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Zachary David Alexander Efron was born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, to Starla Baskett, a secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer. He has a younger brother, Dylan. The surname "Efron", which is Hebrew and a Biblical place name, comes from Zac's Polish Jewish paternal grandfather.
Zac was raised in Arroyo Grande, CA. He took his first step toward acting at the age of eleven, after his parents noticed his singing ability. Singing and acting lessons soon led to an appearance in a production of "Gypsy" that ran 90 performances, and he was hooked. After appearing on-stage in "Peter Pan", "Auntie Mame", "Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Music Man", guest parts quickly followed on television series, including Firefly (2002), ER (1994), CSI: Miami (2002), NCIS (2003), and The Guardian (2001). After guest-starring in several episodes of Summerland (2004), Zac joined the regular cast as girl-crazy Cameron Bale. He also starred in several pilots, such as The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke (2003) and Triple Play (2004), and played an autistic child in the television film Miracle Run (2004), alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Aidan Quinn. He graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in June 2006.
Efron came to fame for starring in the Disney Channel original film High School Musical (2006), for which he won the Teen Choice Award for Breakout Star. He returned to the role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 (2007), which broke cable TV records with 17.5 million viewers.
He had the lead roles in the fantasy romance Charlie St. Cloud (2010) and the comedy 17 Again (2009), both from director Burr Steers, and as the lovable Link Larkin in 2007's smash hit musical Hairspray (2007), directed by Adam Shankman. As part of the all-star cast, he shared a Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble and the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year, and was honored with a Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast. In addition, he won an MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance.
Efron then starred in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles (2008), an adaptation of the novel by Robert Kaplow, which premiered to rave reviews at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. That same year, he led Kenny Ortega's High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), which set a box office record for the highest grossing opening weekend for a musical. In 2012, Efron took the lead in The Lucky One (2012), a film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel, playing a marine who returns to North Carolina after serving in Iraq in search for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war. He also lent his voice to the animated feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), and co-starred in Lee Daniels' thriller The Paperboy (2012), alongside Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey and Scott Glenn, as well as Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts (2012), which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Another indie film he co-starred in, At Any Price (2012), was released in 2013.
Most recently, Zac starred with Seth Rogen in the hit comedy film Neighbors (2014), headlined the 2015 drama We Are Your Friends (2015), carried three 2016 comedies, Dirty Grandpa (2016), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), and starred opposite Hugh Jackman and Zendaya in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017), about showman P. T. Barnum. The latter title was a sleeper hit in the winter of 2017, becoming Zac's highest-grossing live action film in the U.S.
Zac's 2019 roles include a supporting part in Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum (2019), and playing serial killer Ted Bundy in Joe Berlinger's biographical drama Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019).
Efron's favorite sports include golf, skiing, rock climbing, and snowboarding. He added surfing after spending days on the beach for "Summerland." He played the piano at home. He has also fixed up two cars in his spare time, a Delorean and '65 Mustang convertible, both treasured hand-me-downs from his even-more-treasured grandfather.- Actress
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Olivia Taylor Dudley was born and raised on the Central Coast of California. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17 and has been acting ever since. Olivia is known for her roles in projects such as The Vatican Tapes (2015), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015), and the SyFy series The Magicians (2015) in her role as Alice Quinn.- Actress
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Monique Parent in an American actress known for smoldering love scenes and intensely charismatic characters. She has been called The Thinking Man's Sex Symbol. Monique was born and raised in a small town on the Central Coast of California and describes San Luis Obispo as "a great place to be from." In 1990, Monique took the plunge and moved to Los Angeles. She began her professional acting career in 1991, spending a year honing her craft by studying at the Beverly Hills Playhouse before even sending out a head-shot. Her first movie was Secret Games in 1991, quickly followed by Buford's Beach Bunnies and other made for video movies in the heyday of VHS tapes. Her best known of these is Playtime. In 1995 Monique married Harry Johansing though they divorced amicably in 2005 and remain close friends. Monique has worked in a wide variety of genres, Sci-Fi (Jurassic City), Horror (Blood Scarab, The Perfect House, Profane Exhibit), Indie Drama (The Pornogropher, Los Jornaleros) Comedy (Busted, The Ferguson's) appearing in well over 100 films, in a career spanning 30 years. Monique has spent many years as a student of healthy eating and has a blog (SortaHealthy) sharing what she has learned. In 2015 upon turning 50, Monique decided to stop coloring her naturally red hair and allow the natural silver-gray to show. She has since started a successful YouTube channel offering makeup and hair tips for women over 40 as well as sharing her life as an actress. She is an advocate for celebrating natural beauty and graceful aging. In 2017, Monique met "the love of her life," Howard Miller, a Los Angeles attorney. The are registered as Domestic Partners in the state of California and reside in Los Angeles with their two cats.- Actor
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Malachi Pearson was born on 12 June 1981 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Casper (1995), Now and Then (1995) and Family Matters (1989).- Actor
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An accomplished actor, musician, and award winning young filmmaker, Matthew J. Evans was born in San Luis Obispo, CA. He made his theatrical debut at the age of 4 and began working in film and TV when he was age 9. In 2011, Matthew played Garrett Tiara opposite Cameron Diaz in Columbia Pictures feature comedy Bad Teacher for which he received a 2012 Young Artist Award in Los Angeles.
Matthew has appeared in a number of TV series episodes including Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, King of Queens, Cavemen, Drake & Josh, and Zoey101. In 2013 he appeared as Irish exchange student Alistair on Disney XD series, Lab Rats, for which he won another Young Artist Award. In 2014, he guest starred as high school band leader Ross on Disney's comedy series I Didn't Do It.
A professional musician, Matthew sings and plays string bass, acoustic guitar, and bass guitar. He has produced and edited four documentary short films and received numerous awards for his work.
Matthew's mission as a filmmaker is to produce movies and videos that entertain, educate, inspire, and empower audiences to find value and meaning in their lives and in the world.- Producer
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Dylan Efron was born on 6 February 1992 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Ready Player One (2018), The Accountant (2016) and Live by Night (2016).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Born in California, David grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He became interested in movies at an early age, making stop-motion animated films in his basement starting at age 12.
He attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts film school from 1985-1989; winning awards for cinematography and becoming interested in Steadicam. He spent three years as an apprentice to New York Operator, Ted Churchill, bought a Steadicam, and began working his way up the ladder.
He moved up to A Camera/Steadicam Operator on "The Green Mile" and has been working in that capacity ever since.
He lives in Hollywood with his unbelievably fantastic wife, Liz Vassey.
He has yet to figure out why he wrote this in the third person.- Additional Crew
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Timothy Fred Kennedy grew up the second son of three children in San Luis Obispo, California. As a youth, Kennedy's mother placed him in cooking and piano lessons. To offset her influence on him, Kennedy's father enrolled Tim and his brother in shooting schools, boxing lessons, wrestling teams, and Japanese jujitsu classes. Tim Kennedy attended Eagle Academy private high school, graduating in 1998. He then attended Columbia College of Missouri earning a BA in Criminal Justice in 2002. Kennedy began competing in sanctioned mixed martial arts fights while still in college, but after graduation he joined the United States Army, enlisting in the elite Special Forces in 2004. However, he continued to compete in MMA while serving as a Green Beret. When the Army instituted a service-wide Combatives (hand-to-hand fighting) tournament in 2005, Kennedy entered and won the tournament in the light heavyweight division. He achieved this goal three years in a row.
Military career Tim Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army on January 4, 2004 and attended Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training, Basic Airborne Course and the Special Forces Qualification Course. Tim was featured in Dick Couch's book about Green Beret selection called "Chosen Soldier" under the moniker "Tom Kendall". In 2007, he completed Ranger School[2] and was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, where he served on Operational Detachment Alphas. During this time he was also a sniper, sniper instructor, the principal combatives instructor for C Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group. Kennedy deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom multiple times.[4] Among Kennedy's multiple awards are the Army's Bronze Star Medal with V device, which was awarded for valor under fire.
Mixed martial arts career Early career Kennedy began training at Dokan School of Martial Arts in Atascadero, California under Terry Kelly, and Barry Smith. He began his MMA training in 1999, training with Anita Baker, Adan S, Chuck Liddell, Jake Shields, Gan McGee, and John Hackleman at The Pit in San Luis Obispo.
Kennedy first started fighting in 1996 and had 31 amateur fights, amassing a record of 30-1 before his first professional fight in 2001. In 2003 he entered and won a one-night tournament at Extreme Challenge 50, winning all three of his fights. In 2004 he joined the Army. Kennedy only fought once in 2006. He then fought for the now defunct International Fight League in 2007, and did not fight in 2008 due to Army deployments overseas. During this time he wrote a three part series of "Letters from a Foreign Land" that chronicled his time in combat.
Timothy Kennedy now resides in Austin, TX with his wife and children.- Shannon Lorance was born in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for 9-1-1 (2018), American Horror Story (2011) and Criminal Minds (2005).
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Beth Curry was born in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Hart of Dixie (2011), Superstore (2015) and GLOW (2017).- Actor
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Mason Storm was born on 30 April 1977 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Pongerz (2007). He was previously married to Melissa Maurene Dalton.- Director
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- Actor
Paul is an award-winning film director and stunt coordinator. He grew up in the Central California coastal town of Los Osos, on the outskirts of San Luis Obispo. During his senior year of college at Cal Poly he was invited to be an extra on the film We Were Soldiers. It was on that set where he was given the opportunity to work his first day as a professional stuntman. By the time he was graduating and ready to make the move to LA to pursue his career in stunts, he was already working as a stuntman on Hulk. It didn't take long for Paul to start making a name for himself. Specializing in stunt driving, fight choreography, and wire work, Paul has found himself doubling many of Hollywood's A-Listers including Tom Hiddleston, Christian Bale, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm, and many more.
In 2010, just shy of ten years into his stunt career, Paul received affirmation that this was exactly where he was to be! Paul found himself on the receiving end of a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture as part of the Star Trek stunt team and two Taurus World Stunt Award nominations in the categories of Best High Work and Best Specialty Stunt.
Now with over 300 total credits, Paul has taken what he's learned in front of the camera and is now focused on the "action" behind it. Shortly before finishing the latest season of Magnum P.I. and Hawaii Five-0, Paul utilized both show's crews to work on his own multi-award winning film, 38 Minutes, which he wrote, directed, and produced.- Actor
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Vance Skarstedt was born on 22 June 1922 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for No Place to Land (1958), The Slime People (1963) and Man or Gun (1958). He died on 13 December 1984 in Tujunga, California, USA.- Producer
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Pamela Eells was born on 29 August 1956 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005), Family Matters (1989) and Bunk'd (2015).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Summer Joy "SJ" Main Muñoz is a highly visual American-Latino filmmaker whose award-winning films, often in the period or crime drama genres, have screened worldwide and garnered numerous awards including Best Film. She directed "La Cerca" narrated by Edward James Olmos ("Stand and Deliver") and "Luck of the Draw" co-starring Chris Mulkey ("Boardwalk Empire") and James Duval ("Donnie Darko"). She's been supported by competitive talent development programs including NBC's Female Forward, Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative, We For She's DirectHer, FIND's Project: Involve, IFP's Emerging Narrative and National Association of Latino Independent Producer's Writer's Lab and Producer's Academy.
Main Muñoz worked in production for nearly 20 years before transitioning to directing episodic drama and feature films. Her credits include Director of Development, Production Supervisor, and Post Supervisor. She's worked with companies including Merchant Ivory, Walden Media, River Road, and director Stanley Donen ("Singin' in the Rain").
Main Muñoz was the recipient of the James Bridges Award for Excellence in Acting at UCLA's School of Theatre, Film, and Television where she received her Bachelor's degree magna cum laude. She graduated with Honors from Columbia University of New York with a Master's in Film Directing and also holds a doctorate (summa cum laude) from the European Graduate School of Switzerland where she studied with Atom Egoyan, Claire Denis, and Magarethe Von Trotta. Main Muñoz was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2020.
Main Muñoz is Costa Rican-American; she was born in Cambria, California and holds residency in Costa Rica and the US.- Actor
- Art Department
Asher Metchik was born on 16 April 1986 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Trading Mom (1994), Freaky Friday (1995) and Milo (1998).- Arthur Lovejoy was born on 16 October 1902 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Highway Patrol (1955) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1957). He died on 1 August 1961 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
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Peggy Doyle was born on 27 September 1920 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Fletch (1985), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) and Dream On (1990). She died on 3 July 2006 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.- Actor
Larry Ward was born on 2 October 1944 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 15 October 2007 in Stockton, California, USA.- Art Department
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Peabody and Emmy Winning Director, Annie nominated Director and Story Artist, Amber Hollinger, grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. From a young age she was intrigued with marrying her love of art with her love of film. After a Freshman year at CalArts she was hired for her first professional animation job at the age of 18. With over 36 properties on her resume her passion has not wavered. Amber's leadership style is rooted in communication, mutual respect, and teamwork. She works hard, laughs loud, embraces challenges, and will most likely Moonwalk out of the room (poorly).- Composer
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Robert Hunter was born on 23 June 1941 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Box (2009), Great Expectations (1998) and Wild (2014). He was married to Maureen Hunter. He died on 23 September 2019 in San Rafael, California, USA.- John McKee was born on 30 December 1916 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Cape Fear (1962), 1941 (1979) and Tough Enough (1983). He died on 12 May 2013 in Vineland, New Jersey, USA.
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Although Van was born in San Luis Obispo, California, he spent a couple of years living with his family in South Korea, and then finally settled in Leesville, Louisiana. While growing up in a small town, Van spent most of his time playing sports, mostly football. While in middle school he watched a performance of "Little Shop Of Horrors" and was blown away. When he reached high school, he was playing Football in the fall and being involved in the school's musical in the spring. He changed his major in his first semester of college from journalism to theatre, deciding to pursue a degree in acting.- Brian Burnett was born on 4 June 1981 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Grind (2010), CSI: Miami (2002) and L.A. Noire (2011).
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Frank Matts was born on 7 April 1920 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Capture (1950), The Cisco Kid (1950) and The Range Rider (1951). He died on 13 November 1990 in Van Nuys, California, USA.