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- Israel Broussard is an American actor. He was born Isaiah Israel Broussard on August 22, 1994 in Gulfport, Mississippi to Angela (Clapp) and Lawrence Clayton Adams. His biological father passed away when he was four, and he was raised in Saucier, Mississippi by his mother and stepfather, Gil Broussard, who adopted him and his older sister, Aubrey.
Broussard began acting after playing the role of Percy in Biloxi Little Theater's production of "The Miracle Worker" in 2006. He was "discovered" by Hollywood scouts at an event in January 2008, and signed with Abrams Artists Agency. Two years later, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting as a career. Broussard had supporting roles in Flipped (2010) and The Chaperone (2011), before being cast in the lead role in Sofia Coppola's crime film The Bling Ring (2013). He followed this with roles in Perfect High (2015), H8RZ (2015), Jack of the Red Hearts (2015), and Good Kids (2016).
In 2017, Broussard starred with Jessica Rothe in the horror comedy Happy Death Day (2017), a role he reprised in Happy Death Day 2U (2019). - Originally from Gulfport, Mississippi, Symba realized at a very early age that she wanted to be an actress - and her first break came after winning the "Miss Teen All-American" pageant in Miami. A New York-based modeling agent spotted her there and asked her to move to the Big Apple. Later, in 1991, her "big break" came after winning $100,000 as the Spokesmodel Winner on Star Search (1983). Although she loved New York, finally she could afford to move to Hollywood to further pursue her long-held dream of becoming a working actress. She made her acting debut on the comedy series Blossom (1990) and followed up with guest appearances on over 50 television shows such as Veronica's Closet (1997), Friends (1994), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), CSI: Miami (2002), CSI: NY (2004), Dexter (2006), Mr. Sunshine (2011), Better with You (2010), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Life (2007), The West Wing (1999), Will & Grace (1998), That's So Raven (2003), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), Days of Our Lives (1965), and Girlfriends (2000), among many others. She has also booked Lead and Supporting roles in several films, such as L.A. Confidential (1997), All About Steve (2009) (in which, by sheer coincidence, she booked a scene with her ex-boyfriend, Thomas Haden Church - which was later cut before the film was released), First Finish, Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), and Abandoned Minds. And she has Hosted many shows, as well - from Co-Hosting the poker pilot Final Table Challenge, with John Daly, to The Bikini Open and The Geraldo Rivera Show (1987) - to numerous live and Internet events.
Booking many national and regional commercials, throughout the years, has helped allow Symba to remain focused on her craft. For 7 years, she also starred in the eye-catching and comical "Remarkable Mouth" TV commercials in which she lip-syncs to incredibly fast montages promoting radio stations. During her stint as The Remarkable Mouth, she filmed almost sixty spots for around the United States, as well as for several countries around the globe, including Lithuania, Portugal, Australia, and Brazil - often in different languages. A few of these spots can now be seen on YouTube. Symba also made personal appearances all over the country meeting fans of these award-winning commercials.
Symba writes, directs, and produces, as well. She mainly writes screenplays - but has also written spec pilots for TV, created commercial campaigns, and written for the thereat, too. Her smash hit play, the outrageous comedy "Lana's Pupil, (Every Woman's Guide to Golddigging)", had audiences rolling - and asking for more.
Aside from the entertainment business, she is working on getting a design patent for an invention that she hopes will revolutionize an entire industry.
Symba has never been married and has no children. She resides in Los Angeles, California, (2011). - Victoria Paige Watkins was born on 3 September 2008 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for Two Lane Blacktop, Armored and Hard Matter.
- Actress
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- Producer
Willow Hale is an American actress and director. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, she was invited to act in the Summer program at PCPA in Santa Maria, CA where she worked with a then unknown Robin Williams. She lived and acted in New York City from 1976 to 1989. Studying with Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at the H.B. Studios and acting in new plays there at the Foundation with Bill Hickey, Barbara Coggin, Wesley Addy and Celeste Holm among others. She acted in several Horton Foote plays there too where she met Robert Armin who then made a recording of her music in January 1979 which 25 years later became her first CD...A Simple String of Wonder. During her time in New York, she opened for Dave Van Ronk at The Other End (November 1980) and acted on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Strider (also 1980) and acted in Ghostbusters right after running the 1983 NYC Marathon. She became a SAG actor in 1979 and after moving to Los Angeles acted in 30 something and studied with Milton Katselas. After a long time out from the movies and television, Willow started back in 2009 and has been working consistently in Two-Bit Waltz, Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior among many others and has also directed two short films.- Actor
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Donnie Jeffcoat was born on 16 February 1975 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Eagle Eye (2008), Night of the Demons (1988) and CSI: NY (2004). He has been married to Cassandra Leach since 27 October 2018.- One of two siblings born in Gulfport, Mississippi, to Edwina and Robert Swayze Neyland, Anne had entered her first beauty pageant at the age of sixteen on the way to a successful modelling career. When she was noticed by Hollywood in 1955, she was said to have held an impressive 30 titles to her name, including "Miss Texas'"and "Miss Body Beautiful". Although briefly glimpsed in the chorus line of Singin' in the Rain (1952) , she was properly 'introduced' some five years later as a newcomer to the screen in André De Toth's Copenhagen-set film noir Hidden Fear (1957) (playing John Payne's sumptuously attired girlfriend).
Within months, Anne was signed by MGM and cast as 'the other girl' in -- arguably -- Elvis Presley's most famous picture, Jailhouse Rock (1957) (she also briefly dated Presley at this time). Apparently, the studio did not know what to do with her after that, since she next found herself at AIP, starring in a decidedly low-budget affair directed by schlockmaster Edward L. Cahn. Motorcycle Gang (1957) turned out a trendy, but simply-plotted B-grader aimed at juvenile audiences. That pretty much wrapped up her film career. She tinkered around Hollywood as a TV guest star (The Texan (1958), Yancy Derringer (1958), Sea Hunt (1958)) for another couple of years before calling it quits in 1960. At the beginning of the new decade, she briefly attracted some off-screen newspaper headlines involving assorted marital and extra-marital affairs before gradually fading from the scene. Anne died in Camarillo, California, in April 2019 aged 84. - Aiden James Flowers was born on December 13, 2004, in Gulfport, Mississippi. From a very young age, anytime Aiden was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he always responded, "I want to be an actor."
After he and his family relocated to Brandon, MS, Aiden officially began making his acting dream come true. In his first ever audition, he was cast in the supporting role of Peter Pinkerton in the musical adaptation of Victoria Kann's "Pinkalicious," a role for which he would later win, "Best Supporting Youth Actor," for the 2012 Actor's Playhouse season. Later in 2012, Aiden was asked to audition at New Stage Theatre in Jackson, MS for their much-celebrated Christmas production, and was cast as the lead role of Buddy in Truman Capote's, "A Christmas Memory," which ran November 29th - December 16th of that year.
Aiden quickly turned his attention to feature films where he landed role after role, acting alongside such Hollywood stars as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Katherine Heigl, Patrick Wilson, and John Schneider. He has flown coast to coast working on films and television from Tampa, FL to Los Angeles, CA and everywhere in between. He has spread his wings outside of the US working under the direction of Tim Burton in London, England while filming 'Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'.
Aiden's fan base though, mostly recognizes him for his recurring portrayal of Young Klaus on the CW's "The Originals". Here is where he met Joseph Morgan and Danielle Campbell; two actors who he looks up to and respects not only for their acting talents, but also for their humble nature and kind spirits.
Aside from acting, Aiden enjoys spending time with friends and family, writing stories, playing video games, and is also a solid student where he is in 'Venture' (gifted program) at his local school. - Actor
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- Casting Department
Until the start of the 2008 Season, Brett Favre was the Green Bay Packers' starting Quarterback since joining the team in 1992. He joins Joe Montana in being the only players to win back-to-back MVP awards. Favre led the Packers to three consecutive playoff appearances (for the first time since the 1960s) including a Superbowl win in 1996. Raised in Kiln, Mississippi, Favre was both a baseball and a football star, lettering in both sports. On July 14, 1996, Favre married long-time girlfriend Deanna Tynes after a 12-year courtship.- Madeline Andrews-Hodge was born on 8 September 1957 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. She was an actress, known for George Michael: Careless Whisper (1984) and Detective Extralarge (1991). She was married to David E. Hodge. She died on 8 April 2012 in Clermont Harbor, Mississippi, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Tavis Smiley was born on 13 September 1964 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Sinister (2012), Stand (2009) and Death of a King.- Rob was born on September 4, 1976, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was raised in Erie, Pennsylvania and is graduate of Penn State. He came to Los Angeles, in 2001, to pursue a modeling and acting career. Rob has worked on Without A Trace on CBS, music videos, several independent films, and national commercials including Budweiser, Buick and The Discovery Channel.
- Additional Crew
- Director
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Rachel McDonald is an award-winning director based in Los Angeles, CA. Born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, she absorbed the rhythms of storytelling from a young age, giving her an innate curiosity that continues to drive her exploration of the world and its stories.
Rachel got her start on feature films working for acclaimed directors Frank Darabont, Nancy Meyers, and Clint Eastwood, learning the craft firsthand. She has since made her mark as a commercial director with notable campaigns for BMW, Ford, Facebook, Microsoft, IKEA, HP, and the Grammys. Rachel has written and directed multiple award-winning short films including "Thirst" starring Melanie Griffith and "Hermanos" starring Grant Harvey and Jorge A. Jimenez.
Rachel is developing her debut feature film based on the true story of her family's survival during and after Hurricane Katrina.- Genesis Moss is best known for her role on Real World Boston as the first full time lesbian on national television. She then followed that with various spin-off shows for MTV such as Battle of the Sexes I and II. She has also appeared on "Real Gay" on Logo as a panel speaker and participated in the E! True Hollywood story about the Real World.
Originally from Gulfport, MS Genesis applied for Real World in 1997 and soon moved to Boston for filming. Afterwards she spent the next several years traveling the U.S. to various colleges and universities speaking to LGBT and student bodies about tolerance, hate crimes and diversity.
She has lived in Los Angeles, CA since 2002 where she runs a boutique web/graphic design business. She also has a wedding photography business with her spouse, Terri Keefer. - Special Effects
- Make-Up Department
- Producer
Damian Fisher was born on 28 November 1971 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is a producer, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Iron Man (2008) and Godzilla (2014).- Heather Ashley Boyd is an American actress born March 18, 1990 in Gulfport, Mississippi to Sheri Meadows and Scott Boyd. She is the oldest of seven siblings, all brothers. Heather began her acting career shortly after moving to New Orleans, Louisiana in 2010. She has worked on numerous films and is best known for her work in Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Suit Up (2012) and Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015). Between films Heather Ashley Boyd enjoys wakeboarding, bull riding, sky-diving, and spending time with her son Evan Lee Archer.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Jimmyo Burril was born on 28 November 1963 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Central Authority (2021), Silver Scream (2003) and Chainsaw Sally (2004). He has been married to April Monique Burril since 31 October 1998. They have two children.- Sanja's parents are Derald Johnson from Gulfport and Moon Johnson from Seoul Korea. Sanja is the forth child out of five. She has three brothers, Gean, Joel, Joshua and one sister named Song Ja. Sanja was home schooled and grew up in a Christian home. Sanja has always enjoyed large groups of friends and family. She was home-schooled until she graduated at age 17. She has always enjoyed singing, dancing, and acting. Sanja graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2004 with her B.S. Sanja married her husband Kalvin Daniels in 2008 and they have 3 beautiful children. Jacqualynn 9, Kaleb 4, and Hannah Vivian who's almost 2. Sanja and Kalvin are very active in their church Northwood. Sanja sings on the worship team and serves along side her husband on a Northwood Connect Team. They enjoy life and each other. God has truly blessed them and they are just enjoying the adventures God is taking them on.
- Mylon LeFevre was born on 6 October 1944 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Tommy (1975), Commander Kellie and the Superkids: Armor of Light (1995) and Volunteer Jam (1976). He was married to Christi. He died on 8 September 2023 in Newark, Texas, USA.
- Billy Truax was born on 15 July 1943 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Horror High (1973), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970).
- Lem Barney was born on 8 September 1945 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for The Black 6 (1973), Paper Lion (1968) and The NFL on CBS (1956).
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A Mississippi native, Lucas divides his time between his home in Coweta County, Georgia and Los Angeles. When he taught in the public and private schools of Georgia, he worked with gifted students in advanced classes. Lucas finds the majority of young actors gifted in many ways and understands the adaptation needed to keep them on track. Luke has one son and three dogs.- Actor
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Christopher Michael Griffin was born on 18 April 1992 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mississippi River Sharks (2017), Jagged Mind (2017) and The Light (2020).- Matt Lawton was born on 30 November 1971 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is married to Cazesta Reese. They have two children.
- Curt Knight was born on 14 April 1943 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA.
- Sound Department
Sean Walters was born on 14 June 1983 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. Sean is known for Nick Wilson's Gamers (2004).- Jerome Barkum was born on 18 July 1950 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA.
- Lee James was born on 30 October 1953 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA.
- Bill Melton was born on 7 July 1945 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA.
- Actress
- Make-Up Department
- Art Department
Nora Childers born in Gulfport, Mississippi known as the Sea Witch from play production "The Little Mermaid" performed at the Gulport Little Theatre in 1999 with Director Lee Green Pope. Mother and painter, Iva Childers made all of her stage costumes and supported her dreams. Father aspiring musician, Aaron Childers died in 2004 and left behind her ambition to still make him proud.
Nora moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001 where she attended Collierville High School and studied art. Soon her love for acting moved in upon graduating high school in 2005. She then began attending acting classes while working behind the camera in make-up and graphic design. "Use what God gave you, because you never know when you can't use it anymore." Inspired quote by Nora after her father had a stroke in the mid 90s that ripped his ability to play the guitar and piano. But still was able to teach Nora how to play a couple chords by pointing at the frets.
Today Nora is still in Memphis, TN. After a long break of having braces for 6 years that were finally removed on her 27th birthday, she is auditioning for what ever comes to town.- Andrew Thornhill was born on 8 November 1989 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for All's Faire in Love (2009) and Gun Town (2009).
- Charlene Strong was born on 6 May 1963 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. She is a producer, known for For My Wife... (2008) and Tom Brokaw Presents: Bridging the Divide (2010). She was previously married to Kate Fleming.
- Tank Williams was born on 30 June 1980 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for The Roosters: Series 1 (2013), The Motel '6' (2021) and The NFL on CBS (1956).
- Director
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- Editor
Charles Matthew Crain aka (Matthew M. Crain) is a storyteller and filmmaker, he defied the odds to pursue his passion. From overcoming physical challenges to nurturing his love for writing, he embarked on a journey that led him to establish his own film studio. With an unwavering determination and boundless imagination, Matthew continues to craft captivating stories that captivate audiences of all ages. Join him as he brings his unique vision to life through the power of words and film.- Martin L. O'Neal was born on 13 March 1970 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. Martin L. is a producer, known for Glass Talons of the Iridescent Raven and Smile (2005). Martin L. has been married to Sara Hardy O'Neal since 8 July 1988. They have three children.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editor
- Transportation Department
Chad Shuttleworth was born on 6 October 1958 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an editor, known for Mississippi Burning (1988), Free State of Jones (2016) and The Bag Man (2014).