AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women Presents



a
Masaba Pictures
Nie Productions
Top Dog Films, Inc.
production



THE HONEYSTING



Directed By
Alexa-Sascha Lewin

Written by
Brad Rister

Produced by
Maria A. Miller
Nic Emiliani

Executive Producer
Jennifer Moser

Cinematography by
Eric West

Production Design by
Abra Brayman

Edited by
Sean McQueeney

Costume Design by
Unchin Lee

Music by
Ted Masur

Casting by
Yesi Ramirez
Eve Streger

Supervising Sound Editor
Kunal Rajan

Associate Producers
Renata Dionello
Taylor Hinshaw
Liz Lewin
Mel Lewin
Bill Rister
Jill Rister
Adam Roberts
Will Travers




Mark Wystrach


Rife Sibley
Michael Yama

James Lew
Katie O’Grady

This film was made possible in part due to a grant from The Humane Society of the United States through its Animal Content in Entertainment program




Line Producer
DAN HOOKER

Unit Production Manager
DWJUAN FOX

First Assistant Director
ELAINE MARIE GIBSON

Second Assistant Director
DOMINIK RAUSCH

Stunt Coordinator
SIMON RHEE

Technical Advisor
SAM JOJOLA

Consultant
ROSS HAMMER


CAST

Doug Anders - MARK WYSTRACH
Jerry Wilder - RIFE SIBLEY
Dr. Wu Jian - MICHAEL YAMA
Fan Lei - JAMES LEW
Charlotte Wilder - KATIE O'GRADY
Katie Wilder - ELLERY SPRAYBERRY
Andy Wilder - DYLAN SPRAYBERRY
Agent #1 - SAM JOJOLA
Agent #2 - SIMON RHEE
Agent #3 - MARIE PALLADINI
Dying Bear - NEIL SUTHERLAND

Art Director - CHRISTOPHER ALLISON
Assistant Art Director - SCOTT WILLING

Storyboard Artist - AMY UMEZU

Camera Operators - BEN DESOUSA
- PETE JOHNSON
- GEORGIA PACKARD
Steadicam Operator - DALE VANCE
Camera 1st Assistants - CLINT KASPARIAN
- MARK LEGASPI
- JUSTIN ZAFFIRO
Camera 2nd Assistant - DAVID EATON
Camera Utility - JOSHUA DANN
- ERIC ESTRADA
Technocrane - STEVEN OLSEN

Still Photographers - KATRINA MARCINOWSKI
- JEAN PRITCHARD
Videographer - GARY KASKEL

Production Sound Mixer - KUNAL RAJAN
Boom Operator - MATT BURGETTE

Production Design Consultant - NEIL SUTHERLAND
Prop Master - ABRA BRAYMAN
Scenic Painter - SCOTT WILLING

Studio Teacher - LINDA STANLEY

Gaffers - DARYL DIDIER
- TIM GILLIS
- RYAN McCOY
Best Boy Electric - FERNANDO MONTES
Set Electric - ANTHONY KUHNZ
Rigging Gaffer - CURTIS SHERMAN
Key Grips - CRAIG BILODEAU
- CALEB NELSON
- HANNES STEIXER
Best Boy Grip - KIRK BARTOLATA
Grips - MITHUN GAGOPADHYAY
- ALFRED WILSON, JR

Makeup Head of Department - LORRAINE MARTIN
Makeup Artist - IRIS ABRIL
Set Costumer ALISON M. KAHN AFI Production Coordinators - BRIAN ARMES
- CYNTHIA GRANER
Key Set PA - RACHEL SONDAG
Production Assistants - PETER ALGIERS
- JASON DAUGHERITY
- SARA GUNTHER
- JOSH JOLCOVER
- KAREN M.C. KANE
- LIZ MANASHIL
- BRYANT PUGH
- SARAH SCHILDKNECHT
- JULIE ANNE WIGHT
Intern - JULIA LINDLEY

Assistant Editor - JOSH LAWRENCE

Post-Production Sound Services - BLACK BOX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Re-Recording Mixer - STEVE TIBBO
Sound Effects Editor - RICKLEY DUMM
Dialogue/ADR Editor - JUSTIN WALKER
Foley Supervisor - JOHN RICHARD MORRIS IV
Foley Editor - GOEUN LEE
Pre Dubs - BRANDON NIZNIK

Trumpet - KYLE NEWMASTER
Cello - ALISHA BAUER
Music Recorded by - DOUG LENIER
Music Mixed by - SCOTT COCHRAN
- TED MASUR

Main & End Title Sequences Designed by - JEFF PATE
- CHRISTEL THOMPSON
Compositing - LALA GHUKASYAN
Pre-Graphic Design - RAJESH BHAVNANI
Web Designer - SPENCER LAURINO

Digital Visual Effects - THE SYNDICATE
Senior Colorist - MARSHALL PLANTE

Online Facility - AFI SONY DIGITAL ARTS CENTER
Online Editor - TONY TONG

Craft Service MATT RYAN
Catering - ADDI’S TANDOOR
- WHOLE FOODS MARKETS

G & E Driver - JIM LEE
Security - C.A.S.T. SECURITY
-ROGELIO NEGRETE
- ROBERT SANCHEZ

Generators provided by - ACE RENTALS, INC.
Transportation Equipment provided by - AVON STUDIO TRANSPORTATION



Generous Support by


PANDA BEAR PATRONS

BRADLEY BRUNSKILL
JACQUELINE BRUNSKILL
GERALDINE & HOWARD LEWIN
ABBY SHER


SUN BEAR BENEFACTORS

MIKE & SANDY BUTTITTA
DONALD & JUDY COLLINS
VIRGINIA K. HUSCHKE
GEORGE M. ROSEN


TEDDY BEAR FRIENDS

ILENE & DICK BERG
MR. & MRS. LARRY BRAHIM
KEN & ANDREA LEIDER
MACK & DIANE MABRY
BEVERLY MAGID
ROSS J. MITCHELL
MARY & FRED PUNTORIERO
PAUL & KATHLEEN RUDDER
MICHAEL R. SIMON, DDS.
MATT TEAL



The Director Wishes to Thank

LIZ ADAMS
TREVOR ALBERT
MITCHELL BLOCK
LESLIE LINKA GLATTER
JEFFREY LAMPERT
MELVYN M. LEWIN PH.D.
STEVE SKROVAN
BECKY SULLIVAN
JUDE WENG
LIZZ WOLF
EDWARD ZWICK


The Director and Producers Wish to Thank

US FISH & WILDLIFE OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
PAUL CHANG
ERIN DEAN
SAM JOJOLA
ED NEWCOMER

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
ROSS HAMMER
GARY KASKEL
JEN TAIT

NATIONAL FISH & WILDLIFE FORENSICS LAB
DR. ED ESPINOZA
DR. KEN GODDARD
BONNIE YATES

BORN FREE FOUNDATION
ADAM ROBERTS
WILL TRAVERS

SANDY & TIM ARMOUR
MIKE BURNETTE
ADDI DECOSTA
THOMAS S. HAMMOCK
ELIZABETH MARIE HOYE
GARY IMHOFF
TROY JOHNSONBAUGH
MICHAEL LANE
WILL LEONG
JAMES LEW
YUE LIU
CHRIS MERRILL
IDA MILLER-KRAUSE
MARK C. MINICHIELLO
ANDREA ‘BOO’ RUTLEDGE
MATT RYAN
VICKY THOMAS

COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF
HARRY & DAVID
CHAPMAN/LEONARD
PANERA BREAD
CINELEASE
RALPHS
CITY OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES
STARBUCKS
CITY OF TORRANCE
WHOLE FOODS MARKETS
FILM LA
GRIFFITH PARK
LINE 204
LODGER FILMS, INC.
PANAVISION
PANAVISION REMOTE SYSTEMS
RIC HALPERN
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
THE SYNDICATE
TODD A O
UNIVERSAL STUDIO PROPS


AFI


ANNA LAWTON
JOE PETRICCA
CHRIS SCHWARTZ
NICHOL SIMMONS


DWW 2008 DIRECTORS

MEREDITH BERG
JOY GOHRING
MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE
JOANNA JUREWICZ
MARY ANN KELLOGG
DOMINIKA WACLAWIAK

This film was the recipient of the PANAVISION NEW FILMMAKER GRANT

Edited on an Avid Media Composer and DS Nitris

Videotape equipment courtesy of Sony Corporation of America

24P HD camera equipment courtesy of Sony Corporation of America

24P HD lenses courtesy of Panavision

Screenplay developed in the Jessica Kaplan Writing Series at the Directing Workshop for Women

The characters and events depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

A Project of the Directing Workshop for Women at AFI

Funded by:

AFI Associates
Edith and Barry Briskin, and their children Andrew Briskin and Dr. Susannah Briskin
Jean Picker Firstenberg Endowment
National Endowment for the Arts
The Collins Fisher Foundation
Sony Corporation of America

And other generous corporations and individuals committed to providing opportunities for women in the media arts.

The motion picture is the property of the American Film Institute and is protected under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.

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