FIRST LOVE TEAM

Michael Masarof
Writer, Director

Michael Masarof is a writer and director born in New York and residing in Los Angeles. Michael received his MFA in Film Directing from New York University's Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television’s Graduate film program at the Tisch School of The Arts, where he was the recipient of the Jane Rosenthal Scholarship and the Warner Bros. Production Grant. Michael’s short film You Should Have The Body won the first place prize at the International Munich Festival of Film Schools. It also screened as a special presentation at the Berlinale, as well as on Channel 3SAT in Germany. First Love is Michael’s debut feature.
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Annie Heise
Rebecca

Annie Heise is an actress, known for The Good Mistress (2014), TSI: Hollywood (2013) and Madoff(2016). Attended Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, where she was awarded the Carnegie Scholarship. Named one of Backstage Magazine's 2013 Backstage30 - 30 actors on the brink of stardom.

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Aaron Costa Ganis
Matthew

Aaron Costa Ganis graduated from NYU Graduate Acting Program ‘12. He was a Tisch School of The Arts Fellowship recipient. He starred in Price For Freedom opposite Navid Negahban (Homeland), Blood, Sand, and Gold; dir. Gaelan Connell; Supporting lead in feature film 'Straight Outta Tompkins' w/ Whoopi Goldberg, Backstage Magazine & Hollywood Reporter's Backstage 30: Actors On The Brink of Stardom, 2012.

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Amin El Gamal
Kalil

Amin El Gamal was born during an earthquake in Palo Alto, California. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants - his mother came to the United States with her family at 13 to escape political persecution and his father immigrated to study electrical engineering at Stanford University. He attended Palo Alto High School, and then graduated with a bachelor's degree in Drama and English from Stanford University before progressing to the USC School of Dramatic Arts, which he left with a masters in 2011.

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Arye Gross
Richard Crest

Extremely gifted character actor whose face is readily familiar to the public but they can often not remember why. He tends to turn minor supporting roles into perfect studies in human frailty, strength, passion, avarice or anything else demanded by the role. Gross' extensive stage credits include "La Bete" for the Stages Theatre Center, "Room Service" for the Pasadena Playhouse, "Three Sisters" for the Los Angeles Theatre Center, "Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing" for the Grove Shakespeare Festival, "Troillus and Cressida" for the Globe Playhouse and "Screwball" and "Let's Play Two" for the South Coast Repertory Theatre.

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