STREET BOSS Crew - Who's Who
Producer/Director - LANCE K. R. KAWAS
Lance Kawas has written more than 30 screenplays and has 19 Nationalscreenplay awards. He has sold 4 screenplays, optioned 2, and adapted one. He is set to direct and produce STREET BOSS, and in development with two projects which he wrote and will also direct - The Violinist, and, A Bouquet of Vagabonds.
Casting Director - PAMELA STATON
Pamela Staton has cast name actors from Jeff Fahey, Michael Madsen, William Forsythe to comedians Chris Tucker, D.L. Hughley, Chris Spencer, Gary Anthony Williams to icons like Debbie Allen. She has acquired other stars such as Keith David, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Jay Acovone, Richard T. Jones, Taraji Henson and Charles Malik Whitfield, which proves Pamela can gain access. She approaches client's wish lists with vigor and determination and often delivers greater than the budget dictates. She is most proud of her ability to identify those actors that will be the "next big thing." Pamela began casting Theater in 1997, while maintaining her position in Marketing and Promotions at Warner Bros. Studios. She has since cast edgy independent features, all of which have showcased at film festivals nationwide. Pamela brings a plethora of knowledge and understanding to the inter-workings of the entertainment industry, having worked at Warner Bros. for 10 years, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Studios and Black Entertainment Television. Pamela Staton Casting is located in Hollywood, California and she is an active participant with the Casting Society of America, Independent Feature Project/West, Entertainment Industry Foundation and Women In Film.
Line Producer - MARTY SHEA
Marty Shea, a Metro Detroit native, has worked on over seventy film or TV projects including "The Upside of Anger" with Kevin Costner and Joan Allen, , "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", "Death of a President", "America's Most Wanted", Oprah Winfrey's "The Big Give", commercials for Budweiser, Novartis, General Motors, and Chrysler, and music videos for Eminem, Snoop Dogg, R Kelly, and the Cash Money Millionaires. He works primarily as a line producer, production manager and 1st Assistant Director.
Production Manager - CLAIRE CONNELLY
Claire has worked as an independent producer in the Midwest since 2000. She is currently producing the feature film Stornoway which will shoot in 2009, and she has produced several commercials and short films, including The Swing, The 5:22 and Little Kat Blue. Claire recently finished working as the Assistant Coordinator on the Chicago unit of The Dark Knight, the second chapter of Christopher Nolan's Batman series. Her feature film experience includes production managing 5-25-77 and Under the City, coordinating Death of a President, Bad Meat and Cup of My Blood, as well as coordinating the wardrobe department on the upcoming David Goyer project The Unborn and major studio movies Stranger Than Fiction (starring Will Ferrell, directed by Marc Forster) and The Weatherman (starring Nicholas Cage, directed by Gore Verbinski). Claire coordinated the very first IFP/Midwest Production Fund Winner, The Third Rail in 2000 and line produced the 2003 winner, King of the Tango. Claire currently serves as president of the IFP/Midwest board of directors and as a board member for the Illinois Production Alliance.