BELLY

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Cecilia Rinn, Director, Producer, Writer –

         Cecilia has been dancing professionally since 1995.    Before falling in love with Middle Eastern dance, Cecilia studied ballet, modern, jazz, flamenco, and choreography for 18 years.  Along with dancing, Cecilia is an award-winning filmmaker & graphic artist with her productions company Full Tilt Boogie L.L.C. Cecilia also is a professional seamstress and costume designer, creating under the name of Star Belly Creations.

Her award-winning dance short “Full Circle” has shown at several film festivals across the country.  She produced and co-directed her first feature-length film “Half Ass Jig”, as well as several other shorts.  She has been an active and integral part of the formation of several groups in Boise’s artistic community including Gypsy Flames, Catalyst News, Small Pond Films and Cairo Fusion.

Chad Rinn, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor-

          Chad has been a published writer since 1995.  His stories have appeared in several publications such as FASTER than SHEEP and Equilibrium.   He wrote, produced, edited and co-directed his first feature length film “Half Ass Jig” in 2000, which was based on his first novel, and he later adapted it to a comic strip that ran in the Boise Weekly.  After being the director of photography on Cecilia’s award-winning short “Full Circle”, Chad looks forward to filming and editing Cecilia’s vision of belly dance.

          Cecilia & Chad Rinn both live in Boise, Idaho with their two adult sons, Jacob and Joe, their two dogs, Pink and Zoe, and their turtle, Bob.

Thomas Brown, Producer, Production Sound Mixer and Lighting Designer/ Technician

        Thomas Brown lives in Washington D.C. where his vocation is broadcasting and his primary avocation is micro budget digital cinematography. He has worn a number of hats on a handful of feature length movies and short subjects including "White Devil", an adaptation of the classic play by John Webster, which he photographed and directed.

       Thomas lives with his wife Amy, the rabbit Harold, and a peculiarly reclusive guinea pig named Ruth.

Lynzsea Sky Williams, Assistant Director, Production Assistant –

            Lynzsea Sky Williams first started working in film in 2000 while she was a freshmen at Kimberly High School.   She completed her first short/PSA on recycling entitled 'The Breath of Nature' for a scholarship to the Art Institute of Seattle in 2003. In the summer of 2005, she was hired by Evil Wine Films as an assistant director, script supervisor, and producer on the full-length feature film 'The Seven Sins of Daniel Tucker.'   She is a member of Dead Eight Productions and Reel Women of the West.   

Eric Sandmeyer, composer –

            A graduate of the University of Idaho in Music Composition, Eric first began composing as a young boy. Formal studies in harmony, counterpoint, arranging and orchestration gave him the foundation to create music in a wide variety of styles.  Eric has discovered his passion composing scores for numerous shorts and feature-length productions.  In his cinematic collaborations he has produces dramatic symphonic underscores as well as rock, jazz, blues, reggae, hip-hop, electronica (and even a cha-cha or two).

           All his work has called for a flexible foundation.  He enjoys beautiful Boise with his lifetime partner Patricia Hadley and their pet cactus "Fred."

Dennis Carr, post production sound guru–

               Audio editor Dennis Carr jumped (literally) at the chance to work on this film.  He saw it as an opportunity to test his abilities in the full range of sound and picture.  Having logged countless hours recording and mixing rock bands in his home studio, and recently earning a degree in Sound Arts, “Belly” is Dennis’s first full-length film project.