ABOUT US

Hello.  Welcome to the homepage for our podcast and blog, FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN.  If you love old movies, Hollywood history, or the golden age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place. Join us as we take you on a guided tour back to a time when pictures were big, everyone "had faces," and everyone was ready for their close-up.

A little bit about us....

STEVE CUBINE (Host / Executive Producer): I'm a Southern transplant who grew up watching old movies on the late, late show on channel 3 out of Memphis. (Thank God my parents let me stay up late to watch these classics!) Having lived in Hollywood for over 25 years, I am the writer/producer of the short-form series, BREAK A HIP, which was awarded a 2018 Primetime Emmy. (You can catch it at www.breakahip.com )  I am also  the author of the novel, WALKING ON ELECTRIC AIR, which was published in 2010.  I graduated from  the University of Tennessee-Knoxville  (Go Vols!!) with a degree in broadcast journalism,  And as the title suggests, I do live in the Hollywood Hills -- beneath the Hollywood sign, of course!

NAN McNAMARA (Host / Executive Producer): I’ve been an actor/writer/director working in Hollywood for over 25 years.  As an actor, I’ve appeared in TV and Film (911: Lonestar, Good Trouble, Hawaii Five-0, and Not That Funny to name a few) as well as voicing hundreds of radio & television commercials and over 300 audiobooks. My work on the stage has garnered the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, Stage Raw Award, LA Weekly Award and Ovation Award.  And my screenplay Brand New Ballgame with co-writer Ana Auther, won the Jury Award at La Femme Independante Film Festival, was a finalist in The Lonely Wolf Independent Film Festival, The Big Apple Film Festival and the Manhattan Film Festival and an Official Selection at the Santa Barbara International Screenplay Award and the Toronto International Women Film Festival.  I’m a proud Minnesota native who prays that someday the Vikings will win the Super Bowl!  I’m also proud of the guy I’m married to:  voiceover artist and podcast host Lindsay Schnebly.

LINDSAY SCHNEBLY (Executive Producer): I hosted radio and television shows in Arizona before moving to California a couple of decades ago to become a producer at Disney Broadcast Services – originating TV and radio content for Disney Parks around the world,  and became Director of Media Relations at Disneyland.  I created a production company, “The Lion’s Share Group,” and transitioned to freelance work at Walt Disney Studios,  producing Video News Releases and Electronic Press Kits for Disney television shows and television movies, as well as content for Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox.  I’ve worked as a voice-actor for over two decades.  I even met my future wife, Nan McNamara at The William Morris Agency.  How’s that for a Hollywood tale?  In addition to Executive Producing From Beneath The Hollywood Sign, I’m the voice of The Curator for The Box of Oddities  podcast and the co-creator, co-host and co-executive producer of the podcast, The Shallow End With Schnebly & Toth.

JOHN PRICE RICHEY (Associate Producer / Researcher):   I am a lifelong Memphian who graduated from college in North Carolina as an English literature major. I grew up consuming film. At six years old, my favorite director was Alfred Hitchcock and I convinced my babysitter to help me film The Birds in 30 seconds. Throughout my childhood, my favorite outing was heading to the local Blockbuster where I rented all the Academy Award winning films of the 20th century. In high school, I discovered a love for foreign cinema and discovered The Criterion Collection. An advocate for physical media, I owns over 2000 DVDs and 300 VHS tapes. I believe a life watching great films, consuming coffee, reading good books, and sipping cocktails with loved ones, is a life well-lived. 

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