CHRIS HAYES
Chris Hayes, one third of CYPHER Films was born of Italian and
Irish heritage. He started his journey into entertainment at
Edward R. Murrow H.S. in Brooklyn NY. Here he was part of over
a dozen productions. Including "Little Shop of Horrors" for
which he served as Technical Director. Chris was given an opportunity
to command a crew as well as draft designs for the implementation
of the set. Chris Hayes, Dean Barry and FRANKLYN had time over
the four years in Murrow to develop an unspoken work ethic.
After his H.S. career Chris was accepted to the prestigious
Design Technology and Film program at Purchase College. Purchases?
high stakes, fast paced schedule molded him into the professional
he is today. Chris became the youngest person to hold each position,
that a Technical Direction major can hold in Purchase. He garnered
the respect and admiration of his peers as well as the faculty.
Not only did Chris maintain a high college average but every
summer he would work at the Central Park Summer Stage. These
summers of working with established acts raised the level of
Chris? productions skills while allowing Dean and Franklyn to
mingle with industry professionals. Chris was poised to be the
first to take a step into the world of professional entertainment.
After college Chris? talents took him across the country with
the Vietnamese Water Puppet Theatre. Chris was responsible for
the transportation, maintenance, set up and strike of the production
for it?s run. His experiences there contributes towards our
plans for a national tour of "Last Night in Brooklyn".
Upon his return Chris began working at Showman fabricators an
industry leader for theatrical instillations. Chris? work with
Showman has ranged from Live events such as the NYC New Year?s
2000 Celebration to Multiple television shows and news programs.
After years of working on high level productions, Chris was
honored with three Emmy Awards for HBO.
Now in addition to his rigorous schedule, Chris brings his years
of experience to our productions in CYPHER Films . As one third
of CYPHER Films management, Chris brings professionalism and
experience to the table and will be a key component to our success.
FRANKLYN
A Brooklyn native and graduate of both the Conservatory of
Theatre Arts and Film at Purchase College, S.U.N.Y. and the
Fictional Narrative Video graduate program at Emerson College.
Franklyn is the founding member of CYPHER Productions and
along with "A FRANKLYN PICTURE" became the first
director out of the starting gate at CYPHER Films.
With his first short movie "SWINGS"(1998), Franklyn
created a fantasy world where spirits and the living draw
from each other’s strengths and knowledge in times of need.
This movie gave birth to many of the themes and ideas that
later grew into "EYES OF NY"(1999).
Visual arts have been the driving force behind Franklyn's
work and most of his work starts there. From storyboards and
character sketches to large paintings, his themes are communicated
visually in public forums. The sharing of artistic moments
collectively can heighten the impact of the work produced.
Picking up on the subconscious cues from the people around
us. Especially when watching movies together. Franklyn enjoys
working with his local community and has produced films, written
and performed by three 6th grade classes but produced professionally.
The "Kid Flicks" experience grew into more community
work in the form of murals and paintings as well as public
art events.
In the fall of 2005 Franklyn returned to Brooklyn with "FADE".
When not directing, Franklyn lends his talents to the other
CYPHER projects as a producer and editor and is currently
touring with his new feature-length movie, "LAST NIGHT
IN BROOKLYN".
"I'm passionate about
Aiding people to recognize the importance of strangers in
our lives. My work strives to illustrate this. Each man, woman
and child on this planet is a vital member of our team."
DEAN BARRY
33 year old, Film maker and Actor, and one third of CYPHER Films,
Dean Barry was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY of Italian and
Jewish heritage. While attending Morris H. Weis Elementary school,
at the age of 9 years old, Dean was not only acting in "Joseph
and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" as Benjamin, but he
also designed and constructed the set for the show . Theatre
continued through Dean?s life with productions of "You Can?t
Take it With You", "A Christmas Carroll", "To Kill a Mocking
Bird" and the "Odd Couple" all before high school. With the
beginning of high school, Dean found himself longing for entertainment.
While attending Lafayette H.S., Dean would volunteer time after
his own school day to work on set construction for shows in
Edward R. Murrow H.S. In 1991 Dean successfully transferred
into Edward R. Murrow H.S. and joined the technical theatre
crew where he met FRANKLYN and three time Emmy award winner
Chris Hayes. After dozens of high school productions, Dean attended
Baruch and majored in Accounting and Business but spent his
weekends at Purchase College, S.U.N.Y. where Chris and FRANKLYN
had been attending school for technical theatre and film. His
need to support his family and his desire to entertain an audience
pulled Dean in many directions. Dean found himself working as
the Director of marketing for a national communications company,
9278 Communications, in the Bronx , NY, managing over 200 employees.
The creative marketing skills and practices employed there,
quickly carried over to CYPHER Productions and now, CYPHER Films..
Now with "LAST
NIGHT IN BROOKLYN", Dean continues the tradition of acting
and behind the scenes devotion. He has taken on a leading role
as well as multiple production aspects. As "Paulie Funzzo" Dean
portrays a multi-layered character, bringing humanity and humor
to a hard and ruthless killer. At the same time, he has been
indispensable as a behind the scenes force and editing partner.
Devoting countless hours toward the success of this film. Dean?s
approach to getting "LAST NIGHT IN BROOKLYN" to an audience,
has created a blue print for distributing this film and others
in the future. It allows for audiences across the country to
view an independent film without a distributor. This model will
even out the playing field for a company of our size and allow
for DVD sales and audience records that can rival widely distributed
films.
Dean has brought CYPHER Films into the community and has opened
our offices to the people of our neighborhood. With Chris Hayes
and FRANKLYN, Dean has hosted summer-time BBQ?s that give the
community a chance to get to know each other. He has partnered
with neighbors and created a neighborhood beautification project
in which flowers and vegetables were planted and continue to
be.
He has taking on the role of co-writer and director for "LOST
IN AMSTERDAM" that is currently in pre-production while promoting
"LAST
NIGHT IN BROOKLYN". Dean is and will be a driving force
of CYPHER Films now and in the future.
