Luke Sabis is a filmmaker,
actor
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, composer, and former musician known for acting in ''Cleaver's Destiny'',
and directing ''
Missing Child'' and ''Ghost Tenant''.
He performed with the rock band, The Take, in the 1990s.
Early life
Sabis was born in
Brooklyn, New York
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and grew up in
Queens, New York
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. He attended
St. John's University where he earned a computer science degree; his first job was in this field. He wrote and played rock music with his band The Take at
The Bitter End
The Bitter End is a 230-person capacity nightclub, coffeehouse and folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village. It opened in 1961 at 147 Bleecker Street under the auspices of owner Fred Weintraub. The club changed its name to ''The Ot ...
, CBGBs, and Kenny's Castaways.
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Career
Sabis appeared in some Off-Off-Broadway
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productions in New York, including being a member of Ken Terrell’s Curan Repertory Company.Los Angeles City College
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,[ where he directed and acted in his first film, ''Missing Child'', as well as composing the score. The film was screened at the 2014 ]Boston International Film Festival
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Established in 2003 by film producer Patrick Jerome, the festival features independent films from ...
, the Dances With Films
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Lineup
Taking place every year since 1998, the festival is dedicated to representing true independent ...
festival in Hollywood
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California, and the Hawaii Big Island Film Festival The Big Island Film Festival is a film festival held at the Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii.
The festival, which has been held every May between 2006 and 2016, features short and feature films by independent filmma ...
.Cannes Film Festival
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.
Personal life
Sabis lives in Los Angeles.
References
External links
''Missing Child'' Review in Hollywood Reporter
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Living people
St. John's University (New York City) alumni
Film directors from New York City
Year of birth missing (living people)