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Sironia
''Sironia'' is a drama film directed by Brandon Dickerson and starring Amy Acker, Wes Cunningham, Tony Hale, Robyn Lively, Carrie Preston and Meaghan Martin. It was shot on location in Waco, Texas and Los Angeles, California. Plot Inspired by the music of singer-songwriter Wes Cunningham, Sironia is the story of a talented musician who has been chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood music machine. Frustrated by his broken career, Thomas Fisher and his wife Molly impulsively pack up and move to small town Sironia, Texas to live a more authentic life and raise their first child near Molly's brother and his family. Despite the change of scenery, Thomas's deep resentment over his lost dreams gets the best of him as he struggles to find peace with his stalled career, until he remembers what he loved about music - and Molly - in the first place. Cast * Amy Acker as Molly Fisher * Carrie Preston as Grace * Robyn Lively as Barbara * Tony Hale as Chad * Jeremy Sisto as Tucker * Meagha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Dickerson
Brandon Dickerson is an American writer, director, and producer whose work includes film, music video, documentary film, and television commercials. He made his feature film directorial debut with the 2011 feature film '' Sironia'', which won the Audience Award at the 2011 Austin Film Festival in October 2011 before its release through Filmbuff. His second feature film as writer-director, ''Victor'', is set for release in 2017 as is his documentary film ''A Single Frame''. His most notable music videos include work for The Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Switchfoot, Sixpence None the Richer, Bridgit Mendler, Dishwalla, China Anne McClain, Zendaya, Steven Curtis Chapman, Vince Gill, Michael W. Smith, Jeremy Camp, Toby Mac, and Elissa. As a commercial director, Dickerson has worked with companies like Aprilia, Autodesk, Sony PlayStation, Sega, Yahoo!, Kinder Chocolate, The Walt Disney Company, and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. In 2000, he won the Gold Lion awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meaghan Martin
Meaghan Jette Martin () (born February 17, 1992) is an American actress and singer known for her work in film, television, and theatre. She is best known for her starring role in the ABC Family television series, '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' as Bianca Stratford. She is also well known for her role as Tess Tyler in the Disney Channel television films ''Camp Rock'' and it’s sequel '' Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam''. She has also had guest starring roles in ''House'' and ''Jessie'', and played the recurring role of Julie #2 in multiple seasons of MTV's television series ''Awkward''. Martin also starred as Jo Mitchell in Mean Girls 2. Martin is also known for lending her voice for Naminé in the video game series ''Kingdom Hearts'' as well as voicing and motion-capturing Jessica from the video game ''Until Dawn''. In 2019, Martin made her professional London stage debut in '' The Actor's Nightmare'' at the Park Theatre in London. Early life Martin appeared in several community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Chenowith in HBO's '' Six Feet Under'', NYPD Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's '' Law & Order'', George Altman in the ABC sitcom ''Suburgatory'', for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, & Jubal Valentine in the CBS drama series ''FBI''. He starred in Amy Heckerling's ''Clueless'' (1995), Catherine Hardwicke's ''Thirteen'' (2003), & Adrienne Shelly's ''Waitress'' (2007). In 2004, he portrayed bigoted baseball player Shane Mungitt in '' Take Me Out'', for which he was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in a Play. In 2006, Sisto starred in ''Festen'' on Broadway. Sisto co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy film ''Break Point'' (2014), in which he also starred. In 2015, he starred in A&E's '' The Returned''. From 2016 to 2018, Sisto portrayed Freddy Green in the Audience Network d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Cunningham (musician)
Wes Cunningham is a Philippine-born American musician who grew up in Texas. His debut album, "12 Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking", was released on the Warner Brothers label in 1998. "So It Goes" was released as a single and peaked at #11 on '' Billboards Adult Alternative chart in February 1999. After parting ways with Warner, Cunningham released a second album, ''Pollyanna'', in 2001 on the Nashville-based Pentavarit label. Gary Glauber wrote in a 2002 ''PopMatters'' review, "If the tremendously talented Wes Cunningham releases a second CD and no one really knows about it, is there any justice whatsoever?". Growing disenchanted with the music industry, Cunningham moved back to Waco, Texas, focusing less on performing and more on commercial songwriting. He starred in the 2101 film ''Sironia'', which was inspired by his own experiences Discography *''12 Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking'' (1998) *''Pollyanna'' (2001) References External links * *Wes Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Eggold
Ryan James Eggold (born August 10, 1984) is an American actor. He is known for playing Ryan Matthews (90210), Ryan Matthews on the The CW, CW teen drama series ''90210 (TV series), 90210'' and List of The Blacklist characters#Tom Keen, Tom Keen on the NBC crime drama series ''The Blacklist (TV series), The Blacklist'' and its short-lived spin-off (media), spin-off series ''The Blacklist: Redemption''. Eggold appears as hospital director Dr. Max Goodwin, a main character on the NBC drama series ''New Amsterdam (2018 TV series), New Amsterdam'', which began in September 2018. Early life and education Eggold was born in Lakewood, California, the son of Karen (née Benik) and James Frederick Eggold. He is of German, Croatian, and Austrian-Jewish descent. Eggold graduated from Santa Margarita Catholic High School in 2002, where he participated in many school theater performances, and later from the University of Southern California's theater arts department in 2006. Career In 2006, Eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Ford
Courtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' (2009), Portia Bellefleur on ''True Blood'' (2011), Lily on ''Parenthood (2010 TV series), Parenthood'' (2012), Tonia Pyne on ''Murder in the First (TV series), Murder in the First'' (2014), Kate Taylor on ''Revenge (TV series), Revenge'' (2014), Kelly Kline on ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural'' (2016–2018) and Nora Darhk on ''Legends of Tomorrow'' (2017–2020). She also played the lead role in the Lifetime (TV channel), Lifetime television film ''Kept Woman'' (2015). Career Ford described her career as stagnant for the ten years preceding 2008, in which she considered ceasing work as an actress. However, during what she considered to be her last audition, Ford was cast to play reporter List of Dexter characters#Christine Hill, Christine Hill on Showtime (TV network), Showtime's television series ''Dexter ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Billingsley
John Billingsley (, born May 20, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. Early life and education Billingsley was born in Media, Pennsylvania, and subsequently lived in Huntsville, Alabama and Slidell, Louisiana before his family settled in Weston, Connecticut."Theater: Guest Artist Bios: John Billingsley" . . October 4, 2012. He graduated from in 1982. Career
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Amy Acker
Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series ''Angel'' (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series ''Alias'' (2005–2006), and as Root on the science-fiction drama series '' Person of Interest'' (2012–2016). From 2017 to 2019, she starred as Caitlin Strucker on the superhero drama series '' The Gifted'', based on Marvel Comics' X-Men. Early life Amy Louise Acker was born on December 5, 1976 and raised in Dallas, Texas, to a homemaker mother and a lawyer father. She studied ballet and modern dance for 14 years. She underwent knee surgery while in high school, ending her ballet career. Acker graduated from Lake Highlands High School in Dallas. She subsequently earned a bachelor's degree in theater from Southern Methodist University. In her junior year of college, Acker modeled for the J. Crew catalog. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Cartwright
Ryan Cartwright (born 14 March 1981) is an English actor. Early life Cartwright was born on 14 March 1981 in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. He has an older brother, Che Cartwright, who is also an actor. Career He began acting with the Central Junior Television Workshop. His first major role came at the age of 15 in the British ITV comedy-drama ''The Grimleys''. He has also appeared in such other British television programmes as '' Seriously Weird'', '' Hardware'', ''Donovan'', '' Microsoap'', ''Look Around You'' and ''All About Me''. Since moving to the US, Cartwright had a recurring role on the television series ''Bones'' as the laboratory intern Vincent Nigel-Murray, until the death of his character in the season 6 episode ''The Hole in the Heart''. He also completed filming a Hallmark Channel television film, ''Dear Prudence'' alongside Jane Seymour, in which he used an American accent. He had a recurring role (as upper class Briton John Hooker) on Season 3 of ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Sills
Steven Sills is an American screenwriter and film producer. Born on Fort Bliss, an army base in El Paso, Texas, Sills grew up in Bedford, New Hampshire. Sills attended film school at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. In 1991, he was chosen as a Lew Wasserman Fellow and interned at Universal Studios. In 1995, Sills was selected as a Henry Luce Scholar and spent a year in Tokyo, Japan, working as a visiting writer/producer at NHK. He remained in Japan for 4 years and worked as a copy editor at The Japan Times, a freelance magazine writer and an expat stand-up comic. His feature screenwriting debut, Sinner, was awarded Best Narrative Feature by the 41st Brooklyn Arts Council International Film and Video Festival and Best Feature Film Award at the 2007 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. It was also accepted as an official selection in the 2007 Vail Film Festival, 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival, and 2007 Garden State Film Festival, and the 2007 Boston International Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston (born June 21, 1967) is an American actress known for her work on the television series ''True Blood'', ''Person of Interest'', ''Crowded'', ''The Good Wife'', ''The Good Fight'', and ''Claws''. Preston received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Elsbeth Tascioni on CBS's drama series ''The Good Wife'' and ''The Good Fight''. For her work on ''The Good Wife'', Preston received two nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, winning once. Early life and education Preston was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Pam and Ray Preston. Her brother is actor John G. Preston. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Evansville (1990), followed by an acting diploma from the Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 23: 1990–1994). Career Preston has worked on numerous projects with her husband, actor Michael Emerson, whom she married in 1998. Emerson played Ben Linus on television's ''Lost'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Lively
Robyn Elaine Lively Johnson (born February 7, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the 1989 films ''Teen Witch'' and ''The Karate Kid Part III.'' She is also known for her roles in the TV shows ''Doogie Howser, M.D.''; ''Twin Peaks''; ''Savannah''; and '' Saving Grace''. Early life Robyn Lively was born into a family of actors in Powder Springs, Georgia; her mother, adoptive father, and all four siblings are, or have been,in the entertainment industry. She is the daughter of talent manager Elaine Lively (''née'' McAlpin) and her first husband Ronald Otis (Ronnie) Lively. Her siblings are sister Lori and brother Jason, and her half-siblings are Eric and Blake. Career Lively began her career as a child actress: at age six, she made her screen debut in the television movie '' Summer of My German Soldier'' in 1978. Throughout the 1980s, she appeared in several television shows including ''Silver Spoons'', ''Punky Brewster'' and ''Starman''. She appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
