After proudly serving his country in the U.S. military and receiving his honorable discharge, I.J. Ross returned home from overseas to his beloved hometown of San Francisco. A creative person since his early childhood, he had been creating films with his fellow soldiers while on active duty, and became fascinated by the whole filmmaking process. He then left everything behind and moved to the City of Angels with the hopes of being involved in film, whether it be acting, writing, comedy, or filmmaking. Telling stories is what really stood out and appealed to I.J., and living the Hollywood lifestyle gave him an insider’s view as to the whole Hollywood experience.

The seeds for The Real Hollywood film project were planted long ago within I.J.’s psyche as a result of these factors. His film is an enlightened, informed, yet slightly more postitive spin on “The Movie Capital of the World,” as he believes that there are too many negative perspectives out there already.

Originally from Poland, Adam has lived in many different countries, including France, Germany, and his most recent and beloved home, the United States. His various experiences abroad have contributed to making him the full fledged creative force that he is today.

Adam is a dreamer and businessman who successfully turns his imagination into reality. He is super excited to be a part of The Real Hollywood Film team, and his many years of experience in the film industry is a tremendous asset.

Mary Fry is known for her creativity, resourseyfulness and her keen ability to connect the right person to the right opportunity. She has served as a producer, writer, assistant director, casting director, art director, and locations manager for various productions. You can also see her performing in movie and TV roles in, both, Spanish and English.

Before entering the entertainment industry, her highly creative and strategic business mind had earned her leadership positions with two top Fortune 500 companies, specializing in distribution, logistics and supply chain management.

Earlier in her career, Mary taught English as a second language (ESL) and Spanish in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. She opened her own ESL program and created her own unique curriculum that was later picked up and funded by the U.S Immigration and Naturalization Service as part of their Amnesty program. Mary also developed the PAL (Partners Acquiring Languages) Program, a dual language immersion program, which was implemented in select Washington, DC area school systems.

Mary has sailed from Newport, Rhode Island to the Virgin Islands, and from Los Angles to Catalina Island. She enjoys swimming, sailing, roller blading and most outdoor sports, and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Born and raised in Upstate New York, Ryan has always been intrigued by filmmaking, ever since discovering cameras at the age of eight. He attended the University of Albany as an English and Film Theory student, where his visual creativity and directorial style truly developed. Shortly after graduation, and while slaving away in an art foundry, Ryan made the decision to pack his bags and move to Los Angeles, where he hoped to fully push himself to his potential and become immersed in the art of film.

With intentions to learn every aspect of the job from scratch, he lived off of his savings for months while he worked for free on as many independent projects as he could find. He quickly committed himself to lighting and camera technique, constantly thinking outside of the box in creative yet subtle ways to capture the scene, mood, and atmosphere at hand. He draws inspiration from filmmakers as diverse as Terrence Malick, Andrei Tarkovsky, Bela Tarr, and Werner Herzog. He now happily works solely as a cinematographer, and has shot numerous features, shorts, music videos, and whatever else you put in front of him. He has a great interest in The Real Hollywood Film and thinks that this will be the perfect vehicle to bring his already developing skills to the next level in a big way.

As a musician and drummer Mitchell has always had an affinity for sound. As a child he would mimic sound effects from the various video games that he played and films he had watched. At the age of 15 he began playing drums and has been in countless bands since then. Through being around different musical influences, he developed his passion for sound further and decided that this is what drove and motivated him the most.

During college Mitchell discovered the highly instinctual art of sound design. The ability to help tell a story through the creation of layers of soundscapes made him realize that the intricacies of the wavelengths in sound waves was something that brought the cinematic experience to a whole new level. Mitchell has recently moved from his East coast home (and comfort zone) of Baltimore, Maryland to L.A. He intends to make a huge mark as a sound designer for all kinds of visual media. He has recently founded his own sound design company Sartorial Sound. He plans to create and release his own commercial sound effects libraries in the future.

The Real Hollywood Film seemed like a natural fit for him, since the director I.J. Ross was looking for someone eager to learn and more than passionate and skilled enough to fill the shoes of a true sound artist.