Cast and Crew

Joshua Gross – Director, Producer
JJ is a Brooklyn-based freelance editor working in TV and advertising. World’s Best Dad is his first feature film and he thinks it is his best.

Charlie Ochs – Actor
Born and raised in northern Virginia, charlie Ochs has spent the past ten years living in and between Richmond, Virginia and New York City. Acting in High School lead him to stand up comedy, which brought him into learning long-form improvisation which got him involved in sketch comedy writing/ performing which brought him right back to acting which started him smoking and dating women with many tattoos which is how he met Rob and Josh! He also paints watercolors and plays the ukelele. Charlie was trained at the Peoples Improv Theater in NYC, and hopes to quit smoking.

Matt Gross – Writer, Actor
Matthew is excited to make his feature film debut in World’s Best Dad. Collaborating with his brother, close friends, and family to create the picture has been an unforgettable experience. Prior to writing the screenplay Matthew attended The George Washington University, where he acted in numerous university productions, and cultivated his love for creative writing in its many different forms. Matthew continues to write at his home in Queens.

Jennifer Cipperly – Producer
After several years as a fashion, lifestyle and entertainment news television producer, this is Jennifer’s first shot at narrative feature filmmaking. She finds the departure from truthiness liberating and is eager for the next adventure – perhaps this time one that does not require travelling cross-country in a small van with five guys, a 10 foot rocket, and one shower at best.

Rob Neilson – Director of Photography
Born in Long Island NY, Rob met Josh while they both attended
the School of Visual Arts film program. After graduating he continued
to shoot shorts, and documentaries, and ultimately made his first foray
into feature filmmaking with Worlds Best Dad. He continues to live and
shoot in Brooklyn NY. When not spending his spare time writing bios
he enjoys pineapple on his pizza and hunting humans for sport.

Dean Gross – Actor
All throughout his school career, Dean had an unrequited love for
theater. Despite being tone-deaf and unable to sing, he continually
tried out for the school musicals year after year, and would always be
assigned to bit parts in the background. Still, he always loved the
experience. In his senior year, however, he decided to try his hand
at something where he’d actually be able to contribute meaningfully,
stage crew.

When he wasn’t attempting to act in his school’s productions, Dean
served as an actor/guinea pig for his brother Joshua and his early
attempts at filmmaking, starring in such classics as “Troll” and “Who
Stole My Sesame Chicken”. Dean is excited to be a part of Joshua’s
first feature-length film, and eagerly anticipates his piles of
fan-mail and queues for his autograph.

Joel Chaffee – Original Music
Joel Chaffee is a writer and musician, and founder of Charity Case Records
He is thirty years old and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Gerard McConville – Sound Design
For Gerard McConville, it all started with the gift of a reel-to-reel tape recorder on his 12th birthday. His fascination with audio intensified when he began mixing live sound for a cover band in his early twenties; he then went on to work at A&R Recording, working his way up the ranks to assistant engineer. Eventually, the lure of the recording studio led him back to the mixer’s chair, where he remains to this day working his aural magic in the commercial post production industry.