Cropsey - I negotiated and closed a co-production deal with Old Lime Productions and then hired Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan) to adapt the story.
The Devil’s Rooming House - The film is based on the true story of Amy Archer, the most prolific female serial killer to ever live. The book is being adapted by Max La Bella (Demonic). I acquired the rights to the book and partnered with Old Lime Productions to finance the development of the book.
Street Soldier - currently in development, I acquired the book rights, a Boston Globe bestseller by Edward MacKenzie Jr about his life as an enforcer for Whitey Bulger and packaged the project.
Loosies - I executive produced this feature film for Facinelli Films and Chad Verdi Productions, written by Peter Facinelli starring Jaimie Alexander, Michael Madsen, Vincent Gallo and Joe Pantoliano.
Loosies was acquired by IFC Films for distribution (Variety):
The Last Word - I produced this feature film for A7SLE Films with Boss Media. The film is based on the terrifying true story of Johnny Frank Garrett, who placed a curse on everyone responsible for sentencing him to die. I negotiated and acquired the rights to the documentary of the same name by Jesse Quackenbush and then negotiated and closed a deal with Boss Media to finance and co-produce the film.
Telling You - I co-wrote, and directed Telling You starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dash Mihok, Jennie Garth, Peter Facinelli and Matt Lillard. The film was produced by Division 1 Entertainment, which I co-founded with Chris DeFranco and David DuPuy. We raised the shoe string budget of $300k and shot the film in Burbank, CA and a nice of job making it look like Long Island, NY.
After being accepted to the Hollywood Film Festival, we sold the movie to Miramax Films. Our timing was right; after a limited release in theaters, we did extremely well in the DVD market.
I co-created the comic book series Protocol: Orphans published by Boom Studios. The limited series of four comics and graphic novel was critically acclaimed.
I sold, wrote and produced this series of shorts to College Humor, starring Keegan Michael Key (Key & Peele), Nikkie Reed, Mimi Rogers, Brittany Snow, Peter Facinelli, and Chris Masterson.
A7SLE Films was commissioned to produce the digital content by GQ for BMW’s Mission Electric print and digital campaign. I produced and directed the series of digital shorts and starred in them alongside Peter Facinelli. In addition to the digital content, we were featured in two four page print campaigns in GQ’s Dec. 2013 and Jan. 2014 issues.
I signed the HIllywood Show to a deal and then partnered with ISH Digital to produce a series of digital shorts. We sold the series to Youtube for their original content initiative.