Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest
An animated short film by Perry Chen, Kevin Sean Michaels and Bill Plympton
Narrated by Ingrid Pitt
Cast and Crew
Ingrid Pitt, Story and Narration
Actress and cult figure Ingrid Pitt, who died suddenly in London on November 23, 2010 at age 73, was best known and by many adored as "The Queen of Scream" in British horror films of the early 1970's. Her life story is nothing if not confounding and, to some, bizarre. In the BBC's obituary -- just one of a surprising avalanche appearing worldwide -- Michael Hearn, a historian of Hammer Films, for whom the star worked, described her as "a warm but stubbornly enigmatic figure."
Kevin Sean Michaels, Director and Co-Producer
Kevin Sean Michaels was born and raised in New York City. He started making films at age thirteen with a Super 8 home movie camera in the style of early silent films. Michaels was the Art Director for Troma Entertainment for three and a half years, working closely with filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman on Troma's film Poultrygeist! Night of the Chicken Dead, as well as numerous DVD extras.
Theodora Michaels, Esq., Executive Producer
Theodora K. Michaels has been working in the music industry since 1987, and as an attorney at one of the world's largest independent music publishers, Carlin America, Inc., since 1998. Since 2005, she has also been working in partnership with her husband, Kevin Sean Michaels, for their independent film production company VAMP Productions.
Zhu Shen, PhD, Co-Producer
Dr. Zhu Shen's love for the movies started when she was a young girl, growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution where watching movies was the only entertainment available to the masses. Her journey to become a filmmaker took a convoluted path. She studied medicine at Peking Union Medical College before coming to the US and earning a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Colorado, and then an MBA from Cornell University's Johnson School.
Jud Newborn, PhD, Co-Producer, Creative Consultant and Historical Adviser
Jud Newborn, Ph.D., is a New York-based author, lecturer and expert on the Holocaust and the fight for human rights worldwide. Founding Historian of NY's Museum of Jewish Heritage from 1986 to 2000, Dr. Newborn is co-author of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Perry Chen, Animator
Perry Chen is the youngest award-winning film/entertainment critic and animator, artist, speaker, and entertainment personality. His interest in films started at age three when he watched Tom and Jerry for the first time and couldn't stop laughing. He started writing movie reviews at age eight using a kid-friendly starfish rating system, under the guidance of his mom Dr. Zhu Shen and his third grade teacher Ms. Harris. Perry's debut on the CBS Evening News in 2009 made him a national sensation.
Maureen McElheron, Composer and Musician
In 1985, Bill Plympton approached Maureen McElheron to score a short film. The result was Your Face, and her surreal song helped garner the film an Oscar nomination. Maureen's soundtrack for The Tune, Plympton's first animated feature, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 1992. She produced and composed music for 12 Tiny Christmas Tales, a 2001 holiday special on Cartoon Network. In addition to music for many of Plympton's animated shorts, Maureen composed I Am Special, an album of songs published by Addison Wesley to promote life skills for challenged students.
More bios and photos coming soon.
Bill Plympton, Character Design and Storyboard
Hank Bones, Score Producer
Madeline Newman-Lombardo, Score Vocals
Gary Mackey, Score Violin
This page last updated September 19, 2011.
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