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<div>Anna Roisman is a comedian, host, writer and actor in NYC. Anna is known for hosting <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hq-trivia/id1232278996" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hq-trivia/id1232278996&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181960000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9YAQx744TYeWHz8yK0Wk_gzgKQQ">HQ Trivia</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knTPd4Xj7Tw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DknTPd4Xj7Tw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH2eIGLjVqgZSoksxB4hnL7iax-eg">HQ Words</a> on the Emmy-Nominated app. She is a regular comedian on the Buzzfeed series, &#8220;Did You See This?&#8221; Anna’s work has been featured in the Tribeca Film Festival, New York TV Festival, Just For Laughs in Montreal, People magazine, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Vulture, Huffington Post, Funny Or Die, Elite Daily, and more. She is the creator and host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unemployed-with-anna-roisman/id1489650462" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unemployed-with-anna-roisman/id1489650462&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSiqdfisEICLEew_TJ5rJX2dl9og">Unemployed With Anna Roisman</a>, and co-producer and host of <a href="http://www.quickiefest.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.quickiefest.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHNY-eLhJkHX0AEO1cFbHje2_TaNQ">Quickie Fest: The One Minute Movie Festival</a> in NYC. She writes a bad movie column called <a href="https://talkhouse.com/tag/am-i-the-only-one-who-loves/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Am I The Only One Who Loves&#8230;&#8221;</a> for Talkhouse. She also likes good movies too! Anna performs standup comedy and sings all over. For comedy videos, reels, and press, check out <a href="http://www.annaroisman.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.annaroisman.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG0c3bq5yZQli14Bq6ID3gvmfcjqQ">AnnaRoisman.com</a>.</div>

Anna Roisman

Film

Anna Roisman Tackles Her Most Challenging Quarantine Reboot Yet with The Notebook

Barry Sonnenfeld’s book <a href="https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/barry-sonnenfeld/barry-sonnenfeld-call-your-mother/9780316415613/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker</a> is now out through Hachette Books. Sonnenfeld is a filmmaker and writer who broke into the film industry as the cinematographer on the Coen Brothers’ first three films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Miller’s Crossing. He also was the director of photography on Throw Mamma from the Train, Big, When Harry Met Sally, and Misery. Sonnenfeld made his directorial debut with The Addams Family in 1991, and has gone on to direct a number of films including Addams Family Values, Get Shorty, and the first three Men in Blacks. His television credits include Pushing Daisies, for which he won an Emmy, and most recently Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. (Photo by Sasha Erwitt.)

Barry Sonnenfeld

The Way We Get By: Barry Sonnenfeld Thinks You Should Watch Some Screwball Comedies

Jay Giampietro is a writer, director, actor and musician whose short films have played the New York Film Festival, BAMcinemaFest, and the Montclair and Maryland Film Festivals. His short film Hernia won the 2015 Hammer to Nail Summer Shorts contest and he made his acting debut in the feature Stinking Heaven, which was distributed by Factory 25. His <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jaygiampietro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">street photography</a> capturing the eccentric denizens of New York City has been praised by The Village Voice, British GQ and The Guardian and is the subject of Joe Stankus&#8217; short documentary <a href="https://vimeo.com/257314493" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I’ve Never Been A Fisherman</a>. His most recent short films are <a href="https://vimeo.com/314395817" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quarterbacks</a> (2018) and <a href="https://vimeo.com/245097348" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unpresidented</a> (2017).

Jay Giampietro

When the Dream Houses Go Dark

Morgan Maassen is a 29-year-old photographer from Santa Barbara, California. His interest in filmmaking started in his teens when he started experimenting with his family&#8217;s home video cameras at the beach, goofing off with friends and exploring the central coast. After working in the graphic design industry, he decided to pursue filmmaking and then photography as both a creative outlet and occupation. Growing up in and around the ocean provided him with his favorite subject to photograph; subsequently, the majority of his work is water-related and involves the oceanic lifestyle. He dreams of nothing more than visiting the next new country, capturing whatever beauty it may hold. Find out more at his <a href="http://www.morganmaassen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official website</a>.

Morgan Maassen

My Father, the Sea Urchin Diver

Micah Van Hove is a director, producer and D.P. who has been exploring the possibilities in micro-budget cinema since 2009. His first feature film, Menthol (from the producer of Boyz N the Hood) premiered at the 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In 2018, Micah&#8217;s short film Del Arco Vacío was selected as the #1 finalist for Black Factory Cinema&#8217;s program with Werner Herzog in Peru. Micah&#8217;s second solo directorial effort, Shadow of a Gun, won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2018 Knoxville Film Festival in Tennessee. Micah&#8217;s music video work for artists like Weyes Blood, Neil Hamburger, Alex G and Ariel Pink has premiered on Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Vice, NPR and more. As a writer for No Film School since 2013, Micah has reached millions of readers in his effort to stimulate discourse around films that reflect a commitment to personal and courageous work. Micah is currently developing his third feature to shoot in Colombia in 2020. Find out more at his <a href="http://www.umuima.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official website</a>.

Micah Van Hove

Memories of Werner

Multi-hyphenate actor-writer-director and musician Alex Wolff is one of the most sought-after young actors in Hollywood with multiple exciting projects on deck. In 2018, he received buzz for his award-winning role in A24’s critically acclaimed horror film Hereditary, and the following year made his feature directorial debut, The Cat and the Moon, which he also wrote and stars in, to rave reviews. Wolff can currently be seen in Joey Klein’s Castle in the Ground, out May 15 on VOD, and also recently appeared in Human Capital, opposite Liev Schreiber and Marisa Tomei, and HBO’s Bad Education, starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney. He has appeared in a slew of other movies, including Jumanji: The Next Level, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, My Friend Dahmer and Patriots Day and on TV won huge acclaim for his performance in the HBO series In Treatment. Wolff gained international recognition from an early age when he co-starred with his older brother, Nat Wolff, in 2005’s musical comedy The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie. Nat &amp; Alex Wolff and released their first studio album, Black Sheep, in 2011; their latest songs are currently available on iTunes and Spotify. (Photo by Udo Spreitzenbarth.)

Alex Wolff

The Way We Get By: Alex Wolff Has Been Watching Magic Documentaries and Writing Monologues

Sean Nelson is a writer, musician, and actor. His solo album, Make Good Choices, is available on <a href="http://www.reallyrecords.com/">Really Records</a>. He is an editor at <a href="http://www.thestranger.com">The Stranger</a>. He currently lives in Seattle. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/seantroversy">here</a>.

Sean Nelson

Noël Wells is a director/writer/actor living in Los Angeles, currently best known for her appearance on Master of None and her feature film Mr. Roosevelt. She likes making things and is passionately not a comedian. (Picture by Garrett Charboneau.)

Noël Wells

Megan Griffiths is a writer and director working in film and television whose latest film, the coming-of-age drama <a href="https://www.monumentreleasing.com/year-of-the-fox" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Year of the Fox</a>, starring Sarah Jeffery, is now available on digital. She has directed episodes of the Duplass Brothers’ Room 104 for HBO, Animal Kingdom for TNT, Prodigal Son for Fox, as well as shows for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and EPIX. Her recent features include I&#8217;ll Show You Mine, starring Poorna Jagannathan and Casey Thomas Brown, and Sadie, starring Sophia Mitri Schloss, Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher Jr, Danielle Brooks and Tony Hale, which premiered at SXSW 2018 and is now streaming on Amazon Prime. Her feature work also includes The Night Stalker (starring Lou Diamond Phillips as serial killer Richard Ramirez), Lucky Them (starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Oliver Platt and Johnny Depp), Eden (starring Jamie Chung, Matt O’Leary and Beau Bridges) and The Off Hours (starring Amy Seimetz, Ross Partridge and Scoot McNairy). More on Megan can be found at <a href="http://www.thecinechick.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thecinechick.com</a>. (Photo by Susan Doupe.)

Megan Griffiths

Independent Spirit Award-nominated writer/director/actor Jonathan Lisecki made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy <a href="http://www.gaybyfilm.com/" target="_blank">Gayby</a> (2012), adapted from the award-winning short film of the same title. He lives in New York and Los Angeles with his husband, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross. You can follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/jonnynyc" target="_blank">@jonnynyc</a>.

Jonathan Lisecki

Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember Lynn Shelton

Benjamin Shearn is a film editor and writer. His last feature, Ladyworld, premiered at BFI London, Fantastic Fest, TIFF: Next Wave and was presented as part of the Frontieres Showcase at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Shearn&#8217;s work in narrative and documentary films has also been exhibited at ComicCon San Diego, the Louisiana Museum of Art in Copenhagen, la Gaîté lyrique in Paris, as well as official selections of the CPH:DOX, Melbourne International, Planete+Doc, TIFF After Dark, Court Metrage du Clermont, Chicago and Boston Underground Film Festivals, amongst others. For more of his work, go to <a href="http://benjaminshearn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://benjaminshearn.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1589644928427000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAhMmnBbieO5wc9yW6NKlNmCLJeA">benjaminshearn.com</a> and/or follow his absurd Instagram account @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/actorsupset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/actorsupset/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1589644928427000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGdDQxohBJ2mOVPaPV2yyYrXWa22g">actorsupset</a>.

Benjamin Shearn

Video Essay: On the Importance of Exploding Heads [NSFW]

The Without Precedent Film Festival is an online film festival and 48-hour filmmaking competition presented in collaboration with Talkhouse and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elevatedfilmschicago/?eid=ARBq46X4zykNzycHVh8lcylBwL_hTXSi3TX8qvngBKHuqb6vo8RapYZdXVVq4IB_KPBRSwUdDC2g-z1c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elevated Films Chicago</a> and with a grand prize generously provided by <a href="https://www.oscilloscope.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oscilloscope Laboratories</a>. We want to raise our spirits while we’re all basically in isolation, and we hope you’ll be a part of it.
For more info, and how to find out how to join, visit <a href="https://talkhouse.com/unprecedented/">talkhouse.com/unprecedented</a>.

Without Precedent Film Festival

Without Precedent Film Festival: Screening Room

Maria, Jennifer, Ursula, Gabrielle and Charity Burton run Five Sisters Productions, a boutique independent film and commercial production house committed to making high-quality films that highlight diverse and underrepresented voices, engage audiences, and contribute to a sense of hope on a personal or social level. Five Sisters Productions has made six feature films, including Manna From Heaven for MGM, documentaries, and numerous short films, PSAs, and commercials. Recent work by the sisters includes the critically-acclaimed documentary Kings, Queens, &amp; In-Betweens, about drag culture in Columbus, Ohio, and the drama A Sort of Homecoming, now on Netflix. Their latest production, the web series <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OldGuyComedySeries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Old Guy</a>, debuts new episodes every Thursday at 8 p.m. EST on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/fivesistersfilms/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>. Learn more about their work at their <a href="http://www.fivesisters.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official website</a>.

Maria, Jennifer, Ursula, Gabrielle and Charity Burton

Sibling Non-Rivalry

Pat McGee is an award-winning showrunner and director in both film and television. His latest film, <a href="https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/bernie-blackout-trailer/5eb03836214bfc544c1ddf95" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernie Blackout: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised</a>, premieres in VICE&#8217;s &#8220;VICE Versa&#8221; series on May 13. McGee’s feature documentary American Relapse, which he directed with Adam Linkenhelt, won awards at film festivals across the country and was released by Gravitas Ventures. In 2018, Viceland Network picked up McGee&#8217;s original series, Dopesick Nation, a docudrama about the opioid epidemic in Florida. Simultaneous to producing Dopesick Nation, Pat executive produced and directed the YouTube Original feature documentary The Deported, set to premiere in the spring of 2019. In 2017, he sold a feature documentary film to National Geographic Channel, World of Sound, about retinitis pigmentosa, while wrapping up the second season of Pat McGee Pictures’ 24 to Life, which aired on Lifetime, LMN and A&amp;E. Pat’s focus has been on producing “stories worth telling.” He’s grateful for all those who let him into their world to assist in telling their story. He keeps pushing to give a voice to the voiceless, while respecting the art of storytelling.