WHO ARE WE?

RUSSELL COSTANZO (Writer/Director)

Russell attended Monmouth University and New York University where he Wrote and Directed a number of short films including the award-winning telemarkerting comedy “Cold Call”. After working at VH1, he Wrote and Directed the hilarious short film entitled "The Wedding Bout", starring ESPN’s Max Kellerman, which made its debut at the Palm Beach International Film Festival...He’s also worked as a Script Reader for USA Films (now Focus Features) and Lions Gate Films. He has written several screenplays, one, entitled "Crashers", was optioned. His urban drama short “The Tested” took home Top Prize at the prestigious Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, making it eligible for an Academy Award nomination. “The Tested” also made its television broadcast debut on BET last year. Russell’s most recent short film “jeffrey” garnered Best Short Film and Best Short Screenplay awards at the respective Big Apple Film Festival in New York City and Kent Film Festival in Connecticut.
He is currently in development on the feature film “The Strange Effect of Everett Singer” starring Brandon Routh (“Superman Returns”) and John Mahoney (NBC’s “Frasier”, “…Say Anything”). And he’ll be making his directorial debut this summer with the feature adaptation of his short film of the same name “The Tested” starring Armando Riesco (“Gardn State”), Aunjanue Ellis (“Ray”), Frank Vincent (“The Sopranos”), Annie Parisse (“Law & Order”), and Nathan Corbett (“The Wire”).

 

  
     
MELISSA B. MILLER (Producer) Melissa is an independent producer with a wide range of entertainment experience. She started her career at 3 Arts Entertainment. She then had the opportunity to work with Ellen Lewis, one of the top casting directors in Hollywood. She went on to do publicity for New Line Cinema and has worked in development for both Universal Pictures and Julia Roberts’ production company Shoelace Productions. After working as James Gandolfini’s Personal Assistant, she joined the production team at GreeneStreet Films. She then went out on her own and co-wrote and produced the short film entitled “The Wedding Bout”, starring ESPN’s Max Kellerman. She produced the urban drama short “The Tested”, which took home Top Prize at the prestigious Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, which made it eligible for an Academy Award nomination. “The Tested” also made its television broadcast debut on BET last year.
She is currently in development on the feature film “The Strange Effect of Everett Singer” starring Brandon Routh (“Superman Returns”) and John Mahoney (NBC’s “Frasier”, “…Say Anything”). And this summer she’ll be producing the feature adaptation of the short film of the same name “The Tested” starring Armando Riesco (“Gardn State”), Aunjanue Ellis (“Ray”), Frank Vincent (“The Sopranos”), Annie Parisse (“Law & Order”), and Nathan Corbett (“The Wire”).