Director
Beck Underwood is a filmmaker based In New York CIty and Woodstock, NY. She combines stop motion animation and live action in her work. Beck has worked as a production designer on several feature films and has been affiliated with the production company Glass Eye Pix for over 35 years in a variety of roles.
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Largely self-taught, her first animated short "that creepy old doll", shot in 16mm, was created during a weekend class in stop motion animation at SVA in 1998.
Since then she has made 25 short films and curated programs of shorts by over 50 filmmakers for the Creepy Christmas Film Fest. Her own films have screened in a wide range of venues, from backyards and tiny storefronts to the big screens at the Museum of Modern Art as well as many venues and festivals around the globe. The Lure of Ponies is her first feature film.
Beck is also a mentor and educator at the Lower Eastside Girls Club in New York and teaches animation workshops for all ages.
CAST
Beth Dixon …....… Frances Faraday
Fiona Green ……………....... Midge
Abby Ahmad ……................ Lottie
Erikka James …………….... Harriett
Laurie Olinder …................… Penny
Cody Kostro …………….......... Nick
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Beatrix O'Gorman ….........… Lady B
Miladys Ramirez ……........ Miss Kitty
Don Campbell …............Andy Bear
Viveca Freeman ……….............…Lily
Heidi Koelbl ........ Spellbound Lily
Sinead Day MacLeod …......the eyes
Alicia Mikles ….....................… Dot
Deirdre Day …………....…....... Ash
Hannah Hale .......Honey, Scratch
Noelle Melody …….....…Trix, Billie
Beck Underwood .......Cubby, Mice
Jack Warren ………..….......... Wren
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Hester Mundis …...............… Agnes
Ana Asensio …....................... Lupita
Anna Kohler …................... Goldie
Emily Bennett ………............ Scarlet
Martha Frankel ................... Rusty
Steve Heller …..................... Rocky
Chatterboxes & Busy Bodies
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Gareth Brown
Nancy Howell
Sue Story
and Larry Fessenden as Wolfman & Quint
CREW
Beck Underwood - writer, director and animator; set, puppet and prop design; cinematography
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Kaila Chambers - additional animation & super 8
Maddalena De Beni - cinematography: live action
Hilla Eden - cinematography: live action & super 8
Sara Elizabeth Lotte - Frances' wardrobe
Michele Elise - cowgirl doll tailoring
Clare O'Sullivan - crochet baby doll booties
Skylar Naughton - art assistant
Sinead Day Macleod - art assistant
Walker White - set assistant
Jack Fessenden - grip
Ari Green - set assistant
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POST PRODUCTION
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Beck Underwood - editor, sound design
Larry Fessenden - editing advisor and post production supervisor
Sabine Hoffman - editing advisor
Eugene Lehnert - vfx supervisor and colorist
Vivian Baumann - addition vfx
Ben Cheah - sound design, foley
Tom Efinger (Red Hook Post) - sound & dialogue edit, additional foley & mix
Jen Gilleran - additional foley
Matt Rocker (Underground Audio) dialogue recording
Wade Strange (See-Through Sound) dialogue recording
Ron Kuhnke (K-Town Audio) dialogue recording
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MUSIC
original score by Elizabeth Ziman & Jon Titterington
Tony Barba - woodwinds
Hannah Schroeder Jackson - cello
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title animations by Beck Underwood & Nancy Howell
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