Adam Sonnet

Director - Executive Producer - Writer - Actor

A native to California, he and his family moved to Seattle in 1996. As a young boy, Adam Sonnet found his enjoyment in art and storytelling. He won several awards for art poster contests and pursued visual arts as a personal aspiration. In more recent years he has discovered his passion in film production. Motion picture inspired him in a new way to communicate his otherworldly ideas through a medium that many can enjoy at once.

In 2005 he partnered with Tyler Clausen and they created a dark comedic science-fiction television show in the Puget Sound area called, Organic Guerrilla. The show ran for two years and aired more than 20 mind altering episodes. The show was given its name because of its raw organic structure and guerrilla film style. In 2007 he met Elle Sonnet, who he later married. He and Elle partnered together and founded Sonnet Realm Films, a film company that caters towards fantasy and science-fiction movies and comedic webisodes. In 2008 through 2010 he and Elle co-produced with Temporal Studios Star Trek fan series called Star Trek: Phoenix, which premiered throughout the Northwest and on the web.

In 2009 he co-directed a sci-fi short film called “The Incursion”, with Gale Benning, which premiered at an artist event in Seattle. Adam has plans to release The Incursion at other film festivals. Then in 2011 he acted in a short film called “Thank You”, which was directed by his wife Elle, and was selected and premiered at the National Film Festival For Talented Youth.

In the latter end of 2011, he and Elle moved back down to Los Angeles where he is actively involved in several short films, a feature, and the pre-production 3 web-series. Two of which are produced by Sonnet Realm Films. Adam is currently co-producing season one to a comical sci-fi space opera web series called Space Dominators which is scheduled to premier next year in 2013. He is also co-producing a mockumentary style web series called Rolling. He is an active screenwriter and has written several scripts for feature length films that he plans to produce and direct in the future.

For fun he and Elle enjoy karaoke, going to renaissance faires, sci-fi conventions, making silly videos, and traveling abroad.

Elle Viane Sonnet

Actress - Executive Producer - Director - Writer

Elle Viane Sonnet is an Native American actress from Seattle, WA residing in Los Angeles, CA. At the early age of four, Sonnet found her niche in life - entertainment.

She grew up in the Theatre from 4-19 years-old, averaging 2-3 plays and musicals a year. At the age of 16 she became interested in film acting, and has studied acting in many venues from Bellevue College, North Seattle College, World Championships of Performing Arts and private instructors with years of professional film acting experience.

Sonnet also graduated from Bellevue College with an AA in Motion Picture/Movie Making and an AA Direct Transfer which she is using to pursue her BA in Film Business. In 2007 she started her film production company, Sonnet Realm Films, which currently runs out of Los Angeles, CA.

Sonnet is best known for her contributions in her Harry Potter themed band, The Parselmouths; a wacky science-fiction web series, Space Dominators; and for the internationally acclaimed fan series, Star Trek: Phoenix as Ltd. Cmdr. Akelyn Solara Chief Engineer. Sonnet has her AA in Motion Picture and expects to graduate in 2013 with her BA in Entertainment Business.

Gale Benning

Producer - Production Designer - Graphic Artist - Actor

An all around designer, conceptualizer and leader. Most well know for his talents in Assistant Directing, Production Design and Directing with the knowledge to communicate with all department heads.

He has been lucky enough to collaborate on multiple ongoing projects this year with Sonnet Realm Films, having produced some eloquent offbeat work including a science fiction adventure comedy "Space Dominators" and a docudramedy of misfit filmmakers "Rolling". 220 Studios brought an experience into the unknown of filming subjects that come from felt and ping pong balls and a long time favorite subject matter: puppets in "Crash Boom".

In 2010 he was Assistant Director on the children's noir/thriller "Zero Point", Directed by Hank Issac. In 2009 he collaborated with NoSlack Productions on the SIFF premiered "Dishonesty", Ben Pohl's debut "Divination", Directed on Temporal Studios "Star Trek: Phoenix" and Sonnet Realm Films "The Incursion" and Assistant Directed/2nd Unit Directed Third 3rd Eye Films "The Sheets Must Be Silk".

He participated in a series of short film productions including 2009's Seattle's True Independent Film Festival's "Listeners" from Crooked Lake Productions, "Over My Dead Body" by director Craig Packard, "Action!" from NoSlack Productions.

Of Star Trek: Phoenix he aided the overall series with his positions as Art Director, Assistant Director and a Producer and had the opportunity to Direct key portions of it's pilot production: "Cloak & Dagger". From the design of the series heroship with Trek legend Andrew Probert and master 3d Modeler Mark Kingsnorth and developing brand new costumes and insignia to set design and technology creation to aiding in leading a cast and crew of more than 125. He filled the aforementioned roles on the series collection of short vignettes including: "Holo-Victory", "No Other Medicine", "Fractured Logic" and "Admiral's Prerogative".

2007 was the first time Gale used social network sites for use as career networking tools and landed the job of costume designer for the returning series of MTV UK's "Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers".

Harry Stark

Music Composer - Writer

Harry Stark is a writer, producer, director, cinematographer, editor, and composer at Wide Hollow Road Films & Entertainment located in Tacoma, Washington. www.widehollowroad.com

Harry’s curiosity and interest in filmmaking, song writing, and instrumental composition began in 1993 at the age of 16 when he attended a Visual Communications vocational program sponsored by the school district he attended during his junior and senior year of high school. Since graduating, the knowledge that he garnered from his experiences has lead him to collaborate with some very gifted, talented, creative, and inspiring filmmakers, musicians, writers, graphic artists, and special effects companies in the Seattle/Tacoma region. He has contributed to as well as worked on independent films, web-series, documentaries, and has co-written and composed music for other musicians and productions.

Currently, Harry Stark resides in The Pacific Northwest with his beautiful bride, Shawna, who is a second grade schoolteacher at a private Christian School District. Together, they love spending their leisure time writing screenplays, traveling abroad, reading books, watching movies of all genres, composing music and singing, jewelry making, arts and crafts, as well as collecting sea glass together along the stunning scenic rocky beaches of the gorgeous Puget Sound.

Presently, Harry Stark is collaborating with Sonnet Realm Films as a Producer and Composer on their newest science fiction comedy space opera web series: “Space Dominators!” which is currently slated for a 2013 release.

Sean Sonnet

Music Composer - Singer/Songwriter - Musician - Actor

Coming from a musical family, Sean Sonnet was born in Los Angeles, California.

When Sonnet was very young, the age of four, he master-pieced together three blind mice on the piano. Since then he has mastered several musical instruments and composed over a hundred songs and soundtracks for film and independent projects.  Most recently he wrote the Star Trek: Phoenix Documentary Soundtrack, the Space Dominators Theme Song and various soundtracks for Sonnet Realm Films. In 1996 Sean completed his first album, 3SKS Happy, Death, Heaven to much acclaim.

His most recent project is his band, Ruined By Fate.