Anthony C. Ferrante
Anthony C. Ferrante | |
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 Ferrante in 2023 | |
| Born | Antioch, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Los Medanos College (AA) San Francisco State University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, screenwriter |
Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director, producer, and writer, known for directing the Sharknado series, the 2017 thriller Forgotten Evil and the 2005 ghost story Boo, which was his feature film writing and directing debut.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Ferrante grew up in Antioch, California. When he was attending Antioch High School, he took a film studies class at Los Medanos College. His first film was shot at the El Campanil Theatre. He would later get his bachelor arts degree in film studies at San Francisco State.[3][4]
In addition to his film career, he has written a comic, Archie vs. Sharknado, which is a tie-in to Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and is illustrated by Dan Parent.[5] He also formed the band Quint with actor / musician Robbie Rist. They have written and performed songs for every Sharknado movie including the theme song "(The Ballad of) Sharknado".[6] Before moving to movies full-time, Ferrante was the editor-in-chief of (the now defunct) Cinescape magazine[7] and a writer for Fangoria.[8]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | (Executive) Producer |
Writer | Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Video Dead | Yes | A zombie | Direct-to-video | |||
| 1997 | God Talk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2000 | The Dead Hate the Living! | Yes | Store customer | Direct-to-video | |||
| 2001 | The Surreal World | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2002 | Scarecrow | Yes | Yes | Jake | Direct-to-video | ||
| 2003 | The Revolting Dead | Yes | Yes | Construction worker | |||
| 2004 | Scarecrow Slayer | Yes | |||||
| 2005 | Boo | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2007 | Headless Horseman | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2009 | The Five Stages of Grief of a TV Guest Star | Yes | Yes | Short film | |||
| 2010 | Para-Homeless Activity | Yes | Yes | ||||
| House of Bones | Yes | ||||||
| 2011 | Scream of the Banshee | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2012 | Red Clover | Yes | Yes | Also known as "Leprechaun's Revenge" | |||
| Ghostquake | Yes | Also known as "Haunted High" | |||||
| American Horror House | Yes | ||||||
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel | Yes | |||||
| Attila | Yes | Yes | John McVie | ||||
| Sharknado | Yes | ||||||
| Hello Hero: Holding Out for a Hero | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2014 | |||||||
| Sharknado 2: The Second One | Yes | Yes | Guy with Guitar | ||||
| 2015 | Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | Yes | Yes | NASA Launch Director Marymee | |||
| 2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Yes | Yes | Fenwick | |||
| 2017 | Forgotten Evil | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | Yes | Yes | Dundee | ||||
| 2018 | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Yes | Yes | Quint Singer | |||
| 2019 | Zombie Tidal Wave | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2020 | Stalked by My Husband's Ex | Yes | TV Movie | ||||
| Beaus of Holly | Yes | TV Movie | |||||
| 2022 | Framed by My Sister | Yes | TV Movie | ||||
| Time Pirates | Yes | ||||||
| Nix | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Crown Prince of Christmas | Yes | Yes | TV Movie | ||||
| 2023 | Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch | Yes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Anthony C. Ferrante". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27.
- ^ "'Sharknado' director returns to show 'Evil' film at el Campanil". 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Antioch High grad returns home to direct his next movie, includes locals as extras | Antioch Herald".
- ^ "The 4th is with East Bay's Ferrante and his new 'Sharknado'". 26 July 2016.
- ^ Whitbrook, James (April 17, 2015). "Archie Vs. Sharknado Is An Actual Comic That Is Actually Happening". io9.
- ^ "'Sharknado 2' director on creating the movie's 'silly' theme song". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "Cinescape Magazine to return". Airlock Alpha. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ Beahm, Justin (July 4, 2013). "ONCE YOU PUT A SHARK IN A TORNADO, ALL BETS ARE OFF: A Q+A with Director Anthony C. Ferrante". Fangoria. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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