After moving to Hollywood from Scotland, throughout the years, Davis has developed, written and directed stars such as Pierce Brosnan, Mickey Rourke, Al Pacino, Mel Gibson, Richard Harris, Geena Davis, Tim Allen, Wesley Snipes, Brittany Murphy, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Amanda Plummer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sir Ian Holm, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cleese, Emile Hirsch and Andy Garcia.
Davis also worked on rewrites for the academy award nominated movie, Elizabeth, on behalf of director Shekhar Kapur. He also wrote the cult supernatural movie, The Invisible.
Davis created, wrote and exec-produced the CBS/Warner Bros tv show Eleventh Hour, for Jerry Bruckheimer, starring Rufus Sewell. He was also a producer on the Netflix movie, The Saint.
Davis directed the Christmas comedy, ‘My Dad’s Christmas Date‘ starring Jeremy Piven and Joely Richardson.
Davis just completed the biography of music producing legend Jack Douglas, who produced John Lennon, Aerosmith.
He just wrapped the heartfelt comedy, ‘Trust in Love‘.
Next year he will direct, from his own script, The Sculptor, a feature based on the last weeks of Constantin Brancusi.
Cast
Emile Hirsch as Walden Dean
Emile Hirsch
Emile Hirsch is best known for his breakthrough performance in INTO THE WILD, directed by Sean Penn, which received worldwide acclaim, garnering him a SAG Award nomination. Emile can be seen in Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD opposite Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as well as the action comedy, THE COMEBACK TRAIL, with Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman. Emile starred in the psychological sci-fil thriller, FREAKS, and NEVER GROW OLD opposite John Cusack, directed by Ivan Kavanaugh. In 2013, Emile starred in the critically acclaimed box office hit, LONE SURVIVOR opposite Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch and Ben Foster.
Shane West as Detective Billy Kane
Shane West
Shane West was born Shannon Bruce Snaith in 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Leah (Launey), a lawyer, and Don Snaith, a drugstore owner. Shane began to pursue an acting career at the age of fifteen, gaining bit parts on various television shows, but it was not until 1999 when West appeared in ABC’s Once and Again (1999) that he got his major breakthrough. Aside from catapulting to teen heart-throb status with the success of the show, West has made his mark on the screen within such films as Liberty Heights(1999) and Whatever It Takes (2000). He starred opposite Mandy Moore in the hit teen romance A Walk to Remember (2002), played Tom Sawyer in the action film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), and then depicted the short life of musician Darby Crash in the biopic What We Do Is Secret (2007). From 2010 to 2013, he starred as Michael on the show “Nikita” (2010)_, and since 2014, has played John Alden on the show “Salem” (2014)_.
Aside from acting, West continues the musical traditions of his family (his parents were both were musicians when he was young) with his band, Average Jo, for which he writes and plays guitar.
Shane’s father was born in Jamaica, of mostly English and Sephardi Jewish descent. Shane’s mother is from a Cajun (French) family from Louisiana.
Kelli Garner as Emily Duperone
Kelli Garner
A California native, Kelli Garner made her film debut at age sixteen in director Mike Mills’ short film Architecture of Reassurance. After honing in on her unique chameleon like skills in more independent films, the fiery young actor earned a part as the 1940’s Hollywood ingénue, Faith Domergue, in Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Soon after, she further proved her ability to shine in comedy, with her first leading roles, starring opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Man of the House as well as the quirky and offbeat comedy Lars and the Real Girl, opposite Ryan Gosling.
In her most recent work, the well reviewed and received Southern Gothic film What Josiah Saw, Kelli masterfully plays Mary, a woman burdened by the lasting emotional scars of childhood trauma . Film Inquiry comments: “from the moment Kelli Garner is introduced, with her scene-stealing performance, the film is really hitting its stride.”
On the television side, Garner co-starred in ABC’s 1960’s airline drama, Pan Am opposite Margot Robbie and Christina Ricci cementing her throwback, vintage appeal along the way. Kelli most recently starred as Kate Ryan on NBC’s The Enemy Within opposite Jennifer Carpenter and Morris Chestnut and gave a “knockout performance” ( Variety ) as Norman Jean /Marilyn Monroe in Lifetime’s event drama, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, also starring Susan Sarandon.
David Keith as Judge Boyle
David Keith
David Keith is a veteran actor, producer and director of 45 years and well over 100 projects in film, television and theatre.
David’s most notable feature film credits are: The Rose, The Great Santini, Brubaker, Take This Job and Shove It, An Officer and a Gentleman, Independence Day, Firestarter, The Lords of Discipline, Heartbreak Hotel (he played and sang the role of Elvis Presley), U-571, and Behind Enemy Lines.
David’s television credits include the mini series, The Golden Moment and the title role in Guts and Glory: the Rise and Fall of Oliver North. In addition to situation comedies Flesh and Blood and The Class, he also starred in Steven Spielberg‘s drama series High Incident and tv drama Lonestar.
David has just completed roles in two feature films that he also executive produced: I’ll Be Watching and Walden.
David currently lives in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee with his children and his two golden retrievers. Occasionally he performs in the University of Tennessee’s Clarence Brown (LORT) companies’ stage productions. He loves to play the guitar, sing and jam with his buddies. He also passionately attends all of the University of Tennessee Volunteer’s sporting events.
Tania Raymonde as Detective Sally Hunt
Tania Raymonde
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Tania Raymonde began her career on Malcolm in the Middle (2000), and is known for her portrayal of Alex Rousseau in the J.J. Abrams series Lost. She played the title role of notorious murderer Jodi Arias in the Lifetime original feature Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013), and starred alongside Billy Bob Thornton and William Hurt in David E. Kelley‘s legal drama Goliath for Amazon. Other TV credits include recurring roles on The Last Ship, The Big Bang Theory (2007), and Crash (2008), opposite Dennis Hopper.
Luke Davis as General George
Luke Davis
Luke began acting in Middle School. Being able to perform and entertain others is a passion for him. He has been involved with Jerry’s Habima Theater (at the MJCCA) since 2008. It’s a musical theater production every year for special needs adults. He always has one of the lead roles. Earlier this year he was Sam in Mamma Mia. He has been in a short film That Was Awesome (Dad’s Garage Theater) and also is in a 4 part web series Swampy Meadows. Last year he landed a small role in a sci-fi movie I’ll be Watching which led to a bigger role in a movie this year.
Production Credits
Sara Sometti Michaels Producer
Sara Sometti Michaels
Born and Raised in Verona, Italy, Sara Sometti Michaels started her career in the entertainment industry as an actress.
After relocating to Los Angeles in 2008, Sara started creating and producing her own content starting with short films and webisodes. It wasn’t until 2015 that she produced her first script St. Agatha, directed by Master of Horror Darren Lynn Bousman from the Saw franchise. St. Agatha was released in theaters in the US, Canada, and in over 60 Countries around the world.
Sara produced a slate of 12 films between 2020 and 2021. She just produced a revenge drama, Double Down South, written and directed by Tom Schulman, Oscar winning writer for Dead Poet Society, and a thriller currently titled Walden, starring Emile Hirsch.
I’ll Be Watching is Sara’s second script being produced by her company and she can be seen playing a small cameo in the opening scene.
She is currently developing a variety of feature films and tv shows with her production company Benacus Entertainment.
Seth Michaels Producer
Seth Michaels
Seth Michaels has been in the Entertainment industry for over 25 years. He started his career as an actor. After relocating to Atlanta, he opened his own Production company with his Partner Sara Sometti Michaels called Benacus Entertainment where they have been producing both features and TV pilots. In the past 7 years they have produced over 17 projects with 12 more projects on the pipeline. Seth has both American and Italian Citizenship and speaks 4 languages. He has traveled to over 37 countries and counting.
Seth has studied with the best, from World Renown acting teacher and Author Eric Morris to Milton Katselas Successor Jocelyn Jones. He has also Studied with Character Actor David Proval and top Casting Director Risa Bramon Garcia. Also Stephanie Feury, daughter of Legendary Acting Teachers Peggy Feury and William Trayler.
His Television Credits include Doom Patrol, American Soul, a recurring role on CSI and co-starring on Nip/Tuck. Seth does Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Casa di Giulietta every summer in Verona, Italy. He recently won Best Actor the California Women’s Film Festival for his starring role as Dragon in the film “Free Dead or Alive” and he was also nominated as Best Actor for “The Martyr” at the Method Film Festival that focuses only on acting, The Martyr went on to win the CINE Award of Excellence that year. He only spoke Hebrew and Arabic in the film. He also played a Mexican Federale on AFI’s top film shot on 35mm called “Lucha” all in Spanish, leaving audiences at festivals completely silent for the heavy content and realism of the missing Women of Juarez. He has played everything from Israeli to Mexican, Brazilian, American, Argentinean, Italian, Middle Eastern, French, Egyptian due to his Ethnically Ambiguous appearance. Seth has over 100 Commercials under his belt as well, he has shot in different markets, Spanish, English, European, Asian and South American for Top Brand names like Nike, Adidas, AT&T, Verizon, Honda, Chevrolet, Budweiser, Modelo, IHOP, Wendy’s, Etc…
Seth was born in Orange County, California. He excelled at soccer, he went onto College on full scholarships, first to San Francisco State University and then San Diego State University. After his sophomore year he left college to play Professional soccer for Pumas UNAM in Mexico City. One of Seth’s passions is traveling and meeting new people, he has traveled to 37 countries and counting. He is fluent in 4 languages, his native tongue English but also Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. He has been a Vegan for 20 years which leads him to donate part of his earnings to Charities like Hope For Paws and the ASPCA. He also donates to Harvest Home in Venice Beach, a place for single mothers who have nowhere to go, Seth Believes that a strong foundation to a child’s development is a strong bond with their mothers, teaching children Kindness and Compassion, Harvest Homes provides shelter and food to mothers that have nowhere else to go. He has also volunteered for P.A.L. (Police Athletic League) in Hollywood, CA helping youth at risk.
I am looking forward to keep making a difference through my work not only as a Filmmaker but as a human being, to give and help those less fortunate and to teach, invigorate, uplift, inspire the next generation of film makers. To collaborate with pioneers like Christopher Nolan, Alejandro Iñarritu and Steven Spielberg and also actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Daniel Day Lewis” and many more.
Viorel Sergovici Director of Photography
Viorel Sergovici
Having followed his father into the film business, Viorel is a third-generation Director of Photography and has become intrinsically involved in physical Feature Film and Commercial production.
Since obtaining his degree at the Romanian National University of Film in 1993 Viorel has shot over 92 Feature Films and TV movies and over 600 commercials, and has become one of the most prolific award-winning Romanian DP’es in the world.
As Director of Photography , Viorel ( www.Sergovici.net ) has acquired notable prizes at Cannes Film Festival, Karlovy Vary and at Sundance Film Festival for his outstanding achievements, and has worked on several major Hollywood movies and projects for Netflix ( https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785150/ )
Working around the world (Europe, USA, China, Middle East) Viorel has expanded his craft of cinematography, and has used his immense talent and years of experience to produced more than 300 commercials, with highly acclaimed international clients like Mercedes, Unilever, T – Mobile , Samsung, as well as renowned Agencies Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Grey Worldwide.
As founder of Deep Wave Productions https://deepwave.ro/ , which is known as one of the most highly qualified production companies in Romania, Viorel has Produced several Feature Films; such as Last Tango in Constanta, (2020 ), Back to the Moon (Nat Geographic – 2019) , High Strung (2016), Orizont (2015), Pioneer’s Palace (2015), Love by Design ( 2014 ) , Limani ( 2014 ) Gun of the Black Sun (2011) and Transylmania (2009), Straight into Darkness (2003) , Taboo –(2001) . Over the past two decades as a Director of Photography and Producer, Viorel regularly works with the finest artists, actors and film technicians in the business and has built a very large network of top class professionals around the world.
Having been educated at American and European schools, Viorel has an understanding of the world, and is able to use his knowledge to bring the most valuable solutions in any situation.
On top of his filming and producing duties, Viorel was part of the Management Team that ran the largest Film and Television Studios in Eastern Europe called “Buftea Studios” in Romania until 2021.
Viorel is a Member of the European Film Academy and founder of the RSC (Romanian Society of Cinematographers).
Joel Cox Editor
Joel Cox
Joel Cox was born in 1942 and his film career began at a very early age appearing before the cameras, in fact – as a baby in the film ‘Random Harvest’. Some twenty years later he began work as a mail-room boy with Warner Brothers, the company with whom he has worked ever since, and in 1969 moved into the cutting-room, as an uncredited assistant editor on ‘Woodstock’ and ‘The Wild Bunch’. He was a credited assistant on ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’, working for the first time with Clint Eastwood. A durable collaboration followed with Cox cutting all films made by Eastwood since.
Mathieu Carratier Composer
Mathieu Carratier
After 15 years working as an editor for the french Premiere magazine (including 3 as editor-in-chief) in Paris, Mathieu Carratier made the move to Los Angeles where an old passion for creating music was revived. Director Franck Khalfoun (whose film Maniac had just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival) challenged him to write the score for his next movie, the thriller i-Lived (2015). At the same time, Mathieu was also cowriting and producing songs, attracting the attention of french director Camille Delamarre who selected three of those for the latest installment of the Transporter franchise, The Transporter Refueled, written and produced by Luc Besson. “Can’t Have Me”, sung by up and coming R’n’B artist Vali, appeared in the end credits of the film. Between other scoring endeavors (the indie horror film Delirium, the digital series Lifer), Mathieu Carratier also cowrote a song on Fantasia’s latest album, “Roller Coasters”, that featured Aloe Blacc.
In 2017, he cowrote and co-produced with Stargate the single “A Million On My Soul”, sung by Alexiane, that appeared in the end credits of the sci-fi epic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Europe’s biggest production of all time, directed by legendary french filmmaker Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Lucy). He then completed work on another score for Urban Nightmares, a digital series that premiered on Blackpills / Vice, produced by acclaimed director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes), and had a song featured on the soundtrack of Amityville: The Awakening, the latest entry in the hit horror franchise, produced by Jason Blum (Get Out, The Purge).
In the summer of 2019, Alexandre Aja used another song Mathieu co-wrote and produced, “I’m Ready”, performed by Madeline, in the soundtrack to his hit thriller Crawl, which was released worldwide by Paramount Pictures to rave reviews.
Mathieu spent most of the past two years co-writing and producing two full length albums with actor Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) under the name “Hirsch”: Mnemonic (2019) and Denihilism (2021).
In 2022, he provided the score to Canadian documentary For Love, narrated by Shania Twain, and reunited with director Franck Khalfoun for the thriller Night of the Hunted, once again produced by Alexandre Aja, that will be released on Shudder and AMC+ in 2023.