PAUL SANDERSON
BARBARA BRIGGS
Phaethon World-Stage Co. Pictures was formed in New York with the production of the lauded Off-Broadway play "Unto the Innocent". "An electric sliver of history" (the New York Post), written in "that chatty, exaggerated, early-American
style" (the Village Voice), the New York Law Journal called the play "an innovative peek into the lives,
and deaths, of talented people with a social conscience in Greenwich Village." Co-founder of Phaethon, writer-designer Barbara Briggs, produced the limited engagement, which was extended twice, while the company's other co-founder Paul Sanderson, who is originally from Australia, co-wrote, directed and played the lead. Dr. Joy Browne of WOR Radio Network commented, "Seamlessly directed by the versatile Mr. Sanderson, the acting is uniformly excellent--especially the two leads."
After reviews of the play were cited in the Hollywood Reporter, Sanderson and Briggs were hired to write a fact-based screenplay in Los Angeles, and shifted the company's base there. They subsequently worked on a number of films at various stages with directors such as Stuart Baird ("Executive Decision"/"U.S. Marshals") and, e.g., writing the final draft of a dramatic screenplay on which a $20-million offer was being made to a high-profile male star. At the same time, Briggs produced a promotional short for an anti-gun thriller, which Sanderson played the lead in and directed, which in turn led to their first feature film, LIVES NO LONGER OURS, with Briggs producing and Sanderson directing and playing Capt. Jameson Macaulay. The trailer for LIVES NO LONGER OURS has now been featured by Sony Corp. at the Sundance and Cinequest film festivals. After finishing post-production on the film, Sanderson and Briggs shifted Phaethon's base back to New York, where they are currently in pre-production on a high comedy for London's West End and Broadway featuring two British stars. Sanderson will also direct and play one of the ensemble lead roles in a new 22-character sociophilosophic drama with music that is being workshopped for a major production, written with and being co-produced by Briggs. Three feature films in development include a romantic drama set in Tokyo, where Sanderson lived for a year while acting in national commercials for companies such as Sony and in various drama series.
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