born 28 June 1970

Akiko Kimura, Fukui, Japan, actress

Julie Cummings, Malden, Massachusetts, assistant director

Kevin L. Bright, Charlotte, North Carolina, dolly grip

Matthew T., Terre Haute, Indiana, Cleveland-based location manager

Melanie Schultz-Maas van Haegen Henriette-Meuse Geesteranus, Rheden, The Netherlands, politician

Mike White, Pasadena, California, writer/director

Rick Leary, Billinge, England, computer graphics supervisor

Rio Del Valle Hackford, county of Los Angeles, California, actor/publican/son of Taylor Hackford

Steve Burton, Indianapolis, Indiana, actor

Tom Merritt, Greenville, Illinois, web producer

Toren Atkinson, Winnipeg, Manitoba, actor/H.P. Lovecraft enthusiast

Turkka Mastomäki, Seinäjoki, Finland, actor

I’m going to give it up for my namesake, whose myspace lavishly namechecks the Cleveland Cinematheque. God bless the Midwestern college film societies, for their noble work in keeping decent non-mainstream movies flowing to the non-massive-city parts of our great country.