Art D'Alessandro

NightFire Films

Maitland, Florida

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July 2011

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About Art

Over 30 years writing, producing films. 40+ screenplays written, optioned more than half. Two films had wide theatrical release, three straight to DVD/video/VOD, one international TV (won Canadian Emmy). Non-union. Live in central Florida. Married. No children.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 2"

Weight:
195

Body type:
Athletic

Hair color:
Salt/Pepper

Eyes:
Blue

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"The March of the 18th" Click for full size/SCREENPLAY AVAILABLE

Tim Powell, Elizabeth Fendrick, Art, Rus Blackwell, Alan Lilly on the set of "The Mess". 2008

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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Budget: $1M - $5M | Crime ⋄ Drama Detective Owen Murphy is on a mission -- he needs to clear his name on a murder he didn't commit. But time's running out; he's very sick, and must do it before he falls asleep... because the next time he sleeps, he probably won't wake up.
LAST TRAIN HOME Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama During the final, fleeting beats of his pulse, a man seemingly put to death in Florida’s electric chair in 1999 is sent on a journey across time to confront himself as a teen and change the course of his dire destiny.
ARMED:STAY Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller ⋄ Drama A grieving, young widow and mother must overcome depression and panic attacks to protect her family from a desperate, hunted intruder who takes control of her home for one, long, “lives-changing” day.
Harbinger Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Crime Detective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders when she investigates the mysterious disappearance of a senior citizen... one of several who've gone missing over the past few months.
WHIRLABOUT Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A man returns home to care for his father who’s riding a downhill early-onset Alzheimer’s spiral, but dark secrets revealed about the family patriarch’s past shock him to the core, dramatically altering the course of that care... and the direction of his own life.
TAKEN AWAY Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama ⋄ Romance ⋄ Thriller Two 16 year-olds, one a cutter, the other a church boy, are snatched from separate states and brought to a mountain hideaway by an unlikely kidnapper and his mother who's fresh out of prison and terminal.
SANCTUARY Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Fantasy ⋄ Independent A hapless and socially detached attorney's life changes dramatically when he executes the will of his recently-deceased client. It is stipulated that the substantial fortune will be shared by all who attend his funeral mass, but no one shows up ... except one mysterious, homeless man seeking refuge from a raging storm.
A HAPPY LIFE Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Independent Danny Jordan, hardworking, slightly slow, diabetic, is a good guy... too good, in fact. He lets people take advantage of him, even move in with him, 6 people who don't contribute or fit in anywhere else. Could be the only thing to shake off the freeloaders and social misfits is Danny's apparent drug overdose. (AVAILABLE PROPERTY)
DOWN WITH DAD Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Family ⋄ Independent ⋄ Other Dave McNabb sets off to right an old wrong and teach his teen son Lincoln a life lesson -- “when you do good things, good things happen.” But Lincoln turns the tables on good old dad, teaching him that sometimes when you do good things, bad things happen... very bad things. (AVAILABLE PROPERTY)
THE TEST Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Independent ⋄ Thriller Debbie sets up seemingly disinterested husband Jim to test his fidelity, but things spin out wildly when Jim fails a test of his own making and falls into a trap set by a team of dangerous con-artists ready to take him for a ride and everything he's worth.
PEEP Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Independent ⋄ Other ⋄ Thriller When two teen boys peeping in a beautiful neighbor’s bathroom window witness her murder, they are torn by how to deal with this shocking crime, and the choices they make cause their lives to spin dangerously out of control.
THE MARCH OF THE 18TH Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Historical ⋄ Drama In 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union soldiers to continue to perform their duty for God and Country. This is the story of six invalid soldiers of the 18th Regiment and their 25 mile march against all odds into history. (Based on the novel of the same title and co-written with its author Kevin Horgan)
THE LOSS OF HEAVEN Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A timid, small-town altar boy feels a sin he's committed has angered God and put his family and friends at risk of His wrath, but an immigrant parish priest helps him find a way past his guilt and fears.
In Connection Budget: $1M - $5M | Independent ⋄ War ⋄ Drama Bobby Gentile, whose brother is MIA in Vietnam, comes up #3 in the 1969 draft lottery and must decide if he's going off to war or fleeing the country, while the FBI zeroes in on him for his possible link to a large drug deal.

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Credits

Suburban Nightmare (2019)
Film Associate Producer
Friend (2018)
Film Writer
Left of Center (2014)
Film by Dave Norman, Director Co-Producer
Letters to God (2011)
Film by Vivendi Releasing/David Nixon Writer/Associate Producer
Mayor Cupcake (2010)
Film by Phase IV Release/Alex Pires Writer/Producer
The Mess (2009)
Film (short) by Dirty Martini Productions/NightFire Films Writer/Director/Producer
Craig (2008)
Film Producer
The Final Season (2007)
Film by Yari Film Group/David Mickey Evans Screenwriter
She Drives Me Crazy (2007)
Film by Shaftesbury Films/Eleanor Lindo Writer
BURNED (2006)
Film by Yarble/Richard Halpern Writer/Co-Producer
All Shook UP (1998)
Film by WhiteHair Pictures Screenwriter