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MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY A

GUEST HOUSE FILMS LLC PRODUCTION

A

ROB WILLIAMS FILM

Starring

KEITH JORDAN ADAMO RUGGIERO HALLEE HIRSH KELLY KEATON DEREK LONG

ALISON ARNGRIM WITH

IAN BUCHANAN AND

GATES MCFADDEN

CASTING BY

JUDY COOK

EDITED BY

DENISE HOWARD

MUSIC BY

AUSTIN WINTORY

ORIGINAL SONGS BY

JAKE MONACO AND JEN HANSEN

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

IAN MCGLOCKLIN SINCLAIR

PRODUCED BY

RODNEY JOHNSON MATTHEW MONTGOMERY

ROB WILLIAMS

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

ROB WILLIAMS

MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY SYNOPSIS

Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, is done with finals and ready for Christmas break. He says goodbye to his boyfriend Nathan Stanford and makes his way back home for the holidays. Still in the dark about their son’s sexuality, Gunn’s parents (Anya and Sven) invite over his high school sweetheart, Abby Mancuso, in an effort to fix him up. Gunn manages to get through the ordeal when Nathan shows up at their doorstep unannounced. Nathan is shocked to learn that Gunn is not out to his family, but he agrees to put on a charade for the parents until Gunn is ready to tell them the truth.

The boys stumble through a series of close calls and almost-outings, navigating their way through minefields such as holiday shopping with mom and a Christmas party at the neighbors. They each try to gauge what the parents know or suspect, while Abby, being far less innocent than she seems, catches on right away and becomes the boy’s new best friend. As the family grows closer to Nathan and more inquisitive about his personal life, Gunn must decide if he’s ready to come out before the truth does.

MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY ROB WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

I love Christmas movies. Maybe it’s the inevitable happy endings, maybe it’s the sense of hope and wonder they provide, maybe it’s just blatant wish fulfillment of seeing loving families around the Christmas tree. Whatever the reason, I love them, and that’s the main reason I wrote and directed Make The Yuletide Gay. The fact that there are so few gay-themed Christmas movies also made me want to create something new, something that gay youth could watch with their parents during the holidays. I especially wanted to create a film which showed a coming-out process that wasn’t traumatic or violent, but encouraging and full of love and support. And if you can throw in a cheesehead and Kelly Keaton’s adorable Wisconsin accent, all the better! As one character says in the movie, “We all want to be what our parents want us to be, and we all hide things from them.” Maybe a gay teenager will see this movie and decide not to hide his true self from his parents, and maybe he’ll find out that they love him no matter what. You couldn’t ask for a better Christmas wish than that.

MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY CAST

(in order of appearance)

Professor Daniel Van Devere STEVE CALLAHAN

Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson KEITH JORDAN

Thomas WYATT FENNER

Nathan Stanford ADAMO RUGGIERO

Anya Gunnunderson KELLY KEATON

Man in Bathroom JIM WHARTON

Peter Stanford IAN BUCHANAN

Martha Stanford GATES MCFADDEN

Sven Gunnunderson DEREK LONG

Abby Mancuso HALLEE HIRSH

Heather Mancuso ALISON ARNGRIM

Diego MASSIMO QUAGLIANO

Bad Sweater Guy KEVIN F. SHERRY

College Students JESSICA DEGASE MEAGEN JOHNSON VALERIE LOY

AMANDA MAGDALENO-ARBIZU MELISSA OROZCU

Party Guests ANDREW BLUESTONE

SUZANNE CLAY LANE DUBROC NANCY FINBERG DOUG PRINZAVELLI JESSICA TILK

AUSTIN WINTORY

MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY CREW

Casting JUDY COOK

Director of Photography

IAN MCGLOCKLIN SINCLAIR

Editor DENISE HOWARD

1st Assistant Director MIKE DROBINSKI

2nd Assistant Director ERALD SEJDINI

1st Assistant Camera JAXON WOODS

VAN NESSA MANLUNAS ALEX CASON

2nd Assistant Camera PAUL D. HART

Gaffers

JOSH DAY JEFF FRY KEN WALES

Key Grip

ROB BERREY

Swing / Grip & Electric OWEN JONES

Swing / Driver

BRIAN EASTVELD

Steadicam Operators NICHOLAS DAVIDOFF

DAVE ISERN

Sound Mixer RYAN KAISER

Sound Designer BILLY PICCIANO

Script Supervisor APRILL WINNEY

Key Makeup

RICKY FLORES

Makeup Assistant JAE LEE

Hairstylist

JULIE MUELLER

Set Decorator JT TEPNAPA

Production Assistants ANTHONY PALATO MIKE JUSTICE CRAIG DARR

Art Department Production Coordinator

SCOTT SIMMONS

Art Department Production Assistants MEAGAN JOHNSON

AMANDA MAGDALENO-ARBIZU

Craft Services Production Assistant JASON LAYVAS

Production Office Interns ANDREW BLUESTONE ALAN WETHERN

Catering

360 BY GAVIN GLENN

Craft Services KIT & KABOODLE CRAFT SERVICES

Graphic Design

BRIAN WINKELER, ROBOT HOUSE CREATIVE

Publicity

GRAPEVINE PUBLIC RELATIONS

Payroll Services WELLS FARGO BUSINESS PAYROLL

Legal Services

DOYLE & MILLER LLP

Insurance PREMIER CLASS INSURANCE SERVICES

“Hope” Painting Courtesy of CATHERINE KRUEGER

Original Score Composed by

AUSTIN WINTORY

Original Songs by JAKE MONACO AND JEN HANSEN

SONGS

“This Christmas Time” Written by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen Performed by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen

“Fall Into Love”

Written by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen Performed by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen

“For The Holidays”

Written by Sandy Ayala Performed by Jake Monaco

“In My Defense”

Written by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen Performed by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen

“Good King Wenceslaus” Music - Traditional

Lyrics by John M. Neale Performed by Derek Long

“Deck the Halls”

Music and Lyrics - Traditional

Performed by Kevin F. Sherry and Derek Long “O Holy Night”

Music by Adolphe Adam Lyrics by Placide Cappeau Performed by Derek Long

“Waited So Long”

Written by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen Performed by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen

“Gloria”

Written by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen Performed by Jake Monaco and Jen Hansen

SPECIAL THANKS

Twin Bridges Screenwriting Salon Joe Bratcher & Judy Farrell Human Rights Campaign

Point Foundation Love and Pride Ginch Gonch

Creative Entertainment Services FUZE

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Brown-Forman PRO.P.AG.AND.A. Global Entertainment Marketing

WWF Keyes Woodland Hills Honda

Nancy Boy Lorrie Pazdera

Windham Beacham Patricia Johnson Diane Boies

Lucie Lena & Sean Dent Chris Daniel & Jim Schnobrich Los Angeles Mission College

Tracy K. Rice Erin Farrell

Lyric Hyperion Theater Café Alan Becker

Los Angeles Parks & Recreation Service FilmLA

NewOnTheCharts.com Screen Actors Guild

MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY CAST BIOS

KEITH JORDAN Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson

Keith Jordan began his career in New York City where he received his BFA in Acting at Marymount Manhattan College. Upon graduation, he performed skits on “Late Night With Conan O'Brien,” booked roles in various independent films in NYC and secured various television and radio spots. Soon after, he landed a role in the film Suburban Girl, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin.

Now a full-time resident of Los Angeles, Jordan continues to focus his acting career in film and television. Since relocating to Los Angeles, he has enjoyed growing success in the industry, including securing the role of Superman's Jimmy Olsen in a viral Internet marketing campaign for the Six Flags theme parks, as well as the lead role in the new feature film, Make The Yuletide Gay.

ADAMO RUGGIERO Nathan Stanford Adamo Ruggiero is an experienced actor and host. He began his career in Community Theatre at a very young age. In 1996, he landed his first professional job as Cupid in Stage West’s Christmas production of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.” In 2000, he was accepted to Cawthra Park Secondary School (a performing arts school in Mississauga) where Adamo played leading roles in “Godspell,” “Carnival,” “Auntie Mame” and “The Bath” as well as directed “Sure

Thing” by playwright David Ives for the Ontario’s SEARS Drama festival. In 2002, Adamo landed his first professional television job, premiering in the second season of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” as Marco Del Rossi. Throughout his seven years on the show, his role as a gay teenager has garnered much attention. In 2004, Degrassi received its first GLAAD Media Awards nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for Adamo’s starring episodes entitled “Pride” (part 1 & 2). In January 2008, Adamo “came out” as a young gay actor in an exclusive TV interview with eTalk and a cover story in Fab, Canada’s premiere gay scene magazine. In an attempt to share his story with other struggling gay youth, he has lent his name to The Trevor Project (an organization that helps suicidal gay and questioning youth) where he shot an international PSA alongside Roseanne Barr, T.R. Knight, Kristin Davis, John Goodman and Neil Patrick Harris. He also produced and starred in a PSA for the “Report Homophobic Violence, Period” (RHVP) campaign for Toronto’s 2008 Pride Festival.

In April 2008, Degrassi was nominated for its second GLAAD Media Award where Adamo was invited to present at the legendary Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, alongside such stars as Ellen DeGeneres, Rufus Wainwright, Sharon Stone and Tom Ford. Adamo recently starred in his first feature in LA entitled Make the Yuletide Gay -- a gay themed, coming of age Christmas story where he plays the films supporting character Nathan Stanford. Adamo’s next project takes him to the live stage! In March 2009, he will star in the Toronto premiere of “Dog Sees God: Confession of a Teenage Blockhead” --- a modern adaptation of the iconic Peanuts comic strips. Adamo plays Van (Linus), the pot head, girl obsessed yet insightful best friend of C.B. (Charlie Brown). Adamo is also an experienced television host, having hosted/co-hosted such shows as the “MTV Hills After Show,” “Video on Trail,” “Canada’s Next Top Model,” the 22nd and 23rd annual Gemini Awards as well as hosted multiple stories on CTV’s hit entertainment show “eTalk.” Adamo most recently hosted the first season of YTV’s hit series “The Next Star” where he led the national search for Canada’s next young singing sensation. In between projects, Adamo is pursuing an honors double major degree at York University in Communication Studies and Film Theory. He hopes to venture into producing/directing in the future.

HALLEE HIRSH Abby Mancuso Acting professionally since the age of 3, Hallee Hirsh (21) has amassed an impressive resume of film and TV credits. She got her start in commercials in Florida but a family move to New York City when she was 4 put her in place to rapidly expand her horizons and experience starting with a regular gig on the ABC Soap “Loving” and soon leading to significant roles in studio movies.

Her earlier films include You’ve Got Mail where she appeared opposite Tom Hanks as his character’s eight year old aunt “Annabelle” and One True Thing, where she played the younger version of Rene Zellweger’s character and opposite both Meryl Streep and William Hurt. While adding to her theatrical resume, she also began building a solid filmography in TV including both starring and supporting roles in made for television movies and an extensive list of major guest starring roles on TV including “Law & Order,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Judging Amy,” and more recently, “Will and Grace,” “Boston Legal,” “Six Feet Under,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Guardian,” “Cold Case,” “Without a Trace,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Saving Grace” and others. At the age of 13 and after a move to Los Angeles, she landed the major recurring role of Rachel Greene, Anthony Edwards’ wayward daughter on “ER”, followed two years later in the recurring role of Mattie Grace Johnson on “JAG” for the next two years.In recent years, she completed a three season contract on the Discovery Kids Channel hit teen show, ”Flight 29 Down,” and starring roles in several made for TV movies and independent features, including The Hallmark Channel’s Wild Hearts, and Don Roos’ Happy Endings.

Hallee is the recipient of two Youth in Film Young Artists Awards for her starring role on the Disney Channel’s Christmas classic, The Ultimate Christmas Present, and a supporting best actress award for her work on Lifetime Channel’s My Sister’s Keeper.

DEREK LONG Sven Gunnunderson Derek's recent film roles have included playing a surgeon addicted to electricity in Dark Blue Films/Velvet Candy Entertainment's SOCKET, and the December in a May/December relationship in Guest House Films' 3-DAY WEEKEND. Recent stage productions are “HAMLET” at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and “A PIECE OF TIN” at the Lyric Theatre, Los Angeles. His website is www.dereklong.net. Derek would like to thank Guest House Films for including him in the fun that is

MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY.

KELLY KEATON Anya Gunnunderson Born and raised in Wisconsin - Go Packers! This Cheesehead received undergraduate (Moorhead State in Minnesota) and graduate (UNC-Greensboro) degrees in Theatre. She was nominated twice for an Irene Ryan scholarship award. Favorite roles include Bev in Graceland, Ellen in The Art of Dining and Sister Mary in Sister Mary Ignatious Explains it all to you.

Kelly has been a member of Actors Co-op in Hollywood starting in 2004. If variety is the spice of life, this character actress is pretty spicy. She was most recently seen in the original 5 woman show Dancing with My Father. Just before that, she played 80 year old Italian Mrs. Fremus, 40 year old midwest Karen, and 30 something developmentally disabled Clara in The Boys Next Door. Her first role at Actors Co-op was sassy Southern Butch in Shooting Stars.She also wrote and performed for two runs of Boobytrap~the very breast show intown raising thousands of dollars for breast cancer research. Since moving to LA, she has been seen in several national commercials including, Buick, Hallmark, Scrubbing Bubbles, Comcast, Roundtable Pizza and Lexus hybrid. While giving Steve Martin and Eugene Levy dirty looks in Cheaper by the Dozen II, Kelly has worked on several Independent films—including Rob Williams’ Long-Term Relationship and Back Soon. She loves that work most of all, and is looking forward to much more to come!

ALISON ARNGRIM Heather Mancuso Alison Arngrim, best known to viewers world-wide for her portrayal of the incredibly nasty “Nellie Oleson” on the much loved, long running hit television series "Little House On The Prairie," continues to amuse audiences through her many film, television and stage appearances. She can currently be seen in the independent films For the Love of May with Ru Paul and Patricia Neal, and The Last Place On Earth with Billy Dee Williams and

Phyllis Diller. In 2007, she began her foray into French cinema with the role of “Edith” in the French detective comedy, Jean Pierre Mocky’s Le Deal. In addition to her seven years on "Little House," Alison guested on such cult classics as: "The Love Boat," "Fantasy Island" and the NBC movie of the week, "I Married Wyatt Earp," starring Marie Osmond. She mocked her own status as an “ex-child star” on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, during their month long parody, “Hollywood Survivor” and continues to be a frequent interview subject on everything from “A&E”, “E! Entertainment”, “TV Land” and “VH-1”, to CNN and the Travel Channel. The TV Land network honored her undying image as TV’ worst bitch, by declaring her the winner of their 2006 award for, “Character Most Desperately In Need Of A Time Out”. Alison’s stage work includes, “Sirena: Queen of the Tango”, "Butterflies Are Free," “Hidden In The Laughter”, "Dear Brutus," "The Wool Gatherer," "Cry Of Players", the French bedroom farce, "In One Bed And Out The Other," Michael Kearns’ “AIDS/US II,” and the role of “Rita” in the 2005 GLAAD Award nominated production of “Last Summer At Bluefish Cove.” Most recently she starred at the ACME Comedy Theatre in the Ovation Award Nominated musical-drama, “Flirting with Morty” as the abusive, trashy and tragic Ray Lee. As a stand-up comedian, Alison has headlined at nightclubs such as the Laugh Factory, the Comedy Store and the Improv in Los Angeles; as well as the Cutting Room in New York and assorted comedy venues all across the United States and Canada. Her one woman show “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”, which started at Club Fez in New York, has now become a world-wide phenomenon, having been performed to packed houses in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Maui and the south of France, where Alison performed entirely in French to a standing room only crowd at the “Palais des Congres” in her all French version titled: “Confessions d’une Garce de La Prairie”! She then took the show to Paris’ Theatre Dejazet, where she received multiple standing ovations. In 1986 when her friend and "Little House husband" co-star, Steve Tracy, passed away due to complications of HIV/AIDS, Alison immediately began volunteering at AIDS Project Los Angeles. Her duties ranged from working on the Southern California AIDS Hotline and the APLA food bank, (APLA's Necessities of Life Program,) to chairing the steering committee of the volunteer speakers bureau and developing “Safer Sex” workshops. She has provided AIDS education to doctors, nurses, prison inmates,

service clubs, churches, department stores and schools, written AIDS education articles for the magazines "Frontiers" and "Designers West”, and spent seven years hosting the APLA educational cable television show, "AIDS Vision". In 1992, Joel Wachs presented Alison with a resolution by the Los Angeles City Council commending her on her work on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS. From 1989 through 1993 she served as Program Manager at Tuesday's Child, an organization assisting children and families affected by HIV and AIDS. From 1989 through 2003 she served as both hostess and producer for the comedy stage at the AIDS Project Los Angeles Annual Summer Party, (on the backlot of Universal Studios), where through an evening of raucous entertainment, featuring name comedians, she helped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for people living with HIV. She currently serves as California Chair, National Spokesperson and Founding Board Member on the National Advisory Board of The National Association to Protect Children (www.PROTECT.org), fighting to give children a legal and political voice in the war against child abuse. As an activist for the improvement of child protection laws, she has spoken before the California Senate and worked on legislative and political campaigns in several states, including Virginia and New York, in addition to PROTECT’s work on federal legislation in Washington, D.C. She has appeared on numerous television news programs discussing the legal and political issues surrounding child abuse and molestation. She came forward to tell the world about the sexual abuse she suffered in her own life, during her 2004 interview on Larry King Live. She continues to be interviewed on this and other topics on Nancy Grace, CNN’s Showbiz Tonight, The Insider, Court TV and Bill O’Reilly’s The Factor. Alison currently lives in the wilds of Tujunga with her husband of fourteen years, musician Bob Schoonover, (from the rock and roll band “Catahoula”) and their two cats, Hannibal and Clarice. She takes pride in the fact that so many people enjoyed hating her as a girl and is more than happy to give them the opportunity to do so in the future.

STEVE CALLAHAN Professor Daniel Van Devere Steve Callahan won Best Supporting Actor at the Tampa International Gay Film Festival for his role in the film Nine Lives. He was last seen on screen in the romantic comedy East Side Story. He will next appear in the suspense thriller Pornography: A Thriller. For the past three years, Steve has played Judas Iscariot in the International Tour of Terrence McNally's play "Corpus Christi." To learn more about Steve, visit www.SteveCallahan.com.

IAN BUCHANAN BIO Award winning actor Ian Buchanan has appeared in motion pictures, guest starred on television dramas and comedies, and played iconic roles on a host of daytime dramas that have brought him a worldwide audience. He has starred in

both classic and modern plays in England and the US. He is currently a member of The Citizen's Band, an avant-garde cabaret collective of international performance artists, reminiscent of the Weimar Era, whose acclaimed theatrical presentations deal with current and controversial political, religious and social themes. Television guest starring roles in "Nip/Tuck," "Alias," "Hope and Faith," "Charmed," "Yes, Dear," "On The Air," "On The Air," "Quantum Leap," It's The Garry Shandling Show," "Stargate," "Raising Dad," Berkeley Nunn: Hollywood Detective," "Nash Bridges," and "The Norm Show," and he was a cult favorite in "Twin Peaks," among many others. Buchanan is familiar to audiences worldwide for his starring roles on "The Bold and The Beautiful," for which he received an Emmy Award, "General Hospital," "All My Children," and "Port Charles." Film roles include memorable appearances in "Mate," "Panic Room," "Lying in Wait," "Double Exposure," "The Cool Surface," and "The Seventh Sign." Born in Scotland, Buchanan resides in Southern California.

GATES MCFADDEN BIO Gates McFadden is know internationally for her portrayal of the role of Dr. Beverly Crusher in the Paramount Studio television series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and four ST:TNG films. Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, she studied dance, circus techniques and acting throughout elementary and secondary schools and participated in local theater and television. Graduating with a BFA with honors from Brandeis University, she continued her theatre studies in Paris with Jacques Lecoq. After graduating from his Ecole Internationale, she returned to the east coast where she began a fifteen-year career teaching and directing. She was an Assistant Professor at Brandeis University, lecturer at University of Pittsburgh, adjunct faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She served as guest lecturer or artist at many schools including Harvard, Temple, George Washington, and Perdue Universities, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Brooklyn and Eckerd Colleges, and the Stella Academy in Hamburg, Germany. She was choreographer of the BAM Theatre Company under David Jones, and was Director of Choreography for Jim Henson’s film Labryinth and Gavin Miller’s Dreamchild. She was the artistic director of The New York Theater Commotion and worked with Edward Petherbridge, Caroline Blakeston, and Ian McNeice in London to develop a production at the Lyric Hammersmith. Her New York acting credits include: the Tommy Tune production of Cloud Nine, The Homecoming at JRT, Emerald City at New York Theater Workshop, EST’s two productions of To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Couch Tandem, The Bloodletters, and A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream at the Delacorte in Central Park. Film credits

include Taking Care of Business, The Hunt for Red October and one of The Muppets’ movies. She enjoyed a recurring role on “Mad About You,” and was a series regular on “Marker.” Guest appearances on TV include “Party of Five,” HBO’s “Dream On,” “The Practice,” and the film “Crowned and Dangerous” among others. Ms. McFadden performed the role of The Devil in “L’Histoire du Soldat,” conducted by Kent Nagamo for the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, and narrated “Carnival des Animaux” for Leonard Slatkin with the Cleveland Orchestra. She is currently an adjunct member of the USC Department of Theatre and Artistic Director or Ensemble Studio Theatre LA.

MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY PRODUCTION TEAM

ROB WILLIAMS BIO Rob Williams is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, and co-owner of Guest House Films. With an impressive three movies under his belt (Long-Term Relationship, Back Soon and 3-Day Weekend), Rob is a determined professional within the gay film industry and recently completed production on a fourth film entitled Make the Yuletide Gay. Before launching his filmmaking career, Rob graduated from Texas Christian University with a BBA degree in Finance, and received an MBA in Marketing from the University of Texas. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked in public relations for more than a decade, specializing in writing, special event organization and video production, first within the agency world and then as a freelance consultant. Frustrated with the lack of creativity in the PR field, Rob began studying screenwriting at the Twin Bridges Screenwriting Salon, where he developed primarily “mainstream” scripts such as thrillers and horrors. But the script he received the greatest feedback on was the gay-themed romantic comedy, Long- Term Relationship. With the support of his long-time partner (and fellow screenwriter) Rodney Johnson, Rob approached good friend and acclaimed actor Matthew Montgomery with the script. Matthew’s immediate response was, “You need to make this film, and I need to star in it!” This quickly led to the creation of Guest House Films. The company started production on Long-Term Relationship in January 2006, and has made four films in less than three years, with Rob serving as writer, director and producer of all films. The movies have been screened at film festivals around the world, winning audience, jury and acting awards, and securing distribution deals in North America and foreign territories. Along with partner Rodney, Rob was named to Instinct Magazine’s “Leading Men of 2008” for their contributions to gay cinema. While he didn’t attend film school, Rob’s passion for movies was always present in his life, and it was his fascination with movies that he credits as the best sort of training for him. In addition, the tremendous amount of supportive feedback from viewers continues to fuel Rob’s creativity and his desire to keep making movies. Rob is currently developing a number of feature film projects for the future of Guest House Films, including a screen adaptation of Jim Tushinski’s novel, Van Allen’s Ecstasy, and is working on his first novel. Rob lives with his partner Rodney in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.

RODNEY JOHNSON BIO Rodney Johnson created the production company Guest House Films with his life and business partner, Rob Williams. He also is an accomplished writer, having written the Lifetime Television movie “Queen Sized,” which starred Hairspray lead actress Nikki Blonsky and serving as story editor and associate producer on the cult hit Wasabi Tuna. In addition to a successful screenwriting career, he is the author of the “Rinnah Two Feathers” young adult mystery series. Rodney has served as producer of all four Guest House Films' productions (Long-Term Relationship, Back Soon, 3-Day Weekend and Make The Yuletide Gay). The movies have screened at film festivals around the world; winning audience, jury and acting awards, and securing distribution deals in North America and foreign territories. Along with partner Rob, Rodney was named to Instinct Magazine’s “Leading Men of 2008” for their contributions to gay cinema. Rodney is a member of the Writer's Guild of Canada, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and Mystery Writers of America where he serves on the national committee for MWA: Reads, MWA's national youth literacy program. He lives in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles and is hard at work writing screenplays, teleplays, pilots and his next young adult novel.

MATTHEW MONTGOMERY BIO With an artist for a father and role model, Matthew was immersed in the art world at a very young age, his surroundings consisting of his father’s gallery as well as his father’s peers including many actors, filmmakers, artists, and writers. He went on to study theater at the University of Southern California under the guidance of Eve Roberts where he was nicknamed “The Wonder Freshman,” as he was able to gain leading or supporting roles in nearly every theatre production that went on throughout the course of his studies there. From there he went on to study at Point Park Conservatory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania under an acting scholarship where, during his stay, obtained a role as Johnny Eck in the zombie short “Reign of the Dead,” which followed the George Romero zombie saga. Soon after relocating to Los Angeles, Matthew starred in his first feature film role as Mark Reeves in the Festival Favorite, Gone, But Not Forgotten, which played in over thirty film festivals around the world and was “Top Ten Best Seller” for TLA Video for 2003 and 2004. He went on to star as Marx in Daniel Lee’s Journeyman, which went on to receive Third Place Feature Film in the TwinRivers Multimedia Film Festival in Asheville, North Carolina.

Following Journeyman, Matthew went on to co-produce and star as Glenn Phillips in Rob Williams’ gay romantic comedy, Long-Term Relationship, with Guest House Films LLC. Long-Term Relationship went on to quickly becoming a multiple award winning independent film, gaining notoriety and soon after was acquired by here! Films and Regent Releasing for a worldwide release in November of 2007. Matthew again co-produced and starred in Rob Williams’ second feature for Guest House Films, Back Soon, winning the Alternative Spirit Award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2007 as well as Best Actor at FilmOut in San Diego. Back Soon has since been acquired by TLA Releasing and was released to DVD in April of 2008. In 2007 alone, Matthew starred in three feature films (Back Soon, Socket, and Fear House), produced two (Back Soon, and 3-Day Weekend), and made a cameo appearance in another. Then in 2008, he went on to star in two additional features: The Redwoods, written and directed by David Lewis and Pornography: A Thriller, written and directed by David Kittredge, both slated for a 2009 theatrical release. In December 2008, Matthew produced Guest House Films’ fourth feature film, Make the Yuletide Gay, now in post-production. With his acting described as “stellar” by TLA Releasing, and also currently named TLA’s favorite “out” actor, it’s assured that Matthew will continue to break into new ground in the film industry. Matthew Montgomery has been involved in over 12 films and counting.

GUEST HOUSE FILMS BACKGROUND Guest House Films LLC was created in 2005 by partners Rob Williams and Rodney Johnson as a way to tell the kind of gay stories that they want to see. In a short period of time, the company has produced four feature films and is quickly becoming a recognized and respected name in the world of independent gay cinema.

Long-Term Relationship The company's first feature film, Long-Term Relationship, debuted on here! TV in August 2007, and was released on DVD from here! Films, Genius Entertainment and Liberation Entertainment on Nov. 6, 2007. The film played at more than 25 film festivals worldwide and received jury, audience and acting awards, including being named Best Feature at Outflix Memphis.

Back Soon The second Guest House Films production, a romantic drama called Back Soon, received a North American DVD release from TLA Releasing on May 27, 2008,

and will soon be seen on here! TV. Back Soon won the Alternative Spirit Award (Grand Prize) for Best Gay Film at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and played at numerous gay film festivals, including Outfest, NewFest and Reeling (Chicago).

3-Day Weekend The third Guest House Films production, 3-Day Weekend, received a limited theatrical release in August 2008 and was released on DVD in North America by TLA Releasing in November 2008. In 2009, it will be released on DVD in France and the United Kingdom, and will make its U.S. TV debut on here! TV.

Make The Yuletide Gay The latest Guest House Films production, Make The Yuletide Gay, is expected to be released for the 2009 Holiday season. The Christmas-themed family comedy stars Adamo Ruggiero (“Degrassi: The Next Generation”), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson from “Little House on the Prairie”), Gates McFadden (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”), Ian Buchanan (Daytime Emmy Award winner

for “The Bold and the Beautiful”), Hallee Hirsh (“ER”), Kelly Keaton (Back Soon), Derek Long (Socket) and newcomer Keith Jordan.