FRANCES MARRINGTON
ACTRESS - TESS

Frances Marrington graduated from QUT with a B.A. in Theatre Studies in 2002, and then moved to Melbourne to continue her training in the B.D.A. (Acting) course at the VCA (2003). She has had constant work in Melbourne as an actor, model and voice-over artist. Her independent film credits include playing Tanya (supporting lead) in the feature Purge, Mel in the feature A Nocturne, Martha Herman in the short My 61 Green Peas, and Tracey (lead) in the TV Pilot Dirty Diner.

TANYA McHENRY
ACTRESS - REDHEAD

Tanya hails from Perth, but lived in Melbourne for several years where she pursued an active career in acting and modeling. During the shooting of Watch Me, Tanya also worked at Dracula's Theatre in Carlton, which proved handy for props. She recently moved back to Perth, where she runs a talent management company for actors.

KATRINA J. KIELY
ACTRESS - JILL

Katrina has had a long career and history in acting and voice over, being one of the few Australians to be represented by CESD, the talent agency managing voices such as that of Homer Simpson. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Katrina's voice can be heard on numerous local radio ads for companies such as The Age, L'Oreal Paris, Mazda, and Renault. Previous appearances in Scopofile films include Cindy Geeds in Crash Test and Jess in Ansley's short film Butcher.

MELANIE ANSLEY
DIRECTOR

A Canadian by birth, Melanie spent much of her life growing up in Shanghai, Taipei, and Beijing. She has worked as production manager and producer for various international film productions, as well as for CCTV in China. Crash Test was her first feature film as producer, but she has produced two documentaries: The Last Breadbox and Shanghai Bride. The move to directing a horror feature began after her short film, Butcher, toured the festival circuit in 2003.

CELESTE BARRY
ACTRESS - RIGBY

A graduate of Monash University, Celeste has a long history of acting both theatrically and on film. Her first role with Scopofile was in the feature sci-fi Crash Test, and in Watch Me Ansley felt she brought a much needed dark streak to the part of Detective Rigby. Celeste has guest starred in the Australian TV series MDA, and has appeared in Stingers.

SAM VOUTAS
ACTOR - TAKU / PRODUCER

Sam is a graduate of Australia's Victorian College of the Arts. His second year student film, the 16mm Crash Test, was awarded 2nd prize at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2000. The film was later purchased by television broadcaster SBS for their show Eat Carpet. The feature film version of Crash Test has played at over a dozen film festivals, and is distributed on dvd in the USA by SRS Cinema. It has recently secured distribution in China. Watch Me is Sam's debut as a producer.

GLEN HANCOX
ACTOR - SANDERS

Glen is no stranger to the stage, having worked for theatre company Green Cync to write and direct the touring production of Treasure Island. In addition, Glen has appeared in Screenplay Melbourne, a monthly rehearsed reading of new film scripts. In the TV show Neighbours, Glen played Josh Nelson, the dean of Eden University's film school. He has also appeared on TV in Scooter: Secret Agent.

STEVE VAN SPALL
ACTOR - LARS

Being a fan of cinema it was inevitable that Steve would find himself in front of the camera. Steve has acted in a number of low budget short and feature length films including Scopofile's Crash Test where he played the half human/half crash test dummy 'Limbo Jack'. A high point of his screen work so far was being awarded Best Male Performance at the 2003 15/15 Film Festival held at ACMI in Federation Square for the short film Mr. Personality.