Craig Brown - Jeff
Craig Brown is the first ever winner of the Mike Myers Award for outstanding comedic ability and is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory.
 
Craig is a co-founder of three-time Canadian Comedy Award nominated sketch troupe The Sketchersons, where he has had the privilege of sharing the stage with comedy legends such as Scott Thompson, Don Ferguson, Sean Cullen, Colin Mochrie and Paul Bellini.
 
Craig’s film resume includes the popular shorts If I See Randy Again, Do You Want Me to Hit Him With the Axe?, Push and Turn and the MOW The Wives He Forgot, where he acted opposite Molly Ringwald. As well, he has appeared numerous times on the hit kids’ show Monster Warriors and has had a role on the Dresden Files.
 
Craig is not only a comedian and actor, he is also a very talented comedic writer and is currently developing several different television series that he hopes to have in production as soon as possible.
 
Philip Williams - Warren
Philip Williams has been a much sought after character actor in four different decades now. He has appearred on stage in plays ranging from Shakespeare to musical comedy.
 
His TV credits run from old chestnuts like Nightheat, Top Cops, and War of the Worlds to La femme Nikita, Doc, Wildcard, Kevin Hill, Puppets Who Kill, Til Death do us Part, numerous episodes of Amazon, two seasons as Duff Kent in the series Ace Lightning, and the soon to be released Across the River to Motor City.
 
Feature film credits include Universal Soldier, Jason X, John Q, Don't Say a Word, Resurrection, To Die For, Tommy Boy, Good Will Hunting, Welcome To Mooseport, and the up coming horror film P2.
 
Phil has performed hundreds of voices for television and radio and in the cartoons X Men, Pippi Longstocking, Babar, Little Miss Spider, Tin Tin, Rupert the Bear, Roly Oly Poly and five seasons of The Busy World of Richard Scarry.
 
This is Phil's first collaboration with Bob Barlen and hopefully not the last.
 
Darren Frost - Gary
He is uniquely eccentric and one of the reigning kings of “way-out” comedy. A man whose sole purpose is to “slam a stapler against the forehead of popular culture.” For the last fifteen years Darren has merged the art of standup comedy and acting. Darren has been awarded the prestigious Kari award for Best Performance in a commercial in Canada. At the 2005 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Darren performed in the most shows of any performer. 22 shows that included the nasty show and the gala.
 
Numerous movie/television appearances to his credit, including Upcoming appearance in Hairspray with John Travolta and Michelle Pfiefer, as well as past appearances inthe Ethan Hawke film Assault on Precinct 13, the Drew Barrymore/Jimmy Fallon film Fever Pitch, and a role in the Michael Douglas feature Don’t Say A Word. Television roles in Disney’s Santa Who?, and a role in Kojak the tv series starring Ving Rhames.Darren also filmed his own half hour special for the comedy network and had the largest turnout in the shows history.
 
Darren lends his voices to a many cartoons including: 6teen, Discovery Kids Time Warp Trio, PBS’s Timothy Goes to School, George Shrinks, Showtime’s Gahan Wilson’s The Kid, and Fox’s Medabots. He also and has been featured in memorable national commercials, such as the Cash For Life Fairy, and old favorites Microsoft’s Hermes Messenger of the Gods, and Listerine’s Action Hero Bottle.
 
Darren also has a extensive web presence with the largest stand up comedy website in Canada.
 
 
Bob Barlen - Writer and Director
Bob Barlen graduated with honors from the Film Studies program at Ryerson University. His student film Deportation at Breakfast premiered at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films and won Ryerson's Norman Jewison Filmmaker Award. The film was purchased for broadcast by The Comedy Network, and Bob was invited to participate on Kodak's Student Advisory Council in Hollywood, California.
 
In 2005, Bob was selected to pitch his feature script The Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of Telefilm Canada's Pitch This! program. He also pitched The Prize at the 2006 Reel World Film Festival, where it was selected as the best pitch of the festival and was awarded a $2,500 prize.
 
Bob's latest short film Push and Turn was funded by a $25,000 grant awarded by the Canadian Film and Television Producer's Association and Corus Entertainment. It was shot on 35mm and completed in January 2007. Bob has written two feature-length screenplays and a six-part comedy television series called Hocus Pocus. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
 
 
Daniel De Santo - Producer
At the age of 8 Daniel De Santo landed the lead role in a feature film, which began his career in the entertainment business. He has performed in both film and television, as well as providing voices for animated cartoons. Over his 18-year career Daniel has gained attention for his acting roles, including a Gemini award nomination. Selected credits include playing the voice of Carlos on "The Magic Schoolbus", appearing as a series regular on "Are you Afraid of the Dark" and he can be seen in the popular film "Mean Girls."
 
Daniel's years of being in front of the camera lead him to explore other aspects of the entertainment industry. After graduating from Ryerson University's Film School, Daniel began to explore his passion for producing.
 
Daniel's most recent production, "Push and Turn" is currently being submitted to film festivals around the world. Daniel is currently developing several new projects along with director Bob Barlen.
 
 
Jonathan Bensimon - Cinematographer
Jonathan Bensimon has matured quickly in both the commercial and film world as a cinematographer. Upon graduating from Film School he spent time in Budapest learning from two film legends Laszlo Kovacs, ASC and Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, he would go on to shadow Zsigmond on a Woody Allen set in New York. Since then Jonathan has shot and directed a number of films that have screened in film festivals around the world. Commercially he has worked with clients such as Nokia, Coke, Milk, Walmart Kodak and Subway.
 
 
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