Modean Productions - Fruitcake Crew

	Jaymes Thompson - Writer/Director Jaymes is "the pride and joy of Camarillo." Jaymes graduated from U.C.L.A with a B.A. in English Literature and studied in The Moving Image Arts program at The College of Santa Fe. Jaymes is currently completing his M.A. in Film, Television and New Media at San Diego State University. "Fruitcake" is Jaymes' third short feature as writer/director and producer. His second short feature "Cake" (Jaymes seems to have an obsession with baked goods and film) was recently featured on The Fox News at Noon in San Diego. Jaymes has been profiled as one of San Diego's up and coming new filmmakers. He is the creator of "Murder at Shady Palms," a murder mystery game, and was the associate producer of the 2001 Outfest Film Festival in San Diego. Jaymes has acted in several stage and independent film productions and is most proud of his work as Camp Kid #3 in the immortal classic, "Meatballs Part Two." Jaymes' turn-ons are sunny days, hearty smiles and subtext. His turn-offs include hardwood floors, social injustice and stickers on fruit. Jaymes thanks all of his wonderfully talented friends who worked so hard and supported "Fruitcake."

Eric Smith - Cinematographer Eric is a cinematographer and a video editor. As a San Diego State University graduate, Eric pursued his dream of making movies by becoming a Director of Photography on over a dozen student films. Some of his movies include the love story "All She Does" and the delightful comedy "Cake". Eric also has a passion for documentary filmmaking and traveling to foreign countries. Last year Eric spent three weeks in Rosarito Mexico filming the documentary "Angels of Light: Children of Gabriel House". Eric currently resides in Hollywood, California and is peddling oranges on the side of the freeway.

Dominic Pesce - Composer Dominic began his music career at the tender age of 7 when a piano magically appeared at this house. "This was the first time I had really started to take notice of music," says Dominic. His interest in music was furthered by violin lessons and then saxophone throught high school. Playing jazz and pit orchestra scores for school performances, Dominic was chosen to attend college level courses during his junior year at the University of Cincinnati¹s prestigious Conservatory of Music. The Louis Armstrong Jazz achievement award as well as first chair status marked his senior year. He attended college in Boston where he fell away from jazz, but took up the guitar and bass guitar. He eventually landed in San Diego and started playing in local area clubs. His meeting with several composers sparked his interest in film composition and Dominic built a professional midi studio for film scoring. "Cake was the first feature length picture that I had an opportunity to score that gave me the freedom to find musical themes that locked well to picture. There were some rewrites initially, but James Thompson (director) and I worked them out." Dominic also created sound design for "Cake" along with audio post in Final Cut Pro. Dominic has begun work on 2 other short films "Journalisms" and "Hopeless" which will be finished in the early part of 2002.