Going Under - Film Notes

Production Notes

Jan Bladier/David Lee (Producers)
Jan Bladier and David Lee each have over 35 years of experience in the television and film industry. Their careers began training at the hands of the father of Australian industry, Hector Crawford. During their time at the Crawford’s, David directed over 200 hours of television drama, before teaming up with Jan as joint production executives to oversee the company’s drama slate of up to 10 hours of production each week. They have worked in all facets of the industry including producing, directing and writing, developing the creative and managerial skills necessary for the successful production of a quality film. The combination of their skills is powerful and their experience has crossed all genres including feature film, television drama series and movies as well as documentaries. In 2002 they produced the American series “Ponderosa” which was shot and fully post produced in Australia. They have worked with other American production companies producing movies and series in Australia including Hallmark Hall of Fame and Disney, as well as on co-productions with the UK and Germany. They just finished shooting the horror film, “Prey” for director George Miller. A handful of their other credits include: “The Secret Life of Us”, “High Flyers”, “Tanamera - Lion of Singapore” (mini-series), “Thunderwith”, “Five Mile Creek”, “Always Afternoon”, “The Lighthorsemen” (feature film), “Bellamy”, “Homicide”

Matt Carmody (Actor/Writer)
Matt is an accomplished actor with over ten years of film and television credits. He has worked with some of the most successful actors, directors and producers in Hollywood, including Tom Hanks, Gary Sinese, Alicia Silverstone, Claire Forlani, David Caruso, Mark Harmon, Alan Arkush, Brad Douriff, Simon Wincer and many more. He has appeared in dozens of television shows and movies such as “CSI:NY”, “CSI:Miami”, “Crossing Jordan”, “NCIS”, “JAG”, “Miss Match”, Miramax Films, “Boys and Girls” and over 25 commercials. In the last year Matt completed three films due for release in 2008: “Americanizing Shelley” with Beau Bridges, “Vicious Circle” for iconic music video director, Paul Boyd (which will be premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival) and the Lion’s Gate horror film, “Carver”, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Orlando Screamfest Film Festival. In 2002, Matt starred for a year as a young Adam Cartwright on the PAX network show, “Ponderosa”, a prequel to the classic western, “Bonanza”. The series was shot in Victoria, Australia and inspired Matt and fellow co-star Drew Powell to write the screenplay, “Going Under”. http://mattcarmody.com

Drew Powell (Actor/Writer)
Drew is one of Hollywood’s busiest character actors. He has worked with everyone from John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson to Steve Carrell and Anthony Lapaglia. He started his career as a regular on the FOX-TV hit “Malcolm in the Middle”, he was then cast as a seriesregular on “Ponderosa” where he portrayed the iconic character, “Hoss Cartwright”. Drew has been in blockbuster movies including “1408” for the Weinstein Company, “The Marine” for 20th Century Fox Studios and the cult classic “Starship Troopers II” for Sony as well as hit TV shows like “The Office”, “Without a Trace”, “Monk” and “Cold Case”. He just completed two films -- “Camp Hope” starring Dana Delaney and Andrew McCarthy and “Mexican Sunrise”, both of which will be released in 2008. http://drewpowell.com

Sean Cummins (Producer/Marketing Consultant)
Sean is one of Australia’s most successful advertising executives. Former lawyer turned advertising creative he founded the hip, cutting edge agency, Cummins & Partners -- now Australia’s largest independent ad agency. Sean is the youngest person to win FACTS Commercial of the Year, the youngest ever Director appointed to the George Patterson Board, and he remains the only person in Australia to win a Grand Slam - TV Commercial of the Year, Radio Commercial of the Year and Newspaper Ad of the Year. He has won every major advertising award in Australia and internationally. Some of the campaigns for which he was the original architect include: Virgin Blue, DuPont, Tourism Victoria and Connex.

In today’s crowded film market, a movie’s financial success is heavily dependent on its ability to be marketed properly. Sean’s talent and depth of knowledge in this arena is an invaluable asset to the “Going Under” production team.

Maura Fay Casting is representing “Going Under”
Maura Fay Casting has been one of the leading and most respected casting companies in Australia for over the last 20 years. They have been associated with a variety of film, television and theatre projects including: December Boys, Sar Wars III, Starwars II, Brides of Christ, The Paper Man, The Thorn Birds, The Great Raid, Scooby Doo, Cold Feet, The Last Bullett, Farscape and On the Beach. Their involvement will insure that the “Going Under” cast will have only the best and most recognizable talent.