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Heidi Levitt and Associates have casted some of the most prominent movies in motion picture history, including three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone's films "Nixon", "Natural Born Killers", and "JFK".
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A veteran of over a dozen feature and short films, Long Nguyen worked with Oliver Stone and Tommy Lee Jones on "Heaven & Earth" and has also worked with Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Patrick Swayze, and Forest Whitaker. Long was the lead actor in the feature "Journey From The Fall", an official selection at 2006 Sundance Film Festival and other major festivals. Nguyen has won two "best actor" awards, one for "Journey from the Fall" at the 2006 Newport Beach Film Festival and one for the short "Apsara" at the 2003 California Independent Film Festival. At 16, Long was one of the original boat people to escape from Vietnam. Long attended college in Memphis and received his engineering degree but decided to pursue art six months later, prompting his move to California where he earned his MFA. An accomplished painter and sculptor, Long Nguyen has had several solo and joint exhibitions, including a Mid-Career Retrospective at the San Jose Museum of Art entitled "Tales of Yellow Skin." |
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Matthew John Armstrong is best known for his recurring role in the smash hit TV show "Heroes" as well as being mistaken as one of the GEICO cavemen. Keeping a busy schedule, Matthew has appeared in "Private Practice", "Raising the Bar", "Numb3rs", "E-Ring", "Threshold", "House M.D.", "Crossing Jordan", "American Dreams" , "Dragnet" , "The Shield", "Family Law", "Wilder Days", and "Turks". |
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Idemoto was born in Freedom, CA where he made a collection of short films on Super 8 film starting at the age of 16. His camera experience paid off in 1997 with the release of "Sunsets", the acclaimed Asian American feature film directed by Idemoto and "Giant Robot" front-man Eric Nakamura. "Sunsets" is best remembered for Idemoto's charismatic performance as a college-bound criminal roaming the streets of a California farming town. The success of "Sunsets" led to Idemoto's next acting/filmmaking gig, the 1998 compilation feature "O.B.I.T.S." He directed a 30 minute segment of the film, titled "America 0 of 30: Letters to Wendi," and starred in a 20 minute segment, "Breezes" directed by Justin Lin. Idemoto established himself as one of the most intriguing figures in Asian American independent cinema. In 2002, Idemoto appeared as the protagonist in the highly acclaimed indie success "Charlotte Sometimes", directed by Eric Byler and nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. |
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Having studied science and engineering at Caltech, Stanford, and Berkeley, David now enjoys acting in theatre and film. Ray Arthur Wang discovered David's natural acting gifts at the Pear Avenue Theater and subsequently cast him in the Garland L. Yee short film "B+" and the RAW feature film "Carma" which won seven awards on the festival circuit. David played a heroin addict in "Dirty Test", shot by Svetlana Cvetko and an Official Selection of the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. Recently, the short "The Legend of Chloe," which he wrote and acted in, won Best Picture in the 2009 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Festival. His theatre experience includes "The Crucible", "Picnic", "The Insanity Case of Mrs. A. Lincoln", and "L'Amour est Enfant du Onzieme Arrondissement". He plays the violin and speaks French and Spanish fluently. |
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Qing Lin is a very talented up-and-coming actress, whose recent credits include Wayne Wang's "The Princess of Nebraska" and the TV show "Lincoln Heights". Her latest feature "A Single Woman" finds her alongside Patricia Arquette, Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Pena, Margot Kidder, Karen Black, and Peter Coyote. She was also a translator for the highly acclaimed Sundance documentary, "Nanking". |
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Having grown up with Teri Hatcher, Dane has acted in several movies including Ray Arthur Wang's directorial debut "Carma", featuring Oscar Nominee Karen Black. Dane has made countless TV show, national talk show, and news appearances with his pet "Rascal The World's Ugliest Dog". Producing and hosting celebrity interviews for Total Entertainment News that can be seen on "Extra", "Inside Edition", "Access Hollywood", "E!", "American Journal", "Hard Copy," and "Enquirer TV" to name a few, Dane got his first nationally aired on camera break after doing the last interview with O. J. Simpson before his murder arrest. Dane also shoots professional celebrity and notable personality photos for national press agency and has had photos in magazines and papers from USA Today and Newsweek to Rolling Stone and People. On Cinco de Mayo 2007, Dane was awarded a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars, joining the likes of Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley. |
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Karl D. Wente is the fifth generation winemaker of Wente Vineyards, the oldest continuously operated family-owned winery in the USA. Karl finds himself increasingly involved in the entertainment industry, both music and film, as he is invited yearly to the SXSW Music and Film Festival. Karl went to school with director Ray Arthur Wang from kindergarten to elementary school, then later high school, and then both went to Stanford but at different times. They now play together in a band that Karl formed, "The Front Porch". |
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With years of acting experience, mostly in theatre, Suzanna was accepted into the graduate program for actors at Cal Arts but changed direction and pursued music instead. After graduating from art school, Suzanna was lead singer/songwriter of The Mustangs, who played the US and Europe and were nominated by California Country Music Association as "Vocal Group of the Year". A member of the Legislative committee for Nashville Songwriters Association, Suzanna visited Washington, DC on behalf of writers' issues and performed May 22, 2007 for the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. |
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Owned by Dane Andrew, Rascal holds the most distinct titles of any dog. Rascal is ugly dog royalty, being from a dynasty of ugly with his mom, grandmother, and grandfather all having held the title, "The World's Ugliest Dog". Rascal's grandfather Chi Chi is in the Guinness Book of World Records for winning the most ugly dog contests 8 times and was one of the Top 100 all-time Guinness moments on their 2008 NBC special. Rascal has Mayoral Proclamations from San Francisco and Sunnyvale, for a total of 4 proclamations in the Ugly Dynasty. Rascal has been on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "The View", "The Jane Pauley Show", "Last Call with Carson Daly", three "Animal Planet" shows, "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List", "ET", and many more. He has appeared in "People", "OK!", "Perez Hilton", "Star", and other publications. |
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