Paris Kain – Majesty films Inc.- Producer/Director
Artist and filmmaker Paris was born and raised in New York City with his French mother, Capucine. They lived in a small apartment on the Upper East Side, a bohemian life surrounded by the world’s wealthiest. Paris moved to Los Angeles for film school and attended the American Film Institute where he learned the business and creative side of filmmaking. In 1997, Paris moved back to New York and started work on his first documentary, When It Rains It Pours, an up-close view of an African-American man form the Bronx who was detained at Rikers Island for two years awaiting trial for a crime he didn’t commit. Paris has worked for SONY Italy, experimenting with their new cameras to see how footage transferred to 35mmfilm. Paris, also filmed the “making of” Asia Argento’s Scarlet Diva which is one of the first films to use these cameras. In 2001, Paris moved back to New York City and began work on the first documentary in what will be a three-part series entitled: The Twentieth-Century Dilemma. The film, Doppelganger, tells the story of Joseph Manuella, Robert DeNiro’s doppelganger and explores our cultural obsession with celebrity. The film is currently in post-production.
Paris currently lives in New York City where he has started his own production company, Majesty Films.
Eric Reiffsteck – 401 films LLC. Producer and Editor.
Eric is an independent producer and filmmaker living in both New York City and Paris. After attending the French national film school, La Femis, Eric co-founded Bizibi Productions in 1997 and which is renowned for its independence. Bizibi productions won the Camera d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2004, with Or by Karen Yedaya. Eric first film, the feature-length documentary Neba (35 mm) was released in 2001 on French national television (France 2) to critical acclaim from Le Monde, Liberation, and Le Nouvel Observateur for its subtle portrayal of the African immigrant experience. Eric was also one of eight young directors selected to attend the Emergence Institute — the French equivalent of the Sundance Institute, and comprised of leaders within the French film industry such as Gerard Depardieu — where he commenced development of Honeymoon. He has been an artist-in-residence at Eyebeam, the New York City-based new-media art and cultural Center. In 2003, he opened 401 Films LLC, a production company based in New York City which is developing several documentaries and fictions. He is currently working on the production of his first fiction film, Honeymoon produced by Radioaktive films and 401 films, starring Julie Depardieu and Jeremy Piven.
Ross Partridge. Co-producer.
Ross was a Producer and the Creative Operations Director for Kevin Spacey’s interactive film web site Triggerstreet.com and Trigger Street Productions. While there, he produced the award winning documentary film Uncle Frank which aired on HBO, as well as America Rebuilds for PBS. He also wrote and directed the feature film Interstate 84, starring Kevin Dillon, and Clifton James that premiered at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival. He has written film adaptations for Prozac Nation and the French film La Piscine, for Canal Plus. Originally an actor, Ross has been seen in numerous feature films and television shows. He currently resides in New York and Los Angeles where his company, Gesam-Kunst-Werk(GKW) is currently developing various feature films, video games, interactive media and television shows.
Andrew Morreale. Consulting Producer
Andrew Morreale is a 20-year veteran of film and television. He has produced and edited feature films and documentaries for theatrical release and broadcast on PBS, HBO, CBS, NBC, ESPN, TURNER and MTV.
He is an Emmy Award winning Editor. His credits include: Nine Innings From Ground Zero, Dare To Dream, Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio? (HBO Sports), I Have Tourette’s, Happy To Be Nappy (HBO Family), Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (Warner Bros), Resistance: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans, (PBS) and the Academy Award nominated documentary An Essay On Matisse, just to name a few.
As a Producer, Morreale co-produced and edited the HBO documentary Uncle Frank, and Great Projects: The Building of America, a four part series for PBS. Most recently, he has been producing and editing The World Series Of Poker for ESPN.
Andrew Mysko / executive producer
Based in New York City and Los Angeles, Andrew Mysko is a co-owner of RadioaktiveFilm-Ukraine, one of the largest commercial production houses in the former Soviet Republics. Radioaktive Film has been producing commercials in Europe for the last 8 years, and is currently completing the feature film Hatchet with director Adam Green. Radioaktive is also producing the feature-length documentary Obstacle, as well as Suya, a feature-length documentary on the AIDS epidemic in Africa.