Ivan Kraljevic (Director)
Ivan's interest in story telling started with his great grandmother sharing her real life stories with him before bed. He was able to envision her words and conversely sparked a lifelong interest into the human experience; to understand why people do what they do and what brings them to that point.
Growing up in Yugoslavia, his access to foreign film was through television that was dubbed in Italian, so in order to understand his only option was to learn to Italian, which he did. So, when the film “The Dark Side of the Sun” came to shoot in his hometown; Ivan was immediately drawn to the cameras, the people and the commotion. By chance, the Assistant Director gave Ivan a walkie-talkie and a job to do, to keep an eye out for the sun so they could get their perfect movie moment.
Since then, he has worked in the Directing department for television show such as; Dexter, Big Love and Crossing Jordan, and films such as Secretary, The Perfect Game, and A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010).
Elena has worked in Hollywood as an actress, doing everything from short films, features, TV, web series, music videos and commercials. She studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in Los Angeles. She starred opposite Miley Cyrus in HANNAH MONTANA, played Mia Farrow in a biopic about Roman Polanski's life - POLANSKI UNAUTHORIZED. She has also produced several films,
including an independent film FUEGO, starring David Carradine.
Elena started acting in Russia when she was 10, her first role being Puss in Boots in a theatrical production. She also worked at a local TV station as a journalist and a host, her reports airing for the whole country.
PAPER marks the writing debut of Elena Talan. She is in the process of writing a feature film based on PAPER.
Elena Talan (Actress, Writer)
Daniel Shultz (Producer)
Daniel has been working in Hollywood for more than ten years on features, shorts, commercials, music videos, and everything in between. After graduating from University of Pittsburgh in 1999 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film.
Since 2000, he has worked nearly every production position on set as he learned the ins and outs of movie making. He now splits his time between working as an assistant director and working as a producer. PAPER is the first project that he was the sole producer.
