ZEROES CREATIVE FILM MAKING TEAM

 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

NAGA ANURADHA CHINTALAPUDI is born in a traditional Indian family in Hyderabad, India and travelled across the world. She wears many hats and excelled in many fields. She's a linguist, dancer, healthcare management consultant, musician, writer and a film-maker.  Anuradha's CV boasts of master’s degrees in Management, French, Nutrition and Dietetics. She also holds diplomas in Spanish, Japanese, Sanskrit and Information Technology. She has also hosted a variety of Television and Radio shows. She recently directed and produced her short film “CUP OF COFFEE”.  She won many awards and accolades throughout her life starting from the age of three. To mention a few President’s Award for best guide, youth leadership award from American Telugu Association, Satya SAI Gold Medal Overall Excellency, and the Jamboree Award for University Best NSS Volunteer. She has received awards and accolades for her performance in mono action, dance, drama, debate, elocution, painting and music.

 

Anuradha is currently a member of Women in Film, Los Angeles mentorship team, being mentored under the leadership of Producer Susan Cartsonis and Sarah Jackson. She is also a member of Multicultural Motion Pictures Association (MMPA).

 

 

SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTIST & MAKE-UP

LAURA LACINIATI is an accomplished and classically trained artist, she has expertise in special effects make-up and props, set and costume design, classical and mural paintings and even puppetry for children.  Born in Milan, Laura graduated from the Academy of Belle Arti of Brera in Italy with a  cum laude Diploma in Set Design, after completing her  thesis “Study of the technical evolution of animation” at Walt Disney Studios.  Her Italian credits include exhibitions of her work at the Cafiso Art Gallery in Milan in 1994 and the Villa Litta Visconti Borromeo in Lainate (Varese) in 1998.  She also won First Prize for several murals she completed in Milan for the Foundation Giuseppe and Carlo Girola and Ida Stucchi.  Laura went on to direct the artistic remodelling, retouching and repairing of existing works of art inside the “Theater Stabile of Insubria” in the town of Lanzo d’Intelvi.  In addition to her painting in Italy, Laura lent her talents to the musical “Pinocchio” as an Assistant Designer in 1997 and as a Set and Costume Designer for Sergio Cosentino’s plays “Bruna Eva da via” and “Quel Tranviere chiamato Desiderio”.  The latter play in 2007 starred the famous Italian and Swiss actors Enrico Beruschi and Yor Milano. The play was so successful it was later broadcast by RTSI (Swiss Italian Television).  In 1995, Laura fell in love with the United States when she won a contest with Walt Disney Attractions, Inc and became a Chalk Artist at the Italian Pavilion-Epcot Center at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.  She continues to enjoy painting large-scale murals such as one done for the premier of the movie “G-Force for Walt Disney Motion Pictures Special Events and the Fairfield YMCA “Connected Corridor” project in Long Beach, both completed in 2009.  Although she had also been doing special effects make-up and prop design for more than six movies and theatre productions in Italy, Laura took her talent to a new level when she graduated from the Cinema Make-up School in Hollywood, California in the Spring of 2008.  In 2009, she worked with Leonard Engleman, well-known makeup artist of Alfred Hitchcock, Silvester Stallone, Meg Ryan, Val Kilmer and many others.  Laura became the Set and Costume Designer as well as the FX Special Makeup Artist for the TV pilot “Candid Camera Special Effects” by Mediaset-Endemol, Italy, which was created in collaboration with the Cinema Makeup School in Hollywood.  Laura Laciniati’s creative expressions may be seen currently in works completed for Robotic Skins Shop by Michael Traxler (North Hollywood), Obscure Artifacts by Jeff Farley (Van Nuys), The Creature Company by Lino Stavole (Los Angeles) and CIFX Studio by Ron Pardini (Santa Fe Springs), in addition to some who want to really express themselves each year on Halloween.

 

 

ARTIST/ SET & BACKDROP ARTIST

CYNTHIA LANES 

Since childhood, Cynthia has shown an unusual aptitude for and interest in the arts. Determined to pursue art since her teens, she earned a Fine Arts degree in Manila, Philippines, and began a career in Advertising and Design. Her need to create more art outside of the nine to five workday led her to set up a small studio in an art district of Manila, where she painted into the evenings.  Cynthia has enjoyed membership in various artist groups, including “The Saturday Group”, a weekly sketching session attended by top Filipino artists. She was also a member of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church & Culture, which provided a robust Christian critique of the state of society and the arts. Combining these influences with a love of the theatre and ballet, she produced several studies of various dancers, culminating in her first solo exhibition at the Ramada Hotel in 1987.  In 1988, Cynthia moved from the Philippines to Hong Kong. Working for a charitable institution that highlighted the plight of religious prisoners in Asia, she traveled extensively in China and other Asian countries, gaining exposure to universal themes of poverty, suffering and spiritual hope.  During this time, she was compelled to depict women from minority tribes in Burma, Thailand, India, and the Philippines. She was so touched by their warmth and gentleness, their tenacity in coping with a harsh environment, and their deep loyalty to family and society, that in 1991 she created her “Tribal Women of Asia” series, exhibited in a group show sponsored by the Filipino Business Association of Glendale.  Moving to California has inspired Cynthia to develop her work by exploring different media, taking her towards a more expressionistic direction. Nature has recently become her subject where colors and light play a major part in her work. The main entry points of her design and composition.  Lanes continues to show her works in numerous juried shows and galleries in Los Angeles. Many of her works are in private collections both here in the United States and internationally.

 

 

PHOTOGRAPHY / ADVERTISING / GRAPHIC DESIGN

ZEROES PHOTOGRAPHER AND ART DESIGNER

JJ WANG has been working in advertising for 10+ years. She is currently working for an ad agency in West Hollywood. Photography has been a biggest hobby for her and she was very passionate to focus on film set/still photography as my personal dreams. JJ’s goal is to merge advertising, graphic design and photography to create eye-catching movie posters and collaterals, in order to promote the project.  Past projects include:

Metlife Print Ads -Advertising and Retouching

Walmart Event - Advertising and Graphic Design

McDonald’s Print Ads - Advertising and Retouching

American Airlines - Advertising and Retouching

2010 US Sensus Posters - Advertising and Retouching

Metlife Cricket Event T-Shirt Design - Advertising and Art Direction