The Crew

Daniel Bollag, Writer/Co-Director

Daniel is a native New Yorker. He attended film school at The New York Film Academy and persued writing, poetry and art. He was inspired by the underground art and music scene in New York and befriended emerging hip hop artists and spoken word poets.  As an accomplished abstract artist, his paintings have been shown in private galleries in New York, The West Coast, and Spain. He participated in a group show of 14 artists at the Museo de la Ciudad in Madrid.

Inspired by a dream while in his 20's, while working as a commodities trader for Comsup in New York and later for Marc Rich in Switzerland, he completed his first novel, Memoirs of A Murder. This would be the seed that would 20 years later blossom into the screenplay and movie, Identical.  He has also completed the following works:  Poetry “A Collection of Works” (30 years), Non Fiction “OCD and Me”.

Professionally, Daniel's business career flourished with a pinnicle move to Paris, France with strategic marketing with clients across Europe. However, after a tragic death of a family friend this became a turning point which lead to a dramatic change in careers. Feeling the need to explore and express his creative side, Daniel moved his family back to Santa Barbara, CA and retired from commodities trading in 2009 to pursue his passion for full time writing.

Under the working title, Bleecker Street, Daniel co-directed his film in New York in June of 2010.  Bleecker Street was changed to Identical in September 2010 in post production.

Seo Mutarevic, DP/Co-Director

Seo Mutarevic was born in Split, Croatia. After extensive schooling in photography and fine art in Zagreb, he moved to the prestigious FAMU film school in Prague, Czech Republic. There he studied under Eastern Europe’s most accomplished filmmakers. Soon after, he started working on movies in Film Studio Barrandov as a Cinematographer. Even before he had finished his studies Seo was managing his intense schooling along with shooting films and commercials across Western and Eastern Europe.

Upon fall of Berlin Wall, the Dean of UCLA’s Film and Television Department invited him to the States as a visiting scholar and film instructor to teach at UCLA. Very quickly numerous productions became aware of Seo’s talent and great skills as a Cinematographer which accelerated his career enormously. Since arriving in America Seo has shot over 30 motion pictures including; “Mall Cop”, “Demon Sword”, “The Land Of The Astronauts”, “Wild Side”, “Brown’s Requiem”, “Wild Things 2”, “Brothel”, American Strays”, and multiple others.

Seo, well versed in 35mm as well as Digital cinematography, has shot motion pictures in a variety of formats and in multiple countries outside of the US including Morocco, India, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Croatia, Turkey. His accumulated filmmaking knowledge and years of experience have opened up the door for a career as film director. Initially, Seo’s Directorial transition started in commercials, documentaries and television. And now as a Director, Seo has extended to feature films a natural progression from his full career as a Cinematographer.

Michael John Mollo, Composer

Michael John Mollo was born into a musical family and raised in rural Bloomsburg, PA.  At a young age he learned the gift of song from his grandmother and the power of guitar from his father.  As a teenager Mollo developed his songwriting skills by listening countlessly to The Beatles, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan records.  To further his musical understanding, Mollo pursed an education in classical music and jazz, eventually receiving multiple music degrees including a Master's of Music from the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and an advanced certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television from the University of Southern California.

In 2007, Mollo relocated to Los Angeles, CA to pursue his love for songwriting as well composing music for film and television.  After spending some time learning from Hans Zimmer and his team at Remote Control Productions, Mollo joined legendary composer John Powell.  Since then, he has contributed music to many blockbuster films including "Hancock," the academy award nominated score for "How to Train Your Dragon," and most recently the Brazilian themed "Rio" for 20th Century Fox.

Mollo currently serves as CEO of Q6 Studios Inc. a professional music scoring company he founded with colleagues from USC.  He continues to work on projects both large and intimate where he can explore new avenues of musical expression.  In 2009, Mollo and his wife Nancy welcomed their first child, Michaela Kathryn Mollo who to do date is his most cherished project.