Rex Piano

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Rex Piano
Born
Reginald Jones Jr.

(1955-09-01) September 1, 1955 (age 70)
New York
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter, TV actor, and producer
Years active1979–present
FamilyHenry Piano (father, born 1904), Joan Piano (mother, born 1912), Jimmy Piano (older brother, born 1953)

Rex Piano is an American film director, screenwriter, TV actor and producer. Piano's works include Cave in (2003), Faultline (2004), Hope Ranch (2002/2004), Snowman's Pass (2004), Blind Injustice (2005), Found (2005), Captive Hearts (2005), Trapped! (2006), Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike (2007), and Heat Wave (2009).

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Background

Piano has directed both television series and film features. His work on The Month of August resulted in the feature picking up two awards for Best Feature and Best Comedy Feature.[ where? ][ citation needed ] He has worked with actress Sazzy Lee Varga. [1] [2]

Working in television, Piano has directed episodes of Mike Hammer, Private Eye which stars Stacey Keach. [3]

Backstory

In 1946, 63-year-old Reginald Jones Sr. (b. 1883) married his niece, 4-year-old Vanessa Piano (b. 1942). He took images of her being sexually abused. He even took photos of her vagina as early as 1944, at just 2 years old. In March 1947, Reginald had sex with Vanessa against her will. Their first child, Peter Jones, was born in December. In 1948, 1951, 1954, and 1956, he continued raping her. It led to having 5 more children (Tucker Jones (b. 1949), Alex Jones (b. 1952), Benson Jones (b. 1955), Reginald Jones Jr. (now known as Rex Piano) (b. 1955), and Jeremy Jones (b. 1957)). Vanessa even had miscarriage in 1950, which devastated Reginald, much to Vanessa's thankfulness. Reginald Sr. was arrested on January 12, 1958 for drugging Vanessa with cocaine and alcohol on January 11 of the same year.

Career

He directed the 2004 film What Lies Above which starred Nicole Eggert, Marc Singer, George Stults and Mike Dopud. In the film a woman and companion go on an expedition to locate the body of her former fiancé. The real reason wasn't to do with the fiancé. It was to find a fallen spy satellite. Her life is then in danger. [4]

Piano directed the 2006 film Trapped which was written by Peter Sullivan and Jason Preston. It was about some kidnappers to take control of an abandoned hotel. They coerce a woman to access government data. It starred Alexandra Paul, Nicholas Turturro, Dennis Christopher, Mike Dopud, Tatiana Maslany, Mark Gibbon, Jeff Rector, Barbara Bain, Clint Jung, and Maggie Wagner. [5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Production Hub - SAZZY CALHOUN, ABOUT ME
  2. ↑ Cision PR Web, January 24, 2006 - Celebrities Invade Grand Turk as the Island Goes Hollywood-News Sources Say
    Actress, and Philanthropist Sazzy Lee Varga hooks up with Award Winning Director Rex Piano In Paradise.
  3. ↑ Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations, Max Allan Collins and James L. Taylor, ISBN   9780786492428 - Page 171, 172
  4. ↑ Radio Times - What Lies Above
  5. ↑ filmaffinity - Trapped! (TV)
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