TEAM
PEPPER BINKLEY - Creator, Producer, Director
Pepper is a performer, writer and director who has worked extensively in film, television, theater, and commercials. As a storyteller she loves working collaboratively and experimenting with styles and genres. “It’s Freezing Out There” is her first venture as a creator of online content. Upcoming projects include two feature films, a children’s book, future seasons of “It’s Freezing Out There” and parenting her two small children. A graduate of Princeton University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she hails from San Diego and lives in NYC with her family.
DYLAN MOORE - Producer
Dylan Moore is an actress, producer, and activist. As a producer, her films include I Am a Seagull, It’s Freezing Out There, and The Decades of Mason Carroll. Her theatrical experience includes On Site Opera’s 2017 spring season, The Seagull at The Lake Lucille Chekhov Project with Brian Mertes and Melissa Keivman, and immersive live art party Le Salon. Dylan is the Executive Producer of the Artist as Citizen Conference, a six-day conference for young leaders in the arts aiming to synthesize artistic excellence, activism, and entrepreneurship. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
HALLIE BATEMAN - Artist
Hallie Bateman is a freelance writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles. Her work has been published by The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Awl and others. Her second book, What To Do When I’m Gone, was published by Bloomsbury in April 2018.
DELAVEGA - Director
Delavega is a film, television, commercial and digital content director and producer. Over the past decade, he has directed A-list actors and musicians and produced over 350 projects for major television networks. His work has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, The Guardian and Variety. His latest feature film, BookendS, won Best Foreign Film and was nominated for Best Actress at its world premiere in London’s 2017 Unrestricted View Film Festival. Currently living in New York City, Delavega is adapting his film, BookendS, for the stage and is preparing for his next feature film, The Mentor.
www.delavega.me IMDB
IG: @delavega Twitter: @delavegaii
COREY BAUMAN - Sound Designer
Corey has been recording, editing, mixing and sound designing audio for commercials and short films for more than 17 years. Corey has mixed thousands of radio, TV and online commercials for a range of products and advertising agencies. Before working in New York, Corey graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he majored in Music Production and Engineering. He now enjoys teaching his two young daughters how to play drums and piano.
SASHA PAPERNIK - Composer
Pianist and composer Sasha Papernik is a classically trained pianist and first-generation Russian-American. The Washington Post calls her “uncommonly attractive and entertaining…managing a comfortable balance of the formal and the casual." Drawing on her dual heritage, she uses her wide range of talents to write music and present concerts spanning genres and continents. Her self-released bilingual album, Victory, has been hailed by reviewers as "unparalleled in its aesthetics and musical elegance" (Indiemunity). Her bilingual concert, “I Speak Music," has toured New York City schools for The Center for Arts Education and Lincoln Center Education. Sasha is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Manhattan School of Music.
ANDREA GAVAZZI - Director of Photography
Andrea Gavazzi is a cinematographer from Rome, Italy, originally born in Brazil. Cinematography it's his passion/obsession and the only thing that stops him from traveling.
IG: @andgavazzi
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HEATH BRANDON - Supervising Producer
Heath Brandon is an actor, producer, musician and voiceover talent. His VO work has included over 100 national TV and radio commercials. Heath has also narrated hit shows including TLC’s Prince Harry: Wild No More and Randy to the Rescue.
As a musician, Heath’s cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” spent two years on the iTunes France Jazz chart. His music has been featured on compilations around the world including Wagram’s “Prince in Jazz”, “Nu Jazz Vibrations”, and EMI’s “Sounds of New York.”
Heath lives with his wife and daughter in Brooklyn, NY.
heathbrandon.com
IG: @heathbrandon
Twitter: @heath
SARAH LATIES - Editor
Sarah Laties is a Brooklyn-based film editor working across genres. Sarah holds a BA in Literature and Italian Language from Sarah Lawrence College, and was trained as a commercial editor at Final Cut Edit in Manhattan. She continues to work in commercial and editorial spaces (most recently, she's been cutting in-house for Conde Nast and all of its brands, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ, Teen Vogue and Allure), but has also collaborated extensively on long-form documentary projects, music videos, and short & feature-length narrative films.
HADRIEN ROYO - Colorist
Hadrien grew up in Paris, where he graduated from Law School only to decide that he wanted follow his dream to become a filmmaker. He was chosen as a recipient for the Carla-Bruni Sarkozy Foundation Fellowship, funded by John A. Paulson, and the Maurice Kanbar and Leo Rosner Scholarship.
As he completling his MFA at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, he had multiple exhibitions, most notably a multimedia exhibition at the 80WSE Gallery (NYC), at the Internation Festival of Photography in Pingyao (China), and at the Cornielius Caffé Gallery (NYC).
CAST
Pepper - Pepper Binkley
Emma- Emma Ramos
Frankie - Frankie J. Alvarez
Mom - Meg Gibson
Jo - Joanna Christie
Psychologist - Peter Francis James
Mike - Peter Y. Kim
Dog Owner - Megan Carver
Dog - Rocket
Matt - Matthew Rauch
Andrea - Andrea Suarez Paz
Nedra - Nedra McClyde
Yoga Teacher - Stacey Linden
Book Club Gal - Dylan Moore
Book Club Gal - Anastasia Ganias
Book Club Gal - Claire Karpen
Dude on the Street - Matthew Humphreys
Himself - Joshua U. Klein, MD, FACOG
Herself - Kristen Mancinelli
College Friend - Laura Sjogren
Dad - Jay Patterson
Dad Cartoonist - Nick Choksi
Hallie - Hallie Bateman
Extend Fertility Crowd:
Erin Becker
Jelani Paul
Michele Whalen
Jordi Coats
Dara Cothran
Liza Binkley
CREW
Jelani Paul - B Camera
Clemence Therin - Gaffer
Sashank Sana - Gaffer
Mark Fraunhofer - Sound
Michael Runner - Sound
Zach Egan - Sound
Jordi Coats - PA
Amber Kiara - PA
Christina Remley - Assistant Colorist
Jaclyn Kessel - Website Design
Gray Krauss Sandler Des Rochers LLP Bianca Grimshaw, Esq. - Production Legal
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
“Wildwood Flower” by Sasha Papernik
“You’re Outside” by Danny Moffat
“Rock Hard Life” by Rachel Robinson
“Coronado (Dreamin’ of You)” Valery Saifudinov
“New Shoes” by Nick Binkley
“Exes and Ohs” by Rachel Robinson
“Mr. Eggman” by Nick Binkley
“You Will Never Know Me” by Rachel Robinson
“Anywhere Else” by Anita Briem
“Carry me Away” by Anita Briem
“My Dog and Me” by Rachel Robinson
"Believe" by Ariana Lenarsky
SPECIAL THANKS
Jean Cheever
Jesse Perez and Sofia Gomez
Kate Hopkins
Marshall Sebring
Meg Gibson and Keith Reddin
Nathan Burstein
Noah Haidle
Otis Sebring
Peter Fisher
Rebecca Erban
Tate Ellington
Alyce Carrier
Beachwold Residential
Brittany Allen
Ceci Fernandez
Christel Oehlers
David Foox
Emilea Wilson
Emily Galvin and Alvaro Almanza
Extend Fertility
Geoff Agnor
Gideon Friedman
Jack Sjogren
Production BabiES
six total born to members of our creative team from September 2017 – September 2018.
Wyla
Joni Rose
Tula
Sidonie
Romanos
Baby Alvarez (coming soon!)
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