DOOM Inc

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DOOM Incorporated
Company type Private
Industry Motion picture
Founded2001
Founder Thomas Mignone
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Thomas Mignone
Darci Oltman
OwnerThomas Mignone

DOOM Incorporated is an American film production company based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded by film director and screenwriter Thomas Mignone.

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History

In 2001, Mignone launched DOOM Inc. to produce the original feature films, commercials, music videos, television and web content he creates, writes and directs. The company is best known for producing The Latin From Manhattan, the dark drama On The Doll, and music videos for hard rock and heavy metal artists such as Slipknot, Mudvayne, System Of A Down, Suicide Silence, Avenged Sevenfold, Sepultura, Danzig, Cradle of Filth, Cavalera Conspiracy, Type O Negative, Megadeth, American Head Charge, Obituary, Superjoint Ritual, Fear Factory, Soulfly, Kittie, Otep, The Fall of Troy, Dia De Los Muertos, Inquisition, Death Angel, and Killer Be Killed as well as others. DOOM Inc's most recent production is a biopic about Vanessa del Rio.[ citation needed ]

Feature films

Throughout 2024 Mignone directed and wrote Queen Of Manhattan, a feature film based on the life of Vanessa Del Rio as the World's First Latina adult film star and featuring actors Esai Morales, Drea de Matteo, Taryn Manning, David Proval, Elizabeth Rodriguez. Shane West, Josh Malina, Jesse Metcalfe and Dita Von Teese. [1] It was selected as the Opening Night Film at the Portland Film Festival and won the Best Director Award.

In 2010, Mignone directed and wrote the feature film On the Doll starring Brittany Snow, Josh Janowicz, Candice Accola, Angela Sarafyan, Clayne Crawford, Shanna Collins, James Russo and Theresa Russell. The title refers to the phrase "Show me on the doll where he touched you", which is often asked of children who have been victimized by molesters. On The Doll premiered at the Austin Film Festival [2] and was also selected to screen at the 25th Anniversary of the Avignon Film Festival in France, [3] Cinequest in San Jose, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, and the 15th Annual Oldenburg International Film Festival [4] in Germany. The film's soundtrack features new music from The Crystal Method, and an original score from former Tool bassist Paul D'Amour.

In October 2012, Mignone was one of several international filmmakers selected by the Cinequest Film Festival to direct and produce a film in concurrence with their partnership with The Tech Museum of Innovation. [5] Additional feature film projects include Otep: Live Confrontation Concert Documentary, Slipknot: Welcome To Our Neighborhood,[ citation needed ]Satanika, a live-action version of the comic-book female anti-hero created by multi-platinum rock musician Glenn Danzig, [6] and Ursa Minor. Mignone also helped develop the TV series The Deuce , which revolves around organized crime-controlled Times Square during the '70s and '80s.[ citation needed ] Upcoming film and streaming series projects for Mignone include [The Last Fabulist In Brooklyn] and [The Dissident's Dream] based on the extraordinary life of scientist and physicist Hrachya Hovsepyan who founded Nairi the first computer company in Armenia.

Music videos

Mignone's music video for Mudvayne's hit song "Dig" won the first MTV2 Award [7] and was the first music video to feature heavy metal artists with vibrant, brightly lit and color-saturated images, in sharp contrast to the dark, shadowy videos typical of the genre.

Mignone directed several hit videos for multi-platinum artist Slipknot including Wait & Bleed which received a Grammy nomination. [8] He directed Spit It Out and paid homage to Stanley Kubrick's feature film The Shining. The video consists of conceptual imagery with bandmembers portraying characters enacting iconic scenes from the film, with Joey Jordison as Danny Torrance; Shawn Crahan and Chris Fehn as the Grady sisters; Corey Taylor as Jack Torrance; Mick Thomson as Lloyd the Bartender; Craig Jones as Dick Hallorann; James Root as Wendy Torrance; Paul Gray as Harry Derwent; and Sid Wilson as the corpse in the bathtub. The video was banned from MTV for overtly graphic and violent depictions, including Corey Taylor's smashing through a door with an axe and the scene wherein James Root viciously assaults Corey Taylor with a baseball bat. Mignone and the band eventually re-edited a less violent version, which was subsequently aired on MTV. [9] [10] with each of the band's nine members appearing in intensely re-envisioned scenes.

His video for Sepultura's "Roots Bloody Roots" received the Video Of The Year Award from Kerrang! Magazine. [11] It was filmed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and was the first music video to contrast the hard rock group's intense performance with images of capoiera dancers, timbalada musicians, and other traditional Brazilian scenes.

In 1993 Mignone directed the band New Order in a live performance of their song Regret for Top of the Pops in Venice Beach, California. It was broadcast via satellite to the United Kingdom as part of an episode of the hit TV series Baywatch, featuring David Hasselhoff and various background actors and bikini-clad actresses dancing and playing on the beach. [12]

In addition to hard rock and heavy metal artists, Mignone has also directed hit videos for alternative music artists such as Toadies, Tonic, Concrete Blonde, Lit, and others. He has directed hip hop and urban music videos for artists such as Kool Keith, Digable Planets, and Rahsaan Patterson. Mignone's videos are characterized by strong narrative conceptual storylines, elaborate and distinct color-correction palettes, and many times include feature film actors in lead roles, including Vincent Gallo, Denise Richards, Michael Rooker from the cult film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Peter Stormare, and Navi Rawat. Mignone lives and works in Los Angeles, and continues directing feature films and music videos. Recent videos include Existo Vulgore for Morbid Angel, [13] Bullet Proof Heart for Miss Derringer featuring vocalist and acclaimed Los Angeles artist Elizabeth McGrath, [14] the MTV #1 Buzz Clip video Lay Me Down for the Dirty Heads featuring vocalist Rome from the band Sublime With Rome, [15] and Wings Of Feathers And Wax for American heavy metal supergroup Killer Be Killed featuring Soulfly/ex-Sepultura vocalist and guitarist Max Cavalera, the Dillinger Escape Plan co-vocalist and guitarist Greg Puciato, Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and former the Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch. Mignone has also directed numerous artists during live concerts such as MTV's Rock Am Ring, Ozzfest, Vans Warped Tour, Tattoo The Earth, and Dynamo Open Air festivals.

Filmography

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