THE FILMMAKERS

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT

DIANE BELL was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She grew up in many different places around the world before ending up in Los Angeles. Around the year 2000 Chris Byrne was running down the sidewalk as Diane left her yoga class. He stopped and asked her for coffee. They were married not long after that. Diane wrote and co-wrote quite a few scripts before she began experimenting with a character of her own named George. She toyed with the philosophies that are everpresent in Obselidia before Chris urged her to write the script ad make the film. Obselidia is Diane's directorial debut. After it premiered at Sundance in 2010, Diane began writing her next feature film.

MICHAEL PICCIRILLI is from Australia. He also became an Obselidian by chance, meeting Chris on the street years before the script was written. Currently residing in Los Angeles with his wife and two daugters, Michael got his start in front of the camera with an Australian television series called Home and Away as James Fraser. His American television debut was as Antonio Garret on the hit show 90210 in 2008. Obselidia was Michael's second feature film in the USA.

CHRIS BYRNE is an Irish born man who came to America in the 90's to get into the film industry. His first (un-credited) role was in Sleepless In Seattle in 1993. Later, in 1997, Chris appeared in James Cameron's epic film Titanic as the Stairwell Steward who drops the keys, locking Jack and Rose in the flooded lower levels. Obselidia is Chris's debut as a film producer.

GAYNOR HOWE (pronounced Gayner How) is originally from Scotland, but currently works and lives in London with her family. She is another friend-by-chance in the Obselidian crew. Her and Diane met in a pub in Edinburgh in the mid 1990's and have been close friends ever since. Diane said that while she wasn't writing the character Sophie for Gaynor, she knew that only Gaynor could play the part. Gaynor has also acted in a few episodes of the London television show Bad Girls. Obselidia is Gaynor's feature film debut.

Not pictured is MATTHEW MEDLIN, producer of Obselidia. According to all the other Obselidians, Matthew was the go to guy during the production of the film. With his debut as a producer in 2006 (Underdogs) Matthew is still young, however extremely motivated to make great films, and to make them right. Matthew has not been in close touch with Obselidia since it's completion in the Fall of 2009 because he is producing two other feature films, Losing Control and I'm Not Me.