Storybeat With Steve Cuden

Byron Werner is a Director of Photography based in Los Angeles. At the age of 16 he began his career working in the Sega studios creating live action video games. While earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film and television from Chapman University, Byron shot his first feature film, the first of over thirty. […]The post Byron Werner, Cinematographer-Episode #128 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

The brilliant and hugely accomplished composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, Randy Kerber, continues to have a prolific recording career in film, television, and pop music. Randy has worked with a dazzling array of legitimate legends. He began his first national tour in 1977 at the age of 19 with no less than Bette Midler. He […]The post Randy Kerber, Composer, Orchestrator, Keyboardist-Episode #127 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Melody Thomas Scott is best known for her Emmy-nominated work in the iconic role of Nikki Reed, aka Nikki Newman, a character she’s played for forty years and counting on America’s number-one daytime television drama The Young and the Restless. She’s also appeared in feature films with the likes of Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, […]The post Melody Thomas Scott, Legendary Actress-Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless – Episode #126 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Ron Diamond has had two primary producing, distributing and curating careers, the first mostly in live filmmaking ranged from 1980 to 1990 and the second in animation film production began in 1990 and has lasted through today. In 1990, Ron founded the commercial animation production company, Acme Filmworks, Inc., and has continually represented and works […]The post Ron Diamond, Animation Producer-Episode #125 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Dawn Keezer has been Director of The Pittsburgh Film Office since 1994, dedicated to marketing the southwestern Pennsylvania 10-county region to the film and television and entertainment industry. Dawn put southwestern Pennsylvania on the map for film and television production. Through her leadership, the Film Office has successfully attracted over 180 feature film and TV […]The post Dawn Keezer, Director of The Pittsburgh Film Office – Episode #124 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Barbara Bleier is a singer, actor and playwright who’s appeared on stage, in film, and on TV, as well as in solo shows and revues, nationally and internationally in the cabaret world. Barbara played the mother of a psychopathic killer in the cult classic, “Swoon”; appeared in the film “This is Where I Leave You, […]The post Barbara Bleier, Singer-Actress – Episode #123 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Valorie Kondos Field is the retired head coach of the seven-time NCAA Champion, 22-time Regional and 18-time Pac 12 Champion UCLA Women’s Gymnastics team. A UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, the four-time “National Coach of the Year” was named “West Region Coach” of the Year and Pac 12 “Coach of the Century” for her […]The post Valorie Kondos Field, Champion Gymnastics Coach – Episode #122 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

The extraordinary actress, singer and impressionist, Christina Bianco, has a singular voice and comedic charm that have brought audiences around the world to their feet. Sheâs captured international acclaim as a YouTube sensation with her âdivaâ impression videos, gaining over 25 million views. Dubbed âthe girl of a thousand voices,â Christina has performed on major TV […]The post Christina Bianco, Actress-Singer-Impressionist – Episode #121 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

The legendary, multi-award winning singer, Sheila Jordan, is not only one of the world’s premier jazz singers, but she’s known for her popular vocal workshops as well. A superb scat singer, she can just as easily reach the emotional depths of a ballad. Whether singing well-known standards or original material, she makes it all sound […]The post Sheila Jordan, Legendary Jazz Singer – Episode #120 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Writer-Director-Producer, Scott Siegel, is the award-winning author of 48 books, from The Encyclopedia of Hollywood to celebrity biographies of stars like Jack Nicholson and Richard Chamberlain. He has also created more than 400 major concerts throughout the world, including writing, directing, and producing shows for Michael Feinstein. Scott is perhaps best known as the creator, […]The post Scott Siegel, Writer-Director-Producer – Episode #119 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Pittsburgh-based Lighting Designer, Andrew David Ostrowski, has designed lighting for live shows the world over, including such well known titles as: Sunday in the Park with George, La Boheme, Bright Star, A Musical Christmas Carol, Grey Gardens, Chicago, The Who’s Tommy, Spamalot, August: Osage County, The Mask of Moriarty, The National High School Musical Theater […]The post Andrew David Ostrowski, Lighting Designer – Episode #118 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

In-demand actor, David Whalen, has performed in over 100 stage productions across the U.S. and Europe. He can also be seen in movies, like “American Pastoral” with Ewan McGregor and Jennifer Connelly, “Southpaw” with Jake Gyllenhaal, “The Fault in Our Stars” with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, and “Jack Reacher” with Tom Cruise. David Whalen […]The post David Whalen, Actor – Episode #117 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Writer-Director-Producer, Vicangelo Bulluck has produced international co-productions for Warner Bros. International based out of Paris.  He executive produced the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And he recently produced the indie feature, Windows on the World, starring Edward James Olmos and  Ryan Guzman. Vicangelo Bulluck is a creative executive with over twenty years experience in the development and execution of […]The post Vicangelo Bulluck, Writer-Director-Producer – Episode #116 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Kit Steinkellner is best known as creator and executive producer of the Facebook original series Sorry for your Loss, starring Elizabeth Olsen. Hollywood Reporter reviewer, Daniel Fienberg, called it, “…flawless, top-tier television…” The post Kit Steinkellner, Writer-Producer – Episode #115 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Pittsburgh-based actress and teacher, Robin Walsh, was recently seen as Martha in Rules of Seconds for Barebones Productions. The post Robin Walsh, Actress-Professor – Episode #114 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

This special StoryBeat features songwriters Michele Brourman and Hillary Rollins who, along with the angelic-voiced, Maude Maggart, produced, “While There is Still Time,” a song tribute to those on the COVID-19 medical front lines. The post Maude Maggart, Michele Brourman, Hillary Rollins – Songwriters-Singer – Episode #113 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Leslie Tall Manning is an author of Adult and Young Adult novels. She started her writing career at Cal State Long Beach in the late nineties, when, as a theatre major, she took a playwriting class and, subsequently, a novel-writing workshop. Since then she has seen her work performed in the college arena as well […]The post Leslie Tall Manning – Novelist – Episode #112 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Nan Bernstein has been an award-winning motion picture and TV Unit Production Manager and Producer for over 30 years, including on the films Conspiracy Theory, Michael Collins, and The Flamingo Kid, and television series such as, The Leftovers, Prime Suspect, and more than 70 episodes of Friday Night Lights.The post Nan Bernstein, Motion Picture Producer-Unit Production Manager – Episode #111 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Daniel Krell is a professional actor who was named the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Performer of the Year for 2019. The post Daniel Krell, Actor – Episode #110 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Michael Colleary has been a screenwriter, producer, educator and screenwriting consultant for more than 3 decades. He earned an MFA from the UCLA film school where he won the Jack Nicholson Award and the William Morris Award for screenwriting excellence. Michael has worked for all the major movie studios and TV networks. His credits include […]The post Michael Colleary, Screenwriter-Producer – Episode #109 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.