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Anthony grew up on the seven hills of Cincinnati, Ohio. As an only child, he kept himself amused by concocting epic adventures for his teams of action figures, a fondness for storytelling that has continued to this day. His interest in the arts really took off at the age of nine when he picked up a trumpet for the first time and discovered the allure of music.

The trumpet served as his primary artistic outlet in marching, jazz, and symphonic bands throughout high school and college. That is, until a fateful night in late 2000 that involved gin and tonics, the movie Swingers, and an Earth-shattering epiphany. Overnight his career and life paths changed, beginning in earnest his pursuit of filmmaking.

Since graduating The Ohio State University in 2003 with degrees in Psychology and Film Studies, Anthony worked in broadcast television and the hotel audio/visual industry until beginning graduate film school at USC in 2007.

While at USC, he produced a number of advanced films, as well as a music video for recording artist Lifehouse through a competition sponsored by Heineken. Anthony wrote and directed his thesis film, Found, which screened at over 20 film festivals around the world and won multiple awards. His career focus is on directing genre films with compelling character-driven stories that delve into matters of the human spirit.

Anthony directed his first feature in 2020 and is currently in post production.

News


Brian

I'm devastated writing this. On December 24, Brian K. Millard suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in his brainstem. He was rushed to the hospital where he was placed on life support and fell into a coma. Earlier this evening he was taken off the ventilator and passed shortly after. His mom and I were with him at the end. I've lived with Brian for the last six years, but he was far more than a roommate.

New Place

Brian and I have been in our new place for over a month now. As I suspected, we were not able to find anything that we could afford AND would work for The Gateway House. So we will definitely need to find more financing to relaunch pre-production, as we will now need to rent a location. We were able to shoot all the Bringer of Death pickups I know we needed prior to moving out

Moving

Brian and I just found out we are being forced to move. Yes, in the middle of the pandemic. The owner of the house has decided she wants to sell. Because we're renting a single-family home, we're unfortunately not protected by the eviction moratorium. On its own, moving sucks. But this is worse for us, as it has a tremendous impact on both features, The Gateway House and Bringer of Death. The reason we were

Wrapped (…again)!

I know, I know... it's much too early for pickups! But there's always been this sequence that's bothered me all the way back to the script stage and I could never quite put my finger on why. Well, we recently watched David Fincher's new film 'Mank' and I was immediately inspired to take the sequence in a different direction... something that will be much more interesting for the story. A couple days later (today), we're

Wrapped!

First off, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! This year is a weird one, not being able to visit people. But I'm much more buoyed than I expected to be... probably because, instead of Thanksgiving, it feels a bit more like Christmas morning... I purposely haven't provided any updates over the last several months because I didn't want to jinx anything. After the demoralizing postponement of Gateway, you can't be too careful. But last night, after many

 

 

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