soup or salad
A Comedy. In Color. Really.
16mm, color, 4 1/2 minutes

CAST AND CREW

GuyMichael Suvorov
WaitressKathy Lichter
WomanLolly Mozersky
Writer, Producer, and DirectorMitchell Bard
Director of PhotographyLouis Mullen-LeRay
EditorJacob Craycroft
Original ScoreRobbie Pittelman
Original Song "My Dinner With Elvis" Kenny Young
Associate ProducerLiz Hanellin
Assistant DirectorRick Balian
Assistant CameraMichael Vitti
Location SoundNikki Weavers
Script SupervisorJared Levine
Props and CostumesDiane Hounsell
GripsDan Karpf
Nancy Baric
Production AssistantsSusan T. Parsons
Brian Blotner
Hair and Make-UpJoey McGill
Craft ServicesRonna Horwitz-Bard
Craft Services AssistantMarni Gold
Still PhotographerLiz Hanellin
Storyboard ArtistRick Balian
Website DesignRobert Prisament

Mitchell Bard (Director/Producer/Writer) is the author of several feature length screenplays, including the award winning "Take Me Back." He produced the short film "The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends, directed by Peter Pamela Rose, as well as Brian Blotner's feature film "The Dry Season,". Mitchell is a graduate of Brandeis University and the University of Miami School of Law, and has studied screenwriting with the noted writer-director Renee Silverman.

Louis Mullen-LeRay (Director of Photography) works as a cinematographer and commercial director in New York and Los Angeles. His recent credits include Brian Blotner's feature film, "The Dry Season", a music video for rap star Tony Tone, and a self-financed feature film, "The Rhythm Method," which he wrote, directed, produced, shot, and edited. Louis studied film criticism and theory at the University of New Mexico.

Liz Hanellin (Associate Producer/Still Photographer) served the same two roles in Brian Blotner's feature film "The Dry Season". She also was the still photographer on "The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends," a short film directed by Peter Pamela Rose. Liz is a graduate of Queens College and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and has studied photography at the School of Visual Arts.

Rick Balian (Assistant Director) is an award-winning filmmaker and playwright whose work has been seen all over the country. He was recently hired by Schur Productions to adapt the novel "Fup" by Jim Dodge into a screenplay. Rick is currently developing his own feature "Watching the Detectives."

Michael Suvorov ("Guy") has in recent years appeared in many New York theatrical productions, including "One Hundred Gates" at the Jewish Theater of New York, "Running In Place" at the American Theater of Actors, and "Waiting for Bardot" at The Duplex. On television's "Unsolved Mysteries" he appeared as hero police officer Ed Stancik and has had supporting roles in the short films "Dear Forum" and "The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends."

Kathy Lichter ("Waitress") has extensive regional and New York credits working at theaters coast to coast, from The Seattle Rep to The Walnut Street in Philadelphia to "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral" in New York. Kathy was featured in the CBS movie "Divorce Wars" with Tom Selleck and Jane Curtin and has appeared in many of Woody Allen's films. "Soup Or Salad?" is Kathy's second collaboration with Mitchell Bard, who produced the short film "The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends" in which she also appeared.

Lolly Mozersky ("Woman") is thrilled to be making her short film debut in "Soup Or Salad?" She has worked in theater regionally, as well as in New York City where she currently resides. Lolly received her M.F.A. in acting from SUNY Binghamton and most recently completed shooting the feature film "The Dry Season."

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