MARTIN 'MARTY' KOVE
New York born, strong featured, narrow eyed actor who has portrayed a mixed bag of both good and bad guys! First turned up on screen in several minor roles, and got himself noticed as the villainous "Nero The Hero" in the low budget road race Death Race 2000 (1975), and then as "Clem" the sadistic rigger, breaking Jan-Michael Vincent's ribs in White Line Fever (1975). He cropped up in the hit TV series "Cagney & Lacey" (1982) as honest Police Detective Isbecki, and then got on the wrong side of rampaging Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).

Kove probably scored his greatest visibility to the public in the hugely successful The Karate Kid (1984) in which he played "John Kreese", the head instructor of the Cobra Kai karate school, and he reprised the role in the two sequels, The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid, Part III (1989).

Kove has since kept consistently busy, primarily in the action / thriller film genre, and has notched up over 80 film appearances to date, as well as numerous TV guest roles.

MELTEM CUMBUL
At 21, Meltem graduated from university with a major in drama. She then worked as an actress for the Shakespeare Company in London. Taking on a career in television, she hosted the reality program Asagi Yukan and the game show Nereden bas,lasak. During this time, Meltem also played a number of supporting roles in movies, most notably Bay E and Böcek. In 1996, she starred in a Sahte Dünyalar, a popular soap opera.

Meltem was given her own show The Meltem Cumbul Show, a year later. She did leading parts in the movies Karisik Pizza, Geboren in Absurdistan and the musical Anlat S,ehrazat Anlat. Meltem acted in the popular TV series Biz size asik olduk, Besik Kertmesi and Gurbet Kadini. Next, she starred in the extremely popular Yilan Hikayesi, which is to date the highest rated program ever in the history of Turkish television.

Meltem's role in the movie Abdülhamit Düserken won her the Golden Orange Prize at the Antalya Film Festival. Next, she acted in the award winning and critically acclaimed movie Gegen die Wand.

ISIL BAGDADI
Isil Bagdadi has worked in the film industry since 1997 as a producer, a marketing and distribution executive.

Her first film as a producer was Michael Sergio's directorial debut UNDER HELLGATE BRIDGE which she and Michael self-distributed theatrically. The film won numerous film festivals, including The Regal Cinemas Dreammaker award at the Nashville Film Festival, and was later released by Lions Gate Entertainment on DVD.

In 2001, Isil and Michael started CAVU Pictures in order to finance, develop, produce, acquire and distribute independent films. As the President of Distribution & Marketing at CAVU, Isil has overseen the theatrical campaigns for numerous successful independent films including, Eitan Gorlin's critically acclaimed film THE HOLY LAND (winner of the Grand Jury prize at the Slamdance Film festival, and Independent Spirit Award nominee), the award-winning documentary THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN (winner of the Al Gore Reel Current award), TRAILER PARK BOYS: THE MOVIE (based on a Canadian cult TV show, and produced by legendary Hollywood producer Ivan Reitman), Sean Baker & Shih-Ching Tsou's TAKE OUT (John Cassavetes Spirit award nominee), and THE DUKES (starring Chazz Palminteri, Robert Davi & Peter Bogdanovich).

Isil has also written, produced and directed a short film THE BLUE MARBLE, which had its broadcast premiere on Metro TV as part of their "Urban Indies" series, and was then released by Lions Gate Entertainment.

Isil spends her time attending numerous film festivals throughout the year, and is frequently asked to be a juror, panelist, moderator and mentor. Isil served as a consultant for the NY Turkish Film Festival for two years. She has taught film producing classes at the Digital Film Academy, and lectured at the CUNY Graduate Center, and NYU. She is an adviser for the Long Island International Film Expo, and a long-standing member of IFP and New York Women in Film & Television.

She has a graduate degree in Film from the New York Institute of Technology and her undergraduate degree in Communication Arts from St. Johns University. Isil is currently preparing to produce CAVU's next film BABY BLUE, which was written by Richard Vetere and is being directed by Michael Sergio. website

MICHAEL SERGIO
Michael Sergio has been at the heart of the NY music, theatre and film scene for over thirty years.

In 2001, Sergio and producing partner, Isil Bagdadi, started CAVU Pictures in order to finance, develop, produce, acquire and distribute independent films. To date CAVU has theatrically released the award winning films "Under Hellgate Bridge," "The Holy Land," "The Real Dirt on Farmer John," "Trailer Park Boys: The Movie," "The Dukes" and "Take Out".

Sergio is an Emmy Award-winning director, screenwriter, independent film producer and distributor. He began his career as an actor, musician and singer appearing in Manhattan clubs, on Broadway, television and in films before succumbing to a career as a director in the early 1990's.

As an actor, Sergio worked with Sidney Lumet on the film "Prince of the City", with director Mark Rosman on "House on Sorority Row" and in "Men of Respect" with John Turturro and Rod Steiger. TV appearances include roles on ABC's Loving, Mathnet, Ryan's Hope, The Equalizer, The Street, Law & Order, Kojak and The Last Days of Brian Darling for HBO. He also acted in over 50 national TV commercials. Sergio was tapped by director Gene Saks for the original Broadway production of "I Love My Wife". An accomplished singer and musician, Sergio has performed in some of NY's most cutting-edge clubs including The Bitter End, Folk City, The Comic Strip and The Original Improvisation where he was the house singer for almost 17 years.

His directorial career began with TV commercials for clients as diverse as Disney, AT&T, Continental Airlines, American Express and ESPN. Sergio directed for TV, crafting Emmy Award-winning TV specials, music videos and pilots before navigating the shoals of the independent film industry. Some of his directing projects include, John Ford Noonan's "Night Man at the Sardi Building", "Creating the Wizard of Oz on Ice", for which he was nominated for a DayTime Emmy, and Ringling Bros. 1996 TV Circus Special for which he won an Emmy.

Sergio's directorial feature debut "Under Hellgate Bridge" garnered Best Director and Best Film honors at various film festivals, including Best Film award at the Nashville Independent Film Festival, and the Regal Cinemas Dreammaker Award. After a successful theatrical release in 2001, "Under Hellgate Bridge" was released on DVD nationwide by Lions Gate Entertainment.

Sergio is currently scouting for films to add to CAVU's distribution schedule for 2010, as a director he is in preproduction on CAVU's next feature film "Baby Blue" (written by Richard Vetere), and he is also in the process of recording his first Jazz CD. website

JAY THAMES
Jay Thames, a Texas native, graduated from TCU in Fort Worth, with film production and psychology degrees. After living in New York and working on many independent features, he moved to LA. Shortly after, he produced/wrote/directed the highly lauded stage production, THAMES HIGH.

Following, Jay wrote and produced the critically acclaimed independent film AUTOMATIC, which played and won awards at film festivals around the world. To be released in late 2009.

Recently, he produced the noir independent feature YESTERDAY WAS A LIE which won 5 best of fest awards and is a QiFF '08 official selection. To be released in 2010.

In November 2009, he will commence production on THE POWER OF FEW with Christopher Walken where he serves as a producer. To be released in 2011.

Jay has been hired to write screenplays by various producers and production companies. He sold the original screenplays P3, DEAD ENDS AND OPEN AIR, TREATMENT and THE FIRST TRIP HOME.

In addition, Jay has been hired to write an as yet titled biography about one of the largest personalities of the 20th century.


MICHAEL ROONEY
Michael Rooney, a Pittsburgh PA native, graduated from Washington & Jefferson College before continuing on to Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. At NYU he received his Masters degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program. Included in his studies were photography and filmmaking, working on several videos and audio productions. Mike graduated with an academic achievement award and as one of the top two as a video editor and director. While in graduate school, Mike worked part time building television studios and highMend production facilities in NYC and CT. After graduation he took an engineering job, working at one of NYC's highM end graphics production facilities that did graphics for Stephen King and Sylvester Stallone movies, as well as music videos for artists such as Mariah Carey among others. Mike continued with the "behind the scenes" approach with thoughts of opening up his own production facility in the future. He worked on building the first SDI broadcast mobile television unit for Game Creek Video, as well as the first "twin" SDI production trucks for Unitel. These would be used for the Academy Awards and Emmy telecasts. He also worked on the first HDTV mobile unit for Panasonic for the NFL's Monday Night Football telecasts.
Mike always kept his hand and creative energy in the visual world, whether it was photography or motion pictures. His first love has always been video production and editing. He worked with film cameras during the NFL's first year of video, working for both the family owned Pittsburgh Steelers as well as outsourced work for NFL Films. As a pioneer in this field he was a regular on the sidelines at Steelers games right thru the 2008 football season, shooting everything from video to still photography.
In more recent years, Mike coMproduced the critically acclaimed independent film "AUTOMATIC" which played and won awards at film festivals around the world. For his latest production, Mike came up with the idea for "CARPET RACERS" after having raced his own R/C vehicles at numerous events, and opening an R/C hobby shop called "Steel City Hobbies" located in Pittsburgh PA.
Currently, Mike works at one of the family businesses in NY (Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway) as the director of Media Convergence. Some of his responsibilities include: overseeing five live weekly broadcasts of horse racing, photography, production, print and digital signage, telecommunications, and Treasurer, as well as having a seat on the board of directors.