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Hey, I'm Deane!
Los Angeles, California
Aló! I’m a Los Angeles based writer & director and I’m also just a fun guy to be around.
My Projects
Projects I'm Supporting
Lying Together
Boulder, Colorado• Film Feature
Family, Romantic Comedy
Tired of the constant pressure to get married, the last two singles in a church pretend to date each other.
This project got the green light!
Blackout Cake
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy
Aly and Nicole are best friends. It's Aly's fourth 26th birthday ;-). And there's a f*cking heatwave.
This project got the green light!
The Great Divide
Denver, Colorado• Film Feature
Thriller, Western
In 1879 Colorado, a destitute ranch heiress must seek restitution by joining forces with the dangerous outlaws who murdered her father.
This project got the green light!
The NEW FREEDOM
Denver, Colorado• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller
It's not just about survival. It's about a community.
This project got the green light!
Window Shopping - Try Love on for Size
Jersey City, New Jersey• Film Short
Romantic Comedy, LGBTQ
Window Shopping is about how we all crave to be seen, to be in intimate relationships, and how easily we can imagine them, even with strange
This project got the green light!
Backsiders
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
When Andy, a transman, is visited by his ex, he must decide whether he can let go of the last relic that ties them together.
This project got the green light!
Untitled Oxnard Project
Littlerock, California• Film Feature
Documentary
Do you think you know who picks your strawberries? Think again.
This project got the green light!
Juana Doe
El Paso, Texas• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
A forensic anthropologist discovers her supernatural abilities when working with unidentifiable remains of migrants.
This project got the green light!
Operation Wolf Patrol: The Rod Coronado Story
Milwaukee, Wisconsin• Film Feature
Documentary, Nature
Operation Wolf Patrol tells the story of convicted “eco-terrorist”– Rod Coronado, and his campaign to end wolf hunting in the United States.
This project got the green light!
A Walk in the Park
Orange, California• Film Short
Romantic Comedy
James has planned a grand proposal to his girlfriend Vanessa, little does he know V. plans to break up with him when they meet.
This project got the green light!
Prepare Yourselves Accordingly
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Laura has terminal cancer. She's 25. After deciding to die on her own terms, she will say goodbye to her loved ones in an unusual fashion.
This project got the green light!
Chuck Lawson & the Night of the Invaders
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Comedy, Sci-Fi
When aliens land on Earth, ex-secret agent Chuck Lawson is called back to clear his soiled reputation by completing one final mission.
This project got the green light!
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The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story
Oakland, California• Series
Comedy, Documentary
The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story
This project got the green light!
The Rings of Saturn
Saint Paul, Minnesota• Film Feature
Documentary
A documentary that highlights professional wrestler Perry Saturn's rise to fame and the consequences of it.
This project got the green light!
Full Moon
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Horror
Amy, a self-proclaimed witch, invites her friends over for a full moon ritual to bring more magic into their lives.
This project got the green light!
STRAY Season 2
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ
A bromantic comedy about a brash gay dude and a nerdy straight guy navigating sexuality, friendship, and relationships in New York City.
This project got the green light!
Mirrors
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Drama
A distressed dancer must turn inward towards the haunting memories of her past in order to quiet her harshest critic yet - herself.
This project got the green light!
Julie Wants a Girlfriend
Orange, California• Film Short
Romantic Comedy, LGBTQ
Julie, a young blossoming queer, needs to convince her commitment-shy hookup buddy Austen to be her girlfriend.
This project got the green light!
Lucy in the Sky
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Teen
Fourteen-year-old Lucy Katz living with autism while adjusting to mainstream high school, is suddenly faced with cataclysmic change, when sh
This project got the green light!
Out
Middletown, Connecticut• Film Short
Drama
Out is the story of a new hospice nurse struggling to hold on to her humanity when faced with a challenging patient.
This project got the green light!
The Morning After
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy
That Section 8 Seinfeld: a band of aging and unskilled, ambitious, yet unmotivated underdog's heroic journey to make ends meet.
This project got the green light!
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Always A Thorn
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Crime
Two teenagers, Two police officers, stereotypes and tensions collide, who will survive?
This project got the green light!
Montana
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Mystery
Two psychologists with unconventional methods open a therapeutic school for troubled teens while struggling with their own traumatic past.
This project got the green light!
Am I Out There?
Austin, Texas• Film Short
Drama, Documentary
Before getting abducted by aliens for the last time, Josh makes a documentary to prove his story to the world...and say goodbye.
This project got the green light!
Fate
Towson, Baltimore County• Film Short
Drama, Romance
Fabian, a young, conflicted waiter obsessed with fate chases love in all the wrong places, while missing the one right in front of him.
This project got the green light!
Self i.e. (a short film by Tony Gapastione)
Redwood City, California• Film Short
Drama, Experimental
A selfie addicted young girl must confront her personal demons after her online dating wreaks havoc in her life.
This project got the green light!
Hyphen
Boston, Massachusetts• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
A poetic journey of memory and fantasy told through the eyes of four versions of an artist as she creates her own self-identity.
This project got the green light!
RAT PARK
Burlington, Vermont• Series
Drama, Crime
After his brother overdoses, skyler seeks out the dealer that sold him the fatal bag, and along the way discovers some surprising truths.
This project got the green light!
Freelancers Anonymous
Chicago, Illinois• Film Feature
Comedy, LGBTQ
Billie #hatesherjob and quits to launch a new tech start-up company called Freelancers Anonymous while simultaneously planning her wedding.
This project got the green light!
Poster Boy
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Comedy, LGBTQ
In this silent comedy film, Stuart sees himself on a poster and has no idea how he got there.
This project got the green light!
Mutiny
New York City, New York• Film Short
Horror, Thriller
There's no running from the enemy inside you
This project got the green light!
Gun To The Heart
Orange, California• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
What would you do if there was a gun staring you right in the face?
This project got the green light!
The Mother Lode
Hoboken, New Jersey• Series
Comedy
A positive parenting mother faces the underbelly of motherhood with the help of her dead father, an old friend, and a TV producer.
This project got the green light!
You're The Pest
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Family
Two estranged childhood friends, Alex and Marissa, unexpectedly inherit their families' extermination company in Queens.
This project got the green light!
Malabar
Miami, Florida• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
An undocumented mother risks everything to save her child from a human trafficking White Nationalist.
This project got the green light!
Happy Birthday/Felicidades
San Diego, California• Film Short
Drama, Foreign Film
Twins Zoe and Nick's 10th birthday is a roller coaster as their struggling mother, whisks them away on a frenzied trip to Tijuana.
This project got the green light!
We'll Never Make It
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A young woman gets stuck on the side of the road with her autistic brother and zany Jewish grandma on the way to her mom's second wedding.
This project got the green light!
Coming Home: Celebrating the Women Airforce Service Pilots in 2017
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Documentary
A group of the last surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots, all in their 90s, return to Avenger Field, for what may be their last reunion.
This project got the green light!
Rooster and The Queen
Woodstock, Ulster County• Film Short
Drama, Film-Noir
When Rooster’s seductive ex-wife, the Queen, makes a play to get him back, he can see a future that reminds him of their past.
This project got the green light!
Second Assault
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Documentary
Twelve years after being sexually assaulted on her college campus, Jillian embarks on a journey to confront the past.
This project got the green light!
Millennial Renaissance Media
New York City, New York• Company
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource
Join us in illuminating the voices of millennial women and people of color through high-quality multi-media production services.
This project got the green light!
FRUIT.
Orange, California• Film Short
Horror, Thriller
In a desperate attempt to revitalize her dying vineyard, an elderly widow sets out to sacrifice a young couple in a pagan blood ritual.
This project got the green light!
One Foot In Front
Akron, Ohio• Film Short
Drama
A mother and her three young daughters make a clandestine leap of faith into the uncertain night, away from their toxic home life.
This project got the green light!
Danielle's Boat
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Family
Lonely and missing friends after moving, 14yr old Danielle builds a boat and takes on the neighbor bully who seeks to thwart her plans.
This project got the green light!
Mama's Boy
Downingtown, Pennsylvania• Film Short
Drama, Horror
A young man's life spirals into depravity and madness when he confronts the trauma of his childhood.
This project got the green light!
Amazing Grace
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama
A daughter and her alcoholic father are forced to confront their demons as the pain of the past threatens to destroy what little they have l
This project got the green light!
Monstr Web Series
Seattle, Washington• Series
Horror, LGBTQ
Mixing horror, comedy, and LGBT themes, Monstr is about a young gay man who downloads the wrong dating app and meets literal monsters!
This project got the green light!
Bite Me
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Comedy, Romance
A subversive romantic comedy about a real-life vampire and the IRS agent who audits her
This project got the green light!
The Pet Peeve Police
Los Angeles, California• Series
Adventure, Comedy
Ridding the world of inconsiderate douches one pet peeve at a time.
This project got the green light!
Aloha
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Family
Aloha follows one new mom's quest to find the perfect birth announcement after the delivery of her baby doesn't go quite as planned.
This project got the green light!
BLUE
Houston, Texas• Film Short
Thriller
BLUE is a psychological thriller centered on an unstable young woman who struggles to cope when she enters a new relationship
This project got the green light!
Higher Methods
Providence, Rhode Island• Film Feature
Mystery, Thriller
Searching for his missing sister, an actor enters a nightmare world he can't escape and confronts how far he will go to pursue his passion.
This project got the green light!
CUDDLE
Seattle, Washington• Series
Comedy
Dina wants to change the world with the power of touch - but the hardest person to hug is herself.
This project got the green light!
Forever Red
Baltimore, Maryland• Film Short
Drama, Mystery
Two former intelligence operatives from the cold war reunite 40 years later and are forced to confront a dark secret from their past.
This project got the green light!
Stormie
Santa Maria, California• Film Feature
Biography, Drama
An adopted Hispanic teenager looks for his birth family in an attempt to find his place of belonging.
This project got the green light!
