Cast & Crew Bios

Max Margulies — Director

Max Margulies was born in Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University in May 2008. Max enjoys eating at buffets and water balloon launching.

Naoko Masuda — Animation Director

Naoko Masuda was born and grew up in Tokyo Japan. She attended Temple University's Tokyo Campus from Fall 2001 and transfered to main campus in Philadelphia to complete her bachelor's degree in Film and Media Arts in Fall 2005. She graduated in Fall 2007, and has continued making film and video projects since. She has been collaborating with Max since 2006. Their work such as Mr.Consumption and The Bird the mouse, and the Sausage have been screened internationally and awarded three Best Animated Short prizes. She enjoys pigs, Prince, and Tama.

Greg Lytle— Art Director & Animator

Greg Lytle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has lived in Philadelphia for the past twenty five and a half years and has been involved in the production of over one hundred and seventy feature-length film projects, most of which he directed, edited and/or photographed. His film Jurassic Park screened at film festivals across the country, and he was presented with two Best Documentary in Competition prizes for his film MC Turnbuckle: A Documentary,which is still touring the festival circuit. He interned with independent filmmaking icon Steven Spielberg in June-July 2005. Recently, he directed his film, A Trip to Denver, shot on 35mm
black-and-white.

Sam Margulies — Producer

Brian Urbiztondo — The Blue Boy

Minka Farthing-Kohl — Director of Photography

Daniel Kremer — Assistant Camera

Daniel Kremer was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has lived in Philadelphia for the past three years and has been involved in the production of over seventy film projects, short and feature-length, a good deal of which he directed, edited and/or photographed. His film Crumbs from a Hard-Boiled Egg screened at film festivals across the country, and he was presented with two Best Documentary in Competition prizes for his film Yarns To Be Spun on the Way to the Happy Home,which is still touring the festival circuit. He interned with independent filmmaking icon Henry Jaglom in June-July 2006. Recently, he directed his thesis film, A Trip to Swadades, shot on Super 16mm
black-and-white.

Julie Margulies — Catering and Hospitality Services

Ernst Hohman — Engineering Consultant

Mike Price — Production Assistant