Michael Gunther started out in feature films after a
successful career as a commercials director in Europe that spanned almost a
decade, and included such highlights as a three commercial collaboration with
Academy Award winning DP Russell Boyd (Master and Commander, Liar Liar) in Australia. He
then turned his sights to documentary and feature films and started producing
TV documentaries with his own company, among them a portrait of acclaimed painter Hans
Falk, and a harrowing account of the devastating 1999 earthquake in
Turkey. He wrote and directed his first feature film, The Honeytrap, starring acclaimed
British actress Emily Lloyd in 2002.
Michael went on to produce and line-produce a number of
independent, New York based features and prize winning shorts. Most recently
he was the co-producer for the feature film Anamorph (dir: Henry Miller,
prod: Marissa McMahon for Kamala Films), starring Willem Dafoe, Scott
Speedman, Peter Stormare and Clea Duvall, with renowned DP Fred Murphy (Mothman
Prophecies, Secret Window, Auto Focus, RV), and legendary production designer
Jack De Govia (Die Hard I & III, Speed, 40 Year Old Virgin, Stepford
Wives).
Returning to his roots, Michael also directed the 2nd Unit shoots
on Anamorph. The movie is theatrically distributed by IFC in the US and has sold in 24 overseas territories (UK, Germany, France, Mexico, Russia, Brazil, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, South Africa, Greece, Middle East, Portugal, Colombia, Italy, South Korea, Thailand, Eastern Europe)., Michael is planning to do more directing with his next projects,
the political drama Brother Engineer and the romantic comedy Callie
& Bell.
Michael has structured tax credit and finance deals in both Europe and the US and has been involved with film sales and marketing campaigns, including festival and film market outings in Cannes, Berlin and London.
Sirad Balducci has been working in the film industry for
over 15 years, from production managing, line producing to creative
development and script consultation. In 1994, Sirad formed VAMP Productions, Inc. a feature film
development company focused on challenging social issues by tackling subject
matter that is engaging, dramatic and provocative. Sirad has worked on films
including: Wishful Thinking (Miramax), Basquiat (Miramax), Bullet (Village Roadshow), Belly (Artisan); and Ransom (Imagine
Entertainment). She worked with Peter Berg as Associate Producer on the
Disney/Imagine Television show Wonderland for ABC, and produced
the highly acclaimed episodic television series Into Character for AMC.
Sirad worked on Anamorph starring Willem Dafoe and Scott
Speedman and was the New York production manager of Italian feature Christmas
in New York. She is currently co-producer of the upcoming movie Transbeman.
Mark Hartogsohn has worked for a number of independent production companies and joins Triboro Pictures as head of the development department, where he will focus on finding and liaising with new writers and projects. He has previously worked in documentary and television production, at Great Cities Media and WCNY Public Television, as well as in the development department at GreeneStreet Films, and as script coordinator for Good Morning America/ABC News.
Devanshu Patel started out in politics, working for two years in the Clinton administration in the White House, and then as a lawyer in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Latham & Watkins LLP. He started on the entertainment side in Los Angeles, working for Columbia Pictures, where he participated in Jet Li's 'The One', and for VH1 Productions. He joined Morgan Hathaway Fischer Productions in Washington, DC as a writer and producer, before moving on to New York, where he is based today.
