A long-time collaborator with Hal Hartley, he has been in Mr. Hartley’s films Fay Grim (Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival), The Book of Life, No Such Thing, The New Math, The Girl From Monday and in Mr. Hartley’s theatrical debut, Soon. As a film actor he also starred in Richard Sylvarnes' The Cloud of Unknowing (Tribeca Film Festival).
Feature films directed by Mendel include Make Pretend and Planet Earth: Dreams, as well at the featurettes Hesitation and Wake Up and Waltz.
He directed the world premiere of Rosanne Cash's Black Cadillac in Concert which has toured worldwide and Cynthia Hopkins’ Accidental Nostalgia at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

She participated in Bruno de Almeidas feature The Collection, a series of 24 short films, appearing in The Super, The Super II and The Getaway Car.
Denise is an artist in resident at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
He has been seen in MOUNTAIN VIEW ESTATES with Kourtney Rutherford, I MAY SEE YOU ON TUESDAY with Jenny Seastone Stern, and FLAT with Jason Schuler which is to become a recurring sitcom on BBCi.
Film Credits include Planet Earth: Dreams an Vagabondage, both directed by D.J. mendel.


She has acted in many shorts films and made her feature film debut in "Charlie", directed by Salvatore Interlandi.
Her most recent film is "Wake up and Waltz" directed by DJ Mendel.

Her stage work has been produced at The Kitchen, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the New York International Fringe Festival, and the Collapsable Hole.
She has performed nationally and internationally with the Obie-Award winning company Big Dance Theater.
She is a graduate of the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU.
Credits include: Ulrick Viwel’s This is Me Walking, which won the Critic’s Award in Denmark for Best Short Fiction and Dice.
Ewa was recently scene in Kettle of Fish, opposite Mathew Modine which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and in the indie feature Bella.
She can currently be seen as Vienna Hyatt on As The World Turns.


Recent credits include ”The Haircut”, ”Road to Aulis” and a music video for ”As Tall as Lions”
She is co-founder of the theater company TEM Ensemble and the other half of the band St.Mannequins.

Dance Works: by David Neumann and Big Dance Theater.
Film: Memoirs of My Nervous Illness; Tiger Lilly: His rise and fall, Speed Freaks.
As a writer/director Cucuzza has produced many original plays and films.

Film Credits include The Invincible Exksteins.
Charlie is Britt's feature film debut.
