So You Like the Neighborhood

Ernest Mingione, “Vinny”

Ernest Mingione is a veteran television actor known for playing Lt. Kowalski in THIRD WATCH, and has appeared in RESCUE ME, LAW & ORDER, DAMAGES, and AS THE WORLD TURNS. He is also known for his work in the films OBVIOUS CHILD (2014) and SUMMER OF SAM (1999).

Vince Bandille, “Moose”

Vince performed a one-person show, 3 EGG CREAMS, written and directed by George Cameron Grant, in Asbury Park, Jersey Fringe in Hammonton, NJ, and Off-Broadway in NYC's Cutting Room. He played Willy Loman in Playhouse 22's production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, performed in Gaspare DiBlasi's 50 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT FRANK at The Theater for The New City, and played a hard drinking, chauvinistic boss in Theresa Rebeck's WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST at The June Havoc Theatre in NYC. He played the title character in Bill Sorice's award winning short film, VINNY VINO, later cast in Hughes William Thompson's short film A NEW MAN which won the Cannes Lions Young Director Award 2014.

Corey Sullivan, “Del the Assassin”

Corey is a New York based actor. He attended Bard College, where he studied theater and theology, as well as Harvard University, where he was a Teaching Fellow, and the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training. As Research Associate at NYU Abu Dhabi, he studied and trained in theatrical forms all across the Middle East and South East Asia, including Japan, India, Nepal, Bali, Thailand, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan. He is an Associate Artist of Theater Mitu, with whom he has been a Resident Artist at the Sundance Institute, New York Theater Workshop and Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center. He has performed at Shakespeare in the Park The Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, The Vineyard Theater, New Victory Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, American Repertory Theater, Moscow Art Theater and the Chekhov Estate in Melikhovo, Russia, as well as various films.

Matt Hopkins, “Liam”

Matt Hopkins is a New York based actor born and raised in Vermont. He is known for his voice work on Grand Theft Auto V as well as on Verizon commercials. He was the lead in the award winning feature film BEHIND THE MIRROR (2015) and has worked on many shorts including THE RIVER (2013) and FUTURE STATES (2013). He was the lead guitarist in the band Hadoken and now performs regularly with Brooklyn's Kent Odessa.

Oscar Hernandez, Producer

Born in and partly raised in Oakland, CA, Oscar is a Mexican-American filmmaker who has been producing professionally in Los Angeles and New York since 2007. He has worked in development and production for Hollywood producers and directors at Universal, Sony, and ESPN. Most recently, he has focused on narrative and commercial projects in New York. He is pursuing an MFA in writing and directing at NYU’s Tisch School the Arts.

Felipe Vara de Rey, Director of Cinematography

A 2011 Fulbright Scholar, Felipe moved from Madrid, Spain to New York City to attend NYU TSOA. He works as a cinematographer and a director. He just shot his first feature, a Spike Lee Joint called SEE YOU YESTERDAY, directed by Stefon Bristol. He is currently developing two feature-length scripts. He graduated in 2002 in Political Science. In 2009, he co-founded the Tócalasam Laboratorio Creativo, an independent production company based in Madrid, where he was head of the creative department for over two years.

Grants

Manish Achyara Film Production Award

Roger King Finishing Funds Grant

Sara Driver Film Production Award

Press

National Board of Review, “So You Like the Neighborhood, Directed by Jean Pesce,” April, 2018

Directed by Women, “#IndyShorts: Women Directors Share Insights About Their Short Films,” By Barbara Ann O’Leary | July 17, 2018