Scammerhead

Scammerhead
Directed by	Dan Zukovic
Screenplay by	Dan Zukovic
Produced by	Jeremy Dyson Brendan Keown
Starring	Alex Rocco Bruce Glover Dan Zukovic
Cinematography	Jeremy Dyson
Edited by	Tim Chui
Music by	Henrik Åström
Release dates	August 29, 2014 (2014-08-29)(Montréal World Film Festival) [1] April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Scammerhead is a 2014 Canadian comedy film directed by Dan Zukovic, in which a scam-artist attempts to successfully execute his most elaborate scam to date. The film stars Alex Rocco, Bruce Glover and Dan Zukovic.

Cast

• Alex Rocco as Ben Sarnus
• Bruce Glover as Wyndham Bawtree
• Dan Zukovic as Silas Breece
• Chris Humphreys as Scrope Jelliver
• Johannah Newmarch as Miss Iceland / Miss Ireland
• Duane Whitaker as Dongren
• Shannon Wilcox as Imby Sarnus
• Alex Zahara as Ian Fragmont
• Garry Chalk as Beldon Fenisher
• C. Ernst Harth as Bruno Tornst
• Kurt Max Runte as Franz Exelmans
• Rick Askew as McCraster
• Kasey Ryne Mazak as Turra

Production

A film noir with dark comic elements, Scammerhead was shot over seven years ^[2] in numerous international locations, including New York City, Chicago, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Berlin, Tokyo, Havana, London, Rome, Paris, Mexico City, Washington DC, New Orleans, Cleveland, Toronto, Liverpool, Memphis, Dallas, Atlanta, Elba Island and Alcatraz Island. It features one of the final performances by the well-known character actor Alex Rocco.

Awards and honours

Year	Festival	Category	Award	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	Montréal World Film Festival	N/A	Grand Prix des Amériques	Dan Zukovic	Nominated	[3]
2015	Berkeley Video & Film Grand Festival Award	Grand Festival Award	Best Feature	Dan Zukovic	Won
			Best Song Ever Award	Dan Zukovic (For the song "Maraschino Moon")	Won
	Trenton Film Festival	TFF Award	Best Narrative Feature	Dan Zukovic (director) / Jeremy Dyson (producer) / Brendan Keown (producer) / Mitch Mayer (producer) / David Barnett (executive producer)	Won
	Orlando Film Festival	N/A	Best Performance	Dan Zukovic	Nominated
2016	Cinema World Fest Awards	Award of Excellence	Cinematography - Narrative Feature	Jeremy Dyson	Won
		Cinema World Fest Award	Best in Show - Narrative Feature	Dan Zukovic (director) / Brendan Keown (producer) / Jeremy Dyson (producer) / Mitch Mayer (producer) / David Barnett (executive producer) / Third Tribe Productions Inc.	Won
			Award of Recognition, Acting	Chris Humphreys / Third Tribe Productions Inc.	Won
	Hudson Valley International Film Festival	Festival Award	Best Actor in a Feature Film	Alex Rocco	Won
			Best Director in a Feature Film	Dan Zukovic	Nominated
	Marietta International Film Festival	Jury Award	Best Original Soundtrack	N/A	Nominated
			Best Wardrobe		Nominated
	Great Lakes Film Festival	N/A	Best Comedy	Dan Zukovic (director) / Jeremy Dyson (producer) / Brendan Keown (producer) / Mitch Mayer (producer) / David Barnett (executive producer)	Nominated
2017	Riverside International Film Festival	Jury Award	Best Cinematography	Jeremy Dyson / Third Tribe Productions Inc.	Won

References

1. "Scammerhead captures zeitgeist of hedge fund era". 29 August 2014.
2. "Scammerhead captures zeitgeist of hedge fund era". 29 August 2014.
3. IMDb. "List of Scammerhead awards". IMDb . Retrieved 2017-10-03.

External links

• Scammerhead at IMDb