About The CastSARAH MARSON (Mollie Draper) was born in New Jersey where she first began pursuing her love of dance. At age 10, she moved to Los Angeles and continued performing. She has danced the role of Clara in "The Nutcracker" and the lead in Balanchine’s "Stars & Stripes" at Westside Ballet in Los Angeles, California, the role of a fairy in San Francisco Ballet’s "Don Quixote" and danced as a member of the Miami City Ballet summer intensive program in 2005. Recently Sarah was in "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Quilters" at Notre Dame High School. Sarah continues to study acting, singing, dance, and musical theatre.DAVID TREMAINE (T-Bone) is a native of South Orange California. David started out in youth-theater at the age of twelve. From then on, he has become a stand-up comedian, film actor, and a National award winning dramatic interpreter. He is currently studying film/directing at Vanguard University of Southern California.MICHAEL RUOTOLO (Mickey) was born in Brooklyn, NY on New Years Eve in 1980. He grew up in a catholic home and was a 3rd generation Italian American. His family moved him and his older brother out to California when Michael was 8, landing them in the suburbs of Calabasas. With in a few years in Los Angeles, Michael knew he wanted to be an actor. With the help of his mother driving him to auditions, he was able to land an episode of Tales From the Crypt and a Mattel commercial. This placed him into the Screen Actors Guild by 1993. After graduating from Calabasas High School, his family had returned to the east coast. Michael stayed behind to pursue a career in film and attend Moorpark College and Chapman University. At Chapman, Michael attempted to double major while holding numerous positions in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He also signed up for a two-month course at the New York Film Academy, for more experience. After college, Michael moved to Hollywood to pursue his dreams.MONTE HUNTER (Scoop) was born in Enid, Oklahoma where he attended school and participated in theatre including several seasons of Shakespeare in the Park. He later attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood before completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Oklahoma State University. Monte has received several awards including Best Actor for his portrayal of Brick in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof†from Gaslight Theatre of Enid. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has acted in several films and shorts including: “The Curse of Lizzie Bordenâ€, “The Wright Stuffâ€, Steven Soderberg’s “The Good Germanâ€, and “Cineme’ Fabrique’ No. 1â€.ADAM JORDAN (Taxi Driver) always wanted to be a producer. His main goal was to provide excellent locations for “Tiny Dancer†and he wound up being cast as the taxi driver in his acting debut. Adam’s first love was film and when to the U of Miami's film school where he created 3 short films. The day after he graduated college he moved to LA and started working immediately in TV on “American Gladiatorsâ€. He learned a tremendous amount about how TV works and loved producing. A handful of pilots and TV specials followed and then in summer on 1996 he was sent to Atlanta to cover the Olympics for a then start up show called “Access Hollywoodâ€. Adam was hired on as a Film Segment Producer and worked at Access Hollywood until 2000. Disney hired him away to be the Executive Director of National Publicity at Buena Vista Pictures Marketing where he got to use both his film and producing know how. After 2 and half years away from Access, they wooed him back- this time as Supervising Producer. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Stacie and their two beautiful children Noah (5) and Hannah (2.5).JED ROWEN (Stage Manager) has had credited parts in over forty films. Jed won the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Actor in “Cerebral Print: The Secret Files†at the 2005 Grassroots Cinema Film Festival in Hollywood. He also received Best Actor nominations for both “Serial Killer Scavenger Hunt†at the 2005 Bare Bones Film Festival and “Cineme’ Fabrique’ No. 1†at the 2006 Bare Bones Film Festival. He also just finished shooting the movie “Naked Run†with Charles Durning and Eileen Brennan.ELIEZER RABELLO (Soldier) was born and raised in Brazil. Began his dance training with the dance masters in the State of Amazonas with Conceicao Souza, Marco Venicius and Jorge Kenedy. Eliezer also trained with well known teachers in South America Olga Shimasaki (National Ballet of Peru), Raul Candal (Colon Theatre of Argentina), Jair Moraes (Ballet Guaira of Brazil) and other internationally renowned teachers Ivo Karaguiorguiev (National Ballet of Sophia) and Ronald E. Brown (Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre). As a professional in Brazil, Eliezer performed with Grupo Espaco de Danca do Amazonas - GEDAM, Cia. De Danca do SESC and Corpo de Danca do Amazonas (the resident company of Amazonas Opera House). Mr.Rabello was invited by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Amazonas State to direct and teach at Bale de Camara do Palacio Rio Negro and Centro Cultural Claudio Santoro. In 1995 Eliezer founded Cia. Ballet da Barra a dance school and company that performed Rabello's version of The Nutcracker for three years at the famous Amazon Opera House. He was awarded in important dance festivals in Brazil such as Festival de Danca do Mercosul in Bento Goncalves from 1995 to 1997 and IX Seminario Internacional de Danca de Brasilia in 1999. In the USA, Eliezer worked for 5 years with Lula Washington Dance Theatre and guested with other companies such as American Repertory Dance Company, Ballet Folclorico do Brasil, Project 21, Kin Dance Co. and Ballet Collective. Currently working as a ballet/modern dance teacher at Lake Arrowhead School of Dance and at The studio for Performing Arts Malibu, he was mentioned by New York Times as “Charming†and by Los Angeles Times as “Stylishâ€. For now, Eliezer has as his most important project to build a solid marriage to his beloved eternal girl friend, his wife.About the CrewFORD AUSTIN (Director/Writer) was born in Oklahoma and raised in Texas. He is directly related to Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas. Ford has been working in film, television, and theater since 1990. After starring in New York productions of Death of a Salesman (with Ralph Waite), Lawyers (with Kevin Conway), Natural’s In It, and The Nektonic Facteur during the 90’s, Ford relocated to LA to write and direct independent film. His directorial debut, “Soiree†won Best Drama in 2004 at the Bare Bones Film Festival in his home state of Oklahoma. Ford followed his success with a sci-fi comedy feature compilation, “Cerebral Print: The Secret Filesâ€, and won the 2005 Monty Python Award for Comedic Excellence. “Cerebral Print: The Secret Files†enjoyed a theatrical release in Los Angeles. In 2005-2006, Ford partnered with Scott Ingalls to write, direct, produce, and star in the award winning Channel 101 series about the Wright Brothers, “The Wright Stuffâ€. In 2006, “The Wright Stuff†won Best Comedy at the 2006 Dragon*con Film Festival in Atlanta, Georgia and has played over 11 film fests in countries as far away Germany. In 2006, he directed the DVD-premiere features: “The Curse of Lizzie Borden†and “Vampires at Midnightâ€. Other films he has directed are: “Cineme’ Fabrique’ No. 1†(Winner: Best Experimental Drama 2006 Bare Bones F.F.), “The Layoffâ€, and “The Lady Blades†(Official Selection 2006 Script-2-Screen F.F.). Ford created the Paramount TV courtroom show “Judge by Jury†based on his original idea. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his longtime love, Lauree Dash.TODD KIRSCHNER (Cinematographer) splits his time between LA, Vegas, & Hawaii. A graduate of the LA Film School, Todd was the Cinematographer on “Tennis, Anyone?†directed by Donal Logue, Fox Searchlab’s “Day Shift†directed by Diego Velasco, & “2010: A Kitchen Odysseyâ€. He has operated camera on films such as “Going Down†starring Ed Bagley Jr. & “Cerebral Print: The Secret Files†starring Ethan Phillips. Todd is also a superb Steadicam owner/operator trained by Garrett Brown & Jerry Holway.LAUREE DASH (Producer) spent the last 4 years producing Entertainment News for “Access Hollywoodâ€. Prior to that she was a Producer for the Discovery Health Channel Talk show “Berman and Bermanâ€. Also for Discovery Health: “Medical Dairy,†“Birth Day Liveâ€, and a pilot for Paramount called “Doctorsâ€. She starred in, co-wrote and co-produced a series of children’s videos called “Amazing Heroes†an educational and entertaining window into the lives of Firefighters, Police Officers, and Rescue Workers. Before she became a TV Producer, Lauree sang her heart out on stages all over America and Europe as a musical theater performer- It was during her acting days she was lucky enough to meet the love of her life, Ford Austin. “Tiny Dancer†is her first short film.MICHAEL MARSON (Producer) is currently a Supervising Producer for the television show Access Hollywood. Born in Santa Monica, he's a graduate of U.C.L.A. For the next 6 years he worked as a news cameraman for CNN in Los Angeles. After moving to New Jersey, he was Entertainment Tonight's top New York cameraman for the next 6 years. He's since worked at Access Hollywood since the show's inception in 1996. Mike & his lovely wife Gia just celebrated their 20th anniversary. They have two wonderful daughters: Emma 17, and Sarah 15.ZIPPORA KARZ (Choreographer) is a former soloist ballerina with the New York City Ballet where she performed for 16 years on stage and in televised performances. She was featured in a variety of roles choreographed by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins (The Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker being one of her favorites) as well as works choreographed for her by such choreographers as Peter Martins and Lynne Taylor Corbett. Today, Miss Karz stages Balanchine ballets all over the world coaching and teaching dance.ROB SONNER (Post Supervisor) works at Belief LLC in Santa Monica, California. Rob has an extensive knowledge of everything about production, post-production, and delivery of information. As the Post Supervisor for Tiny Dancer, he is an invaluable asset to the team behind this powerful short film and no films in the future should ever be made without him.KEVIN O’REGAN (Editor) has been editing since the Clinton administration. He enjoys the challenges and hazards inherent to his chosen profession, including smoker's cough and cataracts. He has worked on projects for MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, NIKE and his friend MOOKIE. He has a healthy disdain for fossil fuels and shares a Hollywood apartment with his cat, Keith Richards.RYAN BEVERIDGE (Composer) recently scored Dirty, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., and the NBC series Heist. For Nightstalker, he was asked to create music featuring industrial drones and tools, so taking director Chris Fisher’s advice literally, he assembled an array of car brake drums, oversized wrenches, sheets of metal, and other industrial refuse. Combining these with the only slightly more conventional distortion flute and modified violin, he created a distinct and haunting sound for the stylized thriller, which made its debut at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Beveridge’s foray into pop music has included writing and production on several releases, including his own album, I’m The Pigeon Man, which has been reviewed as “a beat- and concept-fueled tour de funk, peopled with strange images and sounds designed to capture the heart and captivate the mind…pop with sneaky stylistic infiltrations -- energetic, groove-centered, occasionally apocalyptic, urban.†Ryan was previously awarded a fellowship from the Sundance Composer’s Lab, and he resides with his flutist wife in Los Angeles.SCOTT WHEELER (Make Department Head) Scott lives in Los Angeles, California. He is the Makeup Department Head on Frank Miller's 300 starring Gerard Butler. He also worked ..rek: Voyager for the run of the show. He has an Academy Award Nomination for his creation of the Borg Queen in the feature film Star Trek: Contact.