THE DIRECTORS

Jeff Sable and Zander Villayne with the DP, David Starks on the "Life at the Resort" set.

ZANDER VILLAYNE - CO-DIRECTOR
JEFF SABLE - CO-DIRECTOR

Zander Villayne is known as an all around entertainer. He has been in the business for over twenty years.

Starting out in the music business, he not only played in many successful bands over the years, he has produced and/or engineered dozens of bands and CD’s. During that time he owned three different recording studios in both Minneapolis and Los Angeles.

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Zander is the owner of Z-Ville Productions, a film and music production company based in Los Angeles. As an Actor and Filmmaker - he has played many roles both in front of and behind the lens. He has directed many short films, industrials, trailers and music videos, as well as produced several independent feature films. He is currently Directing his first feature film, LOTTO. 

He is proud to be teaming up with the Creative Actors Alliance for the feature film Life at the Resort

Jeff Sable received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Southern California. Besides his extensive acting experience, Mr. Sable has served in many capacities behind the camera. Mr. Sable was the casting director for the feature films Black Hole and Blocked as well as numerous short films. His on set production experience ranges from production assistant to boom operator. Mr. Sable was the Associate Director of The Van Mar Academy of Motion Picture and Television Acting for seven years and has been a sought after private acting coach since 1983. In 2000, Mr. Sable became a Board Member of CAA, where he serves as the resident acting coach, in-charge of the monthly acting workshops, and as casting director for all CAA projects. CAA also gave him his first opportunity to direct a CAA in-house sketch comedy short entitled Women’s World. For the past two years, Mr. Sable has worked as a certified club fitter at Golfsmith in Pasadena, California. His other employment experience ranges from retail sales, corporate sales, accounting, education, and the food service industry. Mr. Sable has also been a professional softball umpire and basketball referee for over ten years. He is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has lived in Los Angeles since 1977.