Iguana Love: A Short Film by Donna Kuyper

 

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Look for a behind-the-scenes interview on the premiere episode of Indie Scene, an internationally syndicated new series also featuring Joe Nussbaum ("George Lucas in Love").

A distributor previewed Indie Scene and purchased "Iguana Love." (January 2001).

"Iguana Love" was selected for the 2001 San Diego Asian Film Festival.




 

Synopsis

spacer A young loner attracts the attention of a stunning co-worker who decides to surprise him at home. What she doesn't know is that he hides a secret in the form of a reptilian roommate. And what he doesn't know is that she has a secret of her own. Bliss and repulsion collide in this funny little love story. Color, 11 minutes.



 

Filmmaker's
Bio

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Donna Kuyper directs "Iguana Love"Donna Kuyper landed a first-look deal and an office on the Paramount lot directly out of UCLA's MFA graduate program in screenwriting. She won the Jack Nicholson Prize, a Samuel Goldwyn Award, the Larry Thor Award and was a Nicholl's semi-finalist as well as an honorable mention in the Diane Thomas Screenwriting competition for her screenplays "Valadon," and "The Grand Refusal."

Previously she spent two years photographing and traveling completely around the globe from east to west. She has also lived in Japan, Belgium and India. In Japan she produced a 16mm documentary called "Genbakushi" and directed a series of plays.

Her original screenplays have been optioned by various producers. She also wrote a feature from a novel, "And Justice for One," on assignment from Paramount. She is published in Lew Hunter's "Screenwriting 434" and was interviewed by CNN as a new screenwriter to watch. Her feature screenplay, "Finding Paradise," was a finalist for the 2002 Sundance Screenwriters' Lab. Her current project, "Once Inside," is a finalist for the 2003 Lab.




 

Cast
& Crew

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Main Cast

Jacob Zawisza, ("Pearl Harbor," "Change," "Undressed")
Kelly Jean Cooper, ("General Hospital")
Vega$ (in her debut)

Supporting Cast

Kim Lucien
Jacob Snyder
Luke Sader


Crew

Executive Producer: Dennis Coleman
Consulting Producer: Laura Millar
Director of Photography: Bry Thomas Sanders
Original Score: Gregory Beaton
Art Director: Aeryn Donnelly
Unit Production Manager: Kim Lucien
Second Unit Photography: Donna Kuyper
Additional Camera Operator: Paul Wojciak
Assistant Camera 1: Dan Wilson
Assistant Camera 2: Catherine Crimins
Editor: Donna Kuyper
Main Consulting Editor: Miriam Preissel
Preliminary Editor: Donna Wheeler
Assistant Director: Ariel Biag
Script Supervisor: David Bizon
Makeup: Jill Ontong
Grip: Jeff Sanfacon
Swing: Nathan Sylvester
Swing: Luke Sader
Animal Wrangler 1: Desiree Wong
Animal Wrangler 2: Kim Scott
Casting: Pam Gross and Dave Lielry
Stills: Bruce Coughran
Titles: Jeanette Elaine Dubois
Web Design: Jeff Gates, Outtacontext

Thanks to: David Schmoeller, Marchele Mallari, Greg Miller, IFP West, ProMax and REM.




 
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