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Josephina Sykes

Producer

Born in Bucharest, Romania, Josephina fell in love with film from a young age, encouraged by her uncle, a Director of Photography for the National Television channel. Spending her childhood on soundstages and screening rooms created a passion for storytelling that led her to attend the National Film School in 1995. While there, she organized international film festivals, worked as a copywriter, and wrote several 35mm shorts. She also spent a semester at La FEMIS film school in Paris, France in 1998 after being awarded a scholarship by the French Foreign Ministry. After graduating with a major in screenwriting, she worked for the country's two largest film studios, Castel Film and Media Pro Pictures. Since relocating to Los Angeles in 2001, Josephina continued to work in film, both as a screenwriter and in production on indie features including BACK BY MIDNIGHT, LORD OF THE VAMPIRES, THE HALFWAY HOUSE and GRAND JUNCTION. In 2004, together with her husband, writer/director Brad Sykes, founded Nightfall Pictures, a full-service development and production company. She has since produced four feature films, thriller WITHIN THE WOODS, drama COLD ONES (starring C. Thomas Howell and Geoffrey Lewis) and the sci-fi actioner MUTATION. PLAGUERS, starring Steve Railsback, is her latest film as Producer and it’s playing in film festivals all over the world. Lately, “Plaguers” won a Silver Unicorn for Best Script in Spain at the International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival of Estepona, was awarded Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Feature at the Mid-Ohio Con Film Festival and Best “B-Movie” and Best Actor for Steve Railsback at Shockerfest International Film Festival. "Plaguers" will have its US DVD premiere on Dec. 8th, 2009, distributed by Image Ent.

Producer: Plaguers (2008) (producer) Cold Ones (2007) (producer) Mutation (2006) (V) (producer) Within the Woods (2005) (V) (producer) Lord of the Vampires (2002) (associate producer)

Writer: Liars (2002) (V) (written by)

Production Manager: Mutation (2006) (V) (unit production manager) Grand Junction (2006) (unit production manager) The Halfway House (2004) (unit production manager)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: Plaguers (2008) (first assistant director) Cold Ones (2007) (first assistant director) Dirty Habit (2006) (first assistant director) Grand Junction (2006) (first assistant director) Within the Woods (2005) (V) (second unit director) Screech of the Decapitated (2005) (V) (first assistant director) Lord of the Vampires (2002) (first assistant director) Phantom Town (1999) (V) (assistant director)

Miscellaneous Crew: Goth (2003) (V) (creative consultant) Back by Midnight (2002) (assistant production coordinator)