T H E A P O T H E C A R Y S T U D I O S Red Cactus Films LUSTIG DIGITAL PRESS KIT www.theapothecarystudios.com Telephone: 703-203-8567 www.theapothecarystudios.com
Lustig Contacts Dave Honaker, Chief Media Officer DHonaker@TheApothecaryStudios.com Seth Powers Director of Social Media SPowers@TheApothecaryStudios.com Director s Filmography Photography by Joe Carabeo LUSTIG, is John Black s first film. Black, a Washingtonian, studied screenwriting at the University of California Los Angeles. He has now adapted this award winning short film into a feature length screenplay. Jeff Wincott as the German Soldier Story Boards by Nicole Pisaniello Lustig synopsis Set in the years after the end of WWII, the film tells the story of a man s solitary journey for redemption. Carrying haunting memories from time spent in a concentration camp, the man seeks out the surviving members of the Lustig family. He brings a secret to their doorstep that only the strength and courage of the deceased allows him to reveal. In admitting his own cowardice, he creates the heroic legacy of a man. - Carrie Morrison, Producer 1
Festivals & Awards Official Selection of: The Wisconsin Film Festival / The Mainline Film Festival / The Virginia Independent Film Festival / The RoseBud Film Festival / The George Mason Film Festival / The Palm Springs Short Film Festival & Film Market / Virginia Film Festival / The Moonlight Film Festival / The CINEviews Film Festival / VSU Film Festival Zagreb Jewish Film Festival / JEWISH EYE World Film Festival / The Film Movement Winner of: The Rosebud Film Festival / The Virginia independent Film Festival / Finalist Zagreb Jewish Film Festival Crew Written & Directed by Produced by Ruben Flores Rios II Carrie Morrison Executive Producer Co-executive Producer Post-production Producer Original Music by Nick Wurz Nathan Altice Cinematography by Max Fischer Film Editing by Nick Wurz Art Department Ann Minarik Production Designer Justin R. Smith Props Nicole Pisaniello Story Boards Makeup Department Sharon Barrett Makeup department head Jennifer Santiago Hair department head 2
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director GiGi Almachar 1st A.D. Yuriy Cherepnya 2nd A.D. Sound Department William Britt Sound mixer Chris Jones Boom operator Sound Designer Jeff McManus Glen Piegari Post sound mix Camera and Electrical Department James A. Ray Gaffer Gene Ertel Grip Lucas Krost Assistant Camera Keriene Lucas Second Assistant Camera Jarrod Russell Electrician Christopher A. Thompson Best Boy Electrician Rob Vaughan Key Grip Casting Department Jamie Salcido Extras Casting Costume and Wardrobe Department Kevin Hershberger Wardrobe Designer Other crew Andy Edmunds Location Manager Leah Gottlieb Assistant Production Coordinator Kevin Hershberger Historical Coordinator Ellie St. John Production Coordinator Thanks Katherine Leatherwood Stacey Murphy Allen Rothert Jonathan Zurer 3
Cast COWARD Scott Carter THE GERMAN SGT. Jeff Wincott MOTHER Ilka W. Fischer YOUNG BOY Eric Evans HERO Alex O Meara 1ST GERMAN SOLDIER James McCoy 2ND GERMAN SOLDIER Eric Frein 3RD GERMAN SOLDIER Riley B. Watts CAMP PRISONERS Steve Hurwitz Walt Garde Brian Allen Plummer Steve Crisci Carlin Power Aleks Blinovskyy Yuriy Cherepnya Philip Greene Josh Lingerfelt James Moss Jonathan Gagnon Dylan Goodwin Jacobus H. Dixon Tanner Braaten Joseph Lattuada 4