Anthony C. Ferrante
| Anthony C. Ferrante | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Alma mater |
San Francisco State University Los Medanos College Antioch High School |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, screenwriter |
Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director,[1] producer and writer,[1] perhaps best known for directing the 2013 film Sharknado[1] and the 2005 ghost story film Boo, which was his feature writing and directing debut.
Anthony C. Ferrante is a graduate of San Francisco State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Film Degree. He also attended Los Medanos College where he received an Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies Degree.
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.[2] Before moving to film work full time, Ferrante was the editor-in-chief of (the now defunct) Cinescape Magazine[3] and a writer for Fangoria. [4]
Filmography
| 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 | Six Hot Chicks in a Warehouse | Yes | |||||
| Sharknado 2: The Second One | Yes | ||||||
| 2015 | Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | Yes | |||||
| 2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Yes | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 "Anthony C. Ferrante". The New York Times.
- ↑ Whitbrook, James (April 17, 2015). "Archie Vs. Sharknado Is An Actual Comic That Is Actually Happening". io9.
- ↑ "Cinescape Magaine to return". Airlock Alpha. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "ONCE YOU PUT A SHARK IN A TORNADO, ALL BETS ARE OFF: A Q+A with Director Anthony C. Ferrante". Fangoria. Retrieved 28 September 2016.