Ethan Shaftel (Co-Director, Producer)

Ethan made video games and short movies as a teenager in Kansas, and had received filmmaking honors from the American Film Institute before being awarded a scholarship to USC film school. Graduating with honors in 2002, he was hired to direct a series of games for Hasbro. Royalty money from the games was the seed investment for SUSPENSION, his first feature.

Alec Joler (C0-Director, Co-Cinematographer)

Alec is a filmmaker, animator, and painter, whose work has screened at festivals across the country and been exhibited in the Cochrane Gallery in Washington D.C. Alec studied at the CCAC in Oakland, and was part of the Fox Searchlab young directors program.

Aris Blevins (Writer, Producer)

Aris was raised in Milwaukee and is a graduate of USC film school. SUSPENSION is his first produced screenplay, but another feature script Dark is currently in development. Aris has produced several short films, one of which won the Sundance Film Festival Online Competition in 2003. He is the co-owner of team A design.

Kevin Obsatz (Producer, Assistant Director)

Kevin grew up in Minneapolis and worked at a local Public Access station in high school before receiving a full-ride to USC film school. His shorts have screened at festivals and on PBS television and he received an IFP Access Grant in 2001.

Scott Cordes

Scott dreamed of being a rodeo clown as a boy in Nebraska, and tried his hand driving an alfalfa truck, radio DJing in small towns, and working on rock shows as a stage hand before becoming an actor. He starred in the independent feature Raising Jeffery Dahmer and also directs theater. Scott has three children, one of which appears opposite him in SUSPENSION as his character’s son.

Annie Tedesco

Annie trained with The Groundlings and is a member of a prominent theatre group that produces original works by local play writes. She has also starred in numerous national commercials including AOL, Dr. Pepper, Burger King, Chase Bank, and a Superbowl spot for CareerBuilder.com.

Caroline Vinciguerra

Caroline started performing at age ten, as the voice of the doll Roxy in a children’s board game. In addition to acting and modeling, she loves art, architecture, fashion, flowers, peanut butter frozen yogurt, shredding rock guitar and singing with her band, The Speedboys.

Dan Nichols

An elementary school teacher by trade, Dan was finally able to admit he had the acting bug a few years after college. He moved from Kansas City to LA recently, where he booked his first audition, a commercial that aired in Holland. He studies at the John Kirby Studio and has acted in several independent projects over the last year.