CO-FOUNDER/PRODUCER
Joe began his producing career working in the world of horror films. His first film he co-produced was the camp horror film, "DELTA, DELTA DIE" starring scream queen Julie Strain. He soon went on to produce a slate of films, including hit cult classics; "THE GINGERDEAD MAN", starring Gary Busey, "THE CUTTER'S CLUB", starring Tony Todd, the stoner comedy "EVIL BONG", starring Tommy Chong and "DEAD MAN'S HAND", starring Sid Haig and Michael Barryman. All of these films found distribution in all of the major video outlets, including a VOD deal with WB On-Demand and a pay TV deal with Scy Fy Channel.
Dain transitioned his low-budget horror film model into a business model to be applied to projects he felt passionate about. He formed his Shoot Productions banner with Casting Director Jeremy Gordon and set out to create a new multi-faceted production entity.
Since 2003 the aggressive company has produced a slate of projects including the feature film "GARDENS OF THE NIGHT" for writer/director Damian Harris about a girl abducted at 8 years old and forced into prostitution, becoming a dead-eyed streetwalker at 17. The film stars Tom Arnold, Kevin Zegers and John Malkovich and made it's world premiere in the 2008 International Berlin Film Festival. City Lights Pictures later distributed the film for a limited theatrical release in late 2008 and is currently playing on Showtime; High School Comedy, "FOREIGN EXCHANGE", starring up and comers Ryan Pinkston and Vanessa Lengies along with Jennifer Coolidge of the hugely successful American Pie franchise. The film was co-produced with Full Glass Films and distributed by Screen Media; the psychological thriller, "CIRCLE" starring Jason Thompson (General Hospital) and Emmy Nominated actress, Gail O'Grady helmed by Emmy Winner Michael Watkins with New Films International and Indican Pictures distribution; the religious, coming of age drama, THE INNER CIRCLE, starring Mariette Hartley and Lauren Storm. The film was the 2009 Official Selection in both the International Eugene Film Festival and LA Femme Film Festival and distributed by Rivercoast Films.
Independently of his company, Dain produced the Television pilot, "MISSING, BRING THEM HOME", with host Richard Ruccolo and co-produced the action, horror film, "THE DEVIL'S TOMB" for Sid Sheinberg's company and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Winstone and Ron Pearlman for Sony Home Entertainment and Voltage Pictures and 40 episodes of the soon to be released syndicated, celeb-court show, "THE HOLLYWOOD JUDGE".
Dain currently has several projects in development slated to start principle photography in 2011/12, including the thriller "BONDED" starring Pierce Brosnan and Alfred Molina, the dark comedy, "ME" with Oscar winning director John G. Avildsen helming the project and UTA packaging and overseeing domestic sales. Dain recently wrapped the gay romantic comedy, "eCupid" starring Morgan Fairchild and John Callahan, slated for a 2011 release. Dain is repped by GERSH.
The company currently has multiple projects in various stages of development.
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CO-FOUNDER?PRODUCER
Jeremy began his career with Full Moon Features, casting and producing horror films for legendary filmmaker Charles Band. Simultaneously, Jeremy, along with Joe Dain, started Shoot Productions. Together they quickly racked up numerous credits on films such as "The Gingerdead Man" starring Gary Busey, "The Cutter's Club" starring Tony Todd and "Petrified" starring Roark Critchlow, among many others.
After a few years working alongside Full Moon, Shoot Productions went out on their own and racked up credits such as "Gardens of the Night" starring John Malkovich, Tom Arnold, and Jeremy Sisto and "The Devil's Tomb" starring Cuba Gooding Jr, Ron Pearlman, Ray Winstone and Taryn Manning and "Foreign Exchange" starring Jennifer Coolidge, Vanessa Lengies, Curtis Armstrong, Daniel Booko & Randy Wayne as well as "The Inner Circle" starring Mariette Hartley and Lauren Storm, which was the 2009 Official Selection at both the Eugene International Film Festival and the LA Femme Film Festival and was distributed by Rivercoast Films.
After some time, Jeremy wanted to expand his experience and ventured to projects outside the company. Jeremy began working as an independent Casting Director and Producer. In addition to working on award winning feature films and TV shows, Jeremy's business sense has led him to create a few quickly growing industry firsts. He is the creator of the Facebook group, Casting Directors for Actors, which currently has over 25,000 worldwide members and exists to bridge the gap between Actors and Casting Directors. The group has gained attention from industry professionals all over the world and you can find many casting calls for studio films and network TV shows on his group's page.
With all Jeremy has on his plate, he continues to work on feature films and TV shows. Some of his favorite recent credits include: "V" - the pilot for WB/ABC, starring Morena Baccarin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Scott Wolf, Joel Gretsch and Morris Chestnut, which premiered in the fall of 2009 to nearly 14 million viewers, the feature film, "Devolved", starring Chris Kattan, Robert Adamson, Lindsey Shaw & Gary Entin, the indie comedy "Spork" starring Keith David, Beth Grant, Richard Riehle, Yeardley Smith, Elaine Hendrix and Chad Allen, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010 and won one of their Best Feature awards and is still playing in festivals around the world and will be on the big screen this summer. Other past credits include "Hollywood, je t'aime", a beautiful indie romantic comedy starring Chad Allen, which completed a very successful festival run, including a sold out opening night showing at Outfest 2009. In late 2009/early 2010, Jeremy racked up another slew of projects including, a pilot for CBS – the reboot of the wildly famous "Hawaii 5-0", starring Alex O'Loughlin, Daniel Dae Kim, Taryn Manning, Jean Smart, & Grace Park. One of his recent short films, "Relish" premiered at the Phoenix Comicon last May where it won 2 awards, Audience Choice Award and Best Superhero Movie. In December 2010, Jeremy completed casting for the Cameron Crowe/Matt Damon film for 20th Century Fox called, "We Bought A Zoo". Coming up in 2011 - an indie comedy, "F+" and a John G Avildsen film called, "ME" as well as a new web series, "Casual Encounters".
POST PRODUCTION COORDINATOR - FREELANCE
A graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography, Brad Geiszler, began a career in editing in the indie arena. His editing credits include: My Suicide (apprentice editor) and The Inner Circle (assistant editor). Brad has also edited several acclaimed documentary features: The Sandwich Kid and ARTS. In television, Brad was lead editor on the comedy court series, The Hollywood Judge. Geiszler also lent his editing skills to numerous sizzle reels and trailers for shows in development for Shoot Productions.
In graphics, Geiszler has created 3D graphics for numerous television shows, presentations and marketing materials. Working with producers and directors, Brad has delivered complex graphic packages using After Effects, Lightwave, Photoshop and SynthEyes. He is also proficient in Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools and DVD Studio Pro.
Brad also served as Visual Effects Coordinator on several independent films.
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