Blue Heron International Pictures LLC

Our Business

Blue Heron International Pictures LLC is a limited liability company registered with the State of Florida Division of Corporations.

First and foremost, we are film production consultants.

We are also engaged in activities which promote student film-making, as well as actual film production.

In addition, we offer limited production services to major projects filming in the Daytona Beach area.

         
            Who We Are

                       Gary Lester

                                       Producer/Director

Gary Lester holds an associate of science degree in photography from Daytona Beach Community College and a bachelor's degree in photography from the University of Central Florida. He is currently working on his master's degree -- also in professional photography.

Gary also completed training at The Hollywood Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he earned a certificate of completion as a producer. His film debut as an actor occurred in 2001 when he appeared in Flamingo Rising on The Hallmark Hall of Fame. The production aired on CBS and is available on VHS.

Gary is an award-winning director. His documentary films include Courtney, Fuzzy Little People, Eyewitness To History, The Cleansing, and Deliver Us From Evil, which won a prestigious Crystal Reel Award from the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association.

All have screened at film festivals ranging  from Boca Raton, Florida to Busan, South Korea to Ontario, Canada. Three have won Best Documentary awards, and one captured an Audience Choice award at the Daytona Beach Film Festival. On-line presskits for all  films are available at the ultimate film festival website, Withoutabox.

In February 2008, Gary finished Deliver Us From Evil,  his gripping story of two people who survived the Holocaust.  On May 1, Israel 10 television broadcast the film as part of the nation's Holocaust remembrance events. In August, 2008, the film won the prestigious Crystal Reel Award from the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association.

During the summer of 2008, Gary released his docu-thriller, Henry Blackhart is Dead and his latest animal documentary, Bogart & Friends. His most recent Holocaust project -- Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo -- was released in March, 2009.

 Gary's official filmography is available on IMDb --

 The Internet Movie Data Base.

                       Alex Ringer

                                    Producer

Alex Ringer worked with us as our associate producer in Israel on our first Holocaust film, Deliver Us From Evil.

Alex is the producer of our latest Holocaust film, Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo.

                     Feliks Pastusiak 

                                       Producer

Feliks Pastusiak  is our Warsaw-based producer of Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo.

Feliks is one of Poland's busier producers.  He has worked on a few major projects  such as Steven Spielberg's Schindler’s List , The Ogr,  Proof of Life, Jacob the Liar, Aimee and Jaguar,  and Roman Polanski's Holocaust film, The Pianist.

Feliks holds a diploma in geology from The Warsaw University.

        Filmography

• 2008 - EXPECTING LOVE Producer
• 2008 - SAFE HAVEN: THE WARSAW ZOO Producer
• 2008 - LOVE THE SMALL Producer/Actor
• 2006 -FANAA Line Producer (English team),
• 2004 - THE ARYAN COUPLE Co-Producer
• 2003 - PORNOGRAFIA Public Relations (spokesman)
• 2002 – THE PIANIST Assistant Producer
• 2002 - I REMEMBER Unit Production Manager
• 2000 - PROOF OF LIFE Assistant Producer
•             (Producer accompanying English team)
• 1999  - JAKOB THE LIAR Assistant Producer
• 1998 - AIMEE & JAGUAR  Line Producer (Production Manager, English team)
• 1998 - THE LAST DAYS  Production Supervisor
• 1997  - BANDYTA Co-Producer
• 1996 -THE OGRE Co-Producer
• 1994 - EDUCATION DIABELSKA Production Coordinator
• 1993 -  SCHINDLER’S LIST Production Assistant                                      

Charlie Carlson is Florida's most famous folklore story-teller and historian. Author of numerous books, including  the iconic Weird Florida coffee-table book published by Barnes & Noble. His fictional thriller, Ashley's Shadow, is currently under review by several producers for feature film development.

Charlie is also known as Florida's Man in Black, and the Master of the Weird. His numerous books about the paranormal have generated excitement among sci-fi fans around the world.

In addition to being an accomplished stage magician with his own side show, Charlie Carlson's World of the Weird and Wacky, Charlie is also a veteran radio performer and film actor. He is still seen occasionally on cable television in his debut film role as Professor Morehouse in Curse of the Blair Witch.

Charlie is the producer of our first blockbuster feature film, Henry Blackhart is Dead. He has also starred in The Cleansing from Blue Heron, as well as the Blackhart film.

Charlie's latest assignment from Blue Heron is as an associate producer for Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo.

                      Anthony Reece

                                        Narrator

Anthony Reece is the narrator of the Holocaust documentary Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo.In recent years,  Anthony has produced, directed, or personally voiced hundreds of broadcast and e-learning projects.

As director of Voicetoons, Anthony has also produced and cast animations in more than 20 countries. Along with numerous radio, tv and commercial credits, past animation collaborations include his work on Jasper: The Story of a Mule, animated by Bill Melendez of Peanuts fame, dozens of studio pilots such as the new Carter and Son, along with ShipAntics from Boulder Media, (producers of Fosters Home to Imaginary Friends).

Anthony and Voicetoons have also directed and cast voices for gaming titles including Creature Conflict, Bingwood, Frontline Dawn and more.

You can read more about our narrator Anthony Reece at his personal web site located at

                                   Damon Easley

                      Cinematographer/Set Photography

Damon is an accomplished photographer and videographer.

His feature film work includes Hunt For The Devil released by Spookhunters Productions and Astro Zombies M3:Cloned for  Blue Heron's second unit shoot for TVM Studios.

 Dave Karner behind the camera, as legendary actor Johnny Duncan signs autographs for the fans. 

                      David Karner

                     Cinematographer

Dave is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Motion Picture Production.

Before coming to Florida, he was the production manager for a major foundation in Santa Monica, California.

Dave is extremely talented behind the camera, as well as with all facets of post-production.

In addition, he owns his own  professional web designing company -- Thunder Mesa Designs

                              R.I. Lester, Jr.                         

                         Executive Producer/CEO

R.I. Lester. Jr. brings a wide variety of television and motion picture experience to Blue Heron International Pictures.

Lester has appeared in a number of major motion pictures, including Silverado (Columbia), American Anthem (Columbia), Police Academy 5 (Warner Bros), White of the Eye (Paramount) and Cobra Mission by Italian film director Fabrizio DeAngelis (released in the USA as Operation Nam).

He is a current member of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA).

In the 1980's, Lester worked as a producer for WLRN-TV in Miami, FL. He is also the author of the article "Buford Pusser's Last Ride: Accident or Murder?" a story depicted in the film Walking Tall: Final Chapter.

Lester holds a masters degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. He created Blue Heron International Pictures in 2005.

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