DIRECTOR: ROBERT BROADHURST
Robert is an east coast suburb-raised, Brooklyn-based filmmaker. He earned his MFA in filmmaking from Columbia University where the short films he wrote, produced, and/or edited played festivals from Tribeca to TIFF. After film school he worked as an editor in formats from commercials to trailers to fashion to broadcast docudramas. Following his work on Kanye West’s first three Yeezy fashion launches, he made the move to directing with campaign films for Adidas Y-3, Alexander Wang, and Armani Beauty among others. He returned to narrative filmmaking with AN OCCURRENCE AT ARVERNE, his first short film as writer and director.
MARCUS: CURTISS COOK, JR.
Curtiss is a Harlem school of the arts graduate, who starred in the HBO Max sensation, ‘That Damn Michael Che,’ in the Sundance hit ‘Gook,’ Ryan Koo's ‘Amateur’ and Jay Dockendorf's ‘Naz & Maalik’ and Christopher Morris’s ‘The Day Shall Come.’ A versatile actor, he gained his regional theater debut in ‘Brownsville Song’ for The Long Wharf Theater and The Philadelphia Theater Company. Following this success, Curtiss made his Off-Broadway debut in the Classic Stage Company's production of ‘Mother Courage’ and ‘Her Children’ and most recently ‘Parable of The Sower’ which debuted at NY's Public Theater. On television, his credits include ‘Power,’ ‘Bull,’ ‘The Path,’ ‘Orange is the New Black’ and most recently in NBC's ‘Manifest.’
PRODUCER: CHARLES HAYES IV
Charles is an NYC film and theater producer whose credits include projects for HBO, Warner Bros., CBS, Scott Rudin Productions, ABC, Marvel, Netflix, Showtime, Food Network, GQ, and various independent stage productions and Broadway & Off-Broadway theatrical productions. With a B.S. in Biology from Morehouse College and extensive pro- duction experience, Charles’ unshakeable faith in the empowering message of any story is paramount for this rising filmmaker.
CINEMATOGRAPHER: FRANK APOLLONIO
With a strong base in still photography, Frank spent ten years in Philadelphia learning his craft on set in a range of roles on commercials and features before moving to New York in 2016. He has since proven his mettle in the world of commercial cinematography, shooting for brands including Adidas, Alexander Wang, Facebook, Peloton, Todd Snyder, and Vogue. AN OCCURRENCE AT ARVERNE is his first narrative film.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: ELSA RINDE
Elsa Rinde has an MFA in scenic design from the Yale School of Drama. Yale credits include shakespeare's as u like it and Othello; Yale Cabaret credits include Alma, Red Speedo, The Swallow and the Tomcat and Latinos Who Look Like Ricky Martin. She holds a B.A. in theater with a minor in Philosophy from Barnard College, where she designed the set and projections for Hamletmachine, and the sets for The Maids, Top Girls, and The Long Goodbye. She directed and designed the web series Tabs, and has art-directed several shorts including Jack and Jill and Candace. She has worked as an art department assistant and clearance coordinator on multiple television shows including The Deuce (HBO), The Sinner (NBCU), Gotham (WB), and Elementary (CBS). She designed the east coast premiere production of Testmatch at Yale Rep, which was canceled due to COVID-19, and is a 2020 recipient of the Donald and Zorka Oenslager Fellowship Award in Design.
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