Plant Life
Cast and Crew Bios

Curt Steindler (Director-Writer-Producer)

Curt is a producer by choice, a writer by necessity, and a director by the vagaries of fortune. An attorney specializing in new media/internet law, he has done numerous presentations on science fiction and fantasy, copyright, and animal protection issues for various professional organizations. With his wife Sharon King, he works in reptile and amphibian rescue (www.RARN.org).

Sharon Diane King (Writer-Producer-Actor [Activist])

Sharon is a character actor with work in TV and film (Gene Simmons Family Jewels, You Should Meet My Son!) A Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (UCLA), she has worked at the Getty Research Institute and is an associate at UCLA’s Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Her theatrical troupe Les Enfans Sans Abri has performed short 15th-17th-century comedies since 1989. Currently she is working on a sequel to her parodic novella The Younger Games.

Andrew Roy (Editor)

Andrew had an incredible time and felt honored to be a part of Plant Life. He enjoys spending hours in dark rooms lit only by the light of a computer screen and watching the same shot over and over again.

Dan Hubbert (Greg, Star)

Dan is an actor, writer (Undead or Alive: A Zombedy), musician (comedy rock band ‘Beyond Bob’), and globe-trotting music supervisor for film and TV.

Glen (Himself, Plant)

Glen is a ficus benjamina. He doesn’t really care how you pronounce it. His rise to fame is a true Hollywood tale: he was spotted through a store-window in Los Angeles and was whisked away to become a star. OK, so it was a thrift store and he was on sale. Even though he’s not organic, the producers don’t consider Glen any more artificial than anyone else in Hollywood. And yes, he had a stunt double for the thug scene.

Jeff Smith (Documentarist)

Jeff has written, directed and acted for theaters in Chicago, London and Los Angeles. Career highlights include directing Shakespeare and creating a contemporary version of Lysistrata in Los Angeles' NoHo Arts District, and developing But NOOOOO! The John Belushi Musical for the Edinburgh Theatre Festival Fringe. A journalist and author, Jeff has also been a professor of writing and American Studies and a Fulbright Fellow. His book The Presidents We Imagine explores how American presidents have been depicted in novels, movies, plays, TV series and other media.

Carvin Knowles (Composer/Additional Music)

Born in Long Beach, California, during the Kennedy administration, Carvin has written and produced music for over 20 independent feature films and a handful of documentaries. His range includes orchestral score, funk, jazz, electronica and world music. His most famous work plays while Jason Biggs gets very personal with baked goods in Universal's American Pie. Today, Carvin lives in New Zealand.