George Fivas
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George Peter Fivas II is an American film producer, music producer, director, and actor living in Los Angeles. He is one of the founding organizers of the jazz and popular music group, Apollo. His directorial debut came in the form of Summer Solstice
(2003), 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
), and was released on Netflix
in 2006. 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 as an introduction to the Metropolis Revived concert series.
Fivas is also a published scientist, having co-authored several papers on seismological phenomena in the Intermountain Region of The United States.
Summer Solstice (2003 film)
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...
(2003), an independently produced coming-of-age drama, which includes a well-reviewed performance from Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Karen Black
Karen Black
Karen Black is an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, Rhinoceros, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot...
(Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film written by Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Susan Anspach. The cast also includes Billy 'Green' Bush, Fannie Flagg, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Toni Basil, and...
and The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (1974 film)
The Great Gatsby is a 1974 romantic drama film distributed by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by David Merrick, from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola based on F...
), and was released on Netflix
Netflix
Netflix, Inc., is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California...
in 2006. 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 as an introduction to the Metropolis Revived concert series.
Fivas is also a published scientist, having co-authored several papers on seismological phenomena in the Intermountain Region of The United States.