OUR TEAM
About Us
The entire main crew of "007: I Only Need One" are graduates from Academy of Art University. Producer Andrew J. Neis, Director Matthew J. Salanoa, Cinematographer Jessida Putkaew and Executive Producer Azzrinna Kadri all met working on projects for school.
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Christopher L. Adams (1st Assistant Director) and Cheryl Choi (Casting Assistant) also attended Academy of Art. Adams is a comic book writer who runs his own company, Fracture Comics. Choi is a producer who makes independent short films and features in San Francisco, CA.
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"007: I Only Need One" is intended to be the first in a trilogy of James Bond fan films that will dig deeper into the character of Bond, examining his signature character traits and exploring the classic, old school Bond universe in a modern context.
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The next feature will be "007: Never Let Them See You Bleed."
THE CREW
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Andrew J. Neis
Producer, Writer, Stunt Coordinator
ANP Stunt Association was founded by Andrew J. Neis. For over a decade, Neis has been a professional stuntman and stunt coordinator. He has been in commercials for Google, NFL, Plants vs Zombies and made TV appearances for MasterChef and Urban Tarzan.
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Under the ANP Stunts banner, Neis has directed many action short films, including the Action on Film Festival Official Selection 2013 "Edge of Faith," which is available on Youtube now. Neis has been in development for a sequel series to his popular show, "The Watcher." Subscribe to his Youtube channel for more!
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Matthew J. Salanoa
Director
Matthew J. Salanoa graduated from Academy of Art University with a BFA in Motion Pictures and Television, focused on Directing. He worked as an editor for Study.com, Kingmond Young Photography and the Plastic Pollution Coalition. He has experience on indie film sets working as a grip, script supervisor, producer's assistant, stunt assistant, assistant director and creative director. He now has a podcast, "TheSalawag's Why It's Great," in which he discusses the filmmaking choices that make his favorite films great.
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Jessida Putkaew
Director of Photography
Jessida Putkaew graduated from Academy of Art University with a BFA in Motion Pictures and Television, focused on Cinematography. Putkaew has been director of photography for commercials, short films and more. She has worked on television sets for shows like Alcatraz and 12 Corazones on Telemundo. She has teamed up with Neis to form her company, Passion Videography.
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Yannick "GoldenZen" Zenhäusern
Composer
Yannick Zenhäusern is a composer from Switzerland, known best for his work on James Bond video games such like Goldeneye Source. Yannick "GoldenZen" is also a musician and has recently released a retro '80s-themed album called, Neon Vice.
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For "007: I Only Need One", Yannick composed and performed both the original score and the title song. Listen here:
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"007: I Only Need One" Title Song "007: I Only Need One" Score
Azzrinna Kadri
Executive Producer, 2nd Unit Director of Photography
As executive producer, Azzrinna Kadri bought plane tickets and provided housing to one of our actors. Kadri provided most of the lighting equipment, including large photography lights, black wrap, stands, and sound equipment as well. When she was not working as best boy electric under DP Jessidat Putkaew, Kadri also served as 2nd Unit Director of Photography when Putkaew was unavailable.
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Kadri hails from Malaysia where she studied animation and worked at various video agencies. She also attended Academy of Art University.
Bill Salanoa
Set Designer
Bill Salanoa, Matthew Salanoa's father, designed and built the funhouse set over the course of three months. One wall was constructed with four mirrors capable of spinning simultaneously. However, two mirrors on either side required operation by hand crank. The process was so exhausting that the crew could only film a few five minute long takes per spinning scene. Making the mirrors appear to surround the actors in every scene required keeping the camera facing the same direction for the majority of filming, rotating only the actor and the lighting to account for the space. Great work, Bill!
Christopher L. Adams
1st Assistant Director
Christopher L. Adams is a screenwriter, director and comic book writer in his own rite. Adams co-founded Fracture Comics, for which he writes "Death of Darkness" and other titles with his partner Joe Thompson. Adams has been an assistant director and writer for award-winning independent films for years. Adams is also a graduate of Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA.
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Paul Zambrano
Sound Designer
Paul Zambrano did sound design for "007: I Only Need One," after director Matthew Salanoa's initial sound pass. Specifically, Zambrano created a unique and terrifying sound for the red light mirror spinning sequence in the opening of the short.
Zambrano is also a composer, currently working on a cyber-punk short, "Binlowe's Locker," written & directed by "007" donor and friend, Andrew James Mitchell. Look for more on Paul's website!
Chelsea Salanoa
Production Assistant
Chelsea Salanoa is a musician, born and raised in San Francisco, and sister to director MJS. For the short, she worked as a production assistant since the beginning of the crowdfunding process. She has been assisting in Matthew Salanoa's productions since she was in middle school. She is lead singer and guitarist for Mother Muerte. Find them on Youtube, Facebook and Instagram!
THE CAST
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Katie Kramer
Actress, Stunt Woman
Katie Kramer has a growing prolific career as a stunt woman and actress! Most recently she has appeared as a stunt woman in the Seth Rogen comedy, Neighbors 2, and on "The Walking Dead" as a zombie during the mid-season finale! Look for her in Spider-Man: Homecoming!
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Before battling Rick, the vampires of the Originals and gravity itself for Seth Rogen, Kramer worked on our humble short, "007: I Only Need One." Kramer was instrumental in forming the fight scenes for "007." She impressed the producer and director so much she went from stunt performer to playing the Phantom Assassin, utilizing her unique abilities. She was fantastic. Check out her workout site, Hiit It Up!
Annamarie MacLeod
Actress
Annamarie MacLeod is an experienced, theater-trained actress who has been on television and in countless independent films. While in college, Salanoa edited a short film starring MacLeod called "Captive." Salanoa was so taken by her performance that he attempted to cast her in two of his short film projects prior to "007: I Only Need One", but both previous attempts failed.
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For "007," Annamarie took it upon herself to get stage combat training before coming in for a screen test. She nailed the screen test, handling Andrew's choreography well and received some additional training from Firearms Specialist Cesar Romero for operating a sniper rifle.
Richard Mills
Actor
Richard Mills is new to the acting world, but makes a beautiful, bloody splash into film with his re-imagining of Francisco Scaramanga.
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Mills met Salanoa while filming "Inna," a short film directed by mutual friend, Malvina Wong. Salanoa was a creative director at the time, handling communication for Wong, who was also starring in her own short film. Mills was cast as a lowly drug addict who offers crack to Wong's character. Salanoa felt Mills had a strong onscreen presence despite the small screen time and was inspired to cast Mills after seeing an image of Millls wearing one of his classic suits on Facebook. Mills provided his own costume for the short and brough the terror!
Demo Reel
Jaime Flores
Actor
Jaime Flores is one of those big, imposing, American sweethearts that you hear about. A big rig driver of many years, Flores got his first role on the independent feature, The Other Barrio. Unfortunately, much of his footage was cut. But fortunately, on this set was a young script supervisor named Matthew J. Salanoa.
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Flores had a great look and onscreen presence. Salanoa, again, tried starting projects that could potentially feature Flores, but it was not until "007: I Only Need One" that the attempt would be possible. Flores was a complete professional and took to Neis' choreography incredibly well. He will have a great career and star in Never Let Them See You Bleed!
Aspen Neumann
Actor
Aspen Neumann acted for the first time in a short video series for Jessida Putkaew, in which Putkaew was director and cinematographer. Salanoa had edited this footage, but it never saw the light of day.
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Neumann is a long time friend of Andrew Neis, and is often lovingly dubbed, "Little Andrew." It was Neis' suggestion to have Aspen as Nick Nack. Neumann played his character as a fan of Bond's kill count, excited to watch his battle with Scaramanga. Neumann continues to work with Neis. Most recently they have been performing live stunt shows at the Kinetic Arts Center in Oakland, CA. Check out their latest collaboration! This show is called "The Parallel Universe."
Cheryl Choi, Richard Mills and Shingo Brennan (left to right)
Cheryl Choi
Producer, Credited as Casting Assistant
Cheryl Choi is a producer from San Francisco, CA. She also graduated from Academy of Art University, where she met Salanoa, Neis and Putkaew. She assisted with casting extras for the scene in which Bond sees Scaramanga and company on the balcony of the funhouse building. When most of her extras fell through, she donned a black dress, and stole the golden light away from Mills with her beauty.
Fortunately, Shingo Brennan came through and dressed perfectly to appear as Scaramanga's right hand man. Thank you, Cheryl and Shingo, for dressing with style and class for our humble short film!
SPECIAL THANK YOU
Special Thanks to our Stunt Crew:
Robert Cota, Alex Power, Clayton Veltkamp, Katie Kramer, Erik Lee, Brandon Hill, Machiko Sakasai, Jaime Flores, Farhad Khorasani, and Michael Salanoa
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Special Thanks to Sound Designer
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Special Thanks for our Production T-Shirts
Special Thanks to our Amazing Donors:
Mary Choi, Kevin Lehner, Robin Fogg, Raleigh Latham, Andrew James Mitchell, Pranay Majmunder, Ben David Garza, Jessica Kennis, Caitlin Roth, Daniel Angotti, Erik Lee, Philip Yun, Marna Blanchard, Marty Williams, Wolfgang Hausen, William Salanoa, Azzrinna Kadri
