Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Bonnie and Clyde, Sex Lies and Videotape, Sideways, The Beatles, Charlie Kaufman, Arnold Kopelson
Directors
Paul Thomas Anderson, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Soderbergh, Francois Truffaut
Awards
I Saved the World from Global Warming!: Best Dark Comedy - Beverly Hills Shorts Fest Best Short - Whittier Film Festival
Festivals
Sweet Pea: Boston Film Festival
I Saved the World from Global Warming!: Beverly Hills Shorts Fest Whittier Film Festival Phoenix Film Festival Lake Arrowhead Film Festival Seattle's True Independent Film Festival
Mikey Filmmaker's Interests
General
Sweet Pea
Principal Photography: 10/27/06-10/29/06 and 11/3/06-11/5/06
CREW
Writer/Director/Producer: Mike Cersosimo
Producer: Andres Fischer-Centeno
Director of Photography: Nolan Wang
Production Designer: Vanessa Haney
Editor: Keith Tonini
Sound Designer: Sean Oakley
Composer: Josh Foy
CAST
CHARLIE: Brandon McConnell
KRISTEN: Bonnie Wickeraad
BOB: Tim Hodgin
ANDY: Chris Eaton
SWEET PEA CUSTOMER: Seth Reder
I Saved the World from Global Warming!
Principal Photography: 2/2/07-2/4/07 and 2/9/07-2/11/07
CREW
Writer/Director: Kyle Dickinson and Nolan Wang
Producer: Mike Cersosimo
Director of Photography: Nolan Wang
Production Designer: Vanessa Haney
Editor: Nolan Wang
Sound Designer: Sean Oakley
Composer: Ari Picker
CAST
KIEFER: David Nett
VALERIE: Karen Corona
PETER: Duane Daniels
DEAN TORRANCE: William Knight
The Beatles, AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Beach Boys, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Billy Idol, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Boston, The Byrds, The Clash, Cheap Trick, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Cure, CSNY, David Bowie, Def Leppard, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Journey, Julian Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Mamas & The Papas, Moby Grape, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Poison, The Police, The Psychedelic Furs, Queen, Quicksilver Messenger Service, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Sean Lennon, T. Rex, Talking Heads, Tom Petty, U2, Van Halen, The Velvet Underground, The Who
Movies
Boogie Nights, The 400 Blows, Across the Universe, Adaptation, Almost Famous, American Beauty, Annie Hall, Atonement, Backbeat, Being John Malkovich, Blow, Bobby, Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Citizen Kane, A Clockwork Orange, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Easy Rider, The Exorcist, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Good Will Hunting, The Graduate, Groundhog Day, Hard Eight, Jaws, Little Miss Sunshine, Magnolia, Marathon Man, Midnight Cowboy, Mulholland Drive, Network, North by Northwest, On The Waterfront, Pan's Labyrinth, Platoon, Punch-Drunk Love, Raging Bull, Rear Window, Rocky, Rosemary's Baby, Scarface, Se7en, Sideways, Sunset Blvd., Taxi Driver, Thank You for Smoking, There Will Be Blood, Walk the Line, Willow
Television
The X-Files, The Ben Stiller Show, Big Love, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, Freaks and Geeks, Grey's Anatomy, House, How I Met Your Mother, Nip/Tuck, The OC, The Office, Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, Scott Baio, Undeclared, Weeds, The Wonder Years
Books
Easy Riders Raging Bulls, Heartbreak and Triumph, John, Now I Can Die in Peace, Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon
Heroes
My parents, My grandfather, John Lennon, Paul Thomas Anderson
About me: I grew up in Peabody, MA. My first taste in entertainment was as the host and producer of a public access show. After graduating high school, I spent a year of college in Massachusetts before heading out west to pursue the California dream. I graduated from Chapman University in May 2007 with a BFA in film production.
I wrote, directed, and produced a short film called Sweet Pea. I have been working on this film since the fall of 2005 and it's been a long road to the silver screen. I have poured thousands of dollars as well as blood, sweat, and tears into the film. It would be an understatement to say that the film was the most ambitious project of my young career.
I also produced a film called I Saved the World from Global Warming!. It's a comedy and I promise you'll laugh. I hope. Anyway, it's been doing really well in the festival circuit.
I like to think of myself as a producer and am always looking for a good opportunity. I have produced a number of films in the last couple years and am always looking for a great script. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, just trying to survive.
I'm currently working for a talent and literary management company learning as much as possible about the film industry. Granted, it's long hours and bad pay, but I feel like I have a future representing emerging writers and directors. Only time will tell...
If you want to know even more about me, then you should read my blog, Spaghetti Sauce and Sweet Peas. It's wicked pissah!
or
Here's a short film I made way back in 2004. It's the beginning of the legend known as Mikey Filmmaker...
Here's another short film I made way back in 2005.
The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Andy Warhol, Francois Truffaut, Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Kaufman, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Bobby Orr, Larry Bird, Ted Williams, Steve Prefontaine, Steve Jobs, John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon, Bill Simmons
Paul Thomas Anderson was on this list, but I met him on 11/16/07!
Filmmakers: don't forget the official deadline for submitting your horror, sci-fi, fantasy, thrilling and bizarre films to Toronto After Dark Film Festival is coming up this Thursday, May 24! You can submit online at www.torontoafterdark.com. We look forward to your entries!
