Acting, Film, Graphic design and illustration, CGI, Gaming. I cherish good friends. Conan is my hero--that's the barbarian...not O'brian.My favorite color is R:0 G:0 B:255. I love quality libations. I love to laugh. I love to make other people laugh. I love laughing so hard I cry. I'm Libra through and through. My favorite actor is Christopher Walken, because he's wierd and wonderful. I dislike that people judge my acting ability by my look. I can play guitar, piano, and congas enough to fully enjoy myself, and annoy others. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy catigorizes Earth in two words: Mostly Harmless. Lastly, but most importantly, loving my all-around amazing, one-of-a-kind fiancee Sarah Nicklin, who has touched me to my core and changed previous notions and ideals. Hey, what's that over there...
Music
Imogen Heap, Ray Lamontagne, Sia, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Damien Rice, Soy Dracula, Tears for Fears, Jim Croce, Seu Jorge, Floyd, Zepplin, Sabbath, Dio, Tenacious D, Brian Eno,
Movies
--, Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys, LOTR, 1984, Willy Wonka (original), High Anxiety, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Stir Crazy, Baron Von Munchousen, Annie Hall, The Matrix, Conan, Beast Master, Alien, 28 Days Later, Life Aquatic, Bottle Rocket, Clockwork Orange, Willow, Garden State, Gleaming the Cube, True Romance, Heathers, Natural Born Killers, The Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover, The Wall, Napoleon Dynomite, Godfather 1 and 2, Blue, Leon (The Professional), Fear and Loathing, Crouching Tiger Hidden Underwear, Living Dead World, Life of Brian, Anything by Scorpio Film Releasing, Witchhunter, Deadeye, The Deer Hunter, THX 1138, The Time Machine, (everything by Terry Gilliam).
Television
Seinfeld, LOST, Heros.
Books
Watership Down, A Confederacy of Dunces, Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy, LOTR, Chronicles of Narnia, Moby Dick, 1984, Wizard of Earthsea, A Wrinkle in Time, Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, Harry Potter.
Heroes
Terry Gilliam was, is, and will always be the man. Ridley, I love you, I really do...but Terry is my daddy.
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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((CURRENT FILM PROJECTS))
--Completed Films--
The Dunwich Horror --Scorpio Film Releasing
**directed by Richard Griffin
--In Production--
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
--PREPRODUCTION--
*winner for "best editing" at the 2008 Rhode Island 48hr Film Festival
NUN Of That --Scorpio Film Releasing (October '08)
**directed by Richard Griffin
SUBJECT C --Daylight Films
**directed by Michael Day
--TRAILERS--
BEYOND THE DUNWICH HORROR --Scorpio Film Releasing, directed by Richard Griffin.
*Winner for "Best Editing" at the 2008 48hr Film Fesival--Rhode Island*
NUN OF THAT --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.
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.
*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."
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.
Who I'd like to meet: Honest, nonjudgmental, interesting, creative, passionate people that don't give a hoot what others think.
Catherine is wearing a kitty costume, I'm trying to reattach her tail. As for the camera, it didn't look like a matchbook. Hope all is going well and hope you can make it back to town soon.
--, Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys, LOTR, 1984, Willy Wonka (original), High Anxiety, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Stir Crazy, Baron Von Munchousen, Annie Hall, The Matrix, Conan, Beast Master, Alien, 28 Days Later, Life Aquatic, Bottle Rocket, Clockwork Orange, Willow, Garden State, Gleaming the Cube, True Romance, Heathers, Natural Born Killers, The Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover, The Wall, Napoleon Dynomite, Godfather 1 and 2, Blue, Leon (The Professional), Fear and Loathing, Crouching Tiger Hidden Underwear, Living Dead World, Life of Brian, Anything by Scorpio Film Releasing, Witchhunter, Deadeye, The Deer Hunter, THX 1138, The Time Machine, (everything by Terry Gilliam).
