Daniel Sharnoff, Director of Photography  Dan was born and raised in Northern Virginia. At a relatively early age, he cultivated a serious interest in filmmaking. This interest followed him through his studies in Communication at George Mason University and concurrently, a video editing position at a small post facility in his hometown. With bigger ideas on his mind, Dan moved to New York City in 2002 and quickly became involved in production, specifically in the camera department on independent features. He began the transition to directing photography in 2004, Since then, he has been involved in a variety of projects from narrative and documentary feature films to music videos and commercials, shorts and experimental works to web content and industrials. All along, meeting talented collaborators and planting seeds for long term working relationships. From 2005 to 2007, he shot three feature films: the award winning drama, Running Funny, The Project (*audience award winner at the 2008 SLAMDANCE film festival), and the "Cassavettes like" first feature by maverick director Salvatore Interlandi. Dan is extremely thankful to have a network of frequent and versatile collaborators who have shared in the many challenges faced in production. In addition to capturing the director's vision through the lens, embracing efficiency and true collaboration with a production team is very important to him. He hopes to be involved in projects that are as creative as they are entertaining.

www.dansharnoff.com

Eric Goebel, Associate Producer  After finishing school at the University of Texas, Eric spent five years playing drums in rock and roll bands and earning a living as a bicycle peddycab driver.  After realizing that he lacked any musical talent and bored of the easy life in Austin, Eric paid a friend to drive him to New York City.  Two years later Eric has worked as a location scout, production manager, and has helped produce a couple of shorts, along with the feature "Running Funny". 

Daniel Ingala, Composer was born and raised in the Boston area where, while in high school, he studied composition at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music. While studying at the conservatory, he won 9 MHSDG (State Theater Festival) awards for Excellence in Score Composition for a Live Performance. He then went on to study Composition, with an emphasis in Film Scoring at New York University.  While at NYU, he scored several short student films under several directors, including one feature-length production. Since graduating NYU with a BA, he has continued to write compositions for film and
television, adding Running Funny to a growing list of independent feature productions. He currently resides in Manhattan, and works with the award-winning collaborative studio, the Manhattan Producers Alliance.

www.daningala.com

Daniel Coda, Editor has been working in film for the past 7 years. He earned his BFA from the prestigious New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Film and TV program, where he studied everything from shooting, directing, editing and business. While at Tisch, Daniel found that he had a passion for editing and FX and started his own company, Inspired Films, where he was able to create his own unique style of documentary, Video Biographies.

Daniel has had the opportunity to work for such companies as Josh Koppel Productions and 590 Films as an editor and compositor working for such clients as the AMC Channel (American Movie Classics), the Shop at Home Network, the Cartoon Network and Scion cars. Currently Daniel is with Everest Productions as an Associate Producer and Editor creating weekly television programs for EBRU TV.

Running Funny is Daniel's first feature film.

www.danielcoda.com

May0rWest is a five member progressive punk rock group based out of North Jersey/ New York City. Encompassing a wide range of influences and styles, this ensemble is striving to deliver a taste of something new to the scene. This is evident through their fusion of heavy rock and jazz influenced guitars along with a heavy thumping hard hitting rhythm section. Powerful yet catchy lyrics are presented through a lead vocal assualt complemented by strong backup.

MayOrWest officially began in Adam's dorm room at the University of Scranton with a couple acoustic guitars and some big dreams. After a while long time friend, and rockin' guitarist, Eric Lewy joined the group and practices began in Pete's small bedroom in Hoboken, New Jersey. Soon, Dylan was asked to add innovative bass to the mix. The guys immediately knew they were onto something special and quickly secured a rehearsel space. The final component was added when Dylan called fellow UofS graduate and ex-Cataline drummer Jimmy Dowell and insisted he join their endeavor. With no argument from Jim, the band began practice as a whole in mid-November 2005 and they haven't looked back. Since then the band has been practicing, writing, and playing shows with an intense dedication. Their goals continue to grow.

MayOrWest places a lot of importance on their live act bringing an energetic, well rehearsed performance to every show. Simply stated the members of MayOrWest have an intense love for playing in front of an audience, an emotion that they wear on their sleeves and use to embrace the crowd. Equally important to a great live show is high quality songs and MayOrWest strives for the very best in their writing. The band considers writing a constant process and new songs are always in the making.

www.myspace.com/mayorwestmusic