video i Season 12
#1212 – Original Airdate: Mon, May 7 at 10pm
IT'S A FESTIVAL OF SHORTS
Featuring short comedies, interviews and even a full blown musical!
THE SMARTEST PERSON WHO EVER LIVED (Dir. Angelique Little)
Herb is sure of one thing: He's the smartest person who ever lived. Gloria, Herb's wife of twenty years, is dubious. Over coffee, the two trade barbs and spin stories about hookers, Descartes, and the virgin protector of Nepal, seeking the answer to that age-old question: What makes YOU special? To learn more go to: littlewonderpictures.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Angelique Little was born of robust Midwestern stock, raised in Southern California, educated at U.C. Santa Cruz, and spent her young adulthood in the misty mountains of Seattle as an affable but arm-twisting marketing exec. As an actress, she's worked on too many shorts to name and has made appearances on The O.C., Six Feet Under, Days of Our Lives, and Unsolved Mysteries. The Smartest Person Who Ever Lived is her directorial debut.
ART THIEF MUSICAL (Dir. Linus Lau)
Redeption, second chances and the peculiar nature of fate are the themes in the COMPLETELY SUNG musical extravaganza Art Thief Musical! A sexy, cat-suit-wearing burglar named Clarity meets and falls in love at first sight, with a lonely museum janitor Salvation. Fate brings them together , but do they possess the strength to take it to the next step? She is wanted by the police. He has nothing to give her. But somehow it all ends up okay. For great behind-the-scenes info about this production, you can visit: artthiefmusical.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Linus Lau is a filmmaker/musician from Sunnyvale, CA. He has worked in the non-profit sector for the majority of the last two years, contributing to Public Interest, an organization which focuses on AIDS, education and civil-rights campaigns all over the world. His three short films have received top billing at festivals such as the The Marco Island Film Festival, VCFilmFest and the Chicago Asian American Film Showcase. Linus tries to incorporate his love for music in all of his productions, not the least of which is his one-act opera The Release, distributed on the Bay-Area label Adelayne Records. He currently lives in Los Angeles where he is currently working on building his production company, LAU ZOO.
COUNTRY DASH (Dir. Joe Wolohan)
Features an interview with the filmmaker
Country Dash is the story of a small town and the man who walks through it. It is a memoir written by the man himself who feels like life should be experienced quietly and simply, one step at a time. To learn more about this film, you can contact the filmmaker at: joewolohan@yahoo.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Joe Wolohan graduated with a degree in Film and Digital Media from University of California Santa Cruz. He has been a Freelance Camera operator since 2000 where he has shot for Fox Sports, ESPN, and various other local production companies. Joe is currently working on a few small videos and is still in pre-production for his next project, a nonfictional biopic on his older brother, renowned bay area actor Danny Wolohan. He lives in Berkeley, home of your California Golden Bears!!!