The House of Fine Art, Livingston, Montana

CAMERON LOWE

Director, Writer Producer, Editor

Always involved in the arts in one of its myriad forms, Cameron Lowe sang and played keyboard and guitar in numerous bands after studying music composition at UCSB. He has also written many songs and continues to write with top Nashville songwriter Marv Green. His interest in film was ignited after purchasing a Super 8 film camera to record the images of his daughter's early childhood. It was then that he discovered the beauty of using the film medium to capture and communicate life's profound and comedic moments.

Cameron soon progressed to shooting short films and television commercials. His father, lead singer of the legendary garage rock pioneers The Electric Prunes, prompted Cameron's first large scale undertaking - the documentary My Dad is an Electric Prune. The family crucible proved to be an irresistible wellspring of subject matter for the new filmmaker.

Cameron's next quest was to write and direct his first feature film. Mushka Water is the quirky and touching story of a lost young man who undergoes personal transformation after accidentally drinking a powerful elixir, and becomes the unwitting student of life's finest teacher - love. It is a modern fairytale set in Bosnia and Los Angeles, told in Cameron's immediate style he calls "Garage Vision."

Admiring the 'do it your self' pioneers of early Rock n Roll, Cameron makes his films in the same spirit. Inspired by the French New Wave films, the Danish film style of Dogme 95, and films such as Easy Rider and Amores Peros, Cameron believes garage spirited filmmaking has advanced cinema into a fresh, raw and immediate future.

Cameron is currently writing a black comedy and directing a documentary about homeless musicians.

TODD JEFFREY

Director Biography

While attending San Francisco State University, Todd Jeffery wrote and directed two short films, "Holdup," a 16 mm Narrative and the Documentary, "Shooting James Dean." Soon after Todd began working at the acclaimed Visual Effects Company, Industrial Light and Magic in nearby San Rafael. He continued to work at ILM for just over two years, bringing his experience to projects for clients such as Gatorade, Dodge, Budweiser, Motorola, Activision and Columbia Records. Upon relocating to Los Angeles to attend the American Film Institute, Todd received an MFA in directing and completed seven films while there, the last two being thesis projects.

The first thesis film is SHOOTER, the recipient of the Martin Ritt fellowship award, the Melvin Van Peeples Award and winner of Best Short Film at the San Francisco Black Film Festival and Best Director at the inaugural Hatchfest 2004 Film Festival in Bozeman, Montana. The film is also an Official Selection at the Los Angeles International Film Festival, the Palm Springs Film Festival and the runner up at the HBO Shorts competition. As a result, SHOOTER has been acquired by HBO and will begin airing in December of this year. His second film from the AFI is "You Owe Us," a dark comedy set to premiere in September, of which Todd is not only the Director, but also the Producer and Screenwriter.

CAMILLA MORE

Executive Producer

"I saw Mushka Water after Cameron had completed his first pass at editing the film and was captivated by its originality, off beat style and above all, its humor. I offered to facilitate the production and post production in any way, as I felt Mushka Water would be enjoyed by many and therefore must be seen."

Camilla More has spent many years in front of the camera as an actress. starring and co-starring in numerous movies, including the cult favorite Friday Thirteenth Part IV and French comedy Le Jumeau with her twin sister, Carey. She also had contract roles in the Soap Operas Days Of Our Lives and General Hospital, and numerous guest leads including Cheers. In the past five years she has formed her own Production company and is involved in a number of projects, including The Waterbabies, written by Julian More.

Currently she is co-writing a black comedy with Cameron Lowe.

SHARAT RAJU

Writer/Director

Writer and director Sharat Raju was born and raised near Chicago, Illinois. An honors student, athlete, and community leader in high school, he attended college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 1999, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature. However, most of his time was spent at the college newspaper, The Michigan Daily, where he received two national awards as a reporter and an editor. He studied film production extensively, as well, working on short films and scripts as both a director and writer.

He then moved to Los Angeles and began working for acclaimed casting director Mali Finn. As a casting assistant, Sharat worked on several feature films, including The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Phone Booth, 8 Mile, High Crimes, K-19: The Widowmaker and ABC Network's "Gideon's Crossing." He also wrote and directed half a dozen short plays for Six Chairs and a Couple of Artists Theater Company in Long Beach, CA.

In 2001, Sharat was accepted into the American Film Institute Conservatory's highly selective Directing Fellowship. During his two years in the program he directed six short film projects, four of which he also wrote, and completed a feature-length screenplay. Sharat graduated from AFI in 2003 with a Masters of Fine Arts degree. His thesis film, American Made, premiered August 2003 and earned the Conservatory's top two awards: the Richard P. Rogers Award and the Franklin J. Schaffner Award. The Schaffner Award is presented to the director of AFI's best thesis film, as selected by a jury. (www.AmericanMadeTheMovie.com.)

Soon after its premiere, American Made received the Patrick Payton Award - the Grand Prize at the Angelus Awards. Selected from among 472 student films from across twenty countries, the award is presented to the student film of "uncommon caliber which explore[s] the complexity of the human condition with creativity." In the eight years since the award's inception, this marked the first time the judges came to a unanimous decision for the $10,000 prize.

In 2004, the film festival circuit yielded seventeen (17) awards from international juries and audiences alike, including: "Honorable Mention" at AFI Fest, "Audience Favorite Award" at Aspen Shortsfest, "Best International Short Film" at ReelWorld Film Festival in Toronto, "Student Visionary Award" at the Tribeca Film Festival, "Best Short Film" at the San Diego Film Festival, and the HBO Films "Best Student Film" at the Savannah Film Festival.

From Boston to Rome, Los Angeles to Sydney, American Made's success spanned the globe. The website FilmmakerInterviews.com named it Best Short Film of 2003. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) presented Sharat with an Award for Excellence in short filmmaking in June 2004. American Made will make its broadcast debut May 9, 2006 on "Independent Lens," airing on PBS throughout the United States.

In April 2004, Sharat was named one of twenty national semi-finalists in Esquire magazine's "Celluloid Style" filmmakers' competition. As a result, he adapted the Esquire article "The $20 Theory of the Universe" into a short film. He appeared in the magazine's September 2004 edition as a film school graduate to watch.

Sharat is currently in post-production on the documentary he directed and co-produced, Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath (www.dwf-film.com). The documentary follows two college students who drove across the country from September 2001 to December 2002, interviewing victims of hate crimes and race-related abuse in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. Recipient of Panavision's New Filmmaker Grant and a generous donation by Eastman Kodak, Sharat completed additional production Summer 2005, interviewing experts, scholars, and revisiting the original interviewees.

Sharat's first feature length screen play to be optioned, The Field on the Corner, is currently in development.

Sharat directed the music video "Discount Record" for Los Angeles-area rock band, The Misprintz. The video can be seen on the band's website: www.theMisprintz.com.

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