Tell Me, Father // @noxsinister
Producers: Nathan Shapiro, Dan Masso, Melanie Mayumi
Director, Editor: Dan Masso
Director of Photography: William Chapin
Gaffer: Jake Lundell
Makeup and Wardrobe: Sophia Rusin
Production Assistants: Julian Steinberg, Isabel Cien, Daria Good
Cast:
Her: Olivia-Christine Smith
Him: Michael Jonsson
Sirens: Alex Underwood, Amanda Ligouri, Amanda Shafer, Anya Cherryhomes, Cece Grayson, Daria Good, Elizabeth Henry, Gigi Mitjans, Grace Morgan, Shaynie Rhodes
Clergy: Carl Solomon, Frank Vavounas, Tristan McDaniel
Earlier this year on a whim with a group of friends I decided to whip out a short film script based on characters that my actor friends wanted to play.
At first I thought It would be something super simple that I would shoot myself with a DSLR but one thing led to another and my ambition made me go a little farther than that.
Flash forward to now, my short film, Shadow Puppets, has been selected to premiere at the 2025 Chicago Horror Film Festival @chicagohorrorfest .
Thanks to everyone involved! It was a blast to make and I'm looking forward to the next one.
Producer/Writer/Director: Me
Director of Photography: @williamlchapin
Art Director: @aureliavision
Editor: Christopher Derrett
Colorist: @rudypesci_color
Gaffer: @brady.berryhill_dp
Grip: @eeshan.kamath
Hair/Makeup/Blood: @talia.ranier.artistry
Sound: @decabitsound
PA: @cbass118
Starring:
@the_tigerheart as Keane
@eldriyal as Eva
@lexi_stein as Lily
@dylanmarusich as Abe
2024 was one of the most prosperous years of my life. It’s hard to sum up a years worth of work into 90 seconds but I can try. I have so many great collaborators but most of all am thankful for @jake.johnstonn for trusting me to take the wheel beside him and make some cool ass shit. To much greater things in 2025!