
Béla Baptiste
Director, Writer, Producer
Growing up in the loud and vibrant city of Paris to artist parents, Béla had creative ambitions from a young age. He rebelled against conformity, forsaking school and diving head first into the world of radioplays and films. In 2010, he enrolled in the prestigious Vienna Film Academy and flourished under the tutelage of greats such as Michael Haneke and Abbas Kiarostami. His shorts (Angst, Percht, Vanishing Point) garnered international recognition winning numereous prizes (Bristol Immersive Grand Prix, Austin Arthouse Aronovsky Award, Satis Expo Best Fiction, LA Crime and Horror Best Film, Vienna Filmball Young Talent i.o.). As his artistry matured, he continued to challenge himself by taking on roles in front of the camera and working as the narrator with the closing words in Martin Scorsese’s Silence. He now lives in New York City continuing to hone his craft as a filmmaker and storyteller.

Philipp Weck
Managing Director of Cinevista, Producer
Philipp obtained a profound film education in London (BA) and Los Angeles (MFA). He gathered extensive film industry knowledge and professional ‘hands-on’ experience in the international entertainment industry, specifically in the development, financing, production, distribution, and sales/marketing of films. His graduation film in London and his sci-fi movie AINOA went on to earn several awards at various international film festivals.
Today, CineVista’s strategic focus is on the production of international full-length feature films, documentaries, and television productions. With offices in Vienna, Austria and in Toronto, Canada CineVista develops strong European-North American film partnerships.

Andreas Kotal
Marketing | Managing Partner of Cinevista, Producer
Serial-entrepreneur from Austria and Canada, founder of multiple businesses in various industries. He has a business and marketing education from the University of Economics in Vienna and Toronto’s Schulich School of Business where he also teaches at the Department of Entrepreneurship. Founder of Universal Marketing Group (located in Canada & Austria) which specializes in E-commerce and marketing celebrity brands in the entertainment world. Clients include the James Bond 007 brand, the Downton Abbey film franchise, and the British rock band Iron Maiden.

Emma Schlenoff
Producer
Highlights of her experience include: directing and producing a series of short promotional videos for the band Birds of Chicago, working on the producing team for National Geographic’s Origins, and with Academy-Award winners, Fisher Stevens and Mark Monroe. She was guided by Florentine Films and offered the opportunity to work on several projects with Emmy-Winning Director Ken Burns. She has been successful as an event producer, directing and coordinating productions such as the iWRIF Transmedia Festival, and a 66-screening tour of Freedom and Unity: The Vermont Movie.
Emma’s passion for film has risen from a deeply rooted love for storytelling and the human experience. She has traveled extensively, volunteering and studying in countries such as Uganda, Thailand and Colombia. She lives in Vermont with her husband and their two children in a treehouse they built themselves.

Peter M. Marton
Actor
Peter M. Marton is an Austrian actor with a family in the US. Marton’s mother is from Hungary; his father is from Kenya. He studied philosophy and theology before becoming an actor. He currently stars as the lead “Jerry” in the 3rd Season of Watzmann Ermittelt.

Viktor Schaider
Director of Photography, Associate Producer
In 2003, Viktor graduated from the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences with distinction, completing his studies in Multimedia Art, specializing in film and video. Subsequently, in 2004, he founded Blendwerk Filmmaschinerie Production Company in Vienna, where, as producer and cameraman, he has produced and shot numerous commercial productions, corporate videos, documentaries and TV-shows. In 2009, further education led him to the USA, where he completed the Cinematographer’s Residency Programme at Maine Media College.
Thematically, Viktor’s spectrum spans from extreme sports with Attention – A Life in Extremes, where he followed Guillaume Néry the french world champion in Apnoe diving, over to music portraiting Mississippi blues legend Leo Bud Welch in Late Blossom Blues, to classic photography accompanying star photographers like Alan Schaller and Joe Greer on their creative journey for Leica Camera AG.
He lives and works as a cameraman and photographer in Vienna, Austria and is a founding member of the association: Filmkoop Wien.

Alexey Hartlieb-Shea
Actor, Writer, Associate Producer
Alexey is an actor, writer and filmmaker. From pizza delivery boy in Beverly Hills to development aid-worker in Ghana, Alexey draws on a wealth of experience that gives him a unique perspective in both his written work and in front of the camera.
He has worked closely with Béla Baptiste on numerous projects in America and Austria including The Dutchman’s Pipe, the award winning virtual reality film Vanishing Point and as the lead actor in Pale as Ale. Alexey has also translated several screenplays which garnered success including 7500, by Oscar-nominated director, Patrick Vollrath, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Peacock, which went on to become an official selection for the Cinéfondation Residence of the 2020 Cannes Festival.

Isis Flatz
Costume Designer
Having studied Film and Fashion Design, Isis now works on stage and screen productions. She and Béla worked together during his time in Vienna and decided to be lifelong friends and collaborators. According to networthpost.org, Isis Flatz is worth 8 Million dollars. This is not true. She also does the costume design for this project.

Merideth Ivy
Hair & Makeup
Coming Soon

Johannes Schellhorn
Editor
Film editor and writer Johannes Schellhorn recently worked on a TV documentary about conspiracy beliefs for the Austrian state television. He won multiple awards, notably for Unfinished and the short movie ANGST. He now lives in Germany and works in a movie theater while editing and writing on different projects.

Matthias Kassman
Set Recordist
Coming Soon

Markus Zierhofer
Composer
Having been raised under piano keys and those funny flashing knobs on music sampling machines and consoles; trained by a folk music production household at the foot of the Austrian alps to the avant-garde, contemporary and temporary auditory experiences in the middle of Vienna, he creates orchestral soundtracks, sweeping melodies and complementary atmospheres for films and video games.
He set the score for various scenes at the Vienna Film Music Prize and finished runner-up twice in a row. He achieved a significant step up in his musical abilities by attending the Hollywood Music Workshop in Klosterneuburg. This also allowed him to work with established film composers like Don Williams, Bruce Broughten, or Conrad Pope and accommodate himself with the film music business.

Delphine Ciampi Ellis
Composer
French artist, musician (guitar, bass), songwriter, film composer (born in 1963, daughter of Japanese actress Keiko Kishi and film director Yves Ciampi), married to Australian musician Warren Ellis. www.delphineciampiellis.com

Karim Weth
Sound Designer
Coming Soon

Anna Lea Albright
Cloud Consultant
Anna Lea is a Ph.D. in climate physics at the Sorbonne University in Paris and Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, working with Sandrine Bony and Bjorn Stevens.

The Grand Post
Audio Post Production

ViennaFX
Color Grading