Producer, director, actor, and screenwriter
ACTOR-DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-SCREENWRITER
In 2012, Life handed me a big fat lemon. So, I challenged myself to receive enough training, education, and experience to prove I was not "pretending" to understand the Business of Pretending. I sought out acting coaches, screenwriting professors, and award-winning directors to teach me how to be successful. I believe this number proves I opened my own lemonade stand. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kn_BZPbjyU
2020, 2018, 2017 BEST ACTOR
"Saving Robin Williams" as the eccentric Professor earned me three Best Actor awards. Lead Bad Guy in the award-winning 2018 Web Series "Chance" earned my second. Lead Good Guy in the 2017 Baltimore 48-hour project "Whats Your Poison" earned me my first.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7472382/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7271866/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
2020, 2019, 2018 BEST SCREENWRITER
Best Family Screenplay at the 2020 Christian Film Festival in Erie, PA. Best Family Screenplay at the 2019 Northern Virginia Film Festival. Best Family Screenplay at the 2018 Richmond International Film Festival. I studied under 28-year Yale Screenwriting Professor Marc Lapadula for four years. At the 2019 Film-Com in Nashville, I was asked to write a screenplay from a Pitch meeting by an L.A. Exec. It was Finalist in the 2019 NYC Screenplay Contest. My final drafts of every genre have all been awarded multiple Laurels. "The Handler" was Runner-Up at the 2017 Richmond International Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hnN3vs5T2U
2020 BEST DIRECTOR
I have Directed 7 SAG Short films in the past five years. All have Won multiple awards. I have been a television Director at Channel 10 Studios for over ten years on two of their most award-winning shows, "Media Watch with Bill Schickler" and "Monster Madhouse." To see my Bad-Ass Santa, M.T. Hunter, Frank N. Stein, and EyeGore characters, watch "Monster Madhouse" on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fTwenGmnpU
2020 BEST PRODUCER
Associate Producer on the award-winning NYC SAG Short "The Story of Milo and Annie" starring Cathy Moriarty and also on the award-winning "Chance Web Series." Creating my own DOG-e Studio, I became Executive Producer of the award-winning SAG Shorts; "The Handler, Revelationz (and its SAG TV-Play "Numb-Nuts"), Enginuity, VideoGenic, and Saving Robin Willliams." We are SAG approved for shooting "Weapon of Choices" in 2020 and "The Handler II - City Dog" in 2021. All titles are listed on IMDB.com. https://www.facebook.com/DOG-e-Studio-102343631248058
2020 AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
With two poems published, my anti-dogfighting script "The Handler" continues to win accolades and was published by EMU on Amazon. Visit its separate website to watch its award-winning Pitch Trailer. There IS a difference between trying to make a good movie, and making a movie to try and do good.
www.TheHandlerMovie.com and https://www.facebook.com/ruffproductions/