DAWN SCIBILIA:

Dawn Scibilia was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Dawn has had the opportunity to work with many directors such as Martin Brest, Meet Joe Black, Patrice Leconte, Une Chance Sur Deux, and Michael Ritchie, A Simple Wish. Dawn has directed two short films and a number of one act plays and the period full length play, The Little Oasis. Dawn produced, directed and edited the short surreal comedy, Muela, which screened at the Los Angeles International Film Festival and the N.Y. Expo in 2003. In addition to the documentary Home, Dawn is developing her original screenplay. She anticipates producing and directing the project in New York City.

ALAN COOKE: Producer, Writer, Actor, Narrator

Alan Cooke is a 34-year-old stage actor and writer from Dublin, Ireland. He has performed in professional stage shows all over Ireland for the last seven years. He appeared in Irish writer Conor McPherson's acclaimed solo show Rum & Vodka. He was Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet and Gobbo in Merchant of Venice. He has also written and performed his own solo piece called The Wedding Night which premiered in Ireland a few years ago to acclaim. He made his feature debut in a film with Mike Myers called Pete's Meteor. He made his New York Stage Debut in a show about 9/11. He produced and acted in this series of ten short monologues about victims of 9/11 which played to great acclaim in the Irish Arts Centre 2002. He also wrote and narrated a piece for an installation exhibition in a new gallery called Oxbow which had its premiere in April of this year. Alan is also a professional voice over artist. He is currently working on writing his own solo show and a book version of HOME. This is his first foray in film Making.

FROM THE FILMMAKERS

It is our hope that Home will be a project that resonates from the heart to the heart. We made this film because we wanted to share our passion and celebration of the human spirit with New York and with all the world. New York, the world and certainly man, are truly and ultimately unknowable. But with this film, we have captured a moment of time, and a pulse of the most culturally diverse city in the world.