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WHO am I? I am [indescribable]
WHAT am I? I am a [writer,
director, producer, editor...filmmaker]
Some call me
D'Angelo.
Others just call me
Ang. My favorite
film of all time is Gladiator. My favorite directors
are Ridley Scott, J.J. Abrams, Michael Bay, Michael Mann, Antoine
Fuqua and F. Gary Gray.
I am
the very lucky man who has met enough people who think and feel like
I do about making independent films. As such, I've been able to put
together teams of talented actors, crew and composers to help me
make 13 films.
From shorts to features, from legitimate to guerilla-style
filmmaking, we've managed to crank them out. I've never adhered to
conventional thinking regarding indie filmmaking. I don't let money
stop me. I believe there is always a way. I've made films for $250
and up to five figures and I've put the same energy,
love and effort into each of them.
I'd much rather be on set than anywhere
else. I prefer listening to soundtracks over conventional radio
music. I blog like crazy; It's my writing
outlet when I'm not working on a script or developing a project. My
blog is the perfect source to find out about the ins and outs of
Angelo. B I O
Angelo
moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1995 to pursue a
screen-writing career. After several years of writing and rewriting,
Angelo receive a "break" in 2003 when his TV series proposal was
optioned and another TV series pilot script "The Many Incarnations
of Bobby Winston" received an Honorable
Mention in the Present-a-thon Contest. Later that year
two of Angelo's other TV series treatments reached semi-finalist
status in the People's Pilot Competition.
In 2003 Angelo wrote, produced, directed and shot his first short
film, Get Spielberg. Angelo immediately
followed up with another short film titled, Picture Perfect.
In 2004, he embarked upon the journey of producing his own feature
film and adapted a script he'd written for "Sex and the City" called
Sex, Shoes
& Unicorns. While
shooting SSU Angelo completed the follow up short film for Picture
Perfect called Picture Perfect: Redux.
In 2005 Angelo wrote the feature script for Nanny and the
Professional which was adapted from a script he'd written in
1997. Angelo decided to produce a short version of Nanny and
the Professional and completed production on the film in May
2005. Angelo met with the charming Christina Cox and later with
Sharon Warren over discussions for the two leading roles. After
several rewrites he put the script on hold to continue his
filmmaking education.
In 2006 Angelo steeped himself into an aggressive filmmaking schedule that ultimately produced six short films in 2006. As
writer/director/editor/producer he completed Broken Hearts Club,
Renounced, Valerie & Sid and Love is for Democrats. He then
produced and edited the Veronica Rodriguez film, El Ride, which
won Best-in-Fest honors at the Austin Woman's Film, Music and
Literary Festival. He later co-produced and edited I Know Who Shot
You by a first-time director. In September 2006, Love is for Democrats
aired on the Independent Film Channel.
Angelo began 2007 with a quarterfinals finish for Steven Spielberg
and Mark Burnett's Reality TV Show, The Lot. Finishing 100th out
of 12,000 finalists he was called to make a second film for the
reality show. Angelo made The First Time, a 3-minute
edgy drama. Later in 2007 Angelo began consulting with
another first-time writer/producer for the short film Until Next
Time. When post-production challenges came up Angelo took the helm
as editor and post-supervisor, working with the producer and
composer for the finish cut. The Film won Best-in-Fest honors at its first film festival. To round out 2007, Angelo made film
festival history when four of his films were accepted into the LA ShortsFest. The First Time
was later selected to air on a special program on the Independent
Film Channel.
In December 2007 Angelo jumped back into film production. Going back
to his early filmmaking roots, Angelo rewrote a short script
into a feature film now titled, The Broken Hearts Club: The
Trouble With Love. The film is a lively tale of love, loneliness
and overcoming heartbreak, told with honesty and truth. The film
allowed Angelo to work with some of the extraordinary actors he met
during his journey.
In January 2008
Angelo was a co-winner for the Film Music Excellence Award at the
Park City Film Music Festival for his work with the composer and
producer on the score for the film Until Next Time. The film's
composer, Rob Gokee, is
currently scoring Angelo's feature film. Rob, the producer and
Angelo shared a Silver Medal for Excellence award for use of music in a
film.
When Angelo recognized the importance of adding genre films to his resume, he took two months in 2008 to write
his first horror script. His hard work resulted in the supernatural horror thriller,
"The Wall".
Currently, Angelo is working on his feature film The Broken Hearts Club
and polishing two new scripts, THE RENASCENCE ODYSSEY (his first sci-fi script) and THE ESCAPISTS. Angelo is also developing a TV series version of THE MANY INCARNATIONS OF BOBBY WINSTON.
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