Who We Are
Who is IndieFlix?
Name: Scilla Andreen 
Title: CEO and Co-Founder
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Schools: Lakeside, FIDM – SB, NYU
Professional experience: A self-acclaimed chocoholic, and competitive game player Scilla has deep roots in the entertainment industry. She has produced several award winning films including festival favorites, “Outpatient”, “The Flats” and Sundance hit, “Bit Players”. She produced her first film, “Mutual Love Life” which received Oscar Consideration for Best Live Action Short. In addition Scilla is an Emmy Nominated Costume Designer best known for her work on “The Wonder Years”, “Party of Five”, “Dawson’s Creek” & “What I Like About You”. Splitting her time between NYC, LA & Seattle she is a tireless champion of independent film and a big believer that movies are a tool to not only entertain but also to educate. She has spoken on numerous panels and immersed herself in film related organizations worldwide. Her favorite past times are thinking up Tag Lines for friends’ companies, reading, sailing, cooking, eating and laying on a beach. She is best known for her contagious loud laughter and when she’s not staying up too late working, Scilla can usually be found hanging out with her friends and family.
Favorite film: Witness for the Prosecution, All About Eve, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Willy Wonka (the original), Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, The Godfather, Bridge over the River Kwai, Moulin Rouge, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, The Big Chill, Crash,
Hobbies: Burning music compilation CD’s
Photography, painting, cooking, sailing
Known for: Contagious loud laughter, competitive at word games, Ball gown skirts, staying up too late, cooking too much food, getting along with difficult personalities & being late
Likes: Dinner parties with friends & family, watching TV in bed late at night, chocolate, hanging out with my family
Dislikes: Flying coach, pleated pants, paper cuts, humidity, paying bills, rewinding videos, feeling fat & being late
Kids: 2
Do you like chocolate? More than I can say
Name: Carlo Scandiuzzi
Title: Co-Founder
Hometown: Asolo, Italy
Schools: Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi graduated from the Ecole Superieure D’Art Dramatique of Geneva where he worked in theater, film and television before moving to the United States in 1978.
Professional experience: In 1979 Carlo started Modern Productions, a music production and promotion company, bringing to Seattle such legendary bands as The Police, Devo, Nina Hagen, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, John Cale, Robert Frip, James Brown, Muddy Waters, and many more. He performed in several plays including Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Return of Pinocchio and Dracula. In the early ’80s, Carlo collaborated with many Seattle performance artists such as Norman Durkey, Alan Lande, Jesse Bernstein, and Susan Finque. In 1986, Carlo’s company Agate Films began producing feature films, among them, Prototype, Apex, and Dark Drive. He also acted in various films including Bugsy, The Public Eye, Indecency, Another You, Casanova’s Kiss, and Killing Zoe. Carlo is Co-CEO of Clear Pictures a production company with offices in Seattle and Los Angeles
Favorite film: 8 ½, Once upon a time in the west, Moulin Rouge
Hobbies: – Reading, Gardening, Fixing things and taking naps
Known for: Making things happen, memorable parties, being there
Likes: Dinner with friends, theater, making movies, watches
Dislikes: Flying, pretension and arrogance, bad manners
Kids: 2
Do you like chocolate? Yes
Name: Jeanine Flanders
Title: CTO
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Schools: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Professional experience: At Solien, Jeanine has provided management leadership, as well as hands-on analytical and technical skills, to dozens of Internet oriented software development projects, including: a 3,000 user Intranet, several integrated commerce sites, an online music community, and an ongoing, multi-tiered online lead conversion marketing campaign for a Fortune 500 company.
Jeanine joined Solien in 1995 from Sony Pictures Entertainment, where she was Director of Studio Financial and Administrative Systems. She managed a team in the development and maintenance of Sony Pictures Entertainment Studio Finance, Corporate Accounts Payable, Imageworks, Sony Emporium, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, and Corporate Administrative applications residing on disparate platforms (HP 9000/Unix, LAN, DEC/VAX, IBM mainframe). She was instrumental in the evaluation and implementation of the client/server infrastructure and the selection of windows development tools (Sybase SQL Server, PowerSoft PowerBuilder, ERwin). She was responsible for the system architecture for a new studio management and billing system that replaced and extended the functionality of several existing studio systems.
Jeanine began her career in software development at Macy’s West, transferring from a supervisory position in the corporate accounting department to work on financial systems in the Information Systems department, including a combined (Macy’s South/Bullock’s) general ledger/trial balance system and an on-line stock/sales reporting system that was used daily by executives, buyers and store general managers.
Favorite film: Blade Runner; Strictly Ballroom; My Life as a Dog, Paris, Texas; Fargo; Brazil; Birdy; Murmur of the Heart; Wings of Desire, The Player; Rushmore, The Usual Suspects
Hobbies: I used to have hobbies, now I have kids.
Likes: ice cream, running, travel, politics
Name: Mike Williams
Title: Filmmaker Relations & Acquisitions
Hometown: Bremerton, WA
Schools: – Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (Asia Focus) from the University of Washington, Seattle
- Associate of Arts from Highline CC, Des Moines, WA
Professional experience: – IndieFlix, LLC
- Film screenings at 911 Media Arts on a volunteer bases
Favorite film: Dark Days (Dir, Marc Singer), Ghost Dog, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Chinjuhlhan Geum-Ja shi), Boyz in the Hood, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ninja Scroll, Ame Agaru (After the Rain), Garden State, Jacob’s Ladder, The Matrix
Hobbies: – Watching Movies
- Making Instrumentals
Known for: My height
Likes: Leisure drives with my wife
Dislikes: Elitists and bigots
Kids: 0
Do you like chocolate? White Chocolate!
Name: Ian Dinsmore 
Title: Content Delivery and Production
Hometown: Olympia, WA
Schools: – Bachelor of Communication with a Journalism influence from Washington State University.
- Film Production Certificate from the Seattle Film Institute.
Professional Experience: Ian is a bright eyed recent college graduate who studied filmmaking for the last 5 years. He had worked on numerous short films before being introduced to Scilla Andreen and Mike Williams at IndieFlix
Favorite Film: Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Dark Knight, Altered States, Breathless, The Fall, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Superbad, Dark City, Lost in Translation, Dead Man
Hobbies: – Watching Films!
- Skiing
- Hiking
- Xbox 360/nerdin’ out
- Music
- Writing
Known for: Incessant love of all things Seattle Sports.
Likes: His lovely fiancé Brittani.
Dislikes: Bad spoof movies, the name Chet, Popped collars, Broes
Kids: 0
Do you like chocolate: Absolutely
Name: Lois Fein 
Title: Filmmaker Interviewer and Podcaster, Indieflix Play It Again Podcast
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
School: Harvard University
Professional experience: Interviewer and Podcaster for Indieflix. Teacher. Recording Artist and Songwriter with a CD called “Step into the Water” at: www.LoisFein.com
Favorite films: The Wizard of Oz; To Kill a Mockingbird; Libeled Lady; Pan’s Labyrinth; American Beauty; Defiance; When Are Those Humans Gonna Go to Bed? – a “Meow TV” rock video featuring our family cats – Lily, Tigress, and Demetri.
Hobbies: Reading, bike riding, listening to music at The Triple Door in Seattle.
Known for: Zen-like calm; playful, loving spirit; ordering “ginger ale” at restaurants; savoring black-and-white cookies and Carvel ice cream whenever I’m in New York.
Likes: Family and friends; bookstores; Ann Patchett novels; Rumi poetry; napping.
Dislikes: Anchovies
Do you like chocolate? Absolutely. Dark chocolate, please, with a side of warm, chocolate-chip cookies and a cold glass of milk. Thank you.
