Disney|ABC Television has revealed the list of 15 people selected to participate in its 2018-20 directing program. The two-year professional program aims to connect experienced helmers on the cusp of transitioning into episodic directing with their first broadcast or cable assignments.
This newly named group includes indie film directors Maria Burton (A Sort of Homecoming), Pablo Gomez-Castro (El Alquiler), Stephanie Martin (Wild Horses) and Marshall Tyler (Night Shift); TV movie director Princess Monique (Seasons of Love); brand director and entrepreneur Ryan Brown (The Rough Part); feature screenwriter Michelle Steffes (The Interview); indie film/commercial directors Alonso Mayo (Fixed) and Phillip Rhys (The Scarecrow); digital writer-directors Cynthia Kao (Groundhog Day for a Black Man) and Marvin Lemus (Gente-fied: The Digital Series); commercial/streaming writer-director Dinh Thai (Monday); Broadway producer-director and indie film director Coy Middlebrook (For Spacious Sky); actor-director and law enforcement professional Jeremy Earl (Constance Murphy); and music video and...
This newly named group includes indie film directors Maria Burton (A Sort of Homecoming), Pablo Gomez-Castro (El Alquiler), Stephanie Martin (Wild Horses) and Marshall Tyler (Night Shift); TV movie director Princess Monique (Seasons of Love); brand director and entrepreneur Ryan Brown (The Rough Part); feature screenwriter Michelle Steffes (The Interview); indie film/commercial directors Alonso Mayo (Fixed) and Phillip Rhys (The Scarecrow); digital writer-directors Cynthia Kao (Groundhog Day for a Black Man) and Marvin Lemus (Gente-fied: The Digital Series); commercial/streaming writer-director Dinh Thai (Monday); Broadway producer-director and indie film director Coy Middlebrook (For Spacious Sky); actor-director and law enforcement professional Jeremy Earl (Constance Murphy); and music video and...
- 9/5/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Dewshane Williams, Seth Green, Lou Taylor Pucci, Cary Elwes, Al Sapienza, Kristin Bauer | Written and Directed by Alonso Mayo
Autism awareness has steadily increased over the last decade. Though the public is far more educated on the topic than the past, a large misunderstanding still remains. The spectrum of autism is vast covering a variety of characteristics and behaviors, which may help explain why it has been handled so differently in films. Films like Rain Main present it with more of a comedic edge, while something like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close relies more on the dramatic aspects. Alonso Mayo’s The Story of Luke cuts the difference. The Story of Luke is small indie dramedy that puts a small twist on the coming of age tale. While the story is certainly familiar, its large amount of sincerity causes it to be touching tale of overcoming odds. This slice-of-life...
Autism awareness has steadily increased over the last decade. Though the public is far more educated on the topic than the past, a large misunderstanding still remains. The spectrum of autism is vast covering a variety of characteristics and behaviors, which may help explain why it has been handled so differently in films. Films like Rain Main present it with more of a comedic edge, while something like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close relies more on the dramatic aspects. Alonso Mayo’s The Story of Luke cuts the difference. The Story of Luke is small indie dramedy that puts a small twist on the coming of age tale. While the story is certainly familiar, its large amount of sincerity causes it to be touching tale of overcoming odds. This slice-of-life...
- 4/27/2013
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
Title: The Story of Luke Director: Alonso Mayo Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Cary Elwes, Kristin Bauer, Seth Green, Tyler Stentiford, Mackenzie Munro, Kenneth Welsh, Sabryn Rock A winning little dramedy hung chiefly on the solid peg of Lou Taylor Pucci’s lead performance, “The Story of Luke” offers up an experiential snapshot of adult autism without descending into cloying sentimentality or didactic moralizing. Written and helmed by first-time feature director Alonso Mayo — and rooted in childhood experiences of watching his mother oversee an educational center for kids and adults with developmental delays — the movie is mostly a comedy, but one that largely eschews outlandishness and never drifts too far [ Read More ]
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- 4/4/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
A feel-good story about an autistic man's quest for independence, The Story of Luke is a charming little film in need of a bit more grit. After the grandmother who raised him dies, 25-year-old Luke (Lou Taylor Pucci) is sent to live with his aunt and uncle (Kristin Bauer van Straten and Cary Elwes). Luke is a high-functioning autistic who longs to find a real job so he can get his own place and, more important, ask a pretty receptionist (Sabryn Rock) out on a date. Peruvian-born writer-director Alonso Mayo, making his feature debut, has a flair for small, funny riffs, as when Luke's manic new boss (Seth Green) offers Luke a play-by-play commentary on a water-cooler mating dance between two co-workers. Luke would like to be liked, but he's not going to compromise his annoying, rul...
- 4/4/2013
- Village Voice
#62. The Story of Luke - Alonso Filomeno Mayo What's a Sundance Film Festival without Lou Pucci Taylor? I can't remember an edition without his presence. Production may have wrapped up a couple of months ago, but Alonso Filomeno Mayo's feature debut The Story of Luke could be a lock for U.S Dramatic Comp or Premieres slot. Gist: Lou Pucci Taylor stars as Luke, 25, is autistic and has lived a sheltered life with his grandparents. But his world is turned upside down when his grandmother dies and he is forced to live with his dysfunctional relatives who have no patience for him or his senile grandfather, who they quickly force into a nursing home. Luke is left with his grandfather’s final semi-coherent words: “Get a job. Find a girl. Live your own life. Be a man!” For the first time in his life, Luke has a mission. He...
- 11/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
TV Line is reporting that True Blood's Kristin Bauer van Straten will playing the evil sorceress Malefecent in the upcoming ABC fantasy show Once Upon a Time. The actress will be making her first appearance in the second episode of the series, scheduled to air October 30th.
Once Upon a Time tells the story of the fictional town of Storybrooke, an alterna-world where fairy tale characters look like real people and have no knowledge of their true identities. The show is set to premiere Sunday, October 23rd at 8:00 on ABC and will star Jennifer Morrison (House), Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love), and Jared Gilmore (Mad Men), among others.
Best known to TV fans as eternally snarky vampire Pam on HBO's True Blood, Kristin Bauer van Straten's past TV work includes appearances on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Justified, and Private Practice. After her appearance on Once Upon a Time,...
Once Upon a Time tells the story of the fictional town of Storybrooke, an alterna-world where fairy tale characters look like real people and have no knowledge of their true identities. The show is set to premiere Sunday, October 23rd at 8:00 on ABC and will star Jennifer Morrison (House), Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love), and Jared Gilmore (Mad Men), among others.
Best known to TV fans as eternally snarky vampire Pam on HBO's True Blood, Kristin Bauer van Straten's past TV work includes appearances on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Justified, and Private Practice. After her appearance on Once Upon a Time,...
- 9/27/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
Actor Seth Green has largely stuck to animated comedy lately, playing Chris Griffin in Family Guy, providing motion capture for Mars Needs Moms, and writing for, doing voices for, and producing his stop-motion Adult Swim show, Robot Chicken.
Having more than proven himself in comedy, Green’s gearing up to give drama a try. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the actor has been cast opposite Lou Taylor Pucci (Thumbsucker) in The Story of Luke, a film about an autistic man (Pucci) trying to find a job and a girlfriend. Green stars as Zach, a character who “plays an instrumental role in coaching Luke in his journey.”
The Story of Luke was written by Alonso Mayo based on his own documentary, Just Like Anyone, about families of children with developmental disabilities at his mother’s education and rehabilitation school in Peru. It will be Mayo’s fictional directorial debut.
Cary Elwes and...
Having more than proven himself in comedy, Green’s gearing up to give drama a try. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the actor has been cast opposite Lou Taylor Pucci (Thumbsucker) in The Story of Luke, a film about an autistic man (Pucci) trying to find a job and a girlfriend. Green stars as Zach, a character who “plays an instrumental role in coaching Luke in his journey.”
The Story of Luke was written by Alonso Mayo based on his own documentary, Just Like Anyone, about families of children with developmental disabilities at his mother’s education and rehabilitation school in Peru. It will be Mayo’s fictional directorial debut.
Cary Elwes and...
- 8/18/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Lately, we.ve been hearing an awful lot of Seth Green. The actor lends his voice to countless animated offerings, did the motion capture for Mars Needs Moms, and is even up for multiple Emmys for his work on Robot Chicken. But in the next few months, we.re actually going to start seeing Green on screen a lot more often as he continues to line up gigs. With the announcement that Mike Myers plans a fourth Austin Powers film, it.s safe assume Green will reprise his role as Scott, Dr. Evil.s wayward son. On top of that, The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Green has been cast alongside Lou Taylor Pucci, Cary Elwes and True Blood actress Kristin Bauer in The Story of Luke. The drama, written and directed by Alonso Mayo, centers on an autistic man (Pucci) trying to find his place in society. Green will play...
- 8/18/2011
- cinemablend.com
Magic Mike
"White Collar" star Matt Bomer has joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh's male stripper project "Magic Mike". No word on his role as yet but with his body and looks he'll likely be getting his kit off.
Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Matthew McConaughey are already cast in the project based on Tatum's experiences as a male stripper back in the late 90's. [Source: Deadline]
One Shot
Rosamund Pike is officially negotiating for the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in "One Shot" at Paramount Pictures.
The Christopher McQuarrie-directed adaptation of the Lee Child novel series has Cruise playing Jack Reacher, the retired military policeman who investigates a case in which a lone sniper murders five victims before being captured.
Pike will play Helen Rodin, a local defense attorney defending the man arrested for the shootings. [Source: Deadline]
The Story of Luke
Seth Green and Lou Taylor Pucci are toplining Alonso Mayo...
"White Collar" star Matt Bomer has joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh's male stripper project "Magic Mike". No word on his role as yet but with his body and looks he'll likely be getting his kit off.
Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Matthew McConaughey are already cast in the project based on Tatum's experiences as a male stripper back in the late 90's. [Source: Deadline]
One Shot
Rosamund Pike is officially negotiating for the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in "One Shot" at Paramount Pictures.
The Christopher McQuarrie-directed adaptation of the Lee Child novel series has Cruise playing Jack Reacher, the retired military policeman who investigates a case in which a lone sniper murders five victims before being captured.
Pike will play Helen Rodin, a local defense attorney defending the man arrested for the shootings. [Source: Deadline]
The Story of Luke
Seth Green and Lou Taylor Pucci are toplining Alonso Mayo...
- 8/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Seth Green just finished working on the Los Angeles production of the sci-fi comedy Sexy Evil Genius, about a group of guys with the same ex-girlfriend who meet up at a downtown L.A. bar with bizarre consequences. Green joined the film alongside Michelle Trachtenberg, Anthony Michael Hall, Katee Sackhoff and William Baldwin. Green also confirmed his next role, joining Lou Taylor Pucci in the indie drama The Story of Luke. Alonso Mayo wrote the script about an autistic man (Pucci) seeking a job and a woman. Green boarded the film as Zach, a friend who helps Luke on his journey. Mayo adapted The Story of Luke from his autism documentary Just Like Anyone. Mayo also signed as the project’s director.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Seth Green just finished working on the Los Angeles production of the sci-fi comedy Sexy Evil Genius, about a group of guys with the same ex-girlfriend who meet up at a downtown L.A. bar with bizarre consequences. Green joined the film alongside Michelle Trachtenberg, Anthony Michael Hall, Katee Sackhoff and William Baldwin. Green also confirmed his next role, joining Lou Taylor Pucci in the indie drama The Story of Luke. Alonso Mayo wrote the script about an autistic man (Pucci) seeking a job and a woman. Green boarded the film as Zach, a friend who helps Luke on his journey. Mayo adapted The Story of Luke from his autism documentary Just Like Anyone. Mayo also signed as the project’s director.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Seth Green just finished working on the Los Angeles production of the sci-fi comedy Sexy Evil Genius, about a group of guys with the same ex-girlfriend who meet up at a downtown L.A. bar with bizarre consequences. Green joined the film alongside Michelle Trachtenberg, Anthony Michael Hall, Katee Sackhoff and William Baldwin. Green also confirmed his next role, joining Lou Taylor Pucci in the indie drama The Story of Luke. Alonso Mayo wrote the script about an autistic man (Pucci) seeking a job and a woman. Green boarded the film as Zach, a friend who helps Luke on his journey. Mayo adapted The Story of Luke from his autism documentary Just Like Anyone. Mayo also signed as the project’s director.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Relationship dramas are a tricky business. You need only go to a college film festival to see where stories of (in)fidelity can go horribly, horribly awry. Each cylinder has to fire perfectly in sync – the writing, direction and acting – just to make it worthwhile. The bear trap that is melodrama is ridiculously large, and very easy to step into. The Untitled Fiction Project, with a tagline of “Love Bites,” tries hard to keep from crossing that line, but on occasion, does so. Mostly improvised, the writing is left up to director Alonso Mayo and his lead actor and actresses. This tactic provides a bit of Friday Night Lights‘ sense of hyper-realism, with a very Soderbergh approach to the story in question, of James and Georgia happily in love until James is forced to admit an affair, with the other woman intent on keeping him. Related News:That’s A Rapp:...
- 1/21/2011
- by Logan Rapp
- Tubefilter.com
Alonso F. Mayo and Bill Brummel’s Viva la Causa and Patrick Creadon’s I.O.U.S.A. will be screened in the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series on Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. Viva la Causa tells the story of a small group of abused California farm workers who, led by Cesar Chavez, put themselves on the line after launching a strike and a national boycott against the multimillion-dollar California grape industry. Mayo and Brummel will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening. I.O.U.S.A. follows former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker on his [...]...
- 5/12/2010
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez's grape boycott, gay men in China and historian David McCullough are among the subjects of the films vying for Oscar nominations for best documentary short subject.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday released a shortlist of eight titles, culled from 31 submissions. Three to five of them will be named when the nominees are announced Jan. 22.
The films making the cut are:
-- "The Conscience of Nhem En," directed by Steven Okazaki, a study of Cambodia 30 years after the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Okazaki won in the category for 1990's "Days of Waiting."
-- "David McCullough: Painting With Words," by Mark Herzog, an HBO documentary offering a portrait of the historian who wrote "John Adams," the basis for HBO's Emmy-winning miniseries.
-- "Downstream," by Leslie Iwerks, a nominee for 2006's "Recycled Life," that looks at Canada's oil sands...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday released a shortlist of eight titles, culled from 31 submissions. Three to five of them will be named when the nominees are announced Jan. 22.
The films making the cut are:
-- "The Conscience of Nhem En," directed by Steven Okazaki, a study of Cambodia 30 years after the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Okazaki won in the category for 1990's "Days of Waiting."
-- "David McCullough: Painting With Words," by Mark Herzog, an HBO documentary offering a portrait of the historian who wrote "John Adams," the basis for HBO's Emmy-winning miniseries.
-- "Downstream," by Leslie Iwerks, a nominee for 2006's "Recycled Life," that looks at Canada's oil sands...
- 10/8/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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