Creatives
Drew Larimore (SERIES CREATOR/WRITER) has been produced widely in both the United States and Australia. Drew made his Off-Broadway premiere of his new play OUT OF ICELAND in the spring of 2012 starring Lea Delaria (Orange is the New Black) at Walker Space for a successful run. Drew has been a semifinalist at the O’Neill Theatre Conference, The Lark Playwrights’ Week, the Heidman Award, the P73 Playwriting Fellowship and most recently, received a writing residency at Hawthornden Castle in Scotland. His film for which he wrote the screenplay, C U @ ED’s, was featured in over 15 film festivals around the country, winning the “Audience Award” at the DC Film Fest. A former member of Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA’s Playwrights Coalition, he is based out of New York, where he is developing five new plays, several musicals and original and adapted work for the screen. www.drewlarimore.com
Allegra Cohen (PRODUCER) comes from an acting background and as a producer, has developed a reputation as an adroit and nimble problem solver specializing in relationship building, product placement, headhunting, strategic brand integration, building and managing brand partnerships, public relations, social media publicity, location scouting, event coordinating and public speaking. Allegra co-produced "Split the Difference," which won Best Comedy at the New York Television Festival and was later bought by NBC. She followed up with "The Crawl," which evolved into Spike TV's "Weekend Pre-Game." Allegra Cohen's evolving career reached a major milestone with her production of "Putzel," an acclaimed independent feature film in which she produced and co-starred alongside Melanie Lynskey, Jack Carpenter, John Pankow and Susie Essman. "Putzel" was released worldwide by Filmbuff. Committed to the principle of "on time and under budget," Allegra focuses on saving production costs by leveraging her relationships with brands, creating authentic partnerships, and 2 securing vital clearances. Architect of a new "brand integration production" category, Allegra worked product placement of multiple brands into the feature film, "I Am Michael," starring James Franco, Zachary Quinto, and Emma Roberts. The film made its domestic premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2015, and its international premiere at Berlin International Film Festival 2015. Allegra was also a producer on "Manhattan Night", starring Adrien Brody, which was released internationally in May 2016 by Lionsgate Premiere. She most recently completed production on "An Interview With God", starring David Strathairn. Allegra is collaborating with Bandits Roost Productions on the award-winning children's book, "Weslandia," which is being developed into a feature film.
Eric Cornell (PRODUCER) has worked in the entertainment field for over 15 years. During that time, he has worked on the producing and management teams of various original Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Touring, and Regional shows, including Anastasia, Rocky, Sister Act, Big Fish, Zorro, Wicked, Next to Normal, The Producers, Hairspray, Single Black Female, and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Since 2012, Eric has worked at Stage Entertainment USA as Vice President of Production and Executive Producer. Eric is on the Board of Directors for the Musical Theatre Factory and also serves as a State Judge for the Miss America Organization. He also has guest lectured for the American Theatre Wing, New York Technical Institute, Fordham College, Michigan State University, University of Connecticut, and his alma mater Emerson College. He also completed Harvard Business School’s CORe program. For more information, visit www.ericcornellproductions.com.
Mat Levy (PRODUCER) has been working in the biz for 13 years. Having a background in Film and TV publicity, Mat has worked with film campaigns for New Line Cinema, Sony Pictures Classics, Magnolia Pictures, Warner Independent, and Picturehouse. He has also worked with producers from VH1 and MTV on promotion and development. Currently Mat is an Acquisitions and Sales Executive at Passion River Films and has acquired and sold over 800 films. Mat has actively lectured and moderated panels on film distribution and strategy at several markets and festivals including Sundance Film Festival, Doc NYC, SXSW, Sheffield Documentary Market, East Silver Doc Fest, and National Media Market educational conference (where he currently serves on the Board of Directors). He has also been a pitch mentor at Brooklyn Film Festival, SXSW, and IDFA as well as recently hosting a Rent an Expert session at Hot Docs. Mat is currently in production on the documentary THIS IS REALITY and excited to be on the OVER AND OUT team.
Lauren Rayner (PRODUCER) is an independent freelance producer and has masterminded over 75 stage, film and multi-media projects since 2005. Favorite feature film credits include producing Sugar! directed by Shari Berman starring Alice Ripley released in 2016 (Winner, Long Island Film Expo), co-producing of Saint Janet directed by Habib Azar (Four-time Emmy winner) starring Kelly Bishop, and associate producing Dark (Orlando Film Festival) executive produced by Joe Dante (Gremlins) directed by Nick Basile. Her most prestigious short subject to date is Edward Albee: A Transformative Moment, a docu-tribute executive produced by Bruce Cohen (American Beauty, Silver Linings Playbook) with interviews of industry heavy-hitters such as Academy Award winning actress Mercedes Ruehl and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Henry Hwang. Additionally, she has produced numerous short films, including Hotel Room, Moving Forward, Becoming Mim, Shortest Distance, Beautiful Garbage, The Days God Slept and The Minions, which have appeared as Official Selections at festivals all over the world. Lauren is lead producer for the upcoming independent feature Atlas of the Soul directed by Jeremiah Kipp starring the venerable James Earl Jones. J.D. Candidate, Brooklyn Law School. B.A., University of Southern California. www.laurenrayner.com
Stephanie Testa (PRODUCER) studied Film & Media, with a special interest in documentary. She sold her senior thesis film, and moved to NYC in 2004 to work on several documentaries as a technical 3 consultant. Then as a freelance TV promo editor, she developed an obsessive interest in the post production and found her stride in short-form content. In 2008, Stephanie founded One Glass to focus on just that. Meanwhile, the concept of Branded Entertainment was born, and she is now now a master of the craft.