The Gnostic

It was my utmost joy to be the screenwriter on this little project and work with some truly awesome professionals--especially Lance Miccio, Francesco Quinn, Tom Marchak, and all the rest. This film was adapted from a short story published long ago in the magazine "Tales of the Unanticipated," a story itself that took many years to finally see print. Moreover, that story and a number of others revolve around a character I've been developing for over two decades.

To have such a stand-up group of people be willing to virtually donate their time and services, to snare a truly top level actor--and to have the producer and crew treat a writer and his vision with the greatest respect (when we know that's hardly the norm!)--truly touched me. As much as we're trying to take this character further in much bigger pieces, no one knows what the future will bring; but if nothing more on film ever comes of it I'll still treasure the result my whole life.

Thank you all so much.

It was my great pleasure to produce and be the production designer on this project . Starring Francesco Quinn and Luigi LoPresti and shot by the talented Adam Biddle on the Sony Cinealta 900 and supported by the equally talented Christopher Gallo on the Sony HDZ . It was shot in one day in Baker California after a torrential rain storm. This left the normally bone dry lake beds of full of sparkling water. We planned for a day when the moon was full moon which happened to be on first day of spring. With this setting I was able to create a 14th century Japan feel that the writer Robert Subiaga was after. This setting also helped make Joe MacDougall's directorial debut a success. To the credit the others who worked in the art department . Tom Marchak supplied SFX services and the talented Carol Mushlitz was the costume designer and Jason Reese (Rusty Plastic) did the poster