Helmut grew up on an island in the rainforest on the border between Surinam and French Guyana, South America. His parents were missionaries. After years of running his own production company and traveling the planet as a documentary film maker, Helmut moved to LA. There he directed and co-produced 'A Foreign Affair' (aka DVD title: 2 Brothers & a Bride), followed by the feature-length music documentary 'Last Dispatch', which he directed. For 'The Interior', Helmut moved his family to Panama where his wife home-schooled their four kids. They lived in a pink house on the beach from January until May.

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Geert has written non-fiction documentaries, adventure video games, docudrama, and the romantic comedy 'A Foreign Affair' (aka DVD title: '2 Brothers & a Bride'). In between, he has also had a lot of side jobs to support his family. Until 2006, the year of letting go. With the blessing of his wife, he decided that writing was his calling. No more excuses. In May 2006, he and Helmut flew deep into the Surinam jungle to hunt for stories. They came back out with The Interior.

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Hanna Verboom grew up in the heart of Africa, the oldest daughter of Dutch missionaries. Hanna previously played the lead in the Dutch romantic comedy 'Snow Fever', hosted her own national TV program 'Top of the Pops', and was the female lead in the US production 'Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo'. Her recent projects include the Dutch TV-series 'Boks', 'Shouf Shouf', short film 'Buuv', and feature films 'Battle of the Pareo Rock' and 'Drifter'.

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Christian is a carpenter and actor originally from East County San Diego, Southern California. He currently studies film acting at the Steve Eastin Studio in Los Angeles. Previous gigs include theatre, short film, commercial, and bits in the horror flicks 'Midnight Movie' and 'Shallow Ground.' 'The Interior' marks his first main role in a feature length project.

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Whitt Brantley is an actor, writer and composer. He has a background of eighteen years experience in film, television and professional theatre having performed on stages in both America and Europe. In 1987, he was selected to attend the National Theatre of Great Britain's Summer Acting Programme. In the mid-1990's Whitt was invited to perform at the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe in London, England as a principal member of the first American theatre company to perform on the new stage.

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Philece Sampler spent seven years starring on television in 'Days of Our Lives', 'Rituals', and 'Another World'. She's guest-starred on such series as 'Hunter', 'T.J.Hooker', and 'The Incredible Hulk'. On stage she's starred in 'Charlie's Aunt' with Roddy McDowall, 'Under the Yum-Yum Tree' with Bill Daily, and 'My Three Angels' with John Carradine. Her animation voice-over series starring credits include 'Stanley', 'Digimon', 'Dinozaurs', 'Shinzo', 'Incredible Hulk' and many others.

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Ruth and Helmut got married in 1992. Innocent and naive, Ruth soon stumbled across Helmut's bookkeeping: boxes with coins, receipts, trash, and invoices. Ruth was 'called'. Driven by her yearning for order, she worked her way through. They have worked together on many projects ever since.

Radu's background is in feature films and motion picture advertising. He has worked with the marketing departments of Universal Pictures and other studios, his credits include 'Star Wars: Attack of the Clones', 'Bowling for Columbine', 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'Meet the Fockers', 'The Interpreter', 'Oliver Stone's Alexander', '2Fast & 2Furious', 'Inside Man', 'Idlewild', 'Jarhead', 'Munich', 'King Kong', and many independent feature film campaigns. Radu is the recipient of a Hollywood Reporter Key Art Award for his work on 'Almost Famous' and an Emmy nomination for the 2003, 75th Annual Academy Awards. Radu cut the preliminary trailer for the Interior, and then decided to join the team for all the episodes. Radu describes himself as 'definitely no man of faith', but sees The Interior as a calling he could not ignore.

Mathew has been supervising and mixing sounds on film and television for 18 years. He has supervised such films as 'Life as a House', 'Blade II', 'Peaceful Warrior'. He has mixed such films as 'Jack Ass I and II', 'Home of the Brave', 'Butterfly Effect', and 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'. He is currently mixing the TV series 'Cold Case', 'Prison Break', and the new 'Bionic Woman' at Todd/Soundelux Studios. He met Helmut while overseeing a transfer of his film, 'A Foreign Affair'. They then worked together on the film, 'The Last Dispatch'. Mathew enjoys Helmut's humor, talent, and creativity.

After working as a composer on 'Fear Factor' and as a music arranger on the tourists-get-trapped-in-the-Brazilian-jungle thriller that was 'Turistas', it was only a logical step for Edwin to make another musical trip into dark jungle creature territory. Leaving his classical-music roots (Vienna Choir Boys) far behind him, Edwin collaborated with singer/songwriter Mike Ator on the Main Title song of 'The Interior', called 'The Gold You Seek'.
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For his 28th birthday, Gustavo bought himself 28 hectares of pristine Panamanian rainforest. He installed zip lines in the tree tops, and pretty soon his canopy tours were up and running. Little did he know that, years later, a film crew would embrace his 'Adrenaline Factory' as the ultimate back lot for 'The Interior'. It was a match made in heaven; in addition to providing the ideal location, Gustavo's location-management skills were sublime; from organizing extra's to building Indian villages, he pulled it off. Effortlessly. Gustavo even made the Adrenaline Factory's catering team available, a mouthwatering move that kept cast & crew longing for every meal.

Based in Houston, TX, Mike Ator co-wrote 'The Gold You Seek' theme song for 'The Interior'. Much in the spirit of the project, he sent his vocals tracks via FTP to a mixing studio in L.A. Mike's other songs can be heard on:
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Shari has been a DP and camera operator for local and network news, sports, live television and reality programming, documentaries, music videos, episodic television and features. She recently wrapped up two seasons with the hit show, 24. She won an Emmy in 2003 for a sweeps special she shot for FOX and has been featured in HI Def Magazine and TV Technology. Shari discovered The Interior when she happened upon its YouTube casting call. She knew she had to be a part of this, and approached the creators that she wanted to go to Central America with them. The deal was sealed when she brought in JVC Pro HD, IDX Battery Systems, STE-MAN, and Cartoni as equipment sponsors. And the rest is history.

Gary Hoffman, a Los Angeles based Sound Mixer/Technical Supervisor has spent over two decades practicing his craft in field sound design and acquisition. Starting his career in the Midwest as a news photojournalist, Gary brought his ambition to be a filmmaker to LA in 1986. A collaboration of like minds opened many doors including, In Play Media Arts Inc., in 1996, Gary's dream of a small audio visual studio in the heart of Hollywood. Gary services domestic and international clients from around the globe. http://www.inplaymediaarts.com