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John Szabo is a storyteller. After earning his BA at UC Irvine he graduated with an MFA from Indiana University then worked as a reporter at The Los Angeles Times and The San Francisco Chronicle. His short fiction has appeared in GRANTA and other leading journals of fiction. His film credits as a writer, actor, cinematographer and producer include PBS and IFC and his films have appeared in The Sundance, San Francisco, Berkeley and  Los Angeles Film Festivals. 

About

"I am a storyteller; a writer at my core. I often act in my own films as they are mostly autobiographical. The meaning of a story is unique to each person mostly a factor of their own life experiences." 

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Gina Ciccarelli, who plays Chloe in The Tahiti Motel -- a film by John Szabo of Szabo Films -- like most Leo women, has been the producer and star of her own one-woman show since she could talk. She has performed with Misery Loves Company dance troupe at UC Irvine, starred in several independent films including The Magic Hats (Sundance Film Festival & Method Fest Film Festival Finalist) Notes From the Underground (Flickapalooza Film Festival). Her most recent stage performance was as Angela in The Butler Did It (The New Vision Theater).  She firmly believes in the transformative power of theatre and film as a social, emotional, and humanistic force.

Gina Ciccarelli

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