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Sean Crampton is an award-winning actor and hands-on independent producer based out of Los Angeles. His latest film, The Stalking Fields, which he co-wrote, produced and stars in, is out now on digital through Gravitas Ventures. Sean most recently wrote and directed the pilot episode of Helmet (2023) for Bart Rome. During the pandemic he produced two feature films; The Wheel for Steve Pink, which had its world premiere at TIFF in 2021, and Good Bad Things for Shane Stanger (2023).His first feature film, Richard Peter Johnson (2014) can be seen everywhere on demand.

Sean Crampton

Film

My Dad Killed Himself From PTSD

Talia Lugacy is a New York City-based writer, director, actress and teacher. Her second feature, <a href="http://www.thisisnotawarstory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Is Not a War Story</a>, about a ragtag group of combat veterans in New York who face their PTSD through art and community, is now playing on the festival circuit. It will screen next in narrative competition at the <a href="https://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Woods Hole Film Festival</a>, between July 31  and August 7; tickets go on sale July 1. Lugacy made her feature debut as writer-director in 2007 with the New York Times Critics&#8217; Pick Descent, starring Rosario Dawson. A graduate of NYU&#8217;s Tisch School of the Arts and member of the Actors Studio Directors Unit, she has taught at the School of Visual Arts and is now a faculty member at the New School.

Talia Lugacy

Reflections on the Making of a Hybrid Film: This Is Not a War Story

Jes Skolnik has been playing in punk bands for a large part of their life and is currently making solo noise as <a href="http://nationaltattler.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://nationaltattler.bandcamp.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1481135204131000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGc6ld3_IPvXVXxRdPt0HAYhwskHw">National Tattler</a>. They are the managing editor at Bandcamp Daily, and a contributing writer at Pitchfork and other places around the Internet and in print. They&#8217;re currently working on a book about the ongoing dialogues between DIY and mainstream rock cultures. They split time between Chicago and New York. You can follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/modernistwitch" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://twitter.com/modernistwitch&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1481135204131000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHl9Do3P9lMhgA2p2dG1M1DwQ95uA">here</a>.

Jes Skolnik

Music

Jes Skolnik (Split Feet) Talks Overcoming Trauma By Playing Music

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