Anthony C. Ferrante

Anthony C. Ferrante
Ferrante in 2023
Born	Antioch, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Los Medanos College (AA) San Francisco State University (BA)
Occupations	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

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

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

1. "Anthony C. Ferrante". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27.
2. "'Sharknado' director returns to show 'Evil' film at el Campanil". 24 March 2017.
3. "Antioch High grad returns home to direct his next movie, includes locals as extras | Antioch Herald".
4. "The 4th is with East Bay's Ferrante and his new 'Sharknado'". 26 July 2016.
5. Whitbrook, James (April 17, 2015). "Archie Vs. Sharknado Is An Actual Comic That Is Actually Happening". io9 .
6. "'Sharknado 2' director on creating the movie's 'silly' theme song". Entertainment Weekly .
7. "Cinescape Magazine to return". Airlock Alpha. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
8. 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.

External links

• Anthony C. Ferrante at IMDb