Elton Sebastian Hollywood, FL United States WRITER/DIRECTOR BIO Born July, 1977 In England. I was a Casino Technician and Senior Bartender in South America before coming to North America to pursue a career in Film. I graduated with a B.A in Film on June, 2002, at International Fine Arts college in Downtown Miami. I directed and edited the School's Thesis film, NERD WARS, which premiered at The James L. Knight Center in DOWNTOWN MIAMI, APRIL 2002. The film won BEST THESIS SHORT, and so far as gone on to winning 1st place in the spoof category at the 19th Annual Dragon Con Short film Fest August, 2002. The film's score was written by L.A composer Scot Blackwell Stafford. Also featuring songs by Europe's number 1 techno band, NOTCH, and MP3.COM's honored composer, JASON WALTON GRAVES. Nerd Wars is a 19 minute Comedy shot in 16mm around North Miami Beach. View the trailer at http://nerdwars.tripod.com Three Trekkies, Captain Kirk, Scotty and a female Spock plan to blow up George Lucas and his fans at a STAR WARS convention. Only Jerry--a 27 year old who lives with his father--his yoda doll, and trusty plastic lightsaber can save Lucas. I live in Hollywood Florida and work as a freelance non linear editor, cameraman, and writer. At present I'm finishing my first draft of MR. PERFECT, a feature length comedy screenplay. July 2006 Don’t you just love those bios that director’s write about themselves in the third person? I’ve taken a break from the movie making dream temporarily these last years. Well, at least the making my movies dream. In 2003 I moved to L.A. and began as a camera P.A., while moonlighting as a script reader and analyst for U.K. production companies, which I then applied in the U.S. I also freelanced as a camera operator and assistant, producer's personal assistant, and even a stunt double, writing and pitching screenplays in my spare time. Anything to do with movies and the entertainment business. In 2004, I moved back to Miami, and worked around the globe on commercials mostly as a camera assistant, and in 2005 as a PADI certified underwater camera operator. My background before L.A was in editing primarily on Avid, Media 100, and Adobe Premiere. On line are two surviving samples of the hundreds of promos I must have edited for individuals, website companies, CD-rom interactive business cards, and even erotic web content plus an erotic feature about nudity and fish. The director had an affinity for these things. No, I'm not suddenly referring to myself in the third person. I mean the director who hired me. Nude women hunting wild boars was his other passion. Miami can get kinky. In 2004, I founded an import - export company which now has connections in Hong Kong, China, United States, United Kingdom and Latin America. The company has expanded into electronics, textiles, hot 1950s collectibles, antique restorations, and somewhat related to my Bachelor of Fine Arts Film degree: collectible American and foreign original movie posters. All of this equates to a lot of traveling. While overseeing my multi-level company, I'm still free to camera assist on commercial promos worldwide, having been to India, Argentina, and next year Palau, plus I aid Latin American production companies as assistant director or line producer. Still features is my passion. So more news to come as I finally work in some time to shoot my first feature length film. - Elton Sebastian