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Ricardo Islas
Director

Emmy Award-winning TV producer, Ricardo Islas, is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker recognized as a cult director in the horror genre. With a career spanning over two decades, Islas has written, produced, and directed more than 20 feature films, earning a loyal following worldwide. His bold storytelling and innovative approach to independent cinema have solidified his reputation as a visionary creator. Whether behind the camera or in front of it, Islas continues to captivate audiences with his passion for storytelling and his commitment to pushing creative boundaries.
Ewa Bielska

Ewa Bielska, a renowned award winning film producer, director, actress and entrepreneur based in Chicago. Her Film Production company, has been at the forefront of the industry for over a decade. Her films have been praised for their innovative approach to storytelling, and her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a multiple awards as Best Director, Best Producer, Best Actress.
Silvio Simac

Silvio trained in Taekwondo and became a world champion during his competitive years. His film career began in 2001 on an episode of Lexx (1996). Silvio's martial arts background served him well for a part in the action film Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (2006). He had the privilege of fighting Scott Adkins in the opening sequences of the film. Silvio also appeared as the fighter Leon from the video game-turned action film DOA: Dead or Alive (2006). His next notable film project was in the high-octane action feature Transporter 3 (2008)
Gino Salvano

Gino left for the booming city of Miami in 1992, when a great casting director as approached him to appear a few movies. The first being the "Bodyguard" starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner and the second "Only the Strong," directed by Sheldon Lettich. An introduction to James Cameron led to a role in the film "True Lies" with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. Even James Cameron, recognized Gino's life experience and potential by making him an advisor beyond being cast as a " bread van terrorist 2" which launched a film career leading to international roles in a French film.
Tony De Leon

Writer, Producer, actor, and stuntman & fight choreographer. He has worked in Hollywood blockbuster films like “Bad Boys”, “True Lies”, “The Substitute”, “Instinct”, “The Crew”, “To Kill a Killer” and “Lets go to Prison”. He’s also one of the Producers of the horror film “El Dia de los Muertos” aka (The Day of the Dead) and “To Kill a Killer”.
Robert Miano

Robert started his film career in New York, when director Michael Winner cast him as one of the muggers in the original Death Wish (1974) with Charles Bronson. Robert has appeared in over 100 feature films in starring or co-starring roles with actors like Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco (1997) where Robert played "Sonny Red"Robert has also guest-starred on numerous TV shows like Frasier, Caroline in the City, The Shield, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as a regular on General Hospital, a recurring role on The Young and the Restless, and many more.
RON SMOORENBURG

A lifelong martial artist, Smoorenburg was given the opportunity to break into movie making with an audition for Jackie Chan's 'Who Am I?" (1998), taking on Chan in the final fight at the end of the movie. The movie's action was nominated for the Best Fight Choreography & Action Design at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards in 1998.
Over the course of his career, Ron has been able to work with many of the biggest names in martial arts cinema from Jackie Chan, Tony Jaa, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen, Iko Uwais, Michael Jai-White, Gary Daniels, Marko Zaror, Steven Seagal, Kane Kosugi and Scott Adkins.
Eliana Manvati

Eliana Manvati is an Italian actress, born in the beautiful Sorrento coast. She studied at the film school “Pigrecoemme” and the “Academy of Dramatic Art of theater Bellini” in Naples. Later she moved to Rome and attended several acting courses including the “Laboratorio di Arti sceniche” directed by Massimiliano Bruno and “La palestra dell’attore” by Rolando Ravello. She acted in some short films and music videos of Italian singers. The first film in which she acted was “Time Loop” and her last experience on the set was in Chicago alongside John Campanile in “Between left and right” directed by Simone Terranova.
Juanita Kapp

Juanita Kapp is a podcast owner, entrepreneur, and filmmaker. Kapp is the founder and owner of the Meticulous Moments Podcast and MMAM Hall of Fame. Kapp is also a martial artist who founded the Meticulous Martial Arts Mastermind. Additionally, she is a best-selling author, public speaker, spiritual counselor.
EDDIE TORRES

Award winning film Composer and a voting member of the Grammys. His exceptional talent graced various platforms and Popular streaming services such as HBO, HULU, Amazon, Tubi, Comcast, Apple, Spotify. Written music for TV shows, “Long Lost Family”, “Super Nanny 2020” “Who Do You Think You Are” “License to Kill” “Murder for Hire” and more. Eddie also sat as a producer on TV show “Inspirational Sound”
Pavel Nyziak

Pavel Nyziak was born in Poland. At 12 he was inspired by the late Bruce Lee and began studying Martial Arts. Later he took a special interest in filmmaking, graphic design and web-mastering.
Pavel supported the independent filmmaking community. He has always been interested in many aspects of film production and finally started to work on some bigger projects.