X's & O's: Cast 
Clayne Crawford as Simon
Clayne made his first impression on Hollywood with his performance opposite Erika Christensen in the Fox thriller 'Swimfan'. He received the coveted Movieline Young Hollywood 'One to Watch' Award along with E! Entertainment’s ‘Sizzling Sixteen’ in which the network predicts which eight young actors will be the stars of tomorrow. Immediately after, Clayne was given a role alongside Mandy Moore in 'A Walk to Remember'. He then landed a role in director John Dahl’s film, 'The Great Raid', for Miramax, opposite Joseph Fiennes and Benjaman Bratt. Next up was the critically acclaimed 'Love Song For Bobby Long' in which he played Scarlett Johansson's boyfriend. He then starred in James Merendino’s horror-thriller 'Trespassing', followed by a role in FX network’s “Thief”. Clayne recently wrapped The Weinstein Company film, 'Unknown', with Jim Caviezel and Greg Kinnear. The independent film, 'Steel City', in which he stars will begin the festival circuit at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Judy Marte as Trese
Judy Marte won acclaim for her sensitive and realistic portrayal of "Juicy Judy" in Peter Sollett's 'Raising Victor Vargas' which played at numerous national and international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance and Toronto. 'Raising Victor Vargas' went on to open the prestigious New Directors / New Films film series presented by MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. 'Raising Victor Vargas' won best film at the Deauville Festival for American Cinema and at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Judy was nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Emerging Actor in 2003 and an Indpendent Spirit Award for best debut performance for 'Raising Victor Vargas'. Recently, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of “Oz” in 'On the Outs', and she was featured on the cover of 'Fader' magazine for their first ever film issue. She has also guest starred in the television series' “Law and Order: Trial By Jury” and “The Jury.”
Warren Christie as Lorenzo
Warren Christie's acting career got of to a late start, but he has done more than "catch up" ever since. In 2005, Warren found himself in the ABC/Touchstone pilot 'Introducing Lennie Rose' created by Krista Vernhoff and directed by Ken Olin. He followed that up with the soon to be released romantic comedy 'Gray Matters' working opposite Heather Graham. Switching gears, his next project was the psychological thriller 'Beneath' produced by the group responsible for Napolean Dynamite in conjuction with MTV Films/Paramount Classics. Warren has also been very active in television. These credits include recurring and guest star roles on 'The L Word', 'Battlestar Galactica', and the ABC series 'The Days'.
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Sarah Wright as Jane
Sarah Wright was first cast as a series regular in the Fox comedy ‘Quintuplets’ as the beautiful sister "Paige". Sarah then went on to co-star with Ciara and Efren Ramirez in the MTV film, ‘All You've Got’. She played Lizzie on the Fox comedy ‘The Loop’ and is currently a series regular on the CW's '7th Heaven'. Sarah can be seen opposite Kenan Thompson in the soon to be released feature film, 'Wieners'.
John Wynn as Jimmy
John Wynn recently starred in the Regent Entertainment horror film 'Ring of Darkness', directed by David DeCouteau. He had a supporting role in the Sci-Fi Channel film, 'They Are Among Us'. He has guest starred on 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', 'American Dreams', '7th Heaven', and 'General Hospital'. John has also worked in the field of TV hosting. He currently co-hosts Direct TV’s flagship music program 'CD: USA'. He is also the lead host on Xposure, a new entertainment variety show for the Asian American network VHN-TV.
Kel Mitchell as Covonne
Kel Mitchell's breakthrough came via the Nickelodeon series, 'All That' and 'Kenan and Kel', which earned him the prestigious Cable Ace Award in 1998 for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Series, a Kids Choice Award in 1999 for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Series as well as nominations for the Daytime Emmys and the NAACP Image Awards. His roles on those popular television series led to starring roles in the feature films, 'Good Burger' and 'Mystery Men' in which he played "The Invisible Boy" opposite Ben Stiller, Geoffrey Rush, and William H. Macy. Kel then found himself playing a prominent role on 'The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle', which was produced by Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions. Kel has guest starred on countless TV shows including 'The Parkers', 'Nash Bridges', 'The Steve Harvey Show', and 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch'. Most recently Kel has starred on TV's 'Dance 360', the UPN sitcom 'One on One' and FOX's 'Like Mike 2'. Look for Kel in the upcoming films, 'Honeydripper' written and directed by John Sayles starring Danny Glover and 'Caught on Tape' starring Cedric the Entertainer, Vivica A. Fox, and Malik Yoba
Lynn Chen as Gwen
Lynn Chen made her film debut playing the role of Jen in the movie, 'Fortune', which appeared in film festivals around the country. She followed that up with the critically acclaimed film, 'Saving Face', which premiered at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival before its world wide theatrical release. She recently received the "Outstanding Newcomer Award" at this year’s Asian Excellence Awards for her performance in 'Saving Face'. Lynn's career also includes multiple guest spots in television shows such as “Law and Order” and “Numb3rs” and a recurring role on ABC’s “All my Children”.
Jill Bennett as Vivian
Jill Bennett can be seen in the feature film, 'Expiration Date', which recently premiered at this year's Palm Springs International Film Festival. Jill's upcoming features include, 'Her Line of Fire', in which she worked opposite Mariel Hemingway, the action feature, 'Pleasure Drivers' which was filmed in New Zealand, and the romantic comedy, 'Out at the Wedding'.
Azita Ghanizada as Anita
Azita Ghanizada has been involved in numerous independent shorts and full-length independent art films. She co-hosted the popular Style Network series "A Modern Girl's Guide to Life," and has co-starred on such hit television series' as CBS’ “Numb3rs” and TNT's “The Closer.” Azita has studied at The Groundlings, Stella Adler Academy, and is currently at Playhouse West.
Maximillian Alexander as Max, the fireman
Adam Hendershott as Harlen
Holly Towne as Whitney
Brooke Lyons as Hazel
Candice Accola,
Rachel Matos, and
Tey Punsalan as Gwen's friends
Luke Pennington as Paul
Alain Uy as Gilly
Gino Anthony Pesi as Riles
Meredith Giangrande as Blogging Bessy
Ben Sharples as Stephen
Platonically Productions
Kedar Korde (Writer, Director, Producer) Love’s Rapid Transit marked the first time foray into narrative video for director Kedar Korde. Love's Rapid Transit is a throwback film that utilizes guerrilla-style and experimental approaches in conjunction with narrative filmmaking. Very little dialogue combined with straightforward cinematography and sparingly few locations make this a minimalist project. The intent was to prove that a high-concept, high-quality film could be produced in one of the most uncontrolled environments, on public transportation, with a crew of one. Currently Love's Rapid Transit is screening in venues throughout the Bay Area.
X's & O's is Kedar’s first feature length screenplay. The script was a four-year endeavor that was aided by some of the best script consultants in the business, including Craig Kellem of Hollywoodscript.com, who called X's & O's a screenplay that would make “Swingers eat its heart out.”
George Themelis (Co-producer) When George Themelis started working professionally in movies, Woody Allen was making 'Annie Hall' while Francois Truffaut was directing 'The Man Who Loved Women'. George cut his teeth by becoming an apprentice to some of the greatest studio technicians. The word intern was not yet invented. Eventually, he worked out of IA Local 52 side by side with some very famous and respected people. He then became a location scout for TV commercials and television movies, but by 1986 he his career had morphed into production accounting, where he dealt with studio executives, lawyers, agents and managers for Disney, Fox, Orion, MGM, and HBO on both TV and feature films, including 'January Man' and 'Valmont'. George has worked under Norman Jewison and Jeffrey Katzenberg, from whom he learned the substance, skills, and style necessary to become a producer.
Royce Dudley (Director of Photography) To date, Royce Dudley has had Director of Photography credit on over 30 feature length films. His other cinematographic credits include two shows for The History Channel, two music videos aired on MTV and BET, over 250 national and local TV commercials, a slew of infomericals and public service announcements, along with a variety of documentaries and festival shorts. Even with over 20 years of experience in film and video, it was not until 1998 that Royce began referring to himself as a cinematographer or director of photography. He had regularly crewed, operated and designed lighting on various projects prior to 1998 but believes that the title of DP can only come from a culmination of years of experience within all facets of cinematography. Royce is one of the few cinematographers who still operates the camera and designs lighting regardless of crew size and film budget.
Dino S. Ladki (Casting Director) Dino S. Ladki is a youthful and innovative casting veteran. Among his accomplishments as a Casting Director are originating and heading MTV's casting department (scripted series), two pilot-to-series projects for ABC / Carsey-Werner, the award-winning independent feature films, "Do it For Uncle Manny", "Yard Sale" and the forthcoming features "The Lost," based on the popular novel by Jack Ketchum, and "Baby" an Asian gangland drama set in the mid-eighties, which won Jury Prizes for Best Feature and Emerging Actor (lead actor David Huynh) at the 2007 VC Film Fest. He has worked for Universal Studios, Showtime, NBC, and FOX. He is also the creator and webmaster of TheCastList.Com, the net's first and only online casting office, and the founder and owner of AuditionTape, Inc; a digital video taping service that specializes in putting actors' auditions on tape for the purpose of sending them to audition locations outside of Los Angeles (primarily New York and Canada). His latest projects include the independent film, ‘Harrison Montgomery’, starring Academy Award Winner Martin Landau (‘Ed Wood’), and Melora Walters (‘Boogie Nights’, ‘Magnolia’, and HBO’s “Big Love”) and the 360 Pictures / Sony-Tristar feature, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’, starring Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, and Neal McDonough.
Chris W. Hill (Editor) After earning a BFA in film from School of Visual Arts in New York, Chris W. Hill started his career working as an editor at Showtime Networks’ in-house promo department. During his four years there, Chris honed his editing skills in this fast paced broadcast environment. In the spring of 2003, Chris moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film editing. He quickly landed his first feature film, the documentary, “Liquid Vinyl” which was later accepted into the Slamdance Film Festival and is being released worldwide in 2008. In 2004, Chris edited his first studio feature, “Brothers In Arms”, a western starring David Carradine, for Sony Pictures. Chris has also edited for a variety of networks including MTV, Disney Channel, Showtime, Hallmark Channel, and E!. His series projects include “Hotel MTV”, “Hilary Duff: This is Now”, and MTV’s “House Broken”. Chris’s editorial strengths are rooted in his focus on delivering the director’s ideas. He believes that an editors’ most important function is to help the filmmaker make the absolute most impact with their material.
Peter Franck (Production Attorney) The Franck Law Offices specialize in a unique area of legal practice encompassing intellectual property, entertainment, and constitutional law which Peter Franck terms "culturelaw." "Culturelaw" emphasizes the process of bringing creative work into the world while protecting the rights of the artist or the entrepreneur. Mr. Franck came to specialize in intellectual property and entertainment law through his representation of pioneering San Francisco Bay Area musical groups such as Country Joe and the Fish and Joy of Cooking (the first all-women 1960's rock band). Working with bands, independent record labels, and other emerging artists of the time gave him the opportunity to participate in the vital and often path-breaking growth of the culture. Peter Franck is a member of the California Lawyers for the Arts, is a founding member of BAGELS (Bay Area Gastronomical Entertainment Lawyers Society), and a member of the Intellectual Property section of the California State Bar.
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