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Stronger
CREW
The Crew
Frances Hazel Magana-Daniel
Director
Frances Hazel Magana-Daniel, was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She was the Director of this short film titled "Stronger." This was her Directorial debut; she enjoyed working with talent and extras under 18 years of age. She also had a pleasure working with the talented and professional crew on set who worked really hard to make this production go smoothly and amazing. Hazel has always known she wanted to make movies since she was a child when her cousin introduced her to Citizen Kane. She has had experience in quite a few film sets; although her goal is to one day become a Director she has an open mind and is willing to work in any position she is offered just to gain more experience and knowledge.
Kenneth Beaumont
Producer
Kenny Beaumont is an award-winning producer and director based in Florida. As co-founder of Modelo Productions, he co-wrote and directed the comedy web series The Rub, produced the independent family film Robo-Dog starring Patrick Muldoon and Wallace Shawn and has directed music videos for the New York- based MeTalkPretty and Spinning Records recording artist Cori Yarckin. Beaumont is also a talented songwriter, having toured as front man for the rock band Cider in the mid- 2000’s and the Beaumont Family Bluegrass Band throughout his youth. He has placed original tracks in film and TV including The Guiding Light, MTV’s The Hills, and Tony Tango. He has also written songs for video games including Mattel’s Barbie Genie, THQ’s All-star Cheer Squad and Gorilla System’s Samantha Skye: Rock P.I.
Brandon Torres
UPM
Brandon Shota Torres was born and raised in Japan, He was the unit production manager for Stronger. Brandon enjoyed working in this production with the professionalism of Frances Hazel Magana-Daniel. After working on this project; Brandon realized what it takes to make an independent shoot with young talent. This shoot offered challenges, but Brandon enjoyed working with a great crew. This helped him realize that he would like to continue on perusing jobs in the productions department as either unit production manager or assistant director position.
Hannah McLaughlin
1st Assistant Director
Hannah McLaughlin aims to be a Producer and what better track to go on, than through the Production Department. She has worked with the Director before as an AD and enjoys the company and professionalism of Hazel Magana-Daniel. After working on this project Hannah has realized the level of effort that has to go into a fully independent shoot as well as working with extras and people under 18. The shoot offered challenges and showed the strengths of many people on the crew including Hannah; especially to do with Florida weather. Hannah cemented the idea of her wanting to become a Producer throughout this shoot as well as realizing that she loves the Assistant Director position.
Darleen Rosario
Script Supervisor
Darleen Rosario is from Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She was script supervisor of stronger. Darleen is an inspiring filmmaker with a desire to do moe in the industry. She has worked in several short films including The Bling Birds, Crowd Work and Stronger. In the future, she hopes to become successful in the film industry behind the camera and in from of the camera, she also hopes to gain more credits on imdb.
Kenny Unangst
Editor
Kenny Unangst’s first love was editing. He began editing stop motion transformers videos at the age of 11 and moved on to short films in high school. He also worked two years as an editor at the company Digital Feast cutting promotional material for businesses in the area. He is now working on his bachelors at full sail where he met Hazel and became her editor for the short film Stronger.
Samantha Chubenko
Assistant Editor
Samantha was born in Carteret, New Jersey, and was raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She is now an Editorial and Video Production intern for Coordinated Health. She graduated from Lehigh Carbon Community College with an A.A. in Communications and an A.A. in TV/Film and currently is attending Temple University to get her B.A. in Film and Media Arts.
Catarina Mercado
Director of Photography
Catarina Mercado is an aspiring cinematographer based in Orlando, Florida. She was the Director of Photography for the short film Stronger. Though the crew had challenges in creating the film, they did an amazing job getting it done. She loved making the story come to life whilst working with an amazing crew. She dreams of becoming a great Director of Photography for television shows and films.
Chris Andrade
Camera Operator
Chris Andrade was camera operator for Stronger. Creating is what he was destined to do. Being passionate about the art of filmmaking gave him the tools to bring out emotion through story and tell the story through visuals. The “Vision” is the creative eye he uses to visualize, plan, and execute any project he works on.
Daniel Yazzie
2nd Assistant Camera
Daniel Yazzie from Flagstaff, Arizona is a photographer, cinematographer and electrician. He wishes to become a Gaffer for narrative films. Currently, a film student with professional experience as an Electrician and Gaffer. Daniel Yazzie’s credits include Lighting Designer, Director and Cinematographer from narratives including The Long Ride and Black Mask. He has also stretched his talents over to Show Production, Public Service Announcements, Live Broadcast, and Music Videos.
Ryan Six
Sound Mixer
Ryan Six is a Navy Veteran from Adrian, MI, and graduated from Full Sail University in 2018. He is a sound mixer/ boom operator, you can listen to his work in: Pick a Card, Stronger, El Curandero, DLR, Promises, Powerless, Roommates, The Most Notorious, among other student films.