Immigrant Garden - A Production of Northwest Film Projects

C. TAD DEVLIN - PRODUCER DIRECTOR

C. Tad Devlin has worked as a photographer producer/writer/director for clients such as IBM, Standard Register Company, Cincinnati Zoo, Pontiac, Schoenling Beer, and Frigidair. He entered the motion picture industry in 1972, and since then has worked on over fifty major film and television projects. Mr. Devlin's more recent credits include "George of the Jungle", "D3: The Mighty Ducks", "When a Man Loves a Woman", "Sleeping With the Enemy", "Crazy People", "The Morning After", "The Judds - Love Can Build a Bridge", "The Switch", "For Their Own Good" and "My Last Love". Personal interests range from Carpentry, Sailing, Photography to Computer Programming, Gardening, and Physical Sciences.

CAROLINE WOOD - WRITER

Caroline was born in Yorkshire England and immigrated to the United States at the age of ten with her parents and siblings in 1963. Caroline owned a bookshop and café in Longview, Washington and for ten years and it was there she wrote, produced and directed twelve plays. The Immigrant Garden was her first play and the others soon followed. Along with The Immigrant Garden, her plays The Orchard and Dear Angelica have been performed in New York play festivals. After selling the bookshop Caroline continues to write new plays and produce them at the regional theatre in Longview. The Immigrant Garden is Caroline’s first film.

From the very beginning I always knew I would write The Immigrant Garden novel and a I’m falling in love all over again. Making the film has been one of the hardest and most rewarding things I have done. I’m proud of the work we all did to make it happen." Caroline has two grown children and three grandchildren and lives with her husband Dean beside the Columbia River in their turn of the century farmhouse with their two dogs and three cats.

DIANA DEVLIN - PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Diana serves as mediator between Tad and everyone else. Also, when she is not taking care of her plants, fish, cat, and office staff, she works for the company as production coordinator and office manager. Before she and Tad moved to Washington, she worked as an executive assistant to the production heads of Lorimar Television and Paramount Pictures. Her interests include gardening, quilting, photography, art, sailing, and script reading.

ALBERT EDMOND LORD III - ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Albert has over 25 years experience in the sound industry. He has recieved eight Emmy nominations, seventeen Golden Reel (MPSE) nominations, one Emmy award and the 1997 DGA award as supervisingsound editor on the award winning short A Guy Walks Into A Bar. Albert agreed to work on the Immigrant Garden because of the company's mission statement and his own personal commitment to supporting strong films using new media technologies.

GREGG M. CAMPBELL - CINEMATOGRAPHER

Gregg M. Campbell studied mass communications at Lower Columbia College and worked for the College newspaper writing many article's. Soon, he joined the staff of KLVR, the College radio station and produced his own radio show. In 1974 Gregg was involved with the development of the Longview Kelso Public Access Station KLTV. Currently, a full time employee at Weyerhaeuser, he produces videos for the company. He has also produced videos for The Columbia Theatre, Century Communications, Womack Productions, Crystal River Film & Video, and the Longview and Kelso School Districts. From 1979--84 Gregg served as a Cowlitz County Reserve Deputy involved with the Mount St. Helens Search and Rescue. Gregg also works for The Grucci Fireworks Family and has worked on many Fireworks shows in Las Vegas. Personal interest's: His Marriage to Theresa who shares with him two great kids Chelsea and Andy, Traveling, Reading, Computers, Movies, Fixing things, spending time at the Family Beach house.

Visit Gregg's Webpage

	STEPHEN GRAZIANO - COMPOSER
	Stephen has many film and television credits to his name. "The reason I chose to be involoved with The Immigrant Garden is because of the charming depiction of the turn-of-the-century America. It's rare when one gets the opportunity to score a character driven film."

MICHAEL D. DUQUETTE - PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Michael lives in Winlock Washington where he specializing in carving images in stone and foam. His is also the owner of Dimensional Art and Sign Co. He works with design software in applications that range from screen printing, photographic manipulation and typesetting, logo design and custom generated art. Mr. Duquette enrolled in Mr. Devlin’s Film Production class at Centralia Community College where he became involved with The Immigrant Garden as a class project. Michael is married and has two sons. (In his own words what is was like working on the film, what he learned from it..etc)

DENISE KEEGAN - COSTUME DESIGNER

Denise has worked with costumes and costume design since 1983 when she directed a national program focusing upon the history of women in sports. Her work with that program earned h the title of 1988 Washington State Outstanding Young Woman by the Outstanding Young Women of America. She was named as one of "80 for the 80's" by They Olympian in 1989 for her leadership in the Olympia community. She owns Creative Costume and Rental, a costume rental business in Olympia, Washington, where she provides a wide variety of contemporary and historical costumes for her customers. She is a graduate of St. Martins College and earned a Masters degree from the Evergreen State College. She lives in Olympia with her husband, Chris, and their three children - Kellee, Chris, and Kaycee. Denise became involved in The Immigrant Garden through her passion for vintage clothing, her knowledge of costume history, and a substantial garment collection from the early 1900's.

	JAMIE KLINE - EDITOR
	Jamie lives in Centralia and went to Centralia High School and after graduation attended Central Community College where she graduated with an A.A degree. Jamie loves to travel. "I like being going out of my comfort zone and experiencing different cultures. It’s exciting to see how people in different places live."

	PETER APPLETON - CONSULTING EDITOR
	Peter has worked on numerous commercials and motion pictures. "I was taken by the unusual short play by Caroline Wood and the fact that they had developed it into a screenplay. The story and the freshness of the young actors and the almost naive hopefullness of the movie's theme and the filmmakers themselves made me want to get involved."

	SARAH MEZGER- SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR
	Sarah has been a Longveiw resident since her birth in 1976. After graduating from Morris High School, she attended Washington State University; where she majored in Broadcast Communication. Sarah is excited to be a part of Northwest Films' growing work community.

	DIANA GAIDIES - EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
	A professional "C.B.er.", Diana spent several years in the roller derby circut. She also studies in the art of public speaking for chimpanzees. Just kidding. Diana is an entrepreneur, world traveler, a published writer, and will work for food. She studies in film and broadcast production. She attended Bates and Green River College, T.C.C.

JULIA VAN PAEPEGHEM - SET DECORATOR

Julia has loved films since she was a little girl growing up in Southern California. When the opportunity for Julia to work as a set decorator on the Immigrant Garden came up Julia was working a ten-hour day as a paralegal and would come on the set and work until the work was done. "It is the little details that I enjoy while watching a film so creating an English turn of the century sitting room was a most invigorating and creative challenge. It is my hope to continue to be involved in the process of filmmaking. What I learned from my involvement in this process is that I can do anything my heart desires, even in Chehalis!"

JESSICA VAN AUKEN - ART DIRECTOR

Jessica grew up in a small town in Lewis County, then moved to Chehalis. Her background in art and design helped her get roped into this project. She has been a graphic designer for many years, and took art classes all through school and into college. Jessica has her own design business and has always enjoyed art. So she got involved in NFP's art department originally to design key props and oversee the general art department. She quickly grew to understand the business of Indie films. She also filled in wherever needed, as set decorator, grip, boom operator, etc, etc. "This project was a great experience for me, personally and artistically. I was able to expand my skills, learn new ideas, and carry those on. I am thankful for the experience I gained from and the people I met on this project. I will carry the memories with me forever.

	WIN EZELL - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
	Win is a musician actor who graduated from Centralia College and can be seen about town as an entertainer. He appears in the film as the manager of Oakville Hardware who loves to go fishing with Arthur. His significant other is Christi and has two fun-loving children.

KEITH MARSHALL - SPECIAL EFFECTS

Keith has worked in theatre since the eighth grade. He has acted in or crewed for more than a dozen plays. He won an award for his special effect work in the play, You Can’t Take It With You. He has worked on amateur film productions in various forms, writing, directing and producing. Keith attends TV and Film production courses at the University of Washington. Keith is a Sci-Fi enthusiast and runs and the video production department for the Northwest sci-fi convention. He is at this time Web Master for the convention as well as a year 2000 researcher for the Weyerhaeuser Company.

FLOYD SMITH - GLIDE CAM

Floyd is an adventurer, along with scuba diving, sky diving, mountain climbing, motorcycle racing and flying airplanes, Dr. Smith is a physician in Centralia Washington. Floyd enjoys photography and taking videos. He was a student of Mr. Devlin’s in The Film Production class at Centralia Community College and there it was he became involved with The Immigrant Garden. He was behind the camera for another class project, a documentary on the B-17 Bomber. He is planning a documentary for the hospital in Centralia.

SUSAN SPAIN - ASSISTANT TO MS. WOOD

Susan Spain lives in Longview Washington and is mother of two beautiful daughters and three stepsons and eleven grandchildren and one new puppy. She is also a bookkeeper and provides day care for preschool children who are in need of love and fun. Her joys are spending time with her family and friends and traveling." My back yard is the pride and joy of my leisure time, it is filled with flowers and native plants." Susan belongs to the Seattle Peace Chorus and ushers at the Columbia Theatre in Longview. So Susan put all this on hold when she worked on her first film project, The Immigrant Garden. She enjoyed the new experience and would love to do it again.

JOHN BECK - SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

John Beck is a graduate of the Evergreen State College, where he studied film, video, graphics, theater, and art. He works for the Olympia Film Society and for the Olympia Film Ranch. He produced a documentary called, "Try This¼." About Olympia’s activist and music scenes. He has crewed and acted in many short films. The Immigrant Garden was John’s first stint as Script Supervisor. He is currently now on his second ‘stint’ of Script Supervising for an independent film being shot in Africa.

SUE JENSEN - CLOGGING DANCE INSTRUCTOR

The Immigrant Garden is the first film Sue has worked on, although she has choreographed high school musicals for years, everything from the Pirates of Pinzance to God Spell and Grease. " I love teenagers and I love dancing." She had an award winning dance team at Centralia High School for two years. " I am now in the process of trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Sue got in there and rolled her sleeves up on the set, if she wasn’t on the top of a letter attaching a clamp to something she was picking up lunch.

BECKY WALDRON - HORSES AND VINTAGE CARRIAGES

Becky works in the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Becky is a member of Hames & Tugs, a driving club where horse owners learn to drive their horses and vintage carriages. She is the proud owner of Memory Lane Carriages, her horse and carriages driven by her at that spectacular touch to weddings and anniversaries. The Immigrant Garden is the first film Becky has worked in. She trailed her horse and buggy to the various sets and was on sight for all the scenes where her horse, Joe was pulling a buggy or cart. She found the experience very interesting and can’t wait to see the film.

	ANTHEA LAWRENCE - BIRTHDAY PARTY BAND
	Specializing in Celtic and American musical traditions, Anthea and her band played the birthday party band in "The Immigrant Garden." They play a lively concert of Irish dance music and ballads, or get toes tapping with old-time American hoe-downs, waltzes and barn dances. Whatever your musical preference, Anthea will add an extra element of fun and excitement to your event!

	PATRICIA KENNEDY - SET COSTUME SUPERVISOR
	Patrica was the Set Costume Supervisoron the Immigrant Garden. She has also made costumes on many local productions and loves her work.

DEBORAH SISCO - TOM'S MOM'S CASTING

It all started when Tom, who works for Northwest Film Projects, called his mom and asked her if she would be interested in finding Extras for a period film. She jumped at the chance and fell in love with working with Extras. She was able to supply over 200 extras dressed in period 1910 clothes. Deborah has a medical background as an ER nurse and says that working with extras is very similar to the ER "You have a lot of people with a variety of problems that need attention and you work with them to solve them." Deborah has two adult sons, Scott, who is attending school at Western Washington University and Tom who works at NFP and a 15 year old daughter, Lena, still at home. Deborah has been married to her husband, Van, for 23 years. They love to travel and go camping. Deborah is very active and involved in her church and sings in the choir.

TOM SISCO - PRODUCTION SOUND

J. Thomas Sisco graduated from R.A. Long High School in Longview Washington in 1998. In high school Mr. Sisco worked beneath Theatrical Director Dana Brown for three years as Technical Director for Mainstage Theatre. After graduation Tom attended school in Portland Oregon, The Technical Institute where he majored in Electronic Engineering Technology. In January 1999 Tom enrolled in Mr.Devlins’ Film Production class at Centralia Community College. "This is more than just a job, it is a learning experience; a film school."

	TYLER SMITH - BOOM OPERATOR
	Tyler Smith is 23 years old and lives in Enumclaw on an Arabian horse ranch where he has spent his entire life. He is an assistant manager of an electronics company, "but would definitely like getting more involved in the film industry and was glad to be able to work on The Immigrant Garden."

	AARON MEYER - WEBMASTER
	Aaron is currently a senior at Centrlia High School/freshman at Centralia College through the Running Start program. "This job has been a great experience for me, but not just an experience, it has given me a flicker of hope from the desperation I once felt."

TERRI ALLEN - DIGITAL EFFECTS COORDINATOR

Born and raised in the Seattle area Teri has been involved in art from a very young age. During high school she studied oil painting under the late renowned artist Leon BeRoth and has been a freelance artist ever since. Her projects have included sculpture, painting, portraits, murals, black and white photography, photo tinting, makeup for photo and film shoots, interior decorating, and designing CD covers and business stationary. Teri graduated with highest honors from Green River Community College with an Associate Degree in Art and Certificate in Multimedia Design with a 4.0 grade point average and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa. She worked on the college Kiosk project and trained in Typography, 3-D Animation, Web Page Design, Computer Programming, Digital Photography, Audio and Video using both Mac and Windows operating systems and a variety of software. Teri, now a resident of Enumclaw is restoring a turn of the century farmhouse and preparing acreage for horse boarding. She has also been involved in community service and fund raising.

home