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Diane Namm Telemafia Comedic Short Marks Namm’s Second Film

Los Angeles, CA (June 11, 2010) – TELEMAFIA, a unique, laugh-out-loud short, is Namm’s second film. On the festival circuit, TELEMAFIA premiered at Dingle Film Festival, Ireland and has gained official selection in Newport Beach Film Festival, Seattle True Independent Film Festival and Feel Good Film Festival.

TELEMAFIA (www.telemafiamovie.com) is what happens when a telemarketer picks the wrong consumer to call! The two “cross phones” in a conversational duel in what starts out as a typical telemarketing cold call and ends up being a call that neither will ever forget.

Starring Ray Abruzzo (THE SOPRANOS, DYNASTY, THE PRACTICE, THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, and more) as “Giovanni,” the consumer; and Jeff Richards (SNL, MAD TV, FLASH FORWARD) as “Bob,” the telemarketer.

Key players in the filmmaking process were Co-writer, Jan Militello; Producer, Eric Mofford; Tom Morris, Director of Photography; Tana Roller, Production Designer; Scott Meyer, Film Editor; and William Kevin Anderson, Composer.

TELEMAFIA was shot in HD in one Los Angeles location in two days. The inspiration for the film was a viral youtube prank on which Namm and Militello independently commented – leading them to become friends on Facebook. Militello suggested to Namm it would make a good short. Namm suggested that Militello write the script and offered to produce and direct. Three days later with script in hand, Namm went into pre-production and the rest is TELEMAFIA/Facebook history!

About Diane Namm

Namm’s first movie THE SACRIFICE (www.thesacrificemovie.com) has won numerous awards throughout the 2008/2009 film festival circuit, among them “Best Director” at the 2009 Monaco International Angel Film Awards; “Audience Choice Award” at Holly Shorts 2008; “Special Jury Award” at the 2009 Lady Filmmakers Festival; and “Merit Award” at the 2009 Accolade Film Festival. It is currently available for broadcast and download through Shorts TV International.

Namm’s third film, THE GREAT AMERICAN PIGEON RACE is an animated short, co-produced with Arconyx Media with a release date of July 2010.

Namm is currently in production on two documentary films—SaSa: A Light in the Dark and We’ll Always Have Dingle, a co-production with Geoff Wonfor (History of the Beatles).

Namm has written, directed and produced over 12 stage plays for West of Broadway, a 501 (c) (3) theater company, which Namm founded in 2006 to promote literacy and social responsibility through stage. Namm works in association with Reading Is Fundament of Southern California, is an Artist-in- Residence at the Pasadena Playhouse; serves on the Advisory Board of the English Department at the University of Michigan and on the Edgemar Center for the Arts, is a member of the Author’s Guild, American Film Institute, American Screenwriters Association and Women in Film and is listed in the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

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Writer/Director: DVDs & trailers available upon request Drama – FINDING HOPE (www.facebook.com/pages/Finding-Hope/173445976022805) Short Drama -- THE SACRIFICE (www.thesacrificemovie.com) Short Comedy -- TELEMAFIA (www.telemafiamovie.com) Animated Short --THE GREAT AMERICAN PIGEON RACE (www.pigeonracemovie.com) Docu-dramedy--“We’ll Always Have Dingle”(writer/producer) Documentary – SASA (director/producer) PSA/Documentary – HART UK/Untitled Lady Cox Story (writer/director/producer)

Playwright/Director for West of Broadway *(www.westofbroadway.org): *Los Angeles County Performing Arts Council Grant Recipient JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, (March 2011) (Abby Mann’s original teleplay in which Nazi Judges accused of war crimes face an American Tribunal) MONSTER, (February 2009) a World Premier at the Pasadena Playhouse, (adaptation of National Book Award finalist) 12 ANGRY JURORS, (October 2009) (modern adaptation with a diverse cast) LA STREET SCENES 1-3 (2006, 2007 & 2009) (real-life stories of teens at Phoenix House; prison and group homes)

Children’s Book/Young Adult Author www.dianenamm.com (65+ titles)

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