Ken Mercer was born in Newark, New Jersey and began writing professionally at the age of 17. In 1981, he was cast as a used car salesman in a feature film that was being directed by FT Kosempa. FT assured Ken that it was not a case of typecasting.
Ken has written for newspaper, magazine, radio, television and feature films. He is the author of two novels: "Slow Fire" and "East on Sunset," both published by St. Martin’s Press.
As a director, he has been for…
F.T. Kosempa was born in DuBois, Pennsylvania. From the age of eight, the young F.T. was obsessed with watching the films of foreign directors such as Jean Renoir, Yasujiro Ozu, and Robert Bresson.
As a consequence, he grew up without any friends.
F.T. studied film at Columbia University with Stefan Sharff and acting with Gordon Phillips. He has worked as a film editor, director, and is the writer/director of the feature film "Untitled VIII" (1982). As a fine art p…