People

Flynn Witmeyer	Company Member
	Flynn is the key developer of Synchronium Films’ first production, the narrative short film Imp of Satan. He has been an actor for 20 years, as well as a writer, singer, and drag performer, with accolades being granted by the Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Francisco Bay-Guardian for his many performances. In 2006, with virtually no contacts in the local film industry, he began establishing a personal network that facilitated the pre-production of Imp of Satan, his first film; by 2007 the film was completed and released independently for a limited run at the Red Vic Moviehouse, and attracted the attention of local news media for “saving queer horror film from the clutches of mediocre types who are hell bent on tearing it down.” (Flavorpill Magazine, September 2007). He is currently pursuing a degree in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, and avidly engaged in the distribution of Imp of Satan and the development of new projects for Synchronium Films. Flynn has recently appeared in the stage productions Psycho Beach Party, A Beautiful Thing, Dangerous Liaisons, Beautiful – A Theatre Party, and The Tenderloin, and also produces and hosts the weekly drag cabaret Pink Slip under the guise of his alter-ego Virginia Suicide. You can view his website at FlynnWitmeyer.com.
Randy Sterns	Company Member
	Randy's professional career has been dedicated to the arts for the past 16 years. She is an award-winning producer who develops and produces original and acquired property for film, television, and video. She is a founding member and producer for Pigdog Films, producing Nail Polish, directed by Jane Ainbinder (recipient of Best 35mm Feature Film at Long Island Film Expo 2007, Best Home Grown Feature at Garden State Film Festival 2007, Panavision New Filmmaker’s Grant, and Fleishhacker Grant). Randy produced the feature film The Time We Killed (Nominated for a 2005 Independent Spirit Award, Fipresci award winner at Berlinale 2004, Best NY, NY Feature at Tribeca Film Festival 2004, Outstanding Artistic Achievement at Outfest 2004), with award-winning director Jennifer Reeves. Randy also produced the short films A Better Life, Loneliness, Joiners and Edge. She was co-producer for Synchronium Films' short film Imp of Satan. She was the packaging co-producer of the feature film To Life, L’Chaim, starring Maximilian Schell, Tippi Hedren, and Malick Bowens, with Oscar-winning Director Arthur Hiller and DP Allen Daviau. Randy directed, co-wrote and produced the short film Kiss Me, Kill Me (2004). In 2008 she directed and produced the music video for the song “Hot Sahara" by Fans of Jimmy Century ( featured on TV shows The L Word, Ugly Betty, Samantha Who?, The Division). Randy is a member of the multimedia company Elastic Future. An actress as well as a producer, Randy has co-starred and been featured in 16 independent films and 30 stage productions, including a co-starring role in Three Barbecues, which has been released to DVD by Film Threat. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
Christopher Sugarman	Company Member
	Christopher is co-founder of Pisces Moon Productions, a critically acclaimed Santa Cruz-based theatre company. Lauded for its issue-driven theatre for adults, and education-based theatre programs for children and teens, Pisces Moon will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this fall. Awards won by Pisces Moon include Best Theatre Company (Good Times Ent.) and Reader's Choice Award - Best Theatre Company (Metro Santa Cruz), as well as individual awards for various productions and performances. Although Imp of Satan was Christopher's first foray into film, he has since filmed roles in Bedfellows for Entyvy Productions and Milk for Oscar-nominated director Gus Van Sant. Christopher has enjoyed a long run of theatrical roles, including appearances onstage in The Laramie Project, Never the Sinner, Spring Awakening, The School for Scandal, Swimming in the Shallows, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Altruists, Machinal, Five Flights, The Foreigner, Torch Song Trilogy, Certain Sins, Eastern Standard, Psycho Beach Party, Mame, A Flea in Her Ear, The Lady in Question, Bad Habits, The Food Chain and Dangerous Liaisons, among other plays.
Joseph Seif	Cinematographer/Editor
	Joseph is an award-winning cinematographer based in San Francisco. After receiving a formal education in film, he kick-started his career as a resident producer for the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, for whom he co-produced and edited twenty short documentary biographies of celebrated inventors. In 2006 he received two Telly Awards for The Spirit Is Alive and Induction, both of which were part of that series. He has since worked on a wide array of independent films and commercial productions, honing his unique visual style. Joseph’s clients include: Salesforce.com, MediaMed, Calumet Photographic, Future Light Digital Workshops, U.C.S.F, Y.E.S. Foundation, The National Inventors Hall of Fame, The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Vagadu, Babyjoon Film, and the Mt. Tamalpais School District, among others. He also conducts media production seminars at Future Light Digital Workshops. You can view his website at JosephSeif.com.
Joui Turandot	Costume Designer
	Joui Turandot has been making and designing clothes since she was ten years old. Joui blasted into the art scene in 2005 when her documentary Yo Soy Asi (I Am Who I Am), about Chilean transgender prostitutes, screened all over the U.S. and Canada including Frameline's GLBT Film Festival and PBS's Frontline/World Rough Cut. Joui continues to express her creative talents through many mediums; photography, video, collage, fashion design, and costuming for the films Imp of Satan and Soledad Is Gone Forever (2005). Joui currently works as a stylist for fashion shows, commercial, and print. Her new clothing line, Vagadu, is a conceptual commercial endeavor recreating the visions of different local San Francisco artists. You can view her website at JouiTurandot.com.

Morgan Sully	Composer
	Morgan Sully is an electronic musician and dj living in the Bay Area. Morgan has produced and performed music for a variety of events, documentaries, and various community media projects throughout California and Mexico. Some of his work was used in the Media Arts Center San Diego's Altared Lives documentary - an exploration of queer youth spirituality and religion. Most recently, Morgan performed at and helped coordinate Spring Reverb: the 6th Annual Festival of Creative Music, Dance and Art. Morgan currently maintains and facilitates connections with Share.Global and spends his spare time contributing to the BrokenBeat Soundsystem. You can view his website at Memeshift.com.

Alexander Steinhaus	Art Director
	Alexander is a residential interior designer based in San Francisco. His interest in space aesthetics began at age seven after selecting his first coordinating duvet set and insisting that he needed "good light" in his bedroom. After studying visual arts at CCA he pursued a degree in Business Management at UCSC to ensure that the left side of his brain didn't get neglected. He has also been active as a dancer in college and community events, most notably Random with a Purpose and Blackface, both at UCSC. Currently he works for Stephen Shubel Design, a leading San Francisco firm featured in over 50 publications and included in House Beautiful's Top 100 Designers list for the last eight years, designing interiors for the high society of the SF Bay Area. Imp of Satan is his first film.

Vanessa Vega	Marketing Consultant
	Vanessa Vega is a visual artist working primarily in acrylic medium, and is pursuing a Ph.D in Communication Studies at Stanford University. She has worked as a model and publicist for the San Francisco fashion industry, and as a location developer for San Francisco's Grey Area Gallery. Vanessa conducts research with Professor Byron Reeves on the role that perceived reality of media plays in learning and emotional arousal, and has also studied the effects of pornography on sexual aggression. Vanessa assisted in the initial development of Imp of Satan by workshopping the script through various drafts, and then later acting administratively in test screenings and product design. You can view her website at www.stanford.edu/~vvega500.

Sheena McNeal	Graphic Designer
	Sheena McNeal is a freelance graphic designer living in San Francisco. She has worked with many major corporate clients such as Jessica McClintock and Pottery Barn in the design of their consumer sales catalogs, and been involved in visual merchandising design for numerous other local and national entities. She has also worked in the production design of textile patterns for SwimOutlet.com and designed posters for the Presidio Golf Tournament, and handled production files for Apple, Levi’s, Wells Fargo, and Charles Schwab, among others. She graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2004 with a BS in Graphic Communication and a minor in Packaging; Imp of Satan is her first motion picture package design.

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