Kade Coates as Charlie Parker

Kade Coates is a 13-year-old, straight-A student who is in the eighth grade at Deerlake Middle School in Tallahassee. The highlight of Kade's acting career was playing 4-year-old Truman in the feature film The Truman Show, starring Jim Carrey. He has since acted in 17 FSU student films including Ants and Kosher, which won first and second place Emmys, respectively, in the college student comedy division from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Kade has also been seen in several local and regional commercials. In addition to acting, Kade enjoys playing video games, sports, skateboarding, paintball, and entertaining his two younger brothers, 9-year-old Kelden and 7-year-old Keaton.

 

Henry Tisdale as The Boarder/Mr. Kegan

Encouraged by his wife Lygia, Henry Tisdale first auditioned for the FSU Film School almost two years ago. Henry credits his acting ability to his twenty years of military service working with new recruits as well as experienced soldiers. He says, "There is nothing like a cold hard look with a tough voice to motivate a soldier." Besides his villainous role in The Boarder, he has appeared in the music video Fix Me and the film Revolver, among several other projects. Henry attended college at Southern Union Junior College and Auburn University in Alabama and currently works for the Florida Department of Financial Services in Tallahassee.

 

Felicia Leborgne as Mother

Felicia Leborgne has starred in several Florida State University films as well as independent features, including the FSU short Charm, recently awarded a Bronze Academy Award for best narrative student film. Felicia graduated from Davidson College with a major in French and concentration in International Relations, speaks three languages and is active in her local theatre community. She is an attorney with Akerman Senterfitt in Florida.

 

Susan Bell, writer & director

A native Texan and an upcoming 2005 MFA graduate of the Florida State University Film School, Susan has been working to hone her filmmaking skills for the past ten years. She holds a telecommunication degree from Baylor University, worked for an international documentary company for five years, and freelanced on various productions shot in Texas. She independently wrote, produced and directed the 35mm children's horror short The Patchwork Monkey, which played at 17 festivals, won several awards and was licensed by IFC for cable broadcast in 2003. Her filmography as a writer/director includes three additional short films, including her FSU master's thesis The Resurrectionist. Susan also served as the UPM and associate producer on Fields of Mudan, a 2004 FSU thesis film about young Chinese girls in the sex trade and the winner of several major festival awards. In 2005, she was named the Director's Guild of America Honorable Mention Student Award winner for women directors. Susan's writing skills have earned her recognition as a Chesterfield semi-finalist and Sundance finalist, and she is currently at work on a feature script for a supernatural thriller. She also received a Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel nomination for student sound design. She currently lives in Los Angeles and is working towards a writing and directing career focusing on the horror/thriller genre. She can be reached via email: susan@seebunny.com

Marc Carlini, producer

Growing up in the Washington DC area, Marc was fascinated by movies at an early age. After graduating from Georgetown University, he took the plunge by enrolling in film workshops and summer classes. The first time he saw an audience reacting to his film he was hooked for good and applied to the FSU Film School, where his skills as a director and editor have only grown. THE BOARDER is Marc's third collaboration with Susan Bell.

Greg Jardin, director of photography

Greg Jardin was born and raised in the Washington D.C. area before getting his bachelor degree in both Film and Computer Science at Elon University in North Carolina. After working as a production assistant on several feature films and television shows in New York City, Jardin made his first short film, The Cure for Happiness, while attending an eight-week stint at the New York Film Academy. Jardin then went on to work as a graphic designer/flash animator in both New York City then in Washington, DC. In August of 2003, Jardin moved to Tallahassee, FL to begin work on his master's degree at the Florida State University Film School, where he has since acted as the cinematographer on four films, including the award-winning 2005 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's film The Line Starts Here. He recently completed his 20-minute thesis film, The Problem With Fiber Optics, where he worked as the writer/director.

Shannon Gregory, production designer

Shannon grew up in Chicago and Memphis, TN. In high school, she began working for a small television news station where she edited news stories and worked as a technical director for the nightly news broadcasts. Shannon went on to earn a degree in Communications with a concentration in film production from the University of Memphis. There she made a number of short films that culminated with her final project, Blended Lives, a documentary about the adult children of divorced parents. A year later she was accepted at Florida State University film school, where she wrote and directed several short films and produced the thesis film The Problem with Fiber Optics. After graduating in August 2005, Shannon plans on moving to Los Angeles to pursue her interests in directing and editing.

Stephen Roberts, editor

Stephen Roberts hails from Black Mountain, NC, and has a wide range of experience with photography, computer programming, and the theatrical arts. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BS in Mathematical Sciences and worked in Washington, DC, Durham, NC, and Berkeley, CA, prior to attending the graduate program at the Florida State University Film School. Before receiving his MFA from the Film School in August 2005, Stephen contributed to more than 50 short films, including the quirky comedies Roger's Little Problem and Chain of Fools, both of which he wrote and directed. He also co-produced The Sky is Falling, which won a 2005 College Television Award, and edited The Line Starts Here, which won the 2005 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award. Known to his peers for his ability to solve any on-set problem by using the Pythagorean theorem, Stephen is currently on staff at the Film School and plans a career in cinematography.

Kyle Newmaster, composer

Award-winning composer Kyle Newmaster has been creating music for film, television, and professional ensembles for over 15 years. A few of his credits include "3 Below" (starring Academy Award Winner Ernest Borgnine), "Volare" (starring Federico Castelluccio of "The Sopranos"), "Dave Barry's Guide to Guys,"(Starring John Kleese and Dave Barry), "The Ten Commandments" (a musical starring Val Kilmer), "The World Stunt Awards 2005," Craig Murray Productions and Vitamin Records. Additionally, Kyle has composed, orchestrated, and arranged for such artists as Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Joe Zawinul and Charlie Haden and ensembles such as "The Metropole Orchestra," "The Columbus Jazz Orchestra," "The Eastman Studio Orchestra," "The Erie Symphony," "The Southwest Florida Symphony," "The WDR Big Band," and the "American Dreams" ensemble. Kyle is the recipient of The Ray Schirmer Award for Jazz Composition, and has twice been awarded The Henry Mancini Institute ASCAP Composer Fellowship. Many of the films that Kyle has scored have received top awards at festivals such as The South By Southwest Film Festival, The HBO Comedy Arts Festival, The Staten Island Film Festival, The Palm Springs Int'l film festival, The International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival, The Long Island International Film Expo, The American Renaissance Film Festival, The Telluride Film Festival and many more. In 2004, Kyle began a collaborative effort with fellow visionary composers Gordy Haab and Dave Chiappetta to create "Novo Philharmonic," a 90-piece contemporary studio orchestra based in Los Angeles. You can visit novophilharmonic.org for more information.