BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!
A Remembrance in 12 Chapters
A film by GUY MADDIN

principal cast
Guy Maddin - Eric Maahs
Young Guy Maddin - Sullivan Brown
Mother - Gretchen Kric
Sister - Maya Lawson
Wendy/Chance Hale - Catherine Scharho

principal crew
Writer/Director - Guy Maddin
Production Company - The Film Company
Producers - Amy E. Jacobsen, Gregg Lachow
Cinematographer - Ben Kasulke
Production Designer - Tania Kupcza
Editor - John Gurdebeke
Costume Designer - Nina Moser
Music - Jason Stacze

short bios of key crew members

producers
Gregg Lachow created The Film Company, a non-profit film studio. His own films include the Emmy-nominated short To Have and To Hold for PBS, and the features Money Buys Happiness, The Wright Brothers, and The Seven Mysteries of Life. Other films include Silence! a feature with all dialogue, music, and fx performed live onstage.

Amy E. Jacobsen has a predilection for funny, offbeat independent films. In addition to producing the sci-fi rock-n-roll feature "Cosmic Ray," Amy has managed several short productions including the award-winning 35mm comedy "Full Disclosure" starring Judy Greer and Brent Sexton. Her company, Timepiece Productions (www.timepieceproductions.com) is based in San Francisco.

cinematographer
Benjamin Kasulke graduated from Ithaca College with a B.S. in Cinema Production, including advanced study at the Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akadmie Muzickych Umní, Prague’s National Academy of Film. Film collaborations include work with 33 Fainting Spells, Linas Phillips and Guy Maddin.

editor
John Grudebeke

art director
Tania Kupczak graduated from Oberlin College with degrees in Molecular Biology and Art History. She received her MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College, with an emphasis on Installation Art, Digital Media and Cyberfeminism.Tania shows her work in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, and cyberspaces in between.

costume designer
Nina Moser

composer
Jason Staczek is a Seattle-based singer/songwriter who has put out four albums since 2001. The last two, Carbon Glacier and Year of Meteors, were released by Nonesuch Records.

short bios of key cast members

Guy Maddin
Erich Steffen Maahs has been active as a Seattle actor for the past decade, and is a founding member of The Compound performance group. As a filmmaker, he created the award-winning short film, BlueCoatedStory.

Young Guy Maddin
Sullivan Brown

Mother

Sister

Wendy/Chance Hale
Originally from Seattle Washington, Katherine E. Scharhon has performed in many plays (including the Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of “The Time of Your Life” directed by Tina Landau at the Seattle Repertory Theatre), Voice-overs, short films, and commercials. Katherine is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, and currently resides in New York.