About I.S.

About Us

Independent Streak, fondly called I.S., is an online magazine and social networking portal for the filmmaking community. The site is updated daily and features director and actor profiles, information, new and tips on the industry, castings, articles, film festival and contest news and more. It also is a social networking portal, such as a MySpace or Facebook, except it is dedicated strictly to people within the industry. You can create your own website, add pics and video and blog about your filmmaking exploits.

Mission

The mission of I.S. is to provide more much-needed exposure for independent filmmakers and local South Florida actors and to provide information that can help locals go out and create a bigger and better industry right here in our own backyard. I.S. also provides some information that is nationwide and does draw people from all over the world who read the information written here and check the websites of our members.

FOUNDER

I.S. was founded by Rachel Galvin, a South-Florida based actor, writer, director and producer. In addition, Galvin writes a film column for Duo Magazine, is a host on KoreMovies.com and before I.S., was the creator of Creative Artists Network (started in 2003). Prior to living in Florida, she was an actor in Los Angeles, where she worked as a tour guide at Universal Studios, a talent manager for ESI KIDZ (now called ESI Network), a writer for Talent Magazine. For more information, including her demo reel and resume, visit her Member Page. Also visit www.rachelgalvin.net.

FREQUENT CONTRIBUTORS

Dave Montalbano

Known as "Cinema Dave," this mild mannered reporter has been a film critic for the area for many years; including at the Deerfield Observer, where he has had his own column for nine years. His day job is for Broward Public Libraries in the AV Department. When not working, Montalbano might be watching a John Wayne or Lon Chaney movie or scribing his next column. This journalist and film fan has a love for the common man and for America; he personifies a kind of everyman patriotism and kindness of spirit not seen since yesteryear. In a word, he is a true gentlemen and I.S. is proud to have him as a contributor to its pages. For more information, visit Dave's Member Page or his own site: http://cinemadave.livejournal.com/.