DAWN WESTLAKE
(director/producer/writer/singer/actress)
Dawn is president of Ron de Cana Prods., Inc. in Los Angeles. This is her 23rd short under her Ron de Cana banner. Her work has played on all 7 continents (yes, even Antarctica) and won more than 100 awards, including honors from Canon USA, Inc, JVC-Tokyo & MyAirBridge. Dawn is also an actress/writer/producer and has been on the jury of the SediciCorto Film Fest in Forli, Italy, the ECU Film Festival in Paris, France, M Film Festival in Matosinhos, Portugal, the Chicago Shorts Film Fest jury in Chicago, Illinois and the Red Rock Film Fest pre-selection committee in Moab, Utah. She speaks English and Spanish fluently and is proficient in Italian and Portuguese. Dawn graduated first in her class with a B.S. degree in Radio-TV-Film from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She has been married for 35 years to Bruce Rheins, a retired producer and bureau chief for CBS News. In 2013, she directed “Look Who’s Stalking”, a series for the BIO Network at NBCUniversal in Los Angeles. It aired in March & April 2013. Dawn has been honored with retrospectives of her work in London at the Portobello Film Festival, at the Fellini Foundation in Rimini (Italy), and at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, California. In 2024, Dawn’s musical poetry film, “For the Skeptical” (2022) was invited into the Blinken OSA Archives in Budapest, Hungary as “…an important work related to the history of the Cold War and international human rights violations”. dawnwestlake.com
CHRISTIAN FRAZIER
(composer)
BeatsMadebyFresh(Christian Frazier), also known as “Fresh”, is a skilled producer/musician from the 1500orNothin Collective. His musical training began in the home, as his mother and late father (Ray Frazier of Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness) were naturally-gifted professional musicians, singers, and songwriters. Now, with over 10 years of experience in the music industry, Fresh has developed an impressive professional music catalog comprised of songs and various projects with eminent artists such as Boney James, Blxst, Coi Leray, Saweetie, Timbaland, Tink, and many others. His music placements can be found on prominent networks such as HBO, FOX, BET, NBC, and MTV, in addition to a variety of versatile placements with brands such as Native Instruments, Bevel, Vintage Silks, sounds.com, to name a few. His works are not limited to any genre as he is well versed in R&B, Hip- Hop, Pop, Jazz, funk, Neo-Soul, and adept at all things music-related. Fresh’s specialty is using his talent as a multi-instrumentalist to generate a personalized product that caters directly to the needs and desires of the client. With his expertise and considerable creative flexibility in the music industry, he combines songwriting, vocal producing, song production, and artistic direction to create an environment where artists are able to conceive their best qualities. In December 2022, he won BEST ORIGINAL SONG in the K-Music and Arts Film Festival in Seoul, Korea for his orchestration of Dawn Westlake’s lyrics on “For the Skeptical”.
POL CARRIZO VILARROIG
(director of photography/editor/visual effects)
Born and raised in Barcelona, Pol has always been fascinated with all things audiovisual. In 2008, he completed studies in 35mm photography, and then immediately entered film school where he majored in digital photography, television and film. While still in school, he began producing personal and professional projects and graduated from an advanced course in sound mixing with superior grades. Pol continues to expand his knowledge in all aspects of filmmaking using the Adobe Suite and DaVinci Resolve, incorporating them into his workflow. As a freelancer, he works on still photography and video projects as well as in the art department for private citizens, large corporations and collaborates with renowned artists like Jaume Pitarch. Recent credits include “Copa Vacía” (the latest Shakira music video), “Iba”, an Alejandro Sanz music video, and commercials for Oppo, Vueling, Carglass, Inkbox, Holalux & Lidl. The majority of his work is in his hometown of Barcelona, but he’s also worked in other parts of Spain, and on location in France, England, and the United States. Pol won the Carpine d’Argento BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY award in Visciano, Italy in 2018 for “From On High”, a 2017 short film by director Dawn Westlake, BEST VISUAL EFFECTS for Westlake’s “For the Skeptical” (2022) at the High Tatras Film Festival in Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia, and BEST EDITOR for her “Fear Not Fear Itself” (2024) from the Makizhmithran International Film Festival in Alampattu, India. Pol has also traveled and photographed extensively in South America, Asia, and Africa. Even on personal journeys, he’s never without his camera. With Andrea Perez Maldonado, Pol is a founding partner in Imatge Barcelona, a production company dedicated to cinematic and still photography. imatgebarcelona.com