Breehn Burns is the writer and director of such animated short films as Here Comes Dr. Tran and Beyond Grandpa. He recently served as Concept Artist and Main Titles Designer for the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures feature film, Trick 'r Treat, produced by Bryan Singer and written and directed by Michael Dougherty.
Burns illustrated Aleister Arcane, a horror comic by Steve Niles as well as several issues of GloomCookie, among other projects.
Burns' films have appeared at Sundance, Annecy, Slamdance, Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation and on G4TV, and have received acclaim from fans and critics. He lives in Los Angeles and his name sounds like BREE-yin.
www.breehnburns.com
breehn@yahoo.com
Management:
James Strader
Quattro Media
Los Angeles
JStrader@quattromedia.com
Jason Johnson is the co-creator and voice of our character, DR. TRAN, and worked as a ‘puppet wrangler’ and general puppeteer on Comedy Central’s T.V. Funhouse. He currently plays accordion, saxophone, piano and flute, writes poetry, is a certified massage therapist and works at a Borders book store. He and Breehn created Beyond Grandpa first as an absurd card game, which eventually led to the animated films. The two continue to write and produce projects whenever schedules permit.
Email - fatdirtychickens@hotmail.com
A graduate of Cal Arts in Southern California, Justin Hunt co-wrote Beyond Grandpa 1 and 2, voice acted many of the parts in the films and assisted heavily in the design and animation of Super Beyond Grandpa 2 Turbo. He also designed the 2003 Spike and Mike flyer with Breehn. He now works in the Story Dept. at Pixar.
Producer on Roybertito's :60 Second Spot and Dr. Tran, Rick Cortes is a 10-year veteran of the visual effects industry who also does storyboarding, character design, and all manner of illustration. You can see some of his work in the film I, Robot. He is often mistaken for the Actual Asian Male when he is merely an actual Asian male.
http://www.rickcortes.com/
Producer on our film, Roybertito's :60 Second Spot, Arturo contributed heavily to the production by casting the Chef and Narrator, translating the script, and playing a role in the film himself. Hailing from the midwest, he is a writer, visual effects coordinator, adventurer and former movie critic with The Kansas city Hispanic News. Arturo moved to Los Angeles in 1998 in the hopes of making the transition from movie critic to movie maker, much like those of the French New Wave. He has worked in many areas of the movie making process including development, production, post production, publicity and marketing making him a Jack of Film Trades.
Christy Beckert is a Unicorn-Scented Beach Chicken who works as a digital effects artist and motion graphics designer for film and television. She served as Editor on the short film, Here Comes Dr. Tran. You can view samples of her work at:
http://www.christinabeckert.com/
An actor and singer since she was 4, Juni fell in step with the Lone Sausage crew in 2005 and has given up trying to get the smell off of her shoes. Having been a longtime fan of the Beyond Grandpa shorts, Juni is "thrilled to be providing voices" for characters like Leland and Juni in DR TRAN. Juni resides in Los Angeles persuing a full-time career in voiceover. You can see Juni onstage at City Garage Theater in Santa Monica or visit her voiceover page at:
junibucher.voice123.com
Sound Designer Matt Olivo is better known as the guitarist for REPULSION, the most influential grindcore / death metal band of all time. REPULSION formed in 1985 under the name GENOCIDE in Flint, Michigan. Originally influenced by bands such as DISCHARGE, CELTIC FROST / HELLHAMMER and NWOBHM music, the classic line up of Scott Carlson (vocals, bass), Aaron Freeman (guitar), Matt Olivo (guitar) and Dave Grave (drums) recorded the legendary Stench of Burning Death demo in January, 1986. Released to a tremendous response... Read More>>
http://www.repulsion.net/
Gary is a writer and musician who appeared in the live action portion of Dr. Tran. He is the originator of the term "Lone Sausage," and also appears in our film, Roybertito's :60 Second Spot, as the cheese tugging customer.
Paul Chien, better known as the "Actual Asian Male" in Here Comes Dr. Tran, is a good friend and member of Lone Sausage going back over a decade. Paul consulted on the original Beyond Grandpa and has always been a source of inspiration and support.
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