Cast & Crew  
 

Sonja Jasansky
Writer, Director

Sonja Jasansky was born and raised in Toronto, and relocated to Los Angeles in 2003. ‘Lines’ is her first short film, and was shot on location at UCLA while she was a student in their Extension program. Before becoming a filmmaker, Sonja was a graphic designer and letterpress printer. She is currently in development for her next short film, and is working on a feature length screenplay.


  
  Andrew Nawrot
Director of Photography, Visual Effects

Originally from Ontario, Canada, Andrew Nawrot began his career in film in 2003 as a Visual Effects artist on The Day After Tomorrow. In 2004, he received the Visual Effects Society award for Outstanding Created Environment in a Motion Picture for his lighting and compositing work on Spider-Man 2. Following this, Andrew worked as a Lead Technical Director on The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, where he did the primary look development for the film’s opening Bombing of London sequence. Most recently, Andrew has been working as the Lead Environments Artist for Spider-Man 3, where he has been leading a large group of artists in creating the digital city environments for all of the film’s major action sequences.

‘Lines’ was Andrew’s first venture into real world lighting and cinematography. His experience with still photography as well as lighting in a digital world provided him with a strong foundation from which to develop as a Director of Photography and he very much enjoyed positioning lights and a camera that were actually real.


  
  Monica May
Actor

Monica grew up in a little town called Land O’ Lakes, which is home to the most nudist colonies in the state and no they don’t make the butter there! After high school she moved to downtown Tampa where she cut hair during the day and worked on becoming a fabulous actress at night, studying acting with Kathy Laughlin. Monica plugged away audition after audition and got her first break on Power Rangers SPD where she played ‘Z’ Yellow Ranger. She spent 9 months in New Zealand living with Kiwis and fighting evil doers. Upon returning to the USA she moved to LA and has been working ever since. She guest starred on ‘The Suite Life’ with Zack and Cody has filmed a handful of short and feature films and is currently prepping for her first staring role in a feature film directed by Greg Aronowitz. And yes, Monica May is her real name!



 
  Tracy Thorpe
Actor

Tracy Thorpe is a recent transplant to Los Angeles from Chicago where she primarily did live theatre (including a very long stint at The Second City Theater) as well as some commercials, television and film.

Since moving here, she has done a pilot (The Factory) two features (Charlie Wilson’s War and American Zombie) one episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and three short films - including Lines.

She can be contacted through C.E.S.D. 310-475-2111