Writers & DP

As an actress Ms. Abney has worked on such shows as ER, Strong Medicine and Cover Me and starred opposite Stephen Baldwin and Tom Sizemore in the indie feature The Genius Club, due out on DVD September 2008. Abney has appeared in several short films which have been screened at film festivals the world over, and received critical praise and awards for numerous stage productions in San Diego. She has lent her talents as both a dancer and an actress in a variety of commercials including spots for GE Financial, Zocor, DePuy Orthopaedics, the Department of Defense, and Scripps Clinic, to name a few.

Ms. Abney’s innovative and provocative dance-theatre choreography has been seen from streettheatre collaborations to traditional dance concerts to off-Broadway-type theatre productions. Her choreographic work for The Fever written by Wallace Shawn and produced by the Fritz Theater in San Diego, was named a critics pick by all the San Diego press, and was recognized as one of the top 10 shows of that year. Carol has performed with a variety of modern dance companies in Los Angeles, San Diego, The Netherlands, and Peru.

Carol holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of California at San Diego, and Master of Arts in Dance from the Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands.

VAPOR TRAILS is based on an original screenplay by Deon C. van Rooyen. Van Rooyen is originally from South Africa, now residing in San Antonio, Texas, is a writer/producer with several feature and short scripts to his credit.

Many of Deon’s shorts have been filmed and/or staged in San Antonio, LA, and New York, and he is currently in negotiations to have his feature scripts Bill Shakespeare and Innocence Lost produced as well.

Deon was selected as one of six writers in the San Antonio, Texas area to participate in the inaugural San Antonio Theatre Coalition’s Twenty-Four Hour Theatre ASAP production, in which six ten minute shorts plays were written, rehearsed, and staged within a twenty-four hour period.

Deon was also a member of the team which won the San Antonio Film Commission’s inaugural Forty-Eight Hour Film Competition, in which he co-wrote, co-edited, co-directed, and acted in, the eight minute short Encore.

In addition, Deon is also the creative force behind launching a new line of clothing under the brand name “The University of Me™”.

Director of photography, Joseph White, was born and raised in New York City. His mother is a playwright and his father was a theater director. His high school interest in photography segued into his pursuit of cinematography. He received a bachelor’s degree from New York University’s Tisch Shool of the Arts in cinema studies, focusing on film theory and criticism. White earned a master’s degree from The University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television in May 2004 in film production..

Since graduating from USC, White has lensed seven feature films, including narrative films and documentaries, and has shot over a dozen music videos (several of which have aired on such networks as MTV2, Fuse, BET, and CTN) and several commercials. He has explored all capturing formats, ranging from Hi-Definition video to 35mm anamorphic. In February of 2006 he was honored with the American Society of Cinematographers’ Heritage Award for his work on the film “Rogue 379”, and has been featured in such publications as American Cinematographer Magazine, Kodak’s In Camera Magazine, as well as Variety and Hollywood Reporter. White currently resides in Los
Angeles.




	Mr. Charles Haine received his undergraduate degree in English from Oberlin College. While there, he founded and ran the Independent Film Co-operative, taught classes on filmmaking and directed a 16mm feature, Insult Game . Mr. Haine then produced the independent film 5 Years, winner of Best First Feature at the Victoria Independent Film Festival, and worked in marketing for the Landmark Theatre chain editing their FLM Magazine.
Since his graduation from the Directing Program at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, Mr. Haine has worked as a freelance cameraman for directors such as the Emmy winning Michael King, documentary filmmaker Greg Whitely (New York Doll), and has shot music videos for artists such as The Chapin Sisters, the Willowz and YoYo Ma. Additionally he is an instructor in advanced cinematography at LACC and Columbia College Hollywood, in addition to serving as director of photography for three independent feature films, including DRACULA'S GUEST, to be released by Lion's Gate in spring 08 . He recently wrapped production on a PSA for Anonymous Content, and his corporate clients are many, including Mattel, Merle Norman and GUESS! His screenplay Lake Paradise is a finalist for Sundance Lab 2007, and the thesis film he directed, Oblivion, Nebraska, based on a short story by Peter Moore Smith, staring Jeremy Davidson, Nicole Ansari-Cox, and Edith Fields, is currently touring the festival circuit after having its world premiere at the Australian International Film Festival in 2006, and the film recently won BEST SHORT and BEST SCREENPLAY at the 2007 AOFIFF. In addition, he is also slated to direct the horror film People Are Easy To Kill with producer Hugh Peddy and the psychological thriller Tenderloin with producer Cedering Fox, both of which projects are currently in development.

	Carol Abney has always been a teller of stories, whether it’s been through her work as an actress, as adance-theatre choreographer, or through her award-winning photographic essays she created as a youth and into young adulthood. With a keen interest in observing the world around her and reflecting it back in some creative form, Carol has now also discovered a passion for writing found through her collaboration on *VAPOR TRAILS*. This is first screenplay she has had the pleasure of developing and co-writing.
As an actress Ms. Abney has worked on such shows as ER, Strong Medicine and Cover Me and starred opposite Stephen Baldwin and Tom Sizemore in the indie feature The Genius Club, due out on DVD September 2008. Abney has appeared in several short films which have been screened at film festivals the world over, and received critical praise and awards for numerous stage productions in San Diego. She has lent her talents as both a dancer and an actress in a variety of commercials including spots for GE Financial, Zocor, DePuy Orthopaedics, the Department of Defense, and Scripps Clinic, to name a few. Ms. Abney’s innovative and provocative dance-theatre choreography has been seen from streettheatre collaborations to traditional dance concerts to off-Broadway-type theatre productions. Her choreographic work for The Fever written by Wallace Shawn and produced by the Fritz Theater in San Diego, was named a critics pick by all the San Diego press, and was recognized as one of the top 10 shows of that year. Carol has performed with a variety of modern dance companies in Los Angeles, San Diego, The Netherlands, and Peru. Carol holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of California at San Diego, and Master of Arts in Dance from the Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. *VAPOR TRAILS* is based on an original screenplay by Deon C. van Rooyen. Van Rooyen is originally from South Africa, now residing in San Antonio, Texas, is a writer/producer with several feature and short scripts to his credit. Many of Deon’s shorts have been filmed and/or staged in San Antonio, LA, and New York, and he is currently in negotiations to have his feature scripts Bill Shakespeare and Innocence Lost produced as well. Deon was selected as one of six writers in the San Antonio, Texas area to participate in the inaugural San Antonio Theatre Coalition’s Twenty-Four Hour Theatre ASAP production, in which six ten minute shorts plays were written, rehearsed, and staged within a twenty-four hour period. Deon was also a member of the team which won the San Antonio Film Commission’s inaugural Forty-Eight Hour Film Competition, in which he co-wrote, co-edited, co-directed, and acted in, the eight minute short Encore. In addition, Deon is also the creative force behind launching a new line of clothing under the brand name “The University of Me™”. Director of photography, Joseph White, was born and raised in New York City. His mother is a playwright and his father was a theater director. His high school interest in photography segued into his pursuit of cinematography. He received a bachelor’s degree from New York University’s Tisch Shool of the Arts in cinema studies, focusing on film theory and criticism. White earned a master’s degree from The University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television in May 2004 in film production.. Since graduating from USC, White has lensed seven feature films, including narrative films and documentaries, and has shot over a dozen music videos (several of which have aired on such networks as MTV2, Fuse, BET, and CTN) and several commercials. He has explored all capturing formats, ranging from Hi-Definition video to 35mm anamorphic. In February of 2006 he was honored with the American Society of Cinematographers’ Heritage Award for his work on the film “Rogue 379”, and has been featured in such publications as American Cinematographer Magazine, Kodak’s In Camera Magazine, as well as Variety and Hollywood Reporter. White currently resides in Los Angeles.