Biographies

BARRY POLTERMANN
Director/Editor
The Life of Reilly is Poltermann's second feature film as a director and fourth feature film as an editor. His first feature as a director was the indie horror cult film Aswang, which premiered at the midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival in 1993. Poltermann the switched gears and edited the highly-acclaimed American Movie, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999. In 2005 Poltermann executive produced and co-edited the acclaimed documentary Rock The Bells, chronicling the final performance of hip-hop supergroup The Wu Tang Clan. Rock The Bells premiered at the 2006 Tribecca film festival and was released by Warner Brothers in 2007. He recently collaborated again with American Movie director Chris Smith, editing The Pool, a Hindi language film shot and edited on location in Goa, India, and further assisting Smith by story editing the mostly improvised film. The film went on to win a Special Jury Prize for Singularity of Vision at Sundance in 2007.

FRANK ANDERSON
Director/Cameraman/Animation
For two decades, Frank Anderson has directed award-winning animation, music videos, and broadcast commercials for clients including the U.S. Army, Coca Cola and Anheuser Busch. Anderson began making short films and animations while growing up in the Philippines. Anderson began his professional career as an animator in San Francisco in the 1980s working with such studios as Colossal Pictures, The Ink Hut, and Animation Au Go-Go. In the late 80s, Anderson began animating for Tricky Pictures, the animation arm of Backyard Productions, and shooting live-action music videos and television commercials for Los Angeles based B-10 Commerce. Most recently Anderson worked as the Visual Director and cinematographer on Peter Buffet’s acclaimed multi-media stage production of “Spirit: The Seventh Fire”, which is currently touring the United States. His work appears regularly on Turner Classic Movies, Lifetime, PBS and MTV. Anderson studied Japanese Literature at San Francisco State University.

CHARLES NELSON REILLY
Writer/Actor
Tony® Winner and multiple Emmy nominated actor Charles Nelson Reilly is best known today as a staple of campy 70s and 80s game show television. He appeared regularly on such programs as “The Match Game” and “Hollywood Squares”. Prior to that, Reilly was a regular guest on “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson”, “The Dean Martin Show”, and “Rowan And Martin”. In 1962 he was nominated for and won a Tony® for “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”. He was nominated again just two years later in 1964 for “Hello, Dolly!”. Nominated for multiple Emmys over the last four decades and as recently as 1999, Reilly also has been nominated for a Tony® for directing for 1997’s “The Gin Game”. His one-man show, Save It For The Stage: The Life Of Reilly, toured the U.S. for several years to sold out shows and was highly critically acclaimed. He was educated at HB Studios by the legendary Uta Hagen alongside such acting legends as Steve McQueen, Jerry Stiller, Jason Robards, and Gene Hackman. Reilly was born in The Bronx in 1931 and died in Beverly Hills in 2007. He is survived by his longtime partner, Patrick, and his legion of fans, friends, and students worldwide.

ROBERT FAGAN
Producer
Robert Fagan’s fifth feature film as producer is The Life of Reilly. His fourth feature, Dummy, stars Academy Award winner, Adrien Brody, a film Richard Roeper refers to as "The best ventriloquist-stalker -family-drama-romantic-comedy I've seen in, well maybe forever. . . Two Thumbs Up”. In addition, Bob Fagan is a founding member of 42 Entertainment, a company led by renowned game developer, Jordan Weisman. Bob manages the creation of content across all media for 42 projects. With the team at 42, Bob produced all the photographic and video elements for The Beast, an immersive entertainment experience promoting Steven Spielberg’s film A.I. The Beast went on to be listed as Best Idea of 2001 in NY Times Magazine and spawned a new genre of gaming known as Alternate Reality Gaming. Bob is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, New Media Council and the International Game Developers Association and has been a Featured Speaker at the Screen Actors Guild Panel on Independent Filmmaking. Originally from Newport, R.I., Bob currently lives in Los Angeles.

WRYE MARTIN
Producer
Martin is a co-founder of Civilian Pictures, a boutique film finance company based in Los Angeles. He has been with Civilian Pictures since October of 2000. As a television commercial director from 1996 to the present, Martin's national clients include MSN, DISNEY, NIKON and ESPN. In 1996, Martin worked as a segment director for the television series "Split Screen" on BRAVO/Independent Film Channel. Martin worked as a staff Television Commercial Director for the Best Buy Corp. from 1992 to 1995. In 1992, he produced and directed the feature Aswang, a selection of the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.

ANTHONY BALDERRAMA
Cinematographer
Mr. Balderrama is an accomplished cinematographer who has shot television commercials for clients including American Express, AT&T, Verizon, Sony, Pepsi, Sprite, Countrytime, Gatorade, Maxwell House, Kraft, Texaco, Southwest Airlines, Jamaica Tourism, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Chevy, Pontiac, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Jeep, Charles Schwab, and Microsoft. As a Director/Cameraman he has directed and filmed commercials for McDonald’s, Texas Tourism, California Tourism, Jeep, UNC Health, Administaff, and Wal-Mart. Most recently Mr. Balderrama shot the 2003 long-form pilot “Fearless” for Jerry Bruckheimer/WB and the theatrical Star Wars parody motion picture preview for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Mr. Balderrama began his career working as a camera assistant for directors such as Tarsem and on films such as The Principal, Miss Firecracker and Pacific Heights. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 1978.