George Fivas

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George Fivas
Born
George Peter Fivas, II

(1973-05-25) May 25, 1973 (age 51)
Murray, Utah, United States
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • music producer
  • director
  • actor
  • scientist
Website https://www.facebook.com/georgefivas/

George Peter Fivas II (born May 25, 1973) is an American film producer, music producer, director and actor based in Los Angeles. He is one of the founding organizers of the jazz and popular music group, Apollo RSVP. [1] His directorial debut came in the form of Summer Solstice (2003), [2] an independently produced coming-of-age drama, which includes a well-reviewed performance from Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Karen Black ( Five Easy Pieces and The Great Gatsby ), [3] and was released on Netflix in 2006. [4] He directed a music video for the song A New World (2008) by The JMD Project, a hit dance track in Europe, whose video has been broadcast on MTV Germany and other European outlets [5] as an introduction to the Metropolis Revived concert series. [6] [7] [8]

Fivas is also a published scientist, having co-authored several papers on seismological phenomena in the Intermountain Region of The United States. [9]

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Summer Solstice tells a story set in coastal Maine, a reflective coming-of-age tale starring George Fivas as Joshua Ballard, a brilliant but aimless and misunderstood college student who finds solace in composing music and writing. But when his anguished state of mind leads him to cross paths with contemplative lighthouse keeper Seth Arden and his niece Andrea Bettencourt, the encounter leads Joshua to transcend a personal crisis through an odyssey of self-discovery, and accept the compassion of his friends, old and new, which ultimately saves his life. Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Karen Black plays a stern university professor. Joshua's college friends are played by Lindsay Pulsipher and Nathan Rollins. The screenplay is based on a story by playwright, composer, physicist, and mathematician Jeffrey Gold. The film features the lighthouse Pemaquid Point Light and surrounding coastal areas and towns of Maine and music by popular Maine native, Tim Janis. The film was directed by George Fivas, a published scientist and a founder of the jazz and popular music group, Apollo.

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