RICHARD ANTHONY BLAKE - DIRECTOR, EDITOR, CINEMATOGRPAHER, STORYBOARD ARTIST

RICHARD STUDIED ART AND DESIGN AT THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
ADDITIONALLY, DURING HIS TIME AT RISD, HE SPENT A YEAR IN ROME, ITALY, STUDYING ART AT THE PALAZZO CENCI.

WHILE AT CORNELL HE MADE HIS FIRST SHORT FILMS "OTHER DETAILS" AND "LEFT TEN DEGREES" WHICH HE WROTE, DIRECTED, PHOTOGRAPHED AND EDITED.

IN 2004 HE BEGAN SHOWING DRAWINGS AT FOLEY GALLERY IN NYC AND HAD HIS FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION "BACKDROPS AND CAMERAS"
IN 2005. HE MOVED PERMANENTLY TO NYC IN 2007, AND BEGAN WORKING AS A STORYBOARD ARTIST FOR DANA ADAM SHAPIRO
(MURDERBALL) AND TODD ROHAL( THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE) AND AS AN EDITOR FOR HEARST CORP AND VARIOUS OTHER
COMPANIES.

IN 2009 WORKED AS THE CINEMATOGRAPHER ON ZACHARY VOLKER'S TRILOGY OF SHORT FILMS "DISAPPEARENCE", "WOUNDED MAN"
AND "BURIALS". "DISAPPEARENCE" RECENTLY SCREENED AT THE RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
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IN 2010 HE WROTE AND DIRECTED THE SHORT FILM "COMPASS" AND PARTICIPATED IN THE "PARALLEL LINES" COMPETITION FOR RSA AND PHILIPS CINEMA WITH HIS SHORT "FWD/REV"

HE TEACHES DIGITAL DESIGN, AND FILM EDITING,PART-TIME, IN SEVERAL NEW YORK COLLEGES AND IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING SEVERAL SHORT AND FEATURE FILM PROJECTS.

HIS ENITRE PORTFOLIO OF WORK CAN BE VIEWED AT WWW.UNFOLDEDWORKS.COM

MICHAEL CANO, CFA - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

MICHAEL ROUTINELY EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR THE IMPROBABLE PATH OF HIS CAREER. HAVING EXPERIENCED THE THRILL OF CAPTAINING A NCAA FINAL FOUR BASKETBALL TEAM, HE LANDED A POSITION IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN AS AN INVESTMENT BANKER IN THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY SPACE. .

AS RIGOROUS AND REWARDING AS EACH ENDEAVOR COULD BE, THE ALLURE OF CREATING BEAUTIFUL IMAGES WAS TOO GREAT.

MICHAEL WORKS AS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND OPERATOR WITH THE RED ONE DIGITAL CAMERA FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF FILM AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.