Credits

DIRECTOR/WRITER Kyle Patrick Alvarez
PRODUCER Cookie Carosella

Biography

Kyle Patrick Alvarez (director/writer)

Kyle Patrick Alvarez is a Los Angeles based film director, writer, and editor.  His short films have gone on to win numerous awards and have played in film festivals across the country.  He graduated from the University of Miami in 2005 with degrees in Motion Picture Production and English Literature.  Kyle has since lived in Los Angeles for 3 years, where he works as a video editor.  He also spent a year working directly for legendary director and actor Warren beatty.  Easier with Practice is his feature-directing debut.  He wrote the screenplay for the film based on Davy Rothbart's article about his own life printed in GQ magazine.

Cookie Carosella (producer)

Cookie Carosella has worked in every facet of film & television production for the past 20 years. She recently produced Easier With Practice, written & directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, starring Brian Geraghty. Already the film has been nominated for 2 Film Independent Spirit Awards, won the Grand Jury Prize at Cinevegas, and Best International Feature at the prestigious Edinburgh International Film Festival. Carosella was also Vice President of Physical Production for Hyde Park Entertainment, she worked with MGM and Disney on multiple feature films. She was Associate Producer and Post Production Supervisor on Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah, wrote multiple shows for E! Entertainment's A Second Look, a reality show about people turning their lives around, and has worked with many top writers, producers and directors in entertainment. After her experience working with the Variety Boys & Girls Club in Boyle Heights, Cookie found Tuff Cookie Productions, to bring the skills she learned in Hollywood to help the nonprofit sector raise money and awareness. Tuff Cookie videos and PSAs have aired on local networks, run in major theatre chains, won multiple awards and have helped raise over $10 million.