Elizabeth Tabish |
Ashley James |
Janet Travis |
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Elizabeth Tabish is a multi-disciplinary artist and award-winning filmmaker local to Austin, TX. She writes, directs, performs and edits, focusing on emotionally and psychologically complicated characters as both a director and actress. She received her BA in Film Studies and MA in Theater from Oklahoma State University where she studied and analyzed both experimental and classic films through a psychoanalytic lens. Her work has landed her multiple directing and editing awards. She is the art director and co-creator of Austin Arthouse Film Festival and she continues to act. Her most notable acting credits include AMC's The Son, NBC's Revolution and Vidangel's The chosen, the highest crowdfunded series of all time.
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Ashley James is an award winning actress and filmmaker based in Austin, TX. Her artistic endeavors encompass performance art, design, editing, writing, narrative and documentary film. She is known for her intimate approach to storytelling with projects conjuring highly-stylized, complex anti-heroine themes. She received her BFA from the Academy of Art University in Film Directing and studied Acting at the Mesiner Technique Studio in San Francisco. Her performance in Mother's Day has landed her a number of Best Actress awards and nominations. Her screenplay Bloody Beatrice will be one of the five short films produced in Part II: Tales From the Dancing Maenads.
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Janet Travis is an actress and award-winning writer based in Austin, TX. A graduate of Texas A&M University, she spent many years teaching Spanish and Latin and raising her four children before deciding to turn her dream of acting, writing and producing into a reality. She trained extensively under Carol Hickey utilizing the Harry Mastrogeorge Technique of utilizing imagination to create a second reality. This gave her insight into her own vulnerabilities and strengths, and prompted her to freely express the pain, beauty and complexity of her personal experiences in her work. Mother's Day was her first screenplay and has gone on to win several awards including Best Short Film as well as earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the prestigious Blow Up International Arthouse Film Festival. It continues to gain attention on the festival circuit. She currently has two additional short films, May Day and All Souls Dayin pre-production which will be part of the Part II: Tales From the Dancing Maenads. She can also be seen in Season One of Vindication, which airs on Amazon Prime.
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