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Miles Merritt (Director)
Miles Merritt began his career as a writer with TV Guide Magazine in Los Angeles. Miles
subsequently began working with New Century Images, a video production studio
that specialized in the development of videos for private industry and various
city agencies.
In 1997, Miles moved to New York to work with a Cable
News Network in White Plains.
As writer and producer, he helped create
several public relations pieces and short documentaries. Miles’ writing
has appeared in the LA Times, Seattle Times, Rolling Stone, Atencion, and various
other periodicals. In 2003 he was “Featured Guest Poet of the Month” in
San Miguel de Allende, GTO. His first fictional film project, “El
Cochero,” won
three awards and was an official selection at twelve film
festivals internationally.
Carlos Pascual (Writer/Producer)
Carlos Pascual studied media, theater and literature in his birthplace of Mexico
City and film language at UCLA. He has written and published fiction, poetry
and essays and has written and produced for radio, TV and film. He has written,
directed and performed for the stage and screen. In 2003 he won the Juror
Prize at the Guanajuato Short Film Festival for his film "Babel," produced
and post-produced in
24 hours. Carlos currently lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where
he edits an art and literature magazine, produces short films and theater and
has developed an art, humanities and science community project under a circus
tent.
Edgar Peña (Director of Photography)
Born in Querétaro, México, Edgar Peña studied filmmaking
in México before going to Spain and France where he continued his studies
in filmmaking full-time. He later returned to his hometown where he worked in
advertising and corporate video as well as independent film projects
and still photography. Edgar was recently granted a governmental sponsorship
for his short-film projects. Over the last few years he has served as DP
for digital formats both in independent films and advertising.
Gail Kempler (Editor/Executive Producer)
Gail
Kempler’s first project as an editor
was El Cochero, which won a number of awards.
In addition
to editing Una Causa Noble, Gail did the research and handled all
of the licensing requirements for the film. In her day job, Gail
is a patent attorney, consulting for biotech companies, including
Stemnion, L.L.C., that are working on developing treatments for
a wide variety of diseases. Gail received her Ph.D from the University
of Minnesota in 1980 and her law degree from Fordham University
in 1988.
Montserrat de Leòn (Marina)
A
native of Mexico City, Montserrat pursued her interest in art,
dance and acting from the time she was a little girl. She
received her Bachelors Degree in Performing
Arts from the Authonomical University of Mexico (UNAM Universidad
Nacional Autònoma
de Mèxico). She has acted in numerous
plays, winning the Best Actress Award in the
National Universities Theater Contest in 2005, and also the Best
Actress Award on the
UNAM Theater College in the same year.
Feature Films:
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - directed by Tommy Lee
Jones - 2004
God`s Only Knows - directed by Carlos Bolado - 2004
La Ultima Mirada - directed by Patricia Arriaga - 2005
El Cobrador - directed by Paul Leduc - 2005
Montserrat has also participated
in many short films, including her most recent entitled, “Una
Causa Noble” – starring
alongside Marta Aura - directed by Miles Merritt.
Arnulfo Reyes (Ignacio)
With
only 4 years in the dramatic arts, Arnulfo has performed in 18
plays and performed
on numerous stages, including, Mexican capital´s
zocalo, the Nacional Museum, Foro Contigo, America and the Polyforum
Siquieros, where he has presented such important Works as Bodas
de Sangre, El Gesticulador, Othello, Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada
and Los Arboles Mueren de Pie. He has also acted in more
than 30 short and medium-length films that have been screened in
such recognized theaters as the Cineteca Nacional, Jose Revueltas
(UNAM) and Festival de Guadalajara. His image has appeared
in television and print publicity campaigns for recognized brands,
places and organizations. His most recent short film is “Una
Causa Noble” directed by Miles Merritt - acting alongside Marta
Aura and Montserrat de Leon.
Marta Aura (Grandmama
Lola)
Egresada de la Escuela de Arte
Teatral de Bellas Artes con una trayectoria de cuarenta años
en el escenario. Ha
trabajado con los directores de escena más importantes
y destacados de México; participando dentro del teatro profesional
en todo tipo de géneros
y estilos. En Recitales de poesía
y lecturas de cuentos. Protagonizó “Alicia” de
Federico Ibarra, ópera que se presentó en el Palacio
Nacional de las Bellas Artes en 1995, dirigida por Ricardo Díaz Muñoz.
Ha sido reconocida por la crítica
teatral mexicana con más
de diez premios como mejor actriz, por las tres Asociaciones
de Críticos. Por las siguientes obras:
“La Morsa”, de Luigui Pirandello,
(1967).
“La Fiaca”, de Ricardo Talesnick,
1969).
“Los Motivos del Lobo”, de Sergio
Magaña,
(1974).
“El Examen de Maridos”, de Juan
Ruíz de
Alarcón, (1987).
“El pelicano”, de A. Strindberg,
(1989).
“El Eclipse”, de Carlos Olmos, (1990).
“El Padre”, de A. Strindberg, (1992).
“La Mujer Rota”, de Simone de Beauvoir,
(1993).
“Rita, Julia”, de Benjamín
Cann, (1994).
“Los Signos del Zodíaco”,
de Sergio Magaña,
(1997)
“Medea” de Eurípides.(2000)
Ha participado en 30 películas, y ha sido nominada en
dos ocasiones para el Ariel y la
Diosa de Plata, por “Los
Motivos de Luz” de Felipe Cazals y “Amorosos Fantasmas”
de
Carlos García Agraz. Hizo la película “Nadie hablará de
nosotras cuando hayamos muerto”, en España
al lado de Victoria Abril, bajo la dirección de Agustín
Díaz Yánez. En
el año 2002 Ganó una
Diosa de Plata, por la película “Escrito
en el Cuerpo de la Noche”
de Jaime
Humberto Hermosillo.
Ha trabajado en más de 20 telenovelas, y varios
programas unitarios, en todas las televisoras del país, recibió el
premio de Mejor Actriz (1996) por un programa
de televisión “ Mujer casos de la vida real”. Trabajó en
Argentina en una serie para televisión durante seis meses
en el año de 1998.
Ha trabajado también en varios cortometrajes de estudiantes
de cine, del CCC y el CUEC. Tambien, en 2006, un cortometraje
se llama “Una Causa Noble” con el director, Miles
Merritt.
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