Michael Reed

About me:

Michael Reed, Actor

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Born in Chandler, Arizona, in 1976. The year of the Dragon. Chosen by the Gods to be the runt in a traveling band of gypsies. Spent his youth in Arizona, Texas, Virginia, Germany and the cold university towns of Michigan. Early years marked by a mammoth collection of GI-Joes, He-Man figures, a Huffy bike, a wardrobe full of hand-me-down rayon shirts, and the perfect, concrete hair-wave. Bestowed with honors by his high school theatre classes and, it should be noted, the recipient of several competitive acting awards. To his dismay, these stellar achievments were overshadowed by a few lowly weekend football games. Vowing revenge and armed with a video camera, Michael took refuge in a series of epic claymation movies and one-man garage performances which await an official PentaWorks release. Travelled the byways America in a cramped yet homey pull-camper, hoping to find himself, but instead found heavy drinking and several great locations for deliberate isolation. Took a brief repose in Michigan, where he studied theater, graphic illustration, and design while starring as a book store guy, a temp, a waiter, and a painter.

Currently a resident of Riverside, Rhode Island.

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((RECENT FILM PROJECTS))

--Completed Films--

STEPHEN ROMANO'S SHOCK FESTIVAL--Stephen Romano

**exploitation compilation with numerous directors - the trailer I was involved with is entitled DARK NIGHT AT THE DEMON HOUSE, directed by Richard Griffin.

NUN Of That --Scorpio Film Releasing

**directed by Richard Griffin

*The initial version was winner for "best editing" at the 2008 Rhode Island 48hr Film Festival -- which served as inspiration for the following feature.

Beyond The Dunwich Horror --Scorpio Film Releasing

**directed by Richard Griffin

Living Dead World --Evil Genius Entertainment

**directed by Mike Zawacki

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--In Production--

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ATOMIC BRAIN INVASION--Scorpio Film Releasing

**directed by Richard Griffin

SMALLTOWN -- Exile Films

**directed by Mark Fogarty

MANIFEST BREAKFAST --Optic Sugar

**directed by Nick Beaubien

3RD SHIFT -- Turmoil Films & Backerstreet Productions

**directed by Christopher Grace

SUBJECT C --Daylight Films

**directed by Michael Day

Zombie Allegiance --Tony Nunes and Solipsist Media Group. (Winter/Spring '08)

**directed by Tony Nunes

Vampire Nation --TSL Productions (August '08)

**directed by Todd Lecomte

V.a.M.L. --Eyeris Productions

**directed by Jill Poisson

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--PREPRODUCTION--

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MAIZE --Eyeris Productions

**directed by Jill Poisson *director of photography, Richard Griffin

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--TRAILERS--

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SMALLTOWN --EXile Films

**directed by Mark Fogarty

smalltown trailer from Mark Fogarty on Vimeo.

ATOMIC BRAIN INVASION --Scorpio Film Releasing

**directed by Richard Griffin

TEASER TRAILER

STEPHEN ROMANO'S SHOCK FESTIVAL --Stephen Romano

**exploitation compilation, including faux trailers based on Stephen Romanos poster art. The trailer I worked on is entitled DARK NIGHT AT THE DEMON HOUSE, directed by Richard Griffin.

3RD SHIFT -- Turmoil Films & Backerstreet Productions

**directed by Christopher Grace

SHORTER TEASER VERSION

LONGER TRAILER VERSION

NUN OF THAT --Scorpio Film Releasing

directed by Richard Griffin

ZOMBIE ALLEGIANCE --Solipsist Media Group,

Directed by Tony Nunes, director of photography Richard Griffin

BEYOND THE DUNWICH HORROR --Scorpio Film Releasing

Directed by Richard Griffin.

SUBJECT C --Daylight Films * Directed by Michael Day

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*Winner for "Best Editing" at the 2008 48hr Film Fesival--Rhode Island*

NUN OF THAT (48hr Film Fest version)--a 48hr film project done by Scorpio Film Releasing. I really enjoyed working on this production. Each team was given the same prop, character, and line of dialog. And each team selected a genre from a hat. Our genre was 'holiday.' As soon as we knew our genre, we had 48hrs to write, shoot, and edit.

LIVING DEAD WORLD TRAILER --zombies rise from the grave and consume the flesh of the damned. A solid indie-Zed movie starring your's truly.

Living Dead World

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FULL SHORTS

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SNIKERS COMMERCIAL (entry for nation-wide contest) --12 Gauge Pictures

* Directed by Ricky Laprade and David Lavallee Jr.

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BLINK --Bakerstreet Productions (Boston 48hr Film Festival)

* Directed by Lance Reenstierna, DP'ed by Joshua Leonard

ECSTATIC NOISE--a secret society of people all living together are brainwashed by a sexy DJ and his pill-pushing Gestapo. Only one man can infiltrate the household and stop the madness. Me. Directed by Javier Dampierre.

PART ONE (other two parts are in links below)

PART TWO : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsol-2Pw478

PART THREE : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCgK8ru-fk

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When I was a kid...

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*BELOW* are two shorts from "PAUSE & RECORD"--a DVD compilation of home-movies shot from 1991-1995. Bare in mind, these shorts are shot on VHS, are all edited on the fly (hence the title 'pause & record'), and all dialog is completely improvised.

"The Bad Mime", from the home-movie compilation "PAUSE & RECORD".

Something to know about 'The Bad Mime': prior to recording video, we walked around the house with a tape recorder, and recorded a string of sound effects representing a series of events. Then after only three rehearsals, we recorded the video as I listened to the audio playback live as I performed.

"The Real Estate Sale", from the home-movie compilation "PAUSE & RECORD."

To see more videos from PAUSE & RECORD, go here:

http://youtube.com/user/pauseandrecord

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Pentaworks --my brother Anthony Penta's film company. Regardless our blood-tie, I'm not ashamed to declare his work phenomenal. I've always enjoyed working with him when I get the chance.