It’s an honor to have been named Best Lead Actor in a Short Film at the Madrid Intl Film Festival this year. There are many people to thank, Mark, Pam, Andi, Tim, Mary, JP, Kristie, Shawn, Nicole, Bob, not a bad apple in the bunch and we had fun. Also on the family front thanks mom, dad, Krissi, Bob and Alex for getting me to Madrid to accept the award. Oh, and Rachel for organizing me to leave š…
I will be doing a live interview on Periscope from the Madrid Intl Film Festival today about Sweven Films’ Here Lies Joe.…
I am thrilled and honored to have received a Best Actor nomination at the 2016 Madrid International Film Festival for my work as Joe in Mark Battle’s Here Lies Joe. The film also received a nomination for Best Cinematography for Mark’s outstanding camera work.
Here Lies Joe has been named an official selection of the 2016 Madrid International Film Festival. It will make its European premiere on July 8, 2016, and 2:50 PM in Screening Room 1.
Sometimes you luck out and someone drops a great role in your lap. Bootsie is that kind of role, a magical British Latin teacher whoās daily routine includes interruptions by ghosts. Director Courtney Laine Self invited me to play the part in Helen Bannerās play in progress ā1989 and Hotā as part of Everyday Inferno Theatre Companyās 2016 Development Lab which culminated at the Access Theater last Saturday, and working alongside talented actors Meghann Garmany, Julia Christgau, and Rudi Utter was a real joy. I hope to work with all of them again.…
Here Lies Joe will make its festival world premiere at the Monadnock Intl Film Festival in Keene, NH, on April 15 at 1:15pm.
“Here Lies Joe is a touching film which carries the perfect balance of drama and humour. The performances from Temple and Morrow brilliantly convey the way people approach and respond to the matter of suicide, and Battle has produced an emotional short film that is indie filmmaking at its best.”
“Dean Temple was brilliant as Joe, a man āin transitionā and clearly down-on-his-luck, looking to end it all. Temple captures Joe perfectly from his darkest points all the way through to his acceptance of a friendship with āZā. Andi Morrow matches Temple step for step with an enigmatic performance as āZā. Morrow captures this seemingly free-spirit and plays it to the full bouncing off whoever she gets to interact with. It is a pleasure to watch Morrow and Temple interact as they have excellent chemistry on screen.”
I’m overwhelmed by the reception for this film, and so proud to have worked with such a talented cast and crew.
By Andrew Buckner
“From the opening moments of director Mark Battle and Sweven Filmsā hauntingly beautiful twenty-three minute short, āHere Lies Joeā, a riveting tonal balance of melancholy, peppered with effective humor and an ebbing sense of optimism, is brilliantly established. We watch our lead, whose name is referenced in the title of the piece (rivetingly played by Dean Temple in a performance that is always watchable, absolutely perfect for the material and showcases his incredible abilities by speaking volumes through frequently sorrowful facial gestures) taping up the windows of his beat-up car, full of books and family photographs, in an attempt at ending his life. This sequence lasts but a minute. Regardless, it immediately pulls us into Joeās world. This early bit is so triumphant at doing so that we instantly care for and desperately want to learn more about this lonely soul.”
Read the nice things he said about the other people in the movieĀ»…
“Battleās lovely film is crafted beautifully in every frame and it is bolstered by a stellar cast across-the-board, led by Templeās Joe, who is a study in subtlety and stillness. At the filmsā close, Joe is becoming a man who is opening his eyes to the world for the first time in a long time and in Templeās eyes, you see hope and a sense of peace that has long been missing. Andi Morrowās spectacular Z, a marvelous, fully realized characterization that brims with humor, anger and warmth, matches Temple beat for beat throughout.”
New review of Here Lies Joe.
“…some of the nicest moments in the film prove to be the sudden and unexpected smiles that emerge behind two people battling with a much deeper sadness than they want to let out, or can let out.”
The first review for Here Lies Joe is out. Here is an excerpt:
“Templeās Joe is a prime example of subtlety and understatement, delivering a man who might be at the end of his rope, and intent on doing something about it, yet itās so nuanced that your heart is going to bleed for him immediately. Such a state of being worn out and tired of the fight is not an easy place to dwell, and Temple brings this out believably. Likewise, Morrowās Z is the rebellious to the end persona, defiant to the last, yet beyond that extremely hurt and achingly vulnerable, and Morrow takes this and just emotes with passion and believability. Bring the two together, and itās a match made for being both emotionally compromised and entertained by.”
And a link to the entire review: One Film Fan…
Rebel Theatre Ensemble 2015-16 will host a showcase at Ripley-Grier at 3pm and 7pm on August 31. The performers in this company are outstanding, and you can’t beat the price ā $0/ticket, with a discount for groups of 10 or more š
I will be performing scenes from Anna Deveare Smith’s Twilight, Los Angeles 1992 directed by Ashley Marinaccio of Girl Be Heard, and Ed Bullins’ Jo Anne!!!, directed by Rajendra Maharaj, and partnered by Amanda Jane Snyder.
The work Rebel has been doing is very exciting and I hope you can attend.…
Both The Convict and The Naked Truth About Fairies have festival showings this month:
The Naked Truth About Fairies
Chain NYC Film Festival
August 8
Chain Theatre
NYC
2:30pm
The Convict
Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
August 26
Somerville Theater
Sommerville, MA
3:45pm
The Naked Truth About Fairies
The Indie Gathering
August 29
Clarion Inn & Conference Center
Hudson, OH…
Fairies has been named an official selection of the Chain NYC Film Festival and will show this August at the Chain Theater in Long Island City (near where much of the film was shot). This festival is also next to Silvercup Studios, a sound stage familiar to many in our cast and crew.
Their website has not yet been updated, but here is a link to the festival: Chain NYCĀ»…
Fairies has been named an official selection of the 20th Annual Indie Gathering International Film Festival in Hudson, Ohio, and has also won First Place in their Short Comedy Category. I figured it was time to upload a new picture with all the fancy new laurels. I’m so grateful to everyone who helped make this film come together. Thank you all.…
The Naked Truth About Fairies, a film I wrote and co-produced, has been named an official selection of the 2015 Depth of Field International Film Festival. This is the second festival selection for Fairies, which premiered earlier this year at the St. Tropez International Film Festival.…
Mark Battle has cast me as the lead in “Here Lies Joe,” the next project from Sweven Films. I worked with Mark on “The Convict,” and I’m very excited to work with him and my good friend Andi Morrow, who will be playing the female lead role of Zee.…
I will be returning in the role ofĀ Esteban in the new musical Under Her Hat, book and lyrics by Hana Roth Seavey and composed by Tor Ingar Jakobsen, on June 4, 2015, as part of Emerging Artists Theatre’s New Works Series at TADA! Theatre at 15th West 28th Street. The reading will be directed by Courtney Laine Self, with musical direction by Stephen Borsuk.