Cast & Crew
Minos Papas
Director, producer & editor
Minos Papas hails from sunny Cyprus and is an established independent filmmaker in New York City. His films have been screened and awarded at multiple film festivals all over the world. Minos’ recent feature film, BEHIND THE MIRROR (2015) was awarded Best Thriller at the Manhattan and the Mexico International Film Festivals. His most recent short film, TANGO ON THE BALCONY is currently touring the festival circuit after a successful presentation at the Cannes Short Film Corner. The film is a proof of concept for an upcoming feature film about veterans and PTSD and Minos was awarded the Best Director award at the Int’l Short Film Festival of Cyprus for it.
Son of internationally acclaimed film director Michael Papas, Minos was introduced to the film world at a young age achieving his first international award at the age of 16 with the short film WHISPERS (1993) at the Make-A-Video youth competition in Helsinki, Finland. He earned a BFA in Film at the School of Visual Arts and was awarded the school’s top award for Cinematography. His first independent feature film, SHUTTERBUG (2009), was released theatrically in New York, Los Angeles and Nicosia, Cyprus. Shutterbug received reviews from Variety, The Village Voice, The New York Times and many more publications and blogs which merited the film for its Lynchian atmosphere and beautiful imagery. Minos’ documentary A SHORT FILM ABOUT GUNS (2013) won best online short at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Minos has worked with industry figures such as Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi, Lisa Rinzler, Lisanne Skyler, Eric Roberts, Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Andrea Bocelli and Rufus Wainwright. Minos is a member of the Director’s Guild of Cyprus, a creative member of Studio-AVA, a unique video production house, and the founder of film production company Cyprian Films, New York. Minos is into Kubrick, Tarkovsky, soccer, death metal and kittens.
Nicolas D. Sampson
Writer & Executive Producer
Nicolas D. Sampson is the founder of Sampsonic Media, a multimedia company specializing in films, novels and short stories. Nicolas entered the motion picture industry as an executive producer on the short film LOST BULLETS, which went on to win Best Thriller at the Mexico International Film Festival. He followed this with two more short films, THE 13TH MIRROR and THE POLITICS OF CONFLICT, both based on his book BEHIND THE MIRROR: SHORT STORIES AND REFLECTIONS. He then went on to write and executive produce the feature film BEHIND THE MIRROR, which was released by Random Media and The Orchard.
Nicolas also worked in the theater as a script advisor and dramaturge on the original play IN TWO MINDS; and as a script advisor and development consultant on a Cyprus National Theater adaptation of Bulgakov’s short story DIABOLIAD.
Fascinated since his early childhood by human behavior, Nicolas studied social psychology in Tempe, Arizona, and Cambridge, UK: two places highly distinct from each other in terms of culture and approach. This provided him with a broad and diversified insight into the human condition, which, in due course, he applied to his writing.
He is currently developing WAKE OF LIBERTY, a historical fiction / dark fantasy T.V. series on the French Revolution, and is executive producing the period-drama VITA & VIRGINIA, the true account of the passionate relationship between the literary innovator Virginia Woolf and her only love Vita Sackville-West-West; the documentary UNSTUCK IN TIME on the life and work of iconic author Kurt Vonnegut; and the William Nicholson directed drama HOPE GAP, starring Annette Bening and Bill Nighy.
Matt Hopkins
xavier wayson
Daniela Mastropietro
Sandra Wayson
Nando Del Castillo
James
Demosthenes Chrysan
Gregory Zafferano
Cast
| Xavier Wayson | Matt Hopkins |
| Sandra Wayson | Daniela Mastropietro |
| James | Nando Del Castillo |
| Abe Telford | Flint Beverage |
| Gregory Zafferano | Demosthenes Chrysan |
| Ralph Harman | JP Serret |
| Dr Rezniak | Vanessa Kai |
| Mayor Martha Brigham | Linda Blackstock |
| Father Bradley | Cordell Stahl |
| Garden Bar Manager | Ed Bergtold |
| Clay Wilcox | Alex Cape |
| Danny | Jared McGuire |
| Flora | Emily Shoolin |
| Dean | Aristotle Stamat |
| Johnson | William Rosenfelt |
| Liv Harman | Melinda Nichols |
| Mike Sonenfeld | Marcin Paluch |
| Dominik | Emmanuel Giusti |
| Cindy Wayson | Zoie Wilenta |
| Tommy Wayson | Tristan Wilenta |
| Janet Zafferano | Sarah Elle |
| Friend 1 | Joyce Miller |
| Friend 2 | Allison Anderegg |
| News Reporter | Nicole Kontolefa |
| Linda Telford | Heidi Philipsen |
| Garden Bar Bartender | David Bruce |
| Young Xavier | Joseph Robinson |
| RVW Clerk | Bianca Del Castillo |
| Z's Bartender | Steve Luppino |
| Garden Bar Server | Sally Del Castillo |
| Young Man | Nick Speece |
| Young Woman | Ashley Corboni |
| Tyler Harman | Braden Munn |
| Head Surveyor | Philip P. Massaro |
| Surveyor | Philip J. Massaro |
| Coroner | Paul Smith |
| Emanuella Madison | Angelena McLoughlin |
| Patron 1 | Ed Maxwell |
| Arresting Officer 1 | Michael Day |
| Arresting Officer 2 | Michael Morgan (Athens PD) |
| Church Flea Market Vendor 1 | Cynthia Morgan |
| Church Flea Market Vendor 2 | Michael Morgan |
| Xavier’s Mother | Elisabeth Henry-Macari |
| Xavier’s Father | Chiz Schultz |
| Band 1 | Johnny Moon & Starz |
| Band 2 | The Phil Massaro Symphony |
| Stunt Performer | Bryce Burke |
| Stunt Performer | Matt Triplett |
Crew
| Director/Producer | Minos Papas |
| Writer/Executive Producer | Nicolas D. Sampson |
| Director of Photography | Corey Fontana |
| Production Designer | Sally Del Castillo |
| Editor | Katie Carman-Lehach |
| Editor | Minos Papas |
| Music | George Kallis |
| Sound Designer | John Moros |
| Unit Production Manager | Liz Sargent |
| 1st Assistant Director | Katharina Rohrer |
| 2nd Assistant Director | Connor Sullivan |
| 2nd Second Assistant Director | Gavin Denman |
| Athens, NY Line Producer & Locations | Nando Del Castillo |
| Production Coordinator | Emmanuel Giusti |
| Camera Operator | Corey Fontana |
| Camera Operator | Minos Papas |
| 1st Assistant Camera | Nolan Maloney |
| Additional 1st Assistant Camera | Ashton Green |
| 2nd Assistant Camera | Michael Day |
| Script Supervisor | Nicolas D. Sampson |
| Production Sound Mixer | Jesse Flaitz |
| Gaffer | Jack McDonald |
| Key Grip | Lydia Sudall |
| Additional Key Grip | John Campbell |
| Additional Key Grip | Sam Barth |
| Grip | Dave Anthony |
| Assistant Art Director | Beck Kitsis |
| Hair & Make-Up Artist | Lexan Rosser |
| Properties Master | Nando Del Castillo |
| Graphic Designer | Gavin Denman |
| Taxidermist | Anthony Delvecchio |
| SFX Props | James R. Martin |
| Wardrobe Assistant | Margaret Cam |
| Key Production Assistant | Michael Day |
| Production Assistant | Sylva Perdiou |
| Production Assistant | Argyro Nicolaou |
| Production Assistant | Nick Gardner |
| Assistant Production Coordinator | Maevid Brown |
| Assistant Production Coordinator | Valerie Steinberg |
| Pre-production Coordinator | Christine Marquet |
| Stills Photographer | David Rubin |
| Catering | Dilek Sahin |
| Assistant Editor | Skye Davis |
| Colorist | Constantine Paleologos |
| Re-recording Mixer | John Moros |
| Sound Effects Editor | John Moros |
| Sound Editor | Tommy Stang |
| Music Licensing | Melissa Chapman - Groove Garden |
| Soloist | Amarina Solonos |
| Stunt Coordinator | Jared Burke |
| Stunt Coordinator | Chazz Menendez |