Producer/Director/ Co-Writer
Hollie Seidel is a NY based filmmaker, director and actor. She has acted in many screen and stage productions including Cabaret, Me and My Girl, Ugly Betty, and I Am Legend, as well as performing improv in venues across NYC. She stepped behind the camera for her directing debut with My Mechanical Friend.
Assistant Director
Charles Astuto has directed the shorts Pursuance, 80, The Interview, and Three Unkind. His first feature film, Vestibule, is currently being finalized and submitted to the festival circuit. In 2014, he started Prescribe (prescribefilms.com), a film production company based out of Jersey City.
Co-Writer
Lincoln MacVeagh worked as a reporter for the New York Press, and is the founding editor of The Eclectic, a late 90’s literary ‘zine. His 2014 novel Paisley Mischief was named a best beach read by the San Francisco Chronicle. My Mechanical Friend is his first screenplay collaboration with Hollie Seidel.
Animator
Julie Jurgens began her career animating the first two season’s of MTV’s Celebrity Death Match. She continued on to start her own media company, working on projects for, among others, Oprah’s Oxygen Media and The American Veterinary Medical Association. Her short independent film, “Mrs. Royston,” was part of the WXXI Independent Film series, California Sun and Flicker film festivals. “Uncle Dutch” received awards at the New England Film and Video Festival, SYMPTE, and RAVA and was shown at the Dallas Film Festival and the Student Animation Festival of Ottawa. Current projects include a new independent work about possums, the animation of composer Sheree Clement’s new work, and of course, My Mechanical Friend.