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<br>These are actors, directors and producers of film who lived in Andover.
The 4 members of Grimis,guitarist Lyle Brewer, saxaphone player/vocalist David Tanklefsky, drummer Peter Michelinie, and bassist Andy Doherty have been playing together since 1998 when they were in the Doherty Middle School concert band.The band officially formed when they were sophomores in Andover High School in 2001. They played mostly jazz fusion.The group helped out Andover Youth services by organizing comedy nights, hiking trips, and other events. They also helped other bands in booking and promoting their own gigs. After 6 years together they released an album ''Poets, Assassins, and Shepherds''. That same year they decided to go their separate ways. In 2008 they got together again to make a U.S. tour. A good friend and former Andover High classmate, Grant Guliano, created an hour-long documentary of this tour, ''Grimis Tours the States.'' In 2010 former group members Andrew Doherty, Pete Michelinie and David Tanklefsky went to Kenya with Andover Youth Services founder Bill Fahey to record the album ''I Am the One'' with the students of Margaret Okari School. Many of the school's students were orphaned by AIDS and proceeds from the record went to fund the school. They toured the East Coast in 2010 to promote the new album. Members of the groups have become sidemen playing with nationally-recognized projects such as Sarah Borges, Broken Singles, Emil & Friends, and Quiet Life. Doherty has spent time recording with the Maasai tribe in Africa. Michelinie has created 17th century style furniture and converted vans to run on vegetable oil. Tanklefsky has became a journalist and play-by-play announcer.
== Laura Bernieri ==


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*After Six-Year Run, Grimis Prepares its Summer Swan Song.''Eagle Tribune'' 6/24/2004,page 23.
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076904/ IMBD Laura Bernieri]
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'''Next Stop Wonderland'''
*"Lights, Camera, Actions in Our Own Backyard (Next Stop Wonderland), ''Eagle Tribune'', December 26, 1999
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'''Her Proper Places: 100 Years of Women in Andover'''
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'''Delta Rising''' - A Blues Documentary
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== Mark Grant ==
*Movie of Grimis Tour Premieres,With Show. ''Andover Townsman''12/17/2009, page 6.
 
Mark Grant is a screenwriter and co-producer of television series including Perfect World and Empty Nest
 
See
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157833/ IMBD Mark Grant]
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'''Serial Intentions'''
*"Finishing Up Serial Intentions", Townsman, February 8, 2001
*"Grant Writing Leads to Independent Serial Intentions", Townsman, August 17, 2000
 
 
== Robin Hessman ==
Robin Hessman grew up in Andover and is a graduate of Brown University with a dual degree in Russian and film. She spent eight years in Russia at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, as well as directing Ulitsa Sezam, the Russian-language Sesame Street.
 
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*[http://www.pbs.org/pov/myperestroika/bio.php Robin's Biography]
*[http://www.newday.com/filmmakers/Robin_Hessman.html Form New Day Films]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1623464/ IMBD Robin Hessman]
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'''Portrait of Boy with Dog''' - *Robin and her co-director James Longley won an Academy Award For "Portrait of Boy with Dog" when they were both students in 1994.
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*"Film Wins Global Audience", ''Eagle Tribune'', July, 12, 1994
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'''My Perestroika''' - This documentary premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of the US Documentary competition.
 
*"End of an Era Captured on Film: Andover Filmmaker Tells Stories of the Last Generation of Iron Curtain Kids", ''Townsman'', April 7, 2011, page 14
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== Matt McDermott ==
 
An actor.
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*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1281979/ Matt McDermott IMBD]
*"Local Teen's Direction is Hollywood", Townsman, March 27, 2005
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'''The Hollow'''
*"Matt McDermott wins award for excellence for the Hollow at Tambakos Film Festival and Video Competition" Town Crossings, April 20, 2001
 
'''Miracle Dogs'''
*a television Movie
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== Melanie Perkins ==
Melanie Perkins is a director and writer of television documentaries.
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*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3148803/ Melanie Perkins IMBD]
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'''Have You Seen Andy'''
*"Andover Film Director Nominated for an Emmy", ''Townsman'', August 18, 2008 - a documentary about a lost Andover boy.
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== Alex Perry ==
An Andover native and Bridgewater State College student Alex Perry is winning awards for filmmaking in Campus MovieFest
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'''Scrabble, The Motion Picture'''
Alex Perry won northern regional finale of Campus MovieFest
*"Andover Native Makes Award-Winning Short Film", June 17, 2009
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'''Grass Grow Green'''
June 3, 2010
*"Andover's Perry Takes Aim at National Recognition: Filmmaker Plans Hollywood Careers", ''Townsman'', June 3, 2010
*"Aspiring Film Maker on Target, ''Townsman'', June 3, 2010
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== Jackson Quinn ==
A Filmmaker who won awards in the Homegrown Film Festival.<br>
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*"Lights, Camera Action in Our Own Backyard (Ravol's Van Wounded Bird and Spread the Love Around() won awards in Homegrown Movie Festival" Eagle Tribune, ''Eagle Tribune'', December 26, 1999
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== Stephen Stapinski ==
Stephen Stapinski, a native of Andover, is an actor, director and producer who has appeared in 10 films. <br>
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*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1100320/ IMBD Stephen Stapinski]
 
 
'''Sporting Dog''' - A short film based on a mystery short story called "Child Support".
 
*"Dog Fetches Award for Andover Producer" Andover Townsman, September 30, 1999
*"Film Wins National and International Awards: Best Short Film in Festival (CMJ Independent Film Channel)", Eagle Tribune, July 12, 1994
*"Local Film Company Runs with the Big Dogs", ''Townsman'', September 30, 1999 - Stephen acted in and directed this film.
 
 
== Bruce Twickler ==
 
Bruce Twickler is a producer, director, and writer for documentaries and television movies.
 
See
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2331164/ Bruce Twickler IMBD]
 
'''Damrell's Fire'''
*"Forgotten Fire-Stopper", ''Townsman'', July 13, 2006 - A Documentary about Boston's Chief John Damrell who applied hist technical understanding of fire fighting to the establishment of new building codes as a  result of the Boston Fire of 1872 or [http://www.damrellsfire.com/Boston_1872_Fire_1.html Damrell's Fire].
 
 
 
 
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--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 10:15, September 23, 2011 (EDT)


*Grimis Back to Old Stomping Grounds, With a Purpose.(portrait of the group) ''Andover Townsman''4/21/2011, page 12.
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The 4 members of Grimis,guitarist Lyle Brewer, saxaphone player/vocalist David Tanklefsky, drummer Peter Michelinie, and bassist Andy Doherty have been playing together since 1998 when they were in the Doherty Middle School concert band.The band officially formed when they were sophomores in Andover High School in 2001. They played mostly jazz fusion.The group helped out Andover Youth services by organizing comedy nights, hiking trips, and other events. They also helped other bands in booking and promoting their own gigs. After 6 years together they released an album Poets, Assassins, and Shepherds. That same year they decided to go their separate ways. In 2008 they got together again to make a U.S. tour. A good friend and former Andover High classmate, Grant Guliano, created an hour-long documentary of this tour, Grimis Tours the States. In 2010 former group members Andrew Doherty, Pete Michelinie and David Tanklefsky went to Kenya with Andover Youth Services founder Bill Fahey to record the album I Am the One with the students of Margaret Okari School. Many of the school's students were orphaned by AIDS and proceeds from the record went to fund the school. They toured the East Coast in 2010 to promote the new album. Members of the groups have become sidemen playing with nationally-recognized projects such as Sarah Borges, Broken Singles, Emil & Friends, and Quiet Life. Doherty has spent time recording with the Maasai tribe in Africa. Michelinie has created 17th century style furniture and converted vans to run on vegetable oil. Tanklefsky has became a journalist and play-by-play announcer.

  • After Six-Year Run, Grimis Prepares its Summer Swan Song.Eagle Tribune 6/24/2004,page 23.
  • Movie of Grimis Tour Premieres,With Show. Andover Townsman12/17/2009, page 6.
  • Grimis Back to Old Stomping Grounds, With a Purpose.(portrait of the group) Andover Townsman4/21/2011, page 12.

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