Research
Paper Unit Production Manager
Frank
Simeone—Production Manager
Comm 2660
Russell Bangerter
2/16/12
Frank
Simeone
Descriptiom
Frank
Simeone-Production Manager
Contacts-
Mobile: 415.602.4472
Frank Simeone is a San
Francisco based Producer and Production Manager of feature length motion
pictures, documentaries and commercials. He began his career as a production
assistant at Francis Coppola’s American Zoetrope where he worked through the
productions of THE BLACK STALLION,
HAMMETT and RUMBLE FISH. He has
worked as a production manager on two projects for Lucas Films, EWOKS: THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR, a network television special, and TIGER TALES. Frank’s production
experience in the studios of American Zoetrope and Lucas Films has enabled him
to produce or manage first features for many independent directors. Some of
these first features include Terry Zwigoff’s
LOUIE BLUIE, NINA TAKES A LOVER and the film
festival hit, DREAM WITH THE FISHES.
Frank’s more recent credits include works on Lucas Films’ PHANTOM MENACE, Ang Lee’s
THE HULK, BEE SEASON and X MEN
III-THE LAST STAND. Frank is currently producing TOKYO NIGHTS with Cascade Films, Australia and Kurosawa Production,
Tokyo.
SELECTED
CREDITS
OLIVE,
Dramatic Feature. Gena Rowlands, John Scurti, Olive Pictures, LLC.
HEMINGWAY
& GELLHORN, Assistand Unit Production Manager, Dramatic
feature Nicole Kiddman, Clive Owen, Robert Duvall. HBO Feature.
THE
GENESIS CODE, Unit Production Manager. Dramatioc feature.
American Saga Productions.
THE
PRANKSTER, Unit Product ion Manager, Romantic
comedy feature, Kokopelli Productions.
RASBERRY
MAGIC, Unit Production Manager, Dramatic feature. Blue
Velocity Productions.
X
MEN III, THE LAST STAND, Location Manager, San Francisco
Unit. Dramatic, action adventure feature. Twentieth Century Fox.
BEE
SEASON, Assistant Director. Dramatic feature. Richard Gere,
Juilette Binoche, Fox Searchlight.
STAR
WARS, THE PHANTOM MENACE, Martial Arts astist/technican
research and contracting. Dramatic feature. Lucasfilms, Ltd.
HAPPY,
EVER AFTER, Production Manager/Assistant Director.
Dramatic feature. Hotbed/FG Incident, LLC.
NINTH
HOUSE NETWORK, Producer/Production Manager. Eight
episode interactive series and several half hour programs for internet
e-learning webcast.
MYSTERY
OF THE LAST TSAR, Producer. Feature documentary
investigates the fate of the Romanoff Family; licensed by Discovery Channel.
Cable ACE Nominee.
DREAM
WITH THE FISHES, Production Manager. Dramatic feature.
Licensed by Sony Pictures. Sundance film Festival.
NINA
TAKES A LOVER, Assistant director. Romantic feature
comedy. Licensed by Triumph Pictures. Sundance Film Festival.
TIGER
TALES, Production Manager. CD-ROM interactive for children. lucasArts.
REACHING
OUT,
Line Producer/PM. PBS series to
inspire community growth in the inner city.
MATHNET,
Production Manager. PBS-TV series to
to inspire grade school children to appreciate the world of mathematics. Emmy
Award.
ITINERAIRE
D’UN ENFANT GATE, Production Manager, US Unit. Super 35
mm Dramatic feature film. Claude LaLouch, director.
THEE
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, Production Manager, US
Unit. Dramatic feature film set in Communist Eastern Europe. Academy Award
Nominee.
THE
METHOD, Line Producer/Production Manager. 35 mm dramatic
feature that premired at the Cannes Film Festival.
THE
BATTLE FOR ENDOR, Production manager. 35 mm fantasy
feature by LucasFilm for ABCTV .
National Emmy Award for best television movie. European theatrical release.
LOUIE
BLUIE, Associate Producer/Production Manager. The life and
music of Howard Armstrong. Telluride, Filmex, and London Film Festival.
THE
RIGHT STUFF, Editing staff/researcher. Dramatic
feature film about the men that lead America into space. Academy Award Nominee.
HAMMETT,
Production
manager, 2nd Unit. Dramatic mystery feature film. Wim Winders,
director.
BREACH
OF CONTRACT, Assistant to Production Manager.
Dramatic feature film.
THE
BLACK STALLION RETURNS, Production Assistant. Adventure
feature film based on the William Farley classic series. Academy Award Nominee.
THE
BLACK STALLION, Production Assistant. Adventure feature
film based on the classic story. Academy Award Nominee.
ENTRE
AMIGOS, Production manager/AD. A television drama to
educate teenagers of the danger of AIDS.
LIVE
WATER, Producer. 16mm documentary that explores the
fascinating world of water dowsing. Telluride, Cork, Wellington Film festival.
Producer, Production
Manager or Assistant Director on many more than the following: APPLE, MAZDA, ASHI, JAPAN AIRLINES, HONDA,
TOYOTA, MITSUBISHI, SEAGRAMS, LEXUS, ALANTIC RECORDS, CAPITAL RECORDS, TOWER
RECORDS, ELECKTRA RECORDS, ETC.
REFERENCES:
Available
on request.
All the information in
this research paper came from: FRANK
SIMEONE on ProductionHUB.com
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