Jayson Gladstone kicked off his acting career at The University of Miami’s film school where he acted in numerous short films. It was there that he met Mr. Blotta and collaborated with him on a few creative projects. After graduation, Jayson moved back to his native New York City in order to study acting more intensely, at the Lee Strasberg Institute, and with David Newer who introduced Jayson to the Meisner technique. Jayson’s Theatrical credits include off Broadway production of Hurly Burly and Tape. Films include Day zero, Dying For a Donut, Thinking with Richard and most recently Preying for Mercy directed by Hollywood legend Bill Duke. Jayson stars in Preying for Mercy and also co wrote/ and co-executive produced it. Jayson’s TV credits include Law and order: SVU, And MTV’s “One Bad Choice”. In OVUM Jayson explores desolation, wonderment, fear, commitment and loss in a unique and challenging performance devoid of any dialogue. (WATCH VIDEO)

Emmy Nominated filmmaker Luciano Blotta has shot content for HBO, Netflix, PBS, CNN, BBC, Animal Planet, Bravo, UK Channel 4, Red Bull Media and may other networks while living and working in Los Angeles for the last 15 years. Born in Argentina , Blotta came to the United Sates with a scholarship to study filmmaking at the University of Miami and relocated to Los Angeles after graduation. It was there were he apprenticed with filmmaking mentors like John Woo, Steven Soderbergh, Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, learning invaluable technical and aesthetic skills that he would soon put to practice in his own filmmaking.
RiseUp, Blotta’s feature-length debut film about the Jamaican underground music scene, won the AFI/Discovery SilverDocs Award for best music documentary and has screened at New York City’s Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles Grammy Museum, MOCA, USC film school and many other prestigious institutions while airing on BBC’s Storyville, PBS, CBC and many other networks worldwide.
Since then, Blotta has shot various film and documentary projects, like the upcoming Netflix series Rotten, Academy Award Winner David Guggenheim’s TEACH and the CNN series THE HUNT, for which Luciano received the EMMY nomination in Cinematography. He continues to live in Los Angeles, where he writes, directs and shoots documentaries, films, commercials and music videos, including the ones for artist Brushy One String, which continue to go viral. In Ovum, Blotta decided to go back to his native Argentina and pay homage to its expansive coast, where he spent summers growing and fishing with his grandfather.(WATCH VIDEO)