CMP was formed to solidify our commitment to producing independent motion pictures of genuine quality while utilizing local resources. Film-making should be at least as fun as film-watching. Independent films can be financially viable. You can make a good film anywhere, anytime, with anything. Acting is self-knowledge; film making is expression of self-knowledge. Above all CMP believes we all shou
ld be working towards making the world a better place, We choose to do that by telling stories through cinema. President of CMP, Jayson Argento Was born in Burlington VT on November 17th in 1971.A student of many disciplines, Jayson has been active in the greater Burlington , Vermont artistic community for more than Seventeen years. His efforts span the breadth of theater, film, music and the written word. Jayson's theatrical credits include The Cherry Orchard, The Thralls of Cthulhu, Charlie Chaplin is Wearing My Pants and Crooked. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, both as an actor and as a musician. His professional film pursuits began in 1998 as a featured extra in Edgewood Studios' Moving Targets. In 2000, he worked with director Robert Zemeckis and actors Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer on the suspense thriller What Lies Beneath. Jayson has studied film acting with Jock MacDonald at Carter Thor Studios East and received SAG eligibility for his role in Alan Jacobs' American Gun (2001), working alongside James Coburn and Virginia Madsen. He has also starred in several short films, including The Black Box, Nice Car!, The Barbarossa Effect Trailer, Xill, Project Hex, Primevil and Drake Mountain Mystery, an innovative. Projects written, directed and produced by Jayson include Cthulhu Chronicles: The Ropes, selected for the 2006 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival as well as the Lovecraft in Vermont Festival, and a full-length feature film entitled Finding Providence. This Sundance Film Festival submission is slated for national distribution through All Channel Films. Jayson began his musical efforts as a vocalist in the bands C'est La Vie and Uncommon Tongue. Two of the latter group's songs from their self-produced Following a Dream (1998) appeared in Edgewood Studios' film Ice Breaker, starring Sean Astin. In 2006, Jayson joined the rock outfit Nowhere Found. The band's debut EP, Bleed Like Me (2006), paved the way for performances throughout New England, including a featured slot at Burlington , Vermont 's renowned Higher Ground Music Hall . Jayson was selected as a top-5 finalist in Singer Universe Magazine's "Singer of the Month" contest and competed regionally in Talent Quest 2007. In November of 2009 Jayson became the front man of the band Pleasure Dome, an 80's cover band that has been playing all throughout VT with incredible success. Argento was one of the founding members of the Vermont-based theater and film company, Stoneworks Entertainment 2000. Always striving for diversity of experience and authenticity in everything he does, Jayson believes in the power of the creative spirit and in following your dreams. During Jayson's acting career he has so far worked alongside such actors as Harrison Ford, James Coburn, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Campbell, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dedee Pfeiffer, George 'Buck' Flower, Stacy Keach, Larry Holden, Courtney Gains, Billy Ray Cyrus, John James, Burt Ward, Bruce Campbell, Sean Astin, Michael Pare, Morgan Fairchild, Rusty Dewees, and John Schneider.
