Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton, the acclaimed Scottish actress, reunites with Lynn Hershman Leeson as the star of TEKNOLUST. Ms. Swinton, who also starred in Ms. Hershman’s film, Conceiving Ada, plays the lead character Rosetta Stone, as well as the three Self-Replicating Automatons, Ruby, Olive and Marine. Tilda is well known for her powerful work in the films of Derek Jarman and for her performances in Female Perversions, Orlando, and The Beach. Swinton’s critically acclaimed performance in The Deep End recently earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, Drama.

Selected Filmography

Thumbsucker (2004) The Statement (2003) Young Adam (2003) Adaptation (2002) Vanilla Sky (2001) The Deep End (2001) Possible Worlds (2000) The Beach (2000) The War Zone (1999) Conceiving Ada (1998) Love is the Devil (1997)

Female Perversions (1996) Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Virtual Lies (1994) Glitterbug. The Director's Cut (1994) Orlando (1993) Blue (1993) -voice- Wittgenstein (1993) The Party: Nature Morte (1992) Edward II (1991) The Garden (1990) L'Inspirazione (1988) War Requiem (1988) Aria (1987) Caravaggio (1986)

Jeremy Davies

In 1993, Davies was cast in a TV commercial for Subaru in which his character compares the car to punk rock. Davies found himself receiving many feature film scripts. He chose to do Spanking the Monkey, written by first-time director, David O. Russell. His remarkable performance launched his young and brilliant acting career.

Awards
1999 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama
for Saving Private Ryan (1998)

1995 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Debut Performance
for Spanking the Monkey (1994)

1999 Nominated SAG Award Outstanding Performance by a Cast
for Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Selected Filmography

Dogville (2003) Solaris (2002) 29 Palms (2002) Searching for Paradise (2002) Secretary (2002) The Laramie Project (2001) Investigating Sex (2001) CQ (2001) Up at the Villa (2000)

The Florentine (1999) The Million Dollar Hotel (1999) Ravenous (1999) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Going All the Way (1997) The Locusts (1997) Nell (1994) Spanking the Monkey (1994)

James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak first gained the attention of moviegoers as the reticent Simon Grim in Hal Hartley’s Henry Fool. In its review of the film, the New York Post described Urbaniak’s performance as “a revelation” and dubbed him “the nerd Brando.” Urbaniak also appeared in Hartley’s most recent film No Such Thing with Sarah Polley. Most recent feature credits include Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's American Splendor, Charles Herman-Wurmfeld’s Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde; Zev Berman’s Briar Patch, opposite Dominique Swain, Lynn Hershman, Leeson’s Teknolust, opposite Tilda Swinton, and Parker Cross’s Fortunes. Other film credits include Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; Hilary Grougher’s indie sci-fi epic The Sticky Fingers of Time; Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown; and Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil. He has appeared in several short films, including Hal Hartley’s Opera No. 1 and 3/94 NYC; Itamar Kubovy’s Chekhov adaptation Upheaval, starring Frances McDormand; J. Todd Walker’s Passengers; and Deborah Chow’s upcoming Daypass. Other film/tv credits include the Hartley featurette Book of Life and the role of a foot fetishist shoe salesman on HBO’s “Sex and the City.”

Urbaniak is a veteran of New York’s downtown theatre scene. With director Karen Coonrod, he co-founded the theatre company Arden Party, acting in and producing over thirty plays, both classics and originals, from the late 1980s through the 1990s. Recent off-Broadway credits include “The World Over: Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames”; he played the dual roles of the French polemicist Guy Debord and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones in the critically acclaimed “Lipstick Traces,” a theatrical adaptation of the Greil Marcus book; Jose Rivera’s “Sueno” at Manhattan Class Company; and most recently Melissa James Gibson’s “[sic]” at Soho Rep. He originated roles in several plays by fellow downtown veteran Todd Alcott (screenwriter of Antz) including “Jane Faust,” “A Pound of Flesh” and “Helsinor” and has worked with many esteemed off-off-Broadway theatre companies including Cucaracha Theatre, Target Margin, Clubbed Thumb and Elevator Repair Service. In 1996, Urbaniak won an Obie Award for his performance as the angst-ridden main character in the avant-garde writer/director Richard Foreman’s play “The Universe.”

Urbaniak has recorded the poetry of author Joe Wenderoth for the CD “Sweet and Vicious,” a compilation of readings from the online magazine Nerve, and for the CD accompanying Wenderoth’s book “Letters to Wendy’s,” published by Verse Press. He lives in New York City.

 

Karen Black

When Karen Black recently appeared on The Roseanne Show, Roseanne called her “One of America’s Greatest Actresses”, and certainly Black’s body of work speaks for itself.
With an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe wins already in her collection, Ms. Black has recently received two ‘Best Actress” accolades just in the last year from Independent film festivals, and her starring role in the Southern drama Red Dirt was warmly received as official selections to the Los Angeles Independent and the Seattle Film Festivals. Most recently she starred in House of 1,000 Corpses, directed by rock legend Rob Zombie.

Selected Filmography

Paris (2003) House of 1000 Corpses (2003) I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) Men (1997) Conceiving Ada (1997) Homer & Eddie (1989) It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) Invaders from Mars (1986) Martin’s Day (1984) Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983) Chanel Solitaire (1981) Mr. Horn (1979) In Praise of Older Women (1978)

Capricorn One (1978) Burnt Offerings (1976) Family Plot (1976) Nashville (1975) The Day of the Locust (1975)Airport (1974) The Great Gatsby (1974) Rhinoceros (1973) Portnoy’s Complaint (1972) A Gunfight (1971) Drive, He Said (1971) Five Easy Pieces (1970) Easy Rider (1969) You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)