Circle One
New York City, New York | Film Short
Mystery, Drama
Circle One explores our inherent lack of control over life. A man finds himself in the middle of nowhere and must come to terms with who he is, and what has brought him there. It’s a story about love, fate, regret, and the choices we make.
Circle One
New York City, New York | Film Short
Mystery, Drama
2 Campaigns | New York, United States
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Circle One explores our inherent lack of control over life. A man finds himself in the middle of nowhere and must come to terms with who he is, and what has brought him there. It’s a story about love, fate, regret, and the choices we make.
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Mission Statement
The Story
Circle One explores our need to exert control over our lives. A man finds himself in the middle of nowhere and must come to terms with who he is, and what has brought him there. It’s a story about love, fate, regret, and the choices we make.
What happens when your conscious mind, the part that deals with logic and short-term focus, meets your subconscious mind, the part that deals with emotions and memory? The subconscious communicates through images and feelings that often break through during sleep or quiet moments. That sudden intense moment of realization is where Circle One exists.
We will utilize a monochromatic color palette, dominated by muted desert tones of brown, beige, and tan, interspersed with cold, metallic grays. The color palette of golden yellows will give the film a sun-drenched feel. Wide angle lenses and motion will add a sense of unease and distortion, making it difficult for the viewer to distinguish between what is real and what is imagination.
The ambient sounds of the desert will also add to the sense of loneliness and vulnerability.
This film is inspired by and dedicated to the memory of my cousin, who left this world too soon. He was a professor and Dante scholar who always challenged us to think outside the box and push beyond what we thought were our limits. I miss him, so for me this project is personal. I can’t help but feel him sitting on my shoulder egging me on to get this project done.
We and our entire crew are eager to take you on this thought provoking journey.
Since 2016 we have generated films that we are truly proud of and have been able to gather a great team of talented individuals to help bring these films to life. All 5 films have garnered awards in almost every category on the festival circuit and have received the following accolades along the way.
For more info click titles below:
"Impressive in its scope, it packs a powerful punch in 18 short minutes. Exploring how memory and heartbreak inform the present, FIGS FOR ITALO did for me, what only truly special films do -- it stayed with me, and still does. I deeply love this film.”
Peter Hedges - (Academy Award Nominee)
Ben is Back, Pieces of April, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
"Intense. A moving story of a man's love, pride, and haunted past. A story that reminds us how man's inhumanity to man destroys us all."
Wendell Pierce - (NAACP Image Award Winner)
Selma, Confirmation, The Wire
“A well crafted and beautifully shot portrait of racism that existed right after WWII, and still haunts us to this day. See this moving film.”
Kristi Zea - (2 Time Academy Award Nominee)
Revolutionary Road, As Good as It Gets, The Departed
"...writer/director/star Bob Celli shows some impressive mastery in Because I Love You…You got me. Brilliant. Thanks for a short to remember. 9 0ut of 10"
- Alan Ng (Film Threat Review)
"Bob Celli’s tight direction...emulates the late, great Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo...Because I Love You finds writer/director and star Bob Celli pulling out all the stops alongside a stellar supporting cast, delivering a marriage crisis in gloriously tense fashion...So sit back. . . and enjoy the ride.
-Mark Lakatos (Take2Indie Review)
"Plotzke brings Joanna's persona to life here in a way that actually complements Celli's performance beautifully...she finds all the nooks and crannies of Joanna's experience and draws us in and takes our breath away....Celli is equally strong in a performance that says so much in so little time. Even as his behavior becomes a bit more extreme, we follow along respectfully because Celli's performance demands it."
- Richard Propes (The Independent Critic)
"It’s a tough task for a film that only has a few minutes to leave an impression, to leave you satisfied by what you’ve seen but The Keeper does exactly that, it’s genuinely satisfying."
Rebecca Cherry (Film Carnage Review)
"The Keeper, is a tight and compact thriller…tension and release keep audiences hooked in this relationship."
Alan Ng (Film Threat)
My Over There"My Over There is a very personal, affectionate yet sad tale. It’s a tender, lingering walk through beloved memories of the past, mired by WWI...akin to Gloria Stuart in the Titanic, it has that mix of fond memories which wander into sadness. Verdict: ✯✯✯½
Rebecca Cherry (Film Carnage)
Visit https://www.youtube.com/@delanocelliproductions to view our past films.
We will update this section as we solidify more choices!
Laura Delano / Executive Producer
Laura has produced five films with DelanoCelli Productions, Because I Love You, My Over There, The Keeper, Figs for Italo, Brooklyn in July, and co produced one with DC/Jouve Productions, Going Home. She performed nationally and internationally with the Kenneth Rinker Dance Company, The Bertram Ross Dance Company, Rudy Perez Dance Theater, and The Valerie Bettis Dance Company as well as other NYC based dance companies. She appeared in several films including Fame, The Warriors, Stardust Memories, and The Chosen. She has closely collaborated on and edited many scripts but My Over There was her first co-writing credit.
Bob Celli / Writer/Director/Executive Producer
Bob is an award winning actor/writer/director and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Bob recently co-starred on City On A Hill, FBI:Most Wanted, The Blacklist, and was a guest star on Gotham. He appeared on The Onion News Network, As The World Turns, Going Home, The Keeper, and Because I Love You. He was in the original cast of Circle, a play based on Arthur Schnitzler's, La Ronde. Circle was the recipient of the OOBR Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Bob also appeared in Down Range, a play about how military spouses face and overcome repeated deployments. Bob is currently developing a feature film titled Amira. Directing credits include Because I Love You, Going Home, Figs For Italo, Brooklyn In July, The Keeper, and My Over There.
Jennifer Plotzke / Producer
Jennifer is the founder of Poor Monster Productions and has served as a producer on a host of films & series including Don't Pick Up starring Keith David & Kathryn Erbe and Love Music Shelter with Esther McGregor. She was the Director of Mentoring and Co-Producer for the Catalyst Content Television Festival, working directly with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She has worked as a Producer, Consultant and Marketing Manager and has served as a panelist as well as a guest lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She was awarded the 2025 NY Filmmaker Signature Award from the Chain Film Festival and was the recipient of the 2024 Best Producer award at the AMT International Film Festival.
Stacie Capone & Don Downie / Producers
Partners Stacie and Don are community leaders in independent film and thought leaders in digital content. We each bring 15+ years of experience, and founded SMXL in 2009. Don is co-founder of Small Media Extra Large, a micro studio that makes big splash content for film, digital, and TV. He and partner Stacie Capone count Meta, Viacom, Microsoft, IBM, TED Conferences, and the Skimm amongst their clients. Don is also a longtime co-leader of Filmshop, and is the founder of Filmshop LA, a tight-knit collective of fiercely independent mediamakers.
Ken Kotowski - East Coast DP
Born and raised in New Jersey, I served four years in the USAF prior to enrolling in college at William Paterson University where I received my BA in Communications with a concentration in Media Production. I discovered my calling as a Cinematographer while in college and worked as a Director of Photography on my first feature length project the summer after graduation. I received my MFA in Media Production / Cinematography from CUNY City College of New York. Since then I have been working steadily as a freelance Cinematographer. With hundreds of commercials, dozens of short films, music videos, and documentaries, as well as several feature length projects under my belt, I have gained a diverse portfolio and a reputation for being able to shoot anything that comes my way. I’m employed full time as a Lighting Director at MSNBC.
Patrick Hogan - Supervising Sound Editor
Patrick is an Emmy Nominated Sound Supervisor. Along with working as a writer/director, Patrick is a highly accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100 television shows and movies to his credit. He's earned 9 Emmy nominations and 3 Golden Reel Awards for his work on such shows as HBO's Six Feet Under, Fox's Family Guy, and the Netflix hits Cobra Kai and Umbrella Academy.
All have worked on award winning short films. We are honored to have these friends and collaborators on this journey. They are equally excited to bring the script to life.
We will update this section as we solidify more choices!
Bob Celli as Michael Durante is an award winning actor/writer/director and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Bob has co-stared on City on a Hill, FBI:Most Wanted,The Blacklist and was a guest star on Gotham. He appeared on The Onion News Network, As The World Turns, Because I Love You, The Keeper, and Going Home. He was in the original cast of Circle, a play based on Arthur Schnitzler's, La Ronde. Circle was the recipient of the OOBR Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Bob also starred in the play Down Range. A play dealing with how military spouses face and overcome repeated deployments.
Jennifer Plotzke as Beatrice is an award winning actress and producer, appearing on television in The Hunting Party, FBI: Most Wanted opposite Dylan McDermott and Blue Bloods opposite Donnie Wahlberg. She co-stars with Peter Friedman in the film Fizzle and also appears in Ezra, starring Robert DeNiro. She received Best Actress awards for her roles in Because I Love You (Milan Int’l FF) and Square Breathing (NJ Webfest) and two Best Supporting Actress awards (LA Webfest and NJ Webfest) for her recurring role in the series Nurses Station. She starred in the Paradise Lost adaptation, Lost + Found (PBS Reel 13 Series) as well as the horror anthology, Return to the Theatre of Terror.
Michael Johnson / MJ as Virgil, over the years with various teams MJ created highly sophisticated, engaging, immersive training, and educational products and services using virtual environments and leading-edge technologies, including interactive television. His work in the field garnered many awards including some Emmys. In his latest work, MJ is the director of the feature length documentary, Prairie Prophecy, which is soon to be released on PBS.
Stacie Capone as Gabriella Zephyr currently appears on episodes of the popular Shonda Rhimes Series , Grey’s Anatomy and also stars in the iconic 70’s perfume brand, Love’s Baby Soft’s film of the same name - screening on lovesbabysoft.com. She Is attached to a feature in development, The Ghost in the Attic, staring Robert Clohessy (Blue Bloods).
Jan Jalenak as Pam Durante is a playwright, filmmaker, and actor. Jan wrote, directed and produced the award-winning short films, You Can Kiss Me and A Shattering. Her plays have been presented at theaters including Naked Angels, New Georges, Playwrights Horizons, UBU Rep, The Greenwich Street Theater and The Actors Studio. She is currently in preproduction with her feature, The Happy Family and a short, Misanthrope on Vacation. Jan has acted in number of independent films and theater productions and is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio.
Peggy DiPaolo-Andres as Charon began her acting career in 2009 in NYC. This will mark her fourth film working with DelanoCelli Productions. She is an actor, model, entrepreneur, and Mom of 4 who enjoys giving back to her community and spending time outdoors with her family and friends. The collaborative atmosphere involved in storytelling is what keeps drawing her back again and again.
Thaddeus Daniels as Dr. Daniels is a native of Wilmington, NC and an alumni of UNC - Chapel Hill. He has performed in many of Layon Gray's works in NYC and throughout the US. Some Film/ TV credits: Law & Order, SVU, Golden Boy, Orange Is The New Black, The Americans, The Blacklist, FBI, Greta, The Post, and White House Plumbers.
CIRCLE ONE is currently in pre-production and we are slated to begin shooting in the upcoming months. We have locked down locations and have a clear financing strategy and projected budget. Your support of this campaign will help us to secure the resources to pay our talented cast and crew, acquire the materials, equipment, etc., needed for our production and post-production phases.
Simple. Movies cost money and it takes a city to bring one to life. The times we are living through demand that we as artists create our work, to entertain, teach, bring awareness, and offer some escape.
DelanoCelli Productions has been fortunate to enjoy great collaborations with talented casts,
crews, and production teams. We are honored that our films have been Official Selections at festivals all over the world. Collectively the films have garnered over 200 hundred Awards and Nominations. None of this could have happened without the generous support of Co-Producers, Associate Producers, and Contributors like you.
100% of the funds will go toward production and post production. $20,000 is what we need to help complete this film. Anything above this amount will help us elevate the production value of the film. I and most of my producing staff are working for free or discounted rates, as are many of the crew involved, because they love the story and want to be a part of it. We need:
Crew & Production Gear - Casting - Insurance - Location Fees
Post Production (sfx, color grading, editing, score) Food (for cast and crew)
Every project comes with challenges, but we are committed to making this film. Funds above our immediate goal will go towards higher production value, post-production costs, and the project's longer term needs, such as marketing and publicity. We count on you and others like you to put your trust in us, taking into account our library of film work, the success we've had, and our determination.
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About This Team
Laura Delano / Executive Producer
Laura has produced four films with DelanoCelli Productions, Because I Love You, My Over There, The Keeper, Figs for Italo, Brooklyn in July, and co produced one with DC/Jouve Productions, Going Home. She performed nationally and internationally with the Kenneth Rinker Dance Company, The Bertram Ross Dance Company, Rudy Perez Dance Theater, and The Valerie Bettis Dance Company as well as other NYC based dance companies. She appeared in several films including Fame, The Warriors, Stardust Memories, and The Chosen. She has closely collaborated on and edited many scripts but My Over There is her first co-writing credit.
Bob Celli / Writer/Director/Executive Producer / as
Bob is an award winning actor/writer/director and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Bob recently co-stared on City On A Hill, FBI:Most Wanted, The Blacklist, and was a guest star on Gotham. He appeared on The Onion News Network, As The World Turns, Going Home, The Keeper, and Because I Love You He was in the original cast of Circle, a play based on Arthur Schnitzler's, Le Ronde.Circle was the recipient of the OOBR Award for best Ensemble Cast. Bob also appeared in the play Down Range, a play about how military spouses face and overcome repeated deployments. Bob is currently developing the script into a feature film. Directing credits include Because I Love You, Going Home, Figs For Italo, Brooklyn In July, The Keeper, and My Over There.
Jennifer Plotzke / Producer / as Maggie
Jennifer is an award winning actress and producer, currently appearing on The Blacklist, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Blue Bloods. She starred as Satan in the Paradise Lost adaptation, Lost + Found, which aired on PBS as part of the Reel 13 Series. She can be seen in the film Fizzle with Peter Friedman and Geoffrey Owens and will appear in the upcoming film Inappropriate Behavior starring Bobby Cannavale. She produced the award winning films, Crumb Cake, which screened recently at the Soho International Film Festival and Window Shopping, which is currently streaming on Revry.
Stacie Capone & Don Downie
Partners Stacie and Don are community leaders in independent film and thought leaders in digital content. We each bring 15+ years of experience, and founded SMXL in 2009..Don is co-founder of Small Media Extra Large, a micro studio that makes big splash content for film, digital, and TV. He and partner Stacie Capone count Meta, Viacom, Microsoft, IBM, TED Conferences, and the Skimm amongst their clients. Don is also a longtime co-leader of Filmshop, and is the founder of Filmshop LA, a tight-knit collective of fiercely independent mediamakers.
Patrick Hogan - Supervising Sound Editor
Patrick is an Emmy Nominated Sound Supervisor. Along with working as a writer/director, Patrick is a highly accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100 television shows and movies to his credit. He's earned 9 Emmy nominations and 3 Golden Reel Awards for his work on such shows as HBO's "Six Feet Under" Fox's "Family Guy" and the Netflix hits "Cobra Kai" and "Umbrella Academy."
Dave Anson / Composer
An award winning composer hailing from The Lake District, England. Dave has been working in the Film & TV industry as a composer for the last decade, excelling in all branches of music for the moving image. He has worked on feature films, and short films alike, providing award winning scores, while developing a vast palette of genres and styles to call upon. Dave is recognized for his work in dramatic action scores (Now Hiring, ELITE), and broadcast music for sports (NFL, NBA, PGA), taking home awards and thriving in all styles and genres. An Alumni of Music Production at Leeds Conservatoire, and owner of Glass Sound Studios, Dave understands what it takes to create an industry level score and mix. Over the last decade, Dave has worked with industry topping clients such as BBC, Channel4, CBS, NBC, Fox, NFL Network, Sky, ESPN and many more, including audio re-brands for major networks and companies.
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Mission Statement
The Story
Circle One explores our need to exert control over our lives. A man finds himself in the middle of nowhere and must come to terms with who he is, and what has brought him there. It’s a story about love, fate, regret, and the choices we make.
What happens when your conscious mind, the part that deals with logic and short-term focus, meets your subconscious mind, the part that deals with emotions and memory? The subconscious communicates through images and feelings that often break through during sleep or quiet moments. That sudden intense moment of realization is where Circle One exists.
We will utilize a monochromatic color palette, dominated by muted desert tones of brown, beige, and tan, interspersed with cold, metallic grays. The color palette of golden yellows will give the film a sun-drenched feel. Wide angle lenses and motion will add a sense of unease and distortion, making it difficult for the viewer to distinguish between what is real and what is imagination.
The ambient sounds of the desert will also add to the sense of loneliness and vulnerability.
This film is inspired by and dedicated to the memory of my cousin, who left this world too soon. He was a professor and Dante scholar who always challenged us to think outside the box and push beyond what we thought were our limits. I miss him, so for me this project is personal. I can’t help but feel him sitting on my shoulder egging me on to get this project done.
We and our entire crew are eager to take you on this thought provoking journey.
Since 2016 we have generated films that we are truly proud of and have been able to gather a great team of talented individuals to help bring these films to life. All 5 films have garnered awards in almost every category on the festival circuit and have received the following accolades along the way.
For more info click titles below:
"Impressive in its scope, it packs a powerful punch in 18 short minutes. Exploring how memory and heartbreak inform the present, FIGS FOR ITALO did for me, what only truly special films do -- it stayed with me, and still does. I deeply love this film.”
Peter Hedges - (Academy Award Nominee)
Ben is Back, Pieces of April, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
"Intense. A moving story of a man's love, pride, and haunted past. A story that reminds us how man's inhumanity to man destroys us all."
Wendell Pierce - (NAACP Image Award Winner)
Selma, Confirmation, The Wire
“A well crafted and beautifully shot portrait of racism that existed right after WWII, and still haunts us to this day. See this moving film.”
Kristi Zea - (2 Time Academy Award Nominee)
Revolutionary Road, As Good as It Gets, The Departed
"...writer/director/star Bob Celli shows some impressive mastery in Because I Love You…You got me. Brilliant. Thanks for a short to remember. 9 0ut of 10"
- Alan Ng (Film Threat Review)
"Bob Celli’s tight direction...emulates the late, great Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo...Because I Love You finds writer/director and star Bob Celli pulling out all the stops alongside a stellar supporting cast, delivering a marriage crisis in gloriously tense fashion...So sit back. . . and enjoy the ride.
-Mark Lakatos (Take2Indie Review)
"Plotzke brings Joanna's persona to life here in a way that actually complements Celli's performance beautifully...she finds all the nooks and crannies of Joanna's experience and draws us in and takes our breath away....Celli is equally strong in a performance that says so much in so little time. Even as his behavior becomes a bit more extreme, we follow along respectfully because Celli's performance demands it."
- Richard Propes (The Independent Critic)
"It’s a tough task for a film that only has a few minutes to leave an impression, to leave you satisfied by what you’ve seen but The Keeper does exactly that, it’s genuinely satisfying."
Rebecca Cherry (Film Carnage Review)
"The Keeper, is a tight and compact thriller…tension and release keep audiences hooked in this relationship."
Alan Ng (Film Threat)
"My Over There is a very personal, affectionate yet sad tale. It’s a tender, lingering walk through beloved memories of the past, mired by WWI...akin to Gloria Stuart in the Titanic, it has that mix of fond memories which wander into sadness. Verdict: ✯✯✯½
Rebecca Cherry (Film Carnage)
Visit https://www.youtube.com/@delanocelliproductions to view our past films.
We will update this section as we solidify more choices!
Laura Delano / Executive Producer
Laura has produced five films with DelanoCelli Productions, Because I Love You, My Over There, The Keeper, Figs for Italo, Brooklyn in July, and co produced one with DC/Jouve Productions, Going Home. She performed nationally and internationally with the Kenneth Rinker Dance Company, The Bertram Ross Dance Company, Rudy Perez Dance Theater, and The Valerie Bettis Dance Company as well as other NYC based dance companies. She appeared in several films including Fame, The Warriors, Stardust Memories, and The Chosen. She has closely collaborated on and edited many scripts but My Over There was her first co-writing credit.
Bob Celli / Writer/Director/Executive Producer
Bob is an award winning actor/writer/director and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Bob recently co-starred on City On A Hill, FBI:Most Wanted, The Blacklist, and was a guest star on Gotham. He appeared on The Onion News Network, As The World Turns, Going Home, The Keeper, and Because I Love You. He was in the original cast of Circle, a play based on Arthur Schnitzler's, La Ronde. Circle was the recipient of the OOBR Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Bob also appeared in Down Range, a play about how military spouses face and overcome repeated deployments. Bob is currently developing a feature film titled Amira. Directing credits include Because I Love You, Going Home, Figs For Italo, Brooklyn In July, The Keeper, and My Over There.
Jennifer Plotzke / Producer
Jennifer is the founder of Poor Monster Productions and has served as a producer on a host of films & series including Don't Pick Up starring Keith David & Kathryn Erbe and Love Music Shelter with Esther McGregor. She was the Director of Mentoring and Co-Producer for the Catalyst Content Television Festival, working directly with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She has worked as a Producer, Consultant and Marketing Manager and has served as a panelist as well as a guest lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She was awarded the 2025 NY Filmmaker Signature Award from the Chain Film Festival and was the recipient of the 2024 Best Producer award at the AMT International Film Festival.
Stacie Capone & Don Downie / Producers
Partners Stacie and Don are community leaders in independent film and thought leaders in digital content. We each bring 15+ years of experience, and founded SMXL in 2009. Don is co-founder of Small Media Extra Large, a micro studio that makes big splash content for film, digital, and TV. He and partner Stacie Capone count Meta, Viacom, Microsoft, IBM, TED Conferences, and the Skimm amongst their clients. Don is also a longtime co-leader of Filmshop, and is the founder of Filmshop LA, a tight-knit collective of fiercely independent mediamakers.
Ken Kotowski - East Coast DP
Born and raised in New Jersey, I served four years in the USAF prior to enrolling in college at William Paterson University where I received my BA in Communications with a concentration in Media Production. I discovered my calling as a Cinematographer while in college and worked as a Director of Photography on my first feature length project the summer after graduation. I received my MFA in Media Production / Cinematography from CUNY City College of New York. Since then I have been working steadily as a freelance Cinematographer. With hundreds of commercials, dozens of short films, music videos, and documentaries, as well as several feature length projects under my belt, I have gained a diverse portfolio and a reputation for being able to shoot anything that comes my way. I’m employed full time as a Lighting Director at MSNBC.
Patrick Hogan - Supervising Sound Editor
Patrick is an Emmy Nominated Sound Supervisor. Along with working as a writer/director, Patrick is a highly accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100 television shows and movies to his credit. He's earned 9 Emmy nominations and 3 Golden Reel Awards for his work on such shows as HBO's Six Feet Under, Fox's Family Guy, and the Netflix hits Cobra Kai and Umbrella Academy.
All have worked on award winning short films. We are honored to have these friends and collaborators on this journey. They are equally excited to bring the script to life.
We will update this section as we solidify more choices!
Bob Celli as Michael Durante is an award winning actor/writer/director and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Bob has co-stared on City on a Hill, FBI:Most Wanted,The Blacklist and was a guest star on Gotham. He appeared on The Onion News Network, As The World Turns, Because I Love You, The Keeper, and Going Home. He was in the original cast of Circle, a play based on Arthur Schnitzler's, La Ronde. Circle was the recipient of the OOBR Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Bob also starred in the play Down Range. A play dealing with how military spouses face and overcome repeated deployments.
Jennifer Plotzke as Beatrice is an award winning actress and producer, appearing on television in The Hunting Party, FBI: Most Wanted opposite Dylan McDermott and Blue Bloods opposite Donnie Wahlberg. She co-stars with Peter Friedman in the film Fizzle and also appears in Ezra, starring Robert DeNiro. She received Best Actress awards for her roles in Because I Love You (Milan Int’l FF) and Square Breathing (NJ Webfest) and two Best Supporting Actress awards (LA Webfest and NJ Webfest) for her recurring role in the series Nurses Station. She starred in the Paradise Lost adaptation, Lost + Found (PBS Reel 13 Series) as well as the horror anthology, Return to the Theatre of Terror.
Michael Johnson / MJ as Virgil, over the years with various teams MJ created highly sophisticated, engaging, immersive training, and educational products and services using virtual environments and leading-edge technologies, including interactive television. His work in the field garnered many awards including some Emmys. In his latest work, MJ is the director of the feature length documentary, Prairie Prophecy, which is soon to be released on PBS.
Stacie Capone as Gabriella Zephyr currently appears on episodes of the popular Shonda Rhimes Series , Grey’s Anatomy and also stars in the iconic 70’s perfume brand, Love’s Baby Soft’s film of the same name - screening on lovesbabysoft.com. She Is attached to a feature in development, The Ghost in the Attic, staring Robert Clohessy (Blue Bloods).
Jan Jalenak as Pam Durante is a playwright, filmmaker, and actor. Jan wrote, directed and produced the award-winning short films, You Can Kiss Me and A Shattering. Her plays have been presented at theaters including Naked Angels, New Georges, Playwrights Horizons, UBU Rep, The Greenwich Street Theater and The Actors Studio. She is currently in preproduction with her feature, The Happy Family and a short, Misanthrope on Vacation. Jan has acted in number of independent films and theater productions and is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio.
Peggy DiPaolo-Andres as Charon began her acting career in 2009 in NYC. This will mark her fourth film working with DelanoCelli Productions. She is an actor, model, entrepreneur, and Mom of 4 who enjoys giving back to her community and spending time outdoors with her family and friends. The collaborative atmosphere involved in storytelling is what keeps drawing her back again and again.
Thaddeus Daniels as Dr. Daniels is a native of Wilmington, NC and an alumni of UNC - Chapel Hill. He has performed in many of Layon Gray's works in NYC and throughout the US. Some Film/ TV credits: Law & Order, SVU, Golden Boy, Orange Is The New Black, The Americans, The Blacklist, FBI, Greta, The Post, and White House Plumbers.
CIRCLE ONE is currently in pre-production and we are slated to begin shooting in the upcoming months. We have locked down locations and have a clear financing strategy and projected budget. Your support of this campaign will help us to secure the resources to pay our talented cast and crew, acquire the materials, equipment, etc., needed for our production and post-production phases.
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DelanoCelli Productions has been fortunate to enjoy great collaborations with talented casts,
crews, and production teams. We are honored that our films have been Official Selections at festivals all over the world. Collectively the films have garnered over 200 hundred Awards and Nominations. None of this could have happened without the generous support of Co-Producers, Associate Producers, and Contributors like you.
100% of the funds will go toward production and post production. $20,000 is what we need to help complete this film. Anything above this amount will help us elevate the production value of the film. I and most of my producing staff are working for free or discounted rates, as are many of the crew involved, because they love the story and want to be a part of it. We need:
Crew & Production Gear - Casting - Insurance - Location Fees
Post Production (sfx, color grading, editing, score) Food (for cast and crew)
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Production Crew
Costs $8,500
Gotta pay reasonable rates to all the crew involved in working the set!
Cast
Costs $3,000
Need talented cast members to shoot a good movie!
Catering for Cast & Crew
Costs $2,000
You really need to feed the people while they work!
Locations
Costs $2,500
A good location is important as it becomes another character in the story!
Editing & Color Correction
Costs $2,000
Need a great Editor and professional color grading for the entire film!
Composer
Costs $2,000
Need a great score to make a good film from award-winning composer named Dave Anson!
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About This Team
Laura Delano / Executive Producer
Laura has produced four films with DelanoCelli Productions, Because I Love You, My Over There, The Keeper, Figs for Italo, Brooklyn in July, and co produced one with DC/Jouve Productions, Going Home. She performed nationally and internationally with the Kenneth Rinker Dance Company, The Bertram Ross Dance Company, Rudy Perez Dance Theater, and The Valerie Bettis Dance Company as well as other NYC based dance companies. She appeared in several films including Fame, The Warriors, Stardust Memories, and The Chosen. She has closely collaborated on and edited many scripts but My Over There is her first co-writing credit.
Bob Celli / Writer/Director/Executive Producer / as
Bob is an award winning actor/writer/director and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Bob recently co-stared on City On A Hill, FBI:Most Wanted, The Blacklist, and was a guest star on Gotham. He appeared on The Onion News Network, As The World Turns, Going Home, The Keeper, and Because I Love You He was in the original cast of Circle, a play based on Arthur Schnitzler's, Le Ronde.Circle was the recipient of the OOBR Award for best Ensemble Cast. Bob also appeared in the play Down Range, a play about how military spouses face and overcome repeated deployments. Bob is currently developing the script into a feature film. Directing credits include Because I Love You, Going Home, Figs For Italo, Brooklyn In July, The Keeper, and My Over There.
Jennifer Plotzke / Producer / as Maggie
Jennifer is an award winning actress and producer, currently appearing on The Blacklist, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Blue Bloods. She starred as Satan in the Paradise Lost adaptation, Lost + Found, which aired on PBS as part of the Reel 13 Series. She can be seen in the film Fizzle with Peter Friedman and Geoffrey Owens and will appear in the upcoming film Inappropriate Behavior starring Bobby Cannavale. She produced the award winning films, Crumb Cake, which screened recently at the Soho International Film Festival and Window Shopping, which is currently streaming on Revry.
Stacie Capone & Don Downie
Partners Stacie and Don are community leaders in independent film and thought leaders in digital content. We each bring 15+ years of experience, and founded SMXL in 2009..Don is co-founder of Small Media Extra Large, a micro studio that makes big splash content for film, digital, and TV. He and partner Stacie Capone count Meta, Viacom, Microsoft, IBM, TED Conferences, and the Skimm amongst their clients. Don is also a longtime co-leader of Filmshop, and is the founder of Filmshop LA, a tight-knit collective of fiercely independent mediamakers.
Patrick Hogan - Supervising Sound Editor
Patrick is an Emmy Nominated Sound Supervisor. Along with working as a writer/director, Patrick is a highly accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100 television shows and movies to his credit. He's earned 9 Emmy nominations and 3 Golden Reel Awards for his work on such shows as HBO's "Six Feet Under" Fox's "Family Guy" and the Netflix hits "Cobra Kai" and "Umbrella Academy."
Dave Anson / Composer
An award winning composer hailing from The Lake District, England. Dave has been working in the Film & TV industry as a composer for the last decade, excelling in all branches of music for the moving image. He has worked on feature films, and short films alike, providing award winning scores, while developing a vast palette of genres and styles to call upon. Dave is recognized for his work in dramatic action scores (Now Hiring, ELITE), and broadcast music for sports (NFL, NBA, PGA), taking home awards and thriving in all styles and genres. An Alumni of Music Production at Leeds Conservatoire, and owner of Glass Sound Studios, Dave understands what it takes to create an industry level score and mix. Over the last decade, Dave has worked with industry topping clients such as BBC, Channel4, CBS, NBC, Fox, NFL Network, Sky, ESPN and many more, including audio re-brands for major networks and companies.