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| Industry | Film |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Steven G. Kaplan |
| Website | http://www.rainstormentertainment.com/ |
Rainstorm Entertainment is an independent film development, production and sales company headquartered in Hollywood, California. [1]
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| Industry | Film |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Steven G. Kaplan |
| Website | http://www.rainstormentertainment.com/ |
Rainstorm Entertainment is an independent film development, production and sales company headquartered in Hollywood, California. [1]
Rainstorm Entertainment was confirmed in November 2003 to produce and finance the documentary film Fuck , with production scheduled to begin in January 2004. [2] The film was completed in 2005 by film director Steve Anderson's film company Mudflap Films; it was executive produced by Rainstorm Entertainment co-founders Steven Kaplan and Gregg Daniel, [3] along with Bruce Leiserowitz, Jory Weitz and Richard Ardi. [4]
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Terror Tract | Lance W. Dreesen and Clint Hutchison | Winner, Pegasus Audience Award (Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film) [5] |
| Winner, Silver Raven (Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film) [5] | |||
| Winner, Best Feature (Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival) [5] | |||
| Winner, Festival Prize (Shriekfest) [5] | |||
| 2003 | The Big Empty | Steve Anderson | Steve Anderson made his directorial debut in 2003 with this film starring Daryl Hannah and Jon Favreau. [6] [7] |
| 2005 | Fuck | Steve Anderson | The movie was shown for the first time on November 7, 2005 at the AFI Film Festival. [3] [8] The 2005 AFI Film Festival was held at the ArcLight Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. [9] |
| 2006 | Big Bad Wolf | Lance W. Dreesen | Winner, Silver Award, Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Film, (WorldFest Houston) [10] |
| Red White Black and Blue | Tom Putnam | Winner, Special Jury Prize, Best Score (BendFilm Festival) [11] | |
| 2007 | Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (also known as Wraiths of Roanoke ) | Matt Codd | Television movie starring actor Adrian Paul [12] [13] |
| 2008 | I Am An Island | Jennifer DeLia | Short film |
| 2010 | John Henry: A Steel Driving Horse | Cameron Duddy and Chris Koby | Documentary film about a Thoroughbred racehorse. [14] |
| 2011 | Billy Bates | Jennifer DeLia | Feature film about a "tormented artist"; made with assistance of Julie Pacino, daughter of actor Al Pacino. [15] |
| 2012 | Sunset Strip | Hans Fjellestad | Documentary film about the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California; the film was screened at the South by Southwest film festival. [16] |
| 2013 | State of Control (also known as Tibet in Ruins) | Christian Johnston and Darren Mann | Documentary film about Tibet; according to The Washington Post, filmmakers had to deal with cyberwarfare against their computers during production. [17] |
| Its So Easy and Other Lies | Christopher Duddy | Documentary film about biography of Duff McKagan, bass player for music group Guns N' Roses . [18] | |
| Blunt Force | Daniel Zirilli |
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