Month: May 2017

Drew Dasent was born in Sheffield, UK. He worked as an art director for a British sportswear company before relocating to New York City in 2000. Stateside he began working as a wardrobe stylist and has extensive experience in both commercials and music videos. He has styled for Marc Anthony, Aaliyah, DMX, Rage Against The Machine, Bruce Springstein, and Nine Inch Nails among many others. In 2002 Drew’s career interests evolved and he joined Daniel Peddle in starting The Secret Gallery, a full-service casting agency.

Drew still styles wardrobes and designs costumes for special projects including Daniel Peddle’s feature films.

Jane S. Murray hails from a lifelong journey in agriculture, music and hospitality. Radio DJ, studio engineer and finally concert promoter married her love for music with hospitality.  Jane complemented her vineyard work with operations management on East Coast wine tasting rooms where she catered many events and eventually landed in Carolina Beach. Moss was her first time working on a feature film. The crew called her the “Food Angel” but she did much more than providing the basics. She acted as Line Producer, organized logistics and in general ran around like a mad woman for all things Moss.

Jacob Ingle is a 20 year old entrepreneur currently residing in Wilmington, North Carolina. Originally from the small town of Winston-Salem, Jacob entered the film world starring in his uncle Daniel Peddle’s first narrative film Sunset Edge in 2014. Since then he has started a mobile beverage unit, The Coffee Coop, and an entertainment hub called The Party Army. He also is in production on an episodic “mockumentary” entitled Antidestination. The project explores abandoned locations in NC.

On Moss, Jacob was Daniel’s “right-hand-man.” He was involved at all stages of production from script notes, line production, crewing, payroll, and organizing the young team of production assistants. He even has a cameo in the film, reuniting with his Sunset Edge stars as Blaze’s visiting “Teen Trio.”

Thomas Lakey a.k.a. Captain Shaw resides in the Wilmington area near Carolina Beach. He has been a drift wood sculptor and a charter captain for 16 years and counting. He moved to Wilmington when he was 17 years old and received a marine technology degree from Cape Fear Community College. Shaw’s sensitive driftwood sculptures integrate natural forms with imaginative metal work to create fantastic creatures from the deep and beyond. Highly sought after and easily recognized, Shaw’s creations are on display at many regional establishments and in private collections around the world.

The character of Moss’s Dad was greatly informed by Shaw’s process as an artist working outside the art world establishment. Director, Daniel Peddle studied Shaw’s methods and collaborated with Shaw to create specific sculptures for the film which are featured in many scenes. These pieces are not just used as decorative props but also as symbolic devices central to the narrative.

As a longtime maritime expert, Shaw also was an incredible resource for understanding real life on the Cape Fear River. He acted as the production’s Captain and helped the crew orchestrate all scenes on and along the river, managing to keep everyone safe in the moody weather conditions unique to the Carolina Marshlands. Shaw’s many contributions to Moss are an excellent example of how the film flourished by rooting itself in the rich traditions of the local community.

Justin Fox was the production sound mixer for our film “Moss”. Hailing from Knoxville, TN and currently residing in Los Angeles, CA he also has a background in photography.

Ian Hatton is an English-born composer based in New York. Hatton started his career as a guitarist and songwriter, playing with Bonham, Robert Plant’s Honeydrippers, and Paul Rodgers & Company. Today, his compositions for TV and feature films have won him praise from critics, artists, and producers across the industry. In 2016, Hatton was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Original Score for Bard in the Backcountry, and the same year he composed the soundtrack for Bill Moyers’ award-winning documentary Rikers.

With writer/director Daniel Peddle, Ian has colllaborated on three films, Sunset Edge, Garden of the Peaceful Dragon & Moss.

Moss is cinematographer Juri Beythien’s first feature film following years of short films, commercial and music video work. Juri lives and works in Copenhagen and the Moss shoot was his first trip to the States. Besides his self-described “German precision”, he was incredibly adept at guerilla filmmaking techniques like “run and gun.” Plus he flew a mean drone! Currently, Juri is in preproduction for Daniel Peddle’s next feature film shooting in NYC later in 2017.

Zimo is a film editor based in West Hollywood, California, and he’s been editing since the mid 2000s. Before going into the narrative feature world, he edited documentary films.

Zimo was born and raised in Beijing, China. He moved to the States when he was 15 and went to high school in Texas, college in New York, then finally came to Los Angeles to start his creative life. Taking advantage of having lived in both China and the States, Zimo’s creative process is a mixture of traditional Eastern culture and modern Western style.

In Zimo’s spare time, he enjoys listening to Radiohead and playing Chopin and Mozart for friends and families. He’s represented by United Talent Agency.

John has held a wide range of positions in the entertainment industry over the last 20 years, including head of Disney Television Animation’s Shorts Lab, Vice President of Creative Development of Theme Park Productions – the media unit of Walt Disney Imagineering, and Senior Vice President of Development and Production at Witt-Thomas Films.  He started his film career at Francis Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios as story editor, then moved to MGM to work as Director of Development for Freddie Fields, and later as Director of Development for Scott Rudin. John served as consulting producer for the indie film titled VARA: A BLESSING, directed by Khyentse Norbu (THE CUP) and he is currently the producer of MOSS, directed by Daniel Peddle.

Gail Lyon is an entertainment producer and executive who has been in the business for over two decades. She is currently an owner/principal in Sunshine Pictures, as well as a partner in the NYC based social media site VFILES.

Some of her screen credits include  Erin Brockovich, Gattaca, Stuart Little 2, Peter Pan, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, Edge of Darkness, Stick It and the HBO movie Pentagon Wars.

In addition, Ms. Lyon has been at the helm of many successful production companies, including GK Flims, Red Wagon, and Jersey Films.  She also developed and brought to production such films as Young Victoria, Man on the Moon, The Town, RV and Jarhead. Her first job in the industry was as an NBC Page. She is Executive Producer on Moss, and is developing additional material with the writer/director Daniel Peddle.