Hey everyone! My name is Kyle Nenadovich, and I am a screenwriter and director from Parma, Ohio. I am a Kent State alumni with a B.S. in Digital Media Production. At Kent, I worked several roles in various student productions (including writer, director, producer, assistant director, boom operator, and sound mixer). I was also involved in Kent State’s sketch-comedy show, “The Agenda” on KSU TV2, where I was a writer, actor, and host. During the Summer 2023 semester, I worked with Akron Recording Company as a production and post-production intern.
My reason for applying for the Greater Cleveland Film Commission internship was not only to make connections and learn about the projects that are coming to Northeast Ohio but to also get a deeper look at what is involved in the pre-production process and the different jobs that are needed on and off set.
I became a Digital Media Production major after my first year at Kent because I wanted to learn more about storytelling and how to make stories come to life. Since then, I have written five produced short films, two of which I directed. My recent short, “The Man Makes the Title”, has over 6,000 views on YouTube, and was self-produced and directed.
I like to write character-driven dramas with comedic undertones, but I am trying to experiment with sitcoms and psychological thrillers. My biggest inspirations for my writing are Spider-Man, various WWE/WCW storylines, and albums like My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and Logic’s The Incredible True Story.
Some of my favorite movies are The Karate Kid, Whiplash, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Pulp Fiction, and The Crow. My favorite shows are Cobra Kai, The Bear, How I Met Your Mother, and Spectacular Spider-Man.
Since graduation, I have helped with three student films, a video shoot for a live music performance, and have been working on writing three short films and a TV show that I have been developing for close to two years now. I want to be able to tell the stories that I want to see on screen, and I want to inspire others to do so too.
If you would like to see some of my work, it is available to be watched at: https://kylenenadovich.com/ and at the link below.
Hi! My name is Cori Abele and I‘m from Cleveland, Ohio. I’m currently a third-year student majoring in film production as well as minoring in media production at Bowling Green State University. I’ve always had a passion for visual storytelling through the arts and realized that a career in filmmaking would be the right choice to continue this passion. I enjoy bringing stories to fruition through the lens of the camera as films are an immersive experience to transport the audience into the story that is being told. Aside from filmmaking, I enjoy drawing, painting, crocheting, reading, photography, and cheering on the Cleveland Guardians!
Hello, I am Kaitlyn Strouse! I am currently a student at Cleveland State University. My track in college is a post production. I stay in Cleveland during the academic school year, and I go back to my old town during the summer months or during breaks throughout the year. I will stay with my parents when I get back to my old town. My mother works at our county’s courthouse, while my father is an engineer.
Hello! My name is Kevin Ng and I’m a freelance photographer and cinematographer from Lakewood, Ohio! I started learning filmmaking in high school at St. Edward and enrolled in the rigorous International Baccalaureate film programme. My passion for cinema was instilled by amazing teachers who taught me that film can be a powerful language of many emotions. Empathy with characters is the most important part
Hi, my name is Aidan Killeen and I am a student at Cleveland State University’s film school. I’m actively pursuing my Baccalaureate of Arts and I’m currently in my final year (hopefully). I’m a big fan of being both in front of and behind the camera, but more recently I’ve taken up the torch for the “it sucks but someone has to do it” jobs on set such as PA, grip, and sound on very long takes (my shoulders scream in agony whenever I see a boom pole). I mostly chose to go into film because of my childhood of watching westerns like Gunsmoke and Bonanza as well as M*A*S*H with my grandmother, who loved the romanticized idea of the plucky but occasionally moronic heroes of yore. There’s nothing quite like the gunslinging action hero from the 50s-70s. And I must admit, it absolutely grew on me.
Howdy! My name is Logan Tiedjen, I have lived in Cleveland, Ohio for my entire life and go to school at the Cleveland High School for Digital Arts; hobbying & lobbying for a career in Acting (Television, Improv, Theatrical, etc.) and Psychology.
Hello! My name is Alisha Fluker and I am a junior at Saint Martin De Porres High School.
Hi! My name is Cole Mihalich. Firstly, thank you for reading this. Now that you’re here, who am I? Currently, I’m attending the Savannah College of Art and Design, pursuing my BFA in Film and Television plus, minoring in Dramatic Writing. As a film student, I probably have a moral obligation to watch movies. So, some of my favorites include; Network (‘76) , Jurassic Park (‘93), Lawrence of Arabia (‘62) and Cure (‘97). While I may go to school in Georgia, I am from Cleveland and have lived here my entire life.
My name is Garry Finley, I’m 46, and a veteran of the Ohio Army National Guard.