Real scenes for reel demos.
Demo reels are crucial for casting directors to send you up the chain of command. Let us create an original demo for you while you accumulate enough professional footage to exhibit your best work.
Our reels are produced by professional, award-winning filmmakers, and will look, sound and feel like they are from an actual film or television show.
Meet your Creative Partners:
Sara Gaston
Director/Writer/Coach
Sara Gaston has been acting for over 30 years and coaching actors since 2007. Her actors have booked numerous television and film roles, as well as received into prestigious acting programs around the globe.
She has appeared in many independent films including Lars the Emo Kid, Acid Test, Conjoined and The Lioness Club. Several of the films she has appeared in have won awards at various film festivals, including most recently Joe Returns a Video.
She has worked in almost all areas of the business including commercials, industrial, film, television, improv, sketch comedy, animation, stage, and voice-over. She has appeared on many stages throughout Houston including, The Hobby Center, The Alley, Main Street Theater, Stages, and Mildred’s Umbrella. She took her sold-out, one-woman show "Red Hot Patriot – The Kick-A** Wit of Molly Ivins” to California, courtesy of Main Street Theater & California State University.
She received a B.A. in Drama from the University of Texas at Austin. She has continued her studies with The Groundlings, Jeff Perry (Steppenwolf Theater), Second City, The Margie Haber Studio, Leslie Kahn, Kim Rubenstein, and Guy Roberts (Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Festival). www.saragaston.com
Joe Grisaffi
Director/Writer
Joe Grisaffi is an actor, writer and award-winning director from Houston, Texas. His films include the acclaimed Lars the Emo Kid and fan-loved Conjoined, as well as Dead of Knight and Laughing Boy. Joe’s films have been screened around the world and are currently available on Amazon Prime, Roku and other streaming services.
Joe is best known for getting great production value from shoestring budgets. As an actor, Joe has starring or co-starring roles in films such as Joe Returns a Video (which he also wrote), Haunted Trailer, Gem of the Rainforest, Pound of Flesh, to name a few. Joe has also worked closely with programmer Jason Santuci to create Atari 2600 videogames based on his films.
Rob Neilson
Director/Director of Photography/Editor
Rob Neilson fled his native land of New York for Texas. He has no other appreciable skills in life, other than behind the camera. If you'd like to check out his work visit www.savagehenryfilms.com. In his next life he hopes to be a fireman or a butterfly.