 Roger Paradiso – Writer / Director /
Producer
ROGER PARADISO’S recent credits include
Producer/Director/Writer of “Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Wedding” starring Mila
Kunis and Joey McIntyre and Executive Producer for “City By The Sea”,
starring ROBERT DeNIRO, FRANCES MCDORMAND and directed by MICHAEL CATON-JONES
distributed by WARNER BROTHERS. Mr. Paradiso was the Co- Producer on “The
Thomas Crown Affair", starring PIERCE BROSNAN and RENE RUSSO, for
UNITED ARTISTS as well as “At First Sight”, starring VAL KILMER and
MIRA SORVINO, for MGM. He also Co-Produced the Independent Film “Bullet”
starring TUPAC SHAKUR and MICKEY ROURKE and was Associate Producer for the
Film ‘The Manhattan
Project” starring JOHN LITHGOW
and CYNTHIA NIXON.
During ROGER’S career, he has been
honored to work with many directors such as JOHN HUSTON, “Annie”;
WOODY ALLEN, “Stardust Memories, Zelig”; NORMAN JEWISON, “Moonstruck”;
RICHARD DONNER, “Scrooged”; MARSHALL BRICKMAN, “The Manhattan
Project” and “ Lovesick”; ADRIAN LYNE, “9 ½ Weeks”;
GARY MARSHALL, “Beaches”; TONY BILL, “Crazy People”; MICHAEL
HOFFMAN, “Soapdish”; ROBERT De NIRO, “A Bronx Tale”; JULIEN
TEMPLE, “Bullet”. He has also worked with Filmmakers and
Producers HERB ROSS, LAWRENCE KASDAN, RAY STARK, NEIL SIMON, ROBERT
RELYEA, ROBERT GREENHUTT, ROGER ROTHSTEIN, and LEONARD NIMOY.
PARADISO was the 2ND UNIT
DIRECTOR on “The
Manhattan Project”, “ Lovesick”,
“I Ought to be in Pictures” and “Two of a Kind”, starring
JOHN TRAVOLTA and OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN.
“Looping”, was PARADISO’S second
Short Film as a Director. It was an award winning Short that was screened
at Festivals around the world. “Looping” was recently distributed
by Vanguard Video as part of a Short Film Anthology Series called, “Kisses
in the Dark”. “The Dream Conspiracy”, his first Short Film,
was sold to the A&E NETWORK after its Premiere at the IFP Market in New
York. He directed, “Turn it Around”, an acclaimed Home Video about
Teenage Substance Abuse, for the DAVE WINFIELD FOUNDATION. “Turn it
Around” was part of the curriculum of hundreds of schools across the
country and has received recognition from Presidents Bush and Clinton,
Governors and Educators.
His Theatre credits include plays he has
written and directed such as “Emperor Gene”, “Sex, Death and TV”,
“Harvey the Martian”, “The Sex Syndrome” and the Musical
Revue, “Rock ‘N’ Roll in Yo Belly Hole” in OFF BROADWAY and
REGIONAL THEATRES. He pioneered the RUTGERS LAMPOON and directed its
first two productions.
PARADISO is a member
of the DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF AMERICA and the PRODUCER’S GUILD OF AMERICA.
He has a BA in Directing and an MFA in DESIGN AND PLAYWRITING from Rutgers
University/Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Michael Tadross - Producer
Michael Tadross has firmly
established himself as one of the leading figures in the film industry.
His wealth of experience was most recently brought to bear as Executive
Producer on Rollerball starring Chris Klein, LL Cool J and Jean
Reno. Prior to that, he Executive Produced the remake of The Thomas
Crown Affair starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.
Tadross’ Executive Producer credits also
include Jack Frost starring Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston,
The Devil’s Advocate starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves, and the box
office hit Eraser starring Arnold Schwartzenegger and Vanessa L.
Williams.
Tadross also Produced Die Hard With a
Vengeance starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons.
Earlier, Tadross served as senior
vice-president in charge of feature production at Paramount Pictures,
where he oversaw some of the studio’s most successful films including
Forrest Gump, Naked Gun 33 1/3, The Firm, Clear and Present Danger,
Wayne’s World 2, Beverly Hills Cop III, Blue Chips, Coneheads and
Sliver.
Tadross’ credits as Co-Producer include
Indecent Proposal starring Demi Moore and Robert Redford and School
Ties starring Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon. He carried the title of
Associate Producer for the feature Brenda Starr starring Brooke
Shields and Timothy Dalton, as well as Producing for television “When Will
I Be Loved” and “Deadly Illusion.”
His early career included stints as unit
production manager and first assistant director on such films as Ghost,
Coming to America, Black
Rain, Trading Places, Death Wish Cocktail
and Masquerade.
Tadross was born and raised in Brooklyn,
and graduated from Wagner College with a degree in art. He began his
career in film as a camera trainee and assistant film editor.
Tony Travis - Producer
Tony Travis recently produced Tina’s Tony
n’ Wedding, for which he also served as Executive Music Producer. He was
also Producer/Director/Writer for the award winning Short comedy,
Dingbat Raccoon, which was screened at Festivals around the U.S. He
produced the Short Films Small Faces, directed by Emmy Award winner
Andrew Squiccirini and El Fang Dango, dir.Tony DeNonno.
He created and wrote the CBS comedy pilot,
Futurstars; the syndicated Radio program, People Radio Magazine,
which he co-hosted, as well as several Screenplays and Short Stories.
A veteran character Actor, and a familiar
face and voice in hundreds of TV and Radio Commercials, recent credits
include Law & Order, leading roles in the just wrapped
Indie-features: Frost, Season of the Hunted, Tony 'n Tina's Wedding,
and new TV spots with Dirs.Tony Scott, Martin Scorsese, and Danny
Aiello. Film credits include: Die Hard With A Vengeance; Roger
Cormans Recruits and the cult favorite, Flesh Gordon Meets The
Cosmic Cheerleaders (Corman).
In LA, Tony won wide acclaim as the
Referee in the long-running Wrestling Musical Tanzi, produced by
John Wells, at the Roxy Theatre. Other credits include stints at
LATC, Huntington Hartford and the Cast Theater. He wrote and directed the
hit Revue, Roxettes, at LA’s Roxy Theatre, and was a founding
member of the popular Improv Group, The Lunatics.
NY stage credits include the award winning
Off-B’way hit, Your Own Thing, and leading roles at: La Mama, The
Actors Studio, Manhattan Theatre Club, Chelsea Theatre, B.A.M., NY
Shakespeare Co., St. Clements, Second Ave. Playhouse, and The National
Arts Club.
Tony began his career as lead singer for
the Rock Band Christmas In July. He has composed the music and
written the lyrics for over 100 songs. His new CD is titled Vintage Pez.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Tony is married and has a dog
named Pez. He recently formed Pez Productions to develop and
produce works for Film and TV.
Giselle Chamma - Cinematographer
Director of
Photography Giselle Chamma was a professional still photographer in
Brazil, until she started making movies. She was accepted at the New York
University Graduate Film School, where she got her Master in Fine Arts
degree awarded with Excellence in cinematography in 1994. Since then, she
has shot short films, documentaries and feature films. A few samples of
her work are: PERSONALS (HOOK’D UP DVD TITLE) staring MALIK YOBA AND
STACEY DASH …HAPPY HOUR staring Anthony Lapaglia, Erick Stoltz and Robert
Vaughn…TONY& TINA’S WEDDING staring Mila Kunis and Joey McIntyre. |
