Jay Berg
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Baltimore County, Maryland, United States |
| Introduction | I graduated with honors as a a biology major at The University of Maryland Baltimore County. While there, I was the Features Editor of our college newspaper, The Retriever, where I honed my writing skills by contributing feature articles during my final 3 years. When my dreams of being a rock star quickly faded (I was a lead singer in several local bands), I decided to get a real job and work for a living (UGH!). After getting the "Sundance" bug, which I attended in 1999, and from 2002-2007 (where I averaged viewing over 20 films over a 5 day stretch each of those years), I became a film festival freak. Since 1999, I have attended the Telluride Film Festival (2000), every Maryland Film Festival (1999-present), and every AFI Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival beginning in 2003. I have also appeared as a non-speaking extra in the films "Major League II" and "Avalon", as well as TV productions of "Homicide" (3 episodes-including the emmy winning episode starring Robin Williams). In 2009, I had a speaking role in Sundance Documentary Award winning dir Steve Yeager's ("Divine Trash") film, "Crystal Fog". |
| Interests | Cinema; music; sports; astronomy; current events |
| Favorite movies | 2001-A Space Odyssey (#1) and (in no particular order): The Godfather, Blade Runner, Room With A View, Days Of Heaven,Irreversible, Psycho, Alien, Once, Sideways, Network, Baraka, La Vie En Rose, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Eraserhead, American Beauty, Breaking The Waves, The Last Kiss (Italian), My Architect: "A Son's Journey" (Documentary), The Artist, Bound, Barry Lyndon |
| Favorite music | Rock, Jazz Fusion, Classical, The Beatles, Pat Metheny Group, Thomas Dolby, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Coldplay, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morisette, Beethovan |
| Favorite books | Illusions, The Power of Now |