalism, and chamber orchestra caught the ear of many in Hollywood. This led to his relationship with HBO, where he has provided scores for two of their most adventurous series, Rome (2005) and Carnivàle (2003), resulting in 3 Emmy nominations. In total Beal has received 15 prime time nominations and 4 Emmy Awards to date.
Frequently called on to score assignments that require a unique and diverse musical approach, Beal won an Emmy for Battleground (2006)- a one-hour no-dialog installment of "NIghtmares and Dreamscapes,"
Other notable scores include Appaloosa (2008) dir. Ed Harris, No Good Deed (2002) dir. Bob Rafelson, Little Red Wagon (2012) dir. David Anspaugh, Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) dir. Bob Balaban, the "Jesse Stone" films, dir. by Robert Harmon and the Golden Globe-winning series Ugly Betty (2006). He also scored Wilde Salomé (2011) for Al Pacino, Mr. Pacino's long-awaited follow-up to Looking for Richard (1996). Beal has also been a frequent collaborator of Academy Award winner Jessica Yu, on In the Realms of the Unreal (2004), Protagonist (2007), and her feature documentary for Participant Productions; Last Call at the Oasis (2011).
Jeff's 1st prime-time Emmy award came in 2001 for his season one theme song to Monk (2002). The instrumental theme was replaced in season two by the producers and became a cause célèbre among Monk fans and critics. This resulted in an online petition with thousands of signatures, and an episode by the show's writers "Mr. Monk and The TV Star" where a theme song change is protested by guest star Sarah Silverman.
Beal's scores are often driven by a strong sense of melody, and frequent use of chamber-size instrumentations. In a musical climate where bigger is better seems to be the pervading aesthetic, his scores are often intimate, dramatically specific and character-driven. He conducts and orchestrates his own scores, and often performs on them. He plays piano, trumpet, duduk, recorders, harmonica, percussion, rababa, oud, and french horn. Beal's wife Joan Beal is a trained opera singer and has sung on several of his scores, including Carnivàle (2003), The Situation (2006), and Wilde Salomé (2011).- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Jesse Ryan is an American Actor, Writer, and Producer known for his work on The Dip Run, Break Night, and numerous Social media Platforms. Also known for his work as Owner of the successful Patriotic Apparel and Lifestyle Brand, "Keep America American." Born in Hayward California on July 15th 1992. Since 2011, Jesse has established himself as a successful Political Commentator on YouTube and has built a fan base from his works on social media and content creating for Mudjug Portable Spittoons.- Joel Saxon was born on 21 June 1985 in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 120 Days (2014), The Royals (2015) and Seance 360 (2018).
- John Beck was born on 21 August 1981 in Hayward, California, USA.
- John Bingham was born on 3 November 1908 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Fragment of Fear (1970), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) and Four Star Playhouse (1952). He was married to Madeleine Mary Ebel. He died on 6 August 1988.
- John Hall was born on 22 August 1943 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1952), Lord Emsworth and the Little Friend (1956) and Outbreak of Murder (1962). He died on 16 February 2000 in Loudun, Vienne, France.
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- Director
- Writer
John is an award-winning filmmaker and a passionate storyteller. John has directed, filmed, written, edited, and produced several short films spanning several genres. His films, including his thriller "Lure" and children's film "Fuzzy," have screened at several cities including Austin, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. John also has a business background, owning and operating a successful real estate business in the East Bay Area for over 20 years. John is currently in development on two features, his first full-length feature film "Why Do I Cry?" and another untitled feature project.- Johnny Estrada was born on 27 June 1976 in Hayward, California, USA. He is married to Jennifer Estrada. They have three children.
- Jonathan Hunter was born on 1 October 1970 in Hayward, California, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
"People need love" Josh's father, Daniel Martin Lacayo, used to always say.
Martin was born on September 16, 1990 to a Nicaraguan couple living in Hayward, California, who named him Jonathan Martin Lacayo. Just at the age of four, Jonathan proved to be a skillful artist when he tried to sketch a picture of Hannah Barbera's Fred Flintstone, which ended up looking almost identical to the picture he was referencing from on a Fruity Pebble's cereal box. Daniel, Jonathan's father, moved the family to Houston, Texas for a job promotion in the US Postal Service when Jonathan was seven.
To help ease the move, Daniel took the family to a nighttime showing of Liar, Liar, starring Jim Carrey, opening Jonathan's eyes to the power of cinema. Since everyone in the theater was roaring with laughter and deeply moved by Jim Carrey's performance, Jonathan immediately jumped in to theater arts and performed in all the school plays, landing principal roles and receiving multiple awards of recognition from 3rd to 12th grade.
Throughout his grade school years, his friends called him "Lacayo", which was his last name, and the name of his future animation company.
After high school graduation, Jonathan Lacayo continued to perform in local theater shows, but desired to study the technical side of producing movies at an art college. In 2009, one year after graduating from high school, Josh enrolled in to The Art Institute of Houston, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Media Arts and Animation. While in college, he met many talented artists, most of them more talented than he was, but the art professor proved that art is a skill and can be learned, as most the students' work would tremendously improve in just a couple months. One of his professors encouraged him to think like an entrepreneur, which sparked the businessman in Jonathan. Upon graduating from college, he joined the business world and began promoting a production company, from which he operated with his younger brother in their Houston home.
In a way, Jonathan went from thinking himself to be like Jim Carrey, to thinking himself to be like Walt Disney. He learned more about business and grew his network while running Lacayo Studios. Only a couple of his college wanted to help him with the new studio, and Jonathan later purchased a professional space on Westheimer Rd. The studio was ten minutes from the Houston Galleria, and his employee count had went from being just him and his brother, to more than 90 employees working on various art projects.
Years passed, and Jonathan began having lucid dreams that led him to close the company and begin learning about the Bible. His family was confused by his actions, as he would even make claims that things he dreamed about were the same things he would later learn in the Bible, or at a local Bible study. Daniel, and Jonathan's mother, Maria, didn't understand why he didn't want to go to church, but wanted to preach.
One of Jonathan's volunteers from Lacayo Studios mentioned to him about an organization that studies the Bible and is not like any other church. The organization is called The Gathering of Christ Church, and they don't use the modern day translation of the Bible to fulfill their understanding of it; they research it's history and still use the ancient Hebrew language. The Gathering of Christ Church (GOCC), offered a program to learn the dead language, and Jonathan couldn't help but think that what he was learning would make for an excellent animated movie.
After giving it much thought, since Jonathan's family and friends, as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of supporters from Lacayo Studios were already troubled by his recent biblical remarks, Jonathan announced a new animation studio in April 2017, called Biblical. In addition, he also started going by Josh Martin instead of Jonathan Lacayo.
The new studio is to focus on releasing a full length animated motion picture, called Adam and Eve, in hopes to produce a series of sequels that would essentially re-tell the critical stories of the Holy Bible to a modern day audience. At this time, Biblical's Adam and Eve has finished development, and it's release date is still TBA.- Actor
- Stunts
Despite being one of the smallest actors in Hollywood at 37 inches, Josh proved quality early on in life. By creating and distributing his own business cards before he was even a teenager, Josh landed a spot on "The Dancing Baby" ice cream commercial, which led to his role in Baby Geniuses (1999), where he played all the babies and did all the dancing. His co-star in that, Peter MacNicol, introduced him to David E. Kelley, who cast him as recurring guest Oren Koolie on Ally McBeal (1997), a child lawyer who gives Ally a hard time. His role on Passions (1999) was his first contract role in a TV series. He also appeared in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) with Jim Carrey.
His mother added recently: "Perhaps he didn't live many years but he lived a life that was filled with big dreams most of which he lived as a reality rather than only dreaming about. He said the only dream that can't come true is one that no one dares to dream, other than that every dream is possible. I hope that Josh will always be remembered not because he died but because he really lived a life filled with love and laughter and lots and lots of dreams. He made the most out of what he had, he was larger than life and we should all be as wise as the little guy with the big dreams."- Born in Hayward, California as Kimberlin Ann Brown, Brown made daytime television history by successfully crossing over her character from the number one daytime drama The Young and the Restless (1973) to The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) causing the latter show's ratings to skyrocket in the early 1990s. Discovered by famed modeling agent Nina Blanchard, it took almost a year of soul-searching for Brown to decide if she really wanted to give up her dream of being an architect, before she moved to Los Angeles. The modeling work came quickly, and Brown jetted off to model in Tokyo, Milan and Paris. Upon her return to the United States, Brown decided to give acting a try. She guest starred on numerous television series, including Matt Houston (1982) and T.J. Hooker (1982) while taking acting classes. Brown soon won a recurring part on the daytime drama Capitol (1982). In addition, she had featured roles in the films Who's That Girl (1987), 18 Again! (1988), and Eye of the Tiger (1986). Brown's big break came in 1990: Jill Newton, the casting director of The Young and the Restless, remembered Brown from a previous audition and called her in for the role of nurse Sheila Carter. Originally designed as a minor recurring player, Brown's talents were quickly realized by the show's creator William J. Bell and culminated in a 1992 Daytime Emmy Award nomination as 'Best Supporting Actress'. As the role of Sheila Carter expanded to a full-flexed villain amidst a baby-snitch storyline along-side Tracey E. Bregman's Lauren Fenmore, the character was eventually "killed off" in dramatic fashion in May 1992. Little did viewers know, that the genius of William J. Bell saw a new lease of light for the character on sister-show The Bold And The Beautiful: A very much alive Sheila showed up in fictional Los Angeles where she was linked to the powerful Forrester dynasty. The rivalry of Sheila and Lauren continued to play a pivotal role in Los Angeles as well as Genoa City for another three years creating several story-lines spanning both shows. Brown's character was eventually reformed and continued in another direction until her shocking exit in October 1998. In 1999, Brown started a three-year-run as psychologist Dr. Rachel Locke on Port Charles (1997) - and no stranger to cross-over series-events - also brought this character to life on mother-show General Hospital (1963) on several occasions. In a top-secret move, Brown then made a highly publicized surprise return to The Bold And The Beautiful in May 2002. Due to a change of storyline, Brown was written off after just 6 months when the character of Sheila shot another legacy character, Dr. Taylor as played by Hunter Tylo. Following another quick return visit in 2003, Brown landed the role of Dr. Paige Miller on New York-based One Life to Live (1968), but left the show after several months to return to the role of Sheila Carter in August 2005. But this time, Brown returned to her original stomping grounds on The Young And The Restless. However, changes in storyline cut her return short and Brown was written off a mere 6 months later. In following years, scheduling conflicts prevented Brown from reprising her legacy character which was eventually killed off. In the last couple of years, Brown has starred in several independent movie productions and played a lead role on web-serial The Bay (2010) in 2011 in addition to starting her own interior design firm in 2012 in San Diego, California. Brown is married to Gary Pelzer since May 11, 1991 and they share a daughter and son.