| ANDY DWYER |
| Short Bus Films Founder / Director |
| Meet the Staff of Short Bus Films |
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| ANTONIO BEVACQUA |
| Vice President / Cinematography |
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| Born in 1973 in Torrance, California, raised in Souther California and Costa Rica, Tony "T-Bone" Bevacqua moved to Oregon in 1997 for Oregon's beauty and the Oregonian lifestyle. Tony and Andy met in a Mall and started working together due to one little (alright, big) lie. They had a common goal - becoming true filmmakers, and to independently make their own movies. Tony needed a director, and Andy needed a monkey to hold the camera for him. It has been guerrilla filmmaking ever since. Tony Officially joined Short Bus films in 1999, and provided his invaluable cinematic vision for our first Portland prject, Black Hills Zombie III, which he also starred in. With severe budget and equipment |
| limitations Tony was challenged to create a "look" for the film. It was questionable whether any style could be gleaned out of a $150 budget and novice crew and director, but in the end, Tony was able to give Black Hills Zombie III a campy horror tone that is both representetive of and unique from other low budget horror films. Car Trouble and Them's the Brakes are Tony's little bambinos. Tony has worked on many projects, but he is always most thrilled to work with Short Bus Films, and reap the benefits of the creativity and fun brought by the Short Bus Films crew. "I get to be as creative as I wish and push the envelope far with Short Bus Films. Andy and I are like two kids with endless imagination when we work together, and the entire SBF crew deserves props." To contact send email to: [email protected]m |
| CHRISTIAN DOLAN |
| Producer / Sound Design |
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| LAURA ROE |
| Producer |
| Christian, who initially aspired to be a penciler for Marvel Comics, discovered his true calling after seeing Geoge Lucas' Raiders of the Lost Ark. "Of course, I loved the movie, but there was something else about it; something about the way that it looked and sounded that was better than other movies, but I didn't have the vocabulary to explain why. That was when I decided to learn everything I could about filmmaking." After studying Film Theory and Aesthetics at Indiana University, he gained most of his production experience on the job while |
| working in public access television and corporate video, while also assisting in production of numerous student and independent short films. After meeting personal and professional partner Laura Roe in Bloomington, Indiana, they finally settled in Portland, Oregon in October, 2000. Once establishing a film presence (threat), Christian and Laura formed AfterImage Post. "George Lucas is right when he asserts that sound is fifty percent of the movie-going experience. Try watching Apocalypse Now or even All the President's Men with no sound. There is no movie." Christian first joined the Short Bus crew on Car Trouble as a grip/PA. He also made a brief cameo as the Exquist Dead Guy. He soon proved his knowledge and creativity in post sound design when we started editing Car Trouble. So when it came time to shoot Them's the Brakes, he was entrusted with full responsibility for engineering post sound. To contact, send email to: [email protected] |
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| "First and foremost, a film must be entertaining. It is fine if you want your film to contain an important message, or if you want to make a political, or social statement with the film, but no one will watch it if you don't keep them entertained." Andy Dwyer was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1997, he moved to Portland, Oregon to attend Portland State University, where he graduated with a degree in Social Science. |
| But his one true passion was filmmaking. He sought out others like him in the Portland area and offered his assistance on their projects. He compelled to work on any project out of an intense desire to make films. After working with local public access icon Mike Harrop on several shorts (including The Janitor, Neighbor, and Cookie), and assisting on CRW Films' feature production of Middle Man, Andy decided to try directing one of his own. So in 1997 he founded Short Bus Films. Back then SBF consisted of Andy, and anyone else he could manage to scrape together to help him shoot his primitive short films. Armed only with his VHSc camcorder, and two VCRs, he set a goal for himself to produced at least one short film of substance a year. "It is my belief that you learn best by doing. So instead of going to film school, I made movies. It is a hell of a lot cheaper than film school, and I'll tell you what: mistakes I've made on past films, I will never make again for everytime I watch the films I've made I am forced to watch those mistakes over and over again." Whether it is writing, shooting, directing, or editing, Andy considers himself less as a filmmaker than a story teller who uses film as his medium. To contact, send email to: [email protected]m |
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| "Twenty million dollar salaries and private jets are ruining films. I'd rather work with a crew that's used to being paid in beer. Then you know that everyone is there for the right reasons." Laura took her first production class when she was only nine years old. Her career goals varied from rock groupie to hotelier over the years, but eventually her focus returned to television and film production after viewing Heathers. She recalls watching the film: "I just had to find a way to be a part of making something so cool." She majored in telecommunications with a minor in film theory at Indiana University. There she worked at the local cable access station where she met her partner, Christian Dolan. Access to all that free equipment lead to the production of their first project, a short entitled Filet of Soul. |
| There was a three year period in Tempe, Arizona, which she calls her highlight the Production Assistant job on a film directed by Poison singer, Brett Michaels, called No Code of Conduct. Laura estimates that she has worked on about a dozen independent film and video projects in her two and a half years in Portland. She's been Script Supervisor, Assistant Director, and Unit Production Manager. Recently, she and Christian formed the postproduction facility AfterImage. When asked why she joined SBF in the first place, Laura replied "Andy's the only guy I know who was willing to put up the money to shoot something. As it turns out, he's put together a really talented team that I feel lucky to work with." The organizational and creative input that she has contributed to Short Bus Films' projects is a large part of what has made films like Car Trouble and Them's the Brakes so well-received. To contact, send email to: [email protected] |
| "I have watched Tony's ability as a cinematographer grow over the years, and I am convinced that his kenetic style will someday shape the face of cinema." --Andy Dwyer |
| "Christian is an acoustic Jesus! He turned the water that was our non-existent sound on Them's the Brakes into auditory wine." --Andy Dwyer |
| "Often Laura has been the glue that holds our production together when we are on set. She is a welcomed addition to the Short Bus family and now that she is here, I'm not sure how we ever got a film made without her." --Andy Dwyer |