chris sheffield

SPLIT LIP: Chris Sheffield’s Hitwoman Thriller Screening This January At Laemmle Glendale Theater

Director Chris Sheffield’s new feature film, Split Lip, is officially poised for a limited theatrical run at the Laemmle’s Glendale Theater in Glendale, California between January 18 through 24. The film’s completion and 2019 premiere mark another career milestone achievement for Sheffield since birthing the project as a webseries in 2011 prior to two Indiegogo campaigns in 2015 and 2016. Hailing from Sheffield’s Persephone Productions banner actress Dorée Seay leads from a script by Sheffield who also produces. Sheffield credits list a raft of short films and TV projects before and following his 2015 feature debut, Run For Your Life, and has also garnered an audience with his recent fan film series on YouTube, Gotham Nights, focusing on the nighttime crimefighting chronicles of Batgirl, played by actress Heather Wake. In the underground world of contract killers, mistakes cannot be tolerated. Set, a young brutal fighter with an icy exterior, (played […]

THE LONG HAUL, Part Two: A Word With SPLIT LIP Star, Actress Dorée Seay

Lee B. Golden III

Our coverage continues this week for director Christopher Sheffield’s new movie, Split Lip. It’s the latest major move for actress Dorèe Seay who happens to be a woman of many talents, loves cinema, and especially loves that of a Korean variety (fun fact: I just finished harping on Instagram recently about how much I would love to see Jung Doo-Hong collaborate with action stars Scott Adkins and Bruce Khan and so you can imagine my elation when I read her answers this week while drafting.) Seay talks aplenty here about her role in Split Lip as Set, a hitwoman on the run from her employer following a botched hit job. She also discusses preparing for the role and approaching its dramatic and physical aspects, and essentially getting to work with a director with whom she clicks really well – that’s usually the case we can all imagine or hope for […]

THE LONG HAUL, Part One: An Interview With SPLIT LIP Director Chris Sheffield

Lee B. Golden III

2019 will be another good year for genre titles going forward, and if you’re extra keen on the kind of cinema we follow, you might have an eye on Chris Sheffield as we speak. His latest film, Split Lip, has one hell of a title to ring itself into the new year, and actress Dorée Seay looks nothing short of tough and tenacious in Sheffield’s new presentation. Its journey toward completion is not without its fair share of toils – eight years of such, in fact. It’s an exemplary highlight of Sheffield’s own growing acumen of filmmaking in today’s age, and in learning even more aspects of the business now more than ever before. He talks to us about it in the interview below, and we hav two exclusive clips to share from the new movie as well. Greetings Chris and thank you for taking the time to discuss your […]