French New Wave, Andy Warhol, Stephen Soderburgh, S. Leon, Katherine Biglow, Jane Campion, Joss Whedon, Frederick Wiseman, Jean-Luc Godard, Carolyn Coman, Mark Hadden, Marge Piercy, Flannery O’Conor, Walter Dean Myers and a Kodak 110.
Directors
Impossible to answer. All the above with Eastwood, Singleton, Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Redford, Guy Richie, Roman Polanski, Robert Rodriguez, Quinten Tarantino, John Huston, Sue Fredrichs, Tim Burton, Maya Dern, Ang Lee, Wes Anderson, David Lynch, Joss Whedon...
Awards
In the shorts category & as novelist
PRIZEFIGHTER EN MI CASA Awards
Delacorte Dell Yearling 2004 Parents' Choice Silver 2006 Flaming Net Top Choice 2006 Mid-Winter Discussion List 2007 National Council for the Social Studies Notable Books 2007 New York Public Library Books for the Teens 2007 List
Festivals
Athens International, Sarasota Film Festival, Michigan Film Festival, Movies On A Shoestring, Beloit International Film Festival...
Professional Affiliations
Tiger Moth Pictures Pinata ~ Pictures Killer Films Brickhouse Pictures Dominant Pictures Open Road Films
e.E. Charlton-Trujillo's Interests
General
Writing, photography, filmmaking, surfing, skateboarding, figuring out tech stuff.
Music
Classics to Pop, Alternative to Jazz, Motion Picture Sndtrks to Spoken Word!
Throw in Green Day with Alix Olson, Melissa Ferrick with Van Halen. Pearl Jam
with James Brown. And did I mention My Chemical Romance, Barenaked Ladies,
Garth Brooks, Phish, Better Than Ezra, White Stripes, Kanye West, The Drifters,
Mary Chapin-Carpenter, No Doubt, Madonna, Dixie Chicks, Nirvana, Panic! At The Disco,
John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Indigo Girls, Northern State, Red Hot Chile Peppers,
Death Cab For Cutie, The Ravonettes, The Dorthy Heralds and
The Beatles...for starters.
I'm a music fiend!
Movies
DIRECTED/PRODUCED/EDITED/WRITTEN:
"From Geek to Chic" Crash Super Bowl Doritos Ad
"Alex" - Short Film
Fallen (The Revolution) Web Series
FA - Feature - Development - (Last Look Pictures)
Fallen - Original TV Drama - Preproduction
Vanessa Rising - Short
Living Under Linda's Desk - Mocumentary Short
Office Beast - Horror/Comedy Short - Post
I Hate Music - Rap Video
Reverb - Experimental Narrative Short
Silent Count - Narrative Short
The Lake - Experimental Short
Sam's Mole - Documentary
Cielto Lindo - Documentary
Passing Through - Narrative Short
Stranded - Narrative Short
Everything But Water - Narrative Short
FEATURE FILM EDITED:
Night Fliers - Feature Film
Can't pick a favorite.
The Usual Suspects, Snatch, Clerks, Ordinary People, Rocky, Un Chein Andalou, The 400 Blows, Su Fredrich films, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Scream, Rudy, Adaptation, Super Size Me, El Marachi, Chasing Amy,
Howard Stern's Private Parts, The Matrix, Memento, All About My Mother, Moonlight Mile, Loneseome Jim, Dazed and Confused, Boyz In The Hood, The Butterfly Effect, From Dusk Til Dawn, Mi Vie En Rose, In The Bedroom, Crash, Lethal Weapon, Clueless, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Office Space, Boogyman, Ju On, Rock And Roll High School, Casablanca, D.O.A. (b&w version), The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Chinatown, Fargo, Big Lebowski, JAWS, Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby, Firestarter, The Wedding Singer, Can't Hardly Wait, A History of Violence, Midnight Cowboy, D.E.B.S., 12 Monkeys, Murphy's Romance, Coming Home, On Golden Pond, Friday Night Lights, Platoon, Out of Season, Being John Malkovich, Running With Scissors, Fight Club, Farenheit 9/11, Running On Empty, Stand By Me, It's A Wonderful Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, Sling Blade, Suture, Gia, Blade Runner, GI Jane, The Incredible True Adventures of Two Girls In Love, Endless Summer, Lords of Dogtown, Nightmare Before Christmas, Bound, Mom, Sideways, Office Space, Election, Urban Cowboy, Napoleon Dynamite, Scrooged, The United States of Leland, High Art, The Ice Storm, American Beauty, Stranger Than Fiction, Rushmore, The Karate Kid, Dangerous Liasons, Waitress, The Incredible True Adventures of Two Girls In Love, Run Lola Run, Garden State, Beautiful Girls, Disturbia, Vertigo, Titicut Follies, Weekend, North by Northwest, A History of Violence, Persona....The Machinist (incredible!), Rocket Science, The Royal Tenebaums, Dancer, Texas Pop. 84, State And Main, Primer, Wide Awake, Kicking and Screaming, Little Miss Sunshine, Garden State, Lars And The Real Girl, I'm Not There, What's Your Point, Honey? (It's Actually More Than One), The Dark Knight, Night Fliers
Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
LA Ink
October Road
Entourage
Heroes
My So Called Life
Freeks & Geeks
Damages
Everwood
The Simpsons
Friday Night Lights
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Books
I grew up reading The Outsiders. I've read so much from undergrad to grad school -- so for now, I'll stick with a classic.
Heroes
Christine Vachon, Betty Thomas, my 7th Grade History Teacher, Joss Whedon and the creator of the VCR because that got me through my small-town life.
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi,Texas
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English/Theater
Clubs: Peer Educators Theater Club Women's Center NCBI The Windward Review CAB Public Relations Department Media Services Department
1994 to 1998
Mathis H S
Mathis,Texas
Graduated: 1992
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Percussion Squad, UIL Speech/Debate/Drama, Students Against Cancer, Student Council, Basketball Team, Tennis Team, Key Club...
Worked professionally with Betty Thomas (John Tucker Must Die, Can't Hardly Wait), Douglas McGrath (Infamous, Bullets Over Broadway) and Lucy Walker (The Devil's Playground).
Killer Films in NYC was a terrific training ground. They worked me to the bone and I came back for seconds! There's no doubt that was the best place to learn what it takes to make a good film on a low budget.
I try to carry that over in any project I'm a part of. Directing the film OFFICE BEAST, the Script Supervisor said, "I think of you like the Wolf from Pulp Fiction. 'If I am curt with you, it's because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast and I need you guys to act fast." He found my favorite character in the film!
Two of my most recent films currently on the festival circuit are Vanessa Rising and Living Under Linda's Desk. I edited on the feature film Night Fliers directed by Sara St. Martin Lynne and it premiered to SOLD OUT audiences at Frameline June 20, 2009. That's awesome!
And hey, check out my current award-winning novels, PRIZEFIGHTER EN MI CASA and FEELS LIKE HOME
As always, rock the word!
e.
I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Check out "Fallen (The Series) Forum" on WebSeriesNetwork.com - Web Series Network
We're in month two and we need MySpace to embrace the Fallen Revolution. Visit the website and watch new episodes of Fallen only online now!
Next episode releases October 18th!
Who I'd like to meet: Joss Whedon, Albert Eienstein, e.e. cummings, S.E. Hinton, Vincent Van Gogh
Thanks for the Add!!! ever need a 21 year old actress let me know!!! I believe i have a video still on my profile page that you can see to get an idea of how my acting is... although that was in 2005 i think, so i have improved (: have a good night!
Shits
and Giggles for the upcoming Dinglerization of America art show -
November 7th, 2009 (6-10 pm) at Coup D'Oeil - 2033 Magazine Street in the LGD.
Video by Crista Rock, Burlesque Performance by Bella Blue, Music by DJ
Stress and an interactive food installation by Melissa Levine. For more
info, http://www.michaeldingler.com/
E. Thanks for the photo comment on "Recovery". I had a blast! "Fallen" is looking GREAT! I am proud to be a part of it and I have like 40 people or more watching EVERY episode that comes out on the website!!!! Congrats on a hit E!!!
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
Thanks for the request.Always something new. i was featured in this months issue of BROKEUP.COM and front page of there myspace http://www.myspace.com/besingle. Check it out and let me know what you think of the write up, add them on myspace. Look for me in the New movie out in Nov. With John Cusak called 2012. I have some new Pics up from the movie I just finished The American Dream. Also you can listen to me live every Wednesday as i am a co-host on Twin Towers Radio from 4:00pm to 5:30pm pacific time as we talk about anything random. so at 4p.m. pacific time go to www.blogtalkradio.com/twintowersradio. Many thanks, Ryan LOVE AND RESPECT, RYAN KESSMAN ~IK~
My movie is being pirated! Read my blog and leave a comment
because I would love to know what you think about pirating. Go to www.joelvalliefilms.com to read the blog.
Hey! How's it going? It's getting hot outside and it's time for indie films.
This month I'm promoting this Indie Film - "Gentleman's Choice - The Chris Adams Story" - a hard hitting documentary on the tragic death of a sports entertainer.
Watch it online ($5) or buy the DVD at http://gentleman.eyesoda.comGentleman's Choice: The Chris Adams Story Trailer
