Biagio Becomes a Walking Billboard

In a pinch, a good newspaper review and tape make a handy ad for your movie. Here at the Cleveland International Film Festival, we received such a great review in The Cleveland Plain Dealer that I’ve made myself into a walking billboard. Seems to be working. And if you missed it, we got to go … Read more

Joke and Biagio on Cleveland Local News

So cool…were interviewd by Cleveland legend Robin Swoboda on the local NBC nightly news, discussing our film Dying to do Letterman and its screenings at the Cleveland International Film Festial. Shot this on our flip cam off the hotel television as it aired.

Cleveland Rocks

We’re at the Cleveland International Film Festival! And this fest has some incredible people working at it. Lara Klaber, lead blogger for CIFF, was kind enough to get up an initial post about our movie. You can read it here. Our “street team” (Steve, Biagio, Biagio’s dad, and Biagio’s nephew Anthony) are passing out buttons … Read more

Cleveland Here We Come!

If you’ve been around the blog, you know how proud I am of my Cleveland roots. Well, April 1, 2, and 3 of this very year, we’ll be living a life-long dream: playing one of our movies at The Cleveland International Film Festival. CIFF (as it’s called by the cool kids) is one of Cleveland’s … Read more

Dying to do Letterman Sweeps Doc Category at Cinequest

We’re so proud to tell you that our feature-length documentary Dying to do Letterman won both the jury prize for Best Documentary Feature and the Audience Award at the Cinequest Film Festival. Here are some video highlights from one of the greatest weekends of our lives:

THANK YOU: Dying to do Letterman Press Reviews and Audience Response

One thing you simply cannot control about the projects you produce, direct, edit…no matter how hard you try…is audience reaction, or press response. We’re fortunate that thus far, on our film Dying to do Letterman, we’ve had very positive reviews on both…and we’d like to say THANK YOU Yes, we know we’ve blitzed you with … Read more

That First Review of Your Movie

If you’ve ever put something creative into the world, you know what it feels like to wait for a verdict. There’s dread. Nasuea. Lots of pacing… That was us waiting to get our first review of our movie. To make matters worse… Our film Dying to do Letterman, which just premiered at Cinequest, was accepted … Read more

How to Hijack a Film Festival

Okay, well, maybe “hijack” is a bit harsh…we’d never want to take anything away from the other great filmmakers we’re playing along side. But, in an attempt to stand out amongst the other 173 films playing at the Cinequest Film Festival, we’ve made an elaborate plan involving hospital scrubs, flyers, interactive buttons, and lots of … Read more

Steve’s Voicemail from Cinequest

Check out the voicemail Steve just left me, minutes after announcing the world premiere of our documentary Dying to do Letterman at the Cinequest Film Festival media event.