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The Filmmakers


The Filmmakers

Rob DelGaudio, Producer/Writer/Director/Editor 

Rob is the founding partner of Black Pearl Productions and a filmmaker with more than two decades of experience.  He has crafted a wide range of projects from documentaries and short subject dramas to commercials, interactive mixed media, and multi-screen exhibits and shot in nearly every format available from 35mm to the iPhone .  At ease working across cultures and languages, Rob has helmed numerous bilingual productions, filmed in studios and on locations across Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.  His portfolio includes work for  IBM, GE, Proctor & Gamble/Gillette, CEMEX S.A., Adidas/Reebok, State Street Financial, Caterpillar, Liberty Mutual, XL Insurance, NEC, SED Serono, Hearst Broadcasting/History Channel, and PBS.  His filming escapades include being surround by a Mexican SWAT team and accidentally breaching the security of a Secret Service command center.

Thomas DeRenzo, Composer

Film composer Thomas DeRenzo has scored over thirty theatrical and documentary film productions, including the highly successful documentary films,Control Room and The Road Ahead, State of Denial, and the Showtime romantic comedy, The Break Up Artist. He was the first American to compose for the Russian cinema, All My Lenins, a work of historical fiction about Lenin, for which he received numerous award nominations for his score. Thomas uses his diverse musical experience and cinematic sense to compose beautifully expressive music, unique to each of his films. He was honored by an invitation to appear at Carnegie Hall as a guest speaker, featured in their 'Carnegie Notables: Art as Advocacy' series, along with actor Anna Deavere Smith (HBO's Nurse Jackie) and composers Moby and Jeanine Tesori. Thomas spoke with the audience of his experiences as a composer working on socially significant films and the effects of his work and art in general on society. Thomas lives with his family on Long Island,  New York.

Susan Escher, Co-Producer

Susan serves as President of Symphony Financial Group, a consulting firm specializing in product development and project management and GeoREstore, a renewable energy data service.  Susan recently served as Senior Managing Director in Penton Media’s Information Data Products division where she worked with a variety of commercial and business aviation properties. Susan also served as Senior Vice President at Investors Fiduciary Trust Company (now a part of State Street) overseeing the bank products and treasury divisions.  Susan has a Masters in Business Administration and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Joe Figucia, Director of Photography

Joe Figucia is a veteran Director of Photography based out of New England with 25 years experience providing his services worldwide. He has lensed projects in 35mm, super 35mm and 35mm anamorphic as well as all high definition video formats. He has shot in all major domestic markets and internationally in Canada, Mexico, Europe, Egypt, The Philippines and the Caribbean. Joe's work has received numerous Telly, Cindy and Golden Slate awards. His films have been recognized with a gold medal at the International Film and TV Festival of New York, and a Best of Broadcasting award for Cinematography. He has acted as Director of Photography on many commercial, broadcast and top tier corporate projects where he has serviced a broad clientele of fortune 500 companies such as Gillette, Reebok, and IBM. His most current endeavors include longer format narrative and documentary work including the current Please Remove your Shoes and the indie El Bolero, filmed just prior in Mexico City.

Frederick C. Gevalt III, Executive Producer

Fred Gevalt is founder of The Air Charter Guide, a directory and information business that serves the worldwide market of on demand aircraft charter. Gevalt began the business in 1984 and sold it in 2005 to Prism Business Media, a spin off of K-III Communications, which later merged with Penton Media. A political activist, Gevalt cut his teeth on countering federal agency behavior in 1998 with a successful lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration on behalf of his air charter constituency. An avid pilot since returning from VietNam in 1968, Gevalt has built airplanes himself, and currently flies aircraft for business as well as recreation. He graduated from Harvard College in 1972, and earned a Master in Architecture in 1976.

Rocco Giuliano, Writer

In his varied (some would say “checkered”) career, Rocco has worked as a rock band roadie, medical photographer, communications consultant, freelance corporate scriptwriter and media personality.  One happy result of Rocco's broad-based experience is his ability to handle any kind of content, and to write in whatever style works best for the job at hand. Rocco has written hundreds of video scripts and executive speeches for high stakes events such as investor meetings, global conferences, trade shows, and product launches. His clients include industry leaders such as CEMEX, Sepracor, Covidien, US Department of Defense, EMC, HP, and Iron Mountain. Rocco's media credits include:

 • Writer/Star, Soundproof (2008), Film Short        • Writer/Star, Marathon Theater, 38 Late and Rocco Goes To The Drive-In WSBK-TV

• Writer/Star, Verbal Assault Radio Free Augsburg (DE), Music Radio Holland     • Commentator, Morning Edition NPR, WBUR-FM, Boston

Lorraine Pouliot, Co-Producer

Lorraine studied film and communications at Boston University, where she produced a graduate student's award-winning thesis film, the comedy Disturbing Leonard. While still a student, she was Line Producer and Production Manager for the independent dramatic feature Mother's Little Helpers. Lorraine honed her skills over four years as a producer and project manager with Northern Light Productions, a successful Boston-based documentary film production company. There, she worked with teams large and small to fuse aesthetics with relevant content for clients ranging from the History Channel to the Smithsonian Institution. Lorraine is passionate about exploring storytelling with new media formats and continues to develop independent projects.

                   

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