JONATHON ROBINSON | Director, Co-Screenwriter, Editor, Associate Producer 

Jonathon began his professional life booking an occasional role as an actor while working in digital design and animation as a survival job. He soon found himself an art director in a New York production house creating motion graphics and designing live events, video shoots, interactive media and print for Fortune 500 companies. But after discovering corporate life wasn’t all it was cracked up to be he set out to work as a freelancer and went back to school to learn filmmaking. “Angel Food”, his first NYU student film, became an I-Film.com Pick of the Week and has screened at New York’s New Festival and Brooklyn Academy of Music.

In early 2001 Jonathon released a music video for the band The Laziest Men on Mars that became an overnight sensation. Nearly two million people to date have visited his web site to view “The Terrible Secret of Space,” and portals such as Memepool, Plastic, Fark and Yahoo have designated it a genuine Internet craze. It was profiled in Yahoo Internet Life Magazine, was the most popular film on I-Film.com for two weeks, has spawned fan sites, merchandising, and was featured on TechTV. Ariel Kaminer of the New York Times Magazine called Jonathon’s work on the piece “a sui generis art form,” whatever the heck that means.

Jonathon has written several plays including “Region of Shadows” based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe and numerous sitcom spec scripts & screenplays. Along with production partner Mark Flesher, Jonathon was a top fifty director candidate for the 2003 season of HBO’s Project Greenlight. Jonathon has appeared on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and in the feature film MEGAVILLE, starring Billy Zane.  He majored in Theater in the University of Southern California’s BFA Program and has a Certificate in Film Production from New York University. 

MARK FLESHER | Executive Producer, Co-Screenwriter, Associate Editor

Considered a “jack-of-all-trades” on the New York theatre scene, Mark came to the city straight out of college as properties master on the award-winning production of Sam Shepard’s A LIE OF THE MIND starring Harvey Keitel, Geraldine Page, Amanda Plummer and Aiden Quinn.  After propping several Off-Broadway productions, he then moved on to a two-year stint as an Executive Producer’s Assistant at the Nederlander Organization where he worked on over ten theatrical productions.  From there, Mark branched out as an independent Producer on Harry Kondolean’s SELF-TORTURE & STRENUOUS EXERCISE at the Walker Street Little Theatre in downtown Manhattan.  He was introduced to the world of Broadway wardrobe when asked to dress James Earl Jones on August Wilson’s FENCES.  For the past eight years, Mark has enjoyed dressing and assisting such stars as Al Pacino, Gary Sinise, Mercedes McCambridge, Michele Lee, Marilu Henner, Bea Arthur and Dame Diana Rigg on her Tony Award-winning run as MEDEA.

Mark received a BA from Brandeis University where he graduated Cum Laude with Honors in Theatre Arts, is a member of Actors’ Equity, SAG, AFTRA and the New York Theatrical Wardrobe Union and was voted “Most Dependable” and “Most Considerate” at Adena High School in Frankfort, Ohio.

Four years ago, Mark entered an early mid-life crisis, discovered therapy and began writing.  He is thrilled to present DEAD SEXY, his first film collaboration with partner Jonathon Robinson.

AGATHE DAVID-WEILL | Producer

In the past year, Agathe served as producer of the short film TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES (Tribeca Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival – Gold Medal Award Winner, 2002) as well as a one-act play version of PERSEPHONE (The New York International Fringe Festival).

Agathe’s career began in Los Angeles in Disney's Development Department where she was involved in productions including O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? and REMEMBER THE TITANS  After realizing her affiliation with The Mouse didn’t get her free rides on Space Mountain, she moved to New York where she made European project acquisitions and established production partnerships for Hart Sharp Entertainment.  She now works as an independent producer.

Agathe graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA in Art History and holds a Certificate in Film Production from New York University.  DEAD SEXY is her fourth short film production.

BRIAN FASS | Director of Photography

Past film festival highlights include MICHEL’S PLAGUE (Best Short Film – Ohio Independent Film Festival; Jury Prize, Best Short Film, Best Director of a Short Film – New York International Independent Film and Video Festival) and LYNN’S WAKE (Austin Film Festival -- Finalist; Best Actress Finalist, Best Director Finalist – National Short Film Festival of Drama; Greece Silver Award for Best Screenplay – Atlantic City Film Festival).

A world-traveled mountain climber and prize-winning still photographer, native New Yorker Brian Fass started out as a teaching assistant in New York University’s Intensive Film Workshop run by Thierry Pathé and as a preparatory camera technician at Panavision New York.  He has been a Camera Assistant for some of the greats including Woody Allen and Sidney Lumet and on New York-based television productions such as SPIN CITY and THE SOPRANOS.  Brian now spends his professional time as a cinematographer.  He is a graduate of Boston University with a BA in Art History and holds a Certificate in Film Production from New York University.

DANIEL GOEBEL | Composer

Daniel is an independent composer and producer with an eclectic body of recordings, compositions, and arrangements. His work crosses genre, from large orchestral scores to simple solo acoustic instrumentation, as well as medium from film, video, theater and multimedia to live performance. Recent work includes: music and sound design for Lucasfilm/Lego’s STAR WARS (online animations for Lego’s STAR WARS product); additional scoring for the independent feature JESUS’ SON; writing and recording original music for the sketch comedy troop CIRCLE IN THE SQUIRREL; arranging and recording music for two Off-Broadway Shakespeare productions; original music for various independent shorts.

On the popular music front, Daniel is a member of the group TIMESBOLD. Drawing from folk and bluegrass traditions, the ensemble creates fractured instrumentations that surround bittersweet verse. The group recently released an LP in Europe which reached number three in The Netherlands. It is soon to be released in the U.S.

Daniel is a summa cum laude graduate of Berklee College of Music where he studied film scoring, composition, and conducting.

PETER AQUINDE | Production Designer 

Peter has been designing and art directing concert tours, live events and television shows since 1997 when he started designing staging looks for HARD ROCK LIVE on VH1.  Recent projects include world tours for Shakira, Guns & Roses, Sade, Tim McGraw, Rammstein and the Sundance Film Festival.  Peter comes from a background in production and production management for television, corporate events and commercials.

CHRIS FIELD | Costume Designer

Chris is an award-winning designer living in New York City.  Her work spans film, opera, television and extensive work in theatre.  She has designed throughout the US for numerous regional theatres as well as in England for the Minnack and Tower Theatres.  Additional stage credits include Associate Costume Design for the Tony-nominated SWING and the Kennedy Center’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG; Assistant Costume Designer on this season’s smash hit THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Tony Award, Best Costume Design) and the cult favorite THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Tony nomination).  Chris holds an MFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts.

RON FERGUSON | First Assistant Director, Associate Producer

Ron started out as a stage manager for TheaterWorks USA.  After touring around the country for a year in a van full of actors, he bolted into television production as a coordinator for the Soap Opera Digest Awards and VH1.  For the past seven years he’s been a video and live event producer for companies including IBM, Discover Financial Services, Beiersdorf, The Pepsi Bottling Group, and American Express.

Ron holds a BA in Communications and Theater from Temple University and has collaborated with Jonathon Robinson on Theater & Live Events for more than a decade.

MAX TORRES | Production Manager, Line Producer

Max began his professional career quite by accident when he was hired as a production assistant on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of ASPECTS OF LOVE.  From there he built an eleven-year career as a stage manager for Broadway productions including ANGELS IN AMERICA, SIDE SHOW, GUYS & DOLLS, SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ, Matthew Bourne's SWAN LAKE, John Leguizamo’s FREAK and Baz Luhrmann’s LA BOHEME.

After years of working in the dark, Max was enlightened by the world of corporate communications where he recently worked as a Creative Producer for Imagination (USA) Inc.  He now works independently, exploring his own personal creative notions.  Max studied Related Arts at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.

RUSH & SUPER CASTING | Casting Consultants 

Rush & Super Casting is Cindi Rush (CSA) and Dani Super.  New York credits: URINETOWN, YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT’S FESTIVAL, ELLE, I SING, DOWN SOUTH, IMPERFECT CHEMISTRY, ICE ISLAND, A CHILD’S GARDEN, PORTIA COUGHLIN.  Workshops: THE GAME, I SING, CHRYSALIS, OUTLAWS, KEVORKIAN CAFÉ, THE GIRL MOST LIKELY TO…  Films include FUNNY VALENTINE, THE MARILYN ROOM, HANDMAID’S TALE (BBC Radio), PETER AND THE WOLF (Sesame Street Home Video), THE PROM QUEEN.  Many regional theatres include Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Triad Stage, Hubbard Hall and Two Rivers and consultancies for NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Department 1999 to present.