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Adrian Picardi (born April 1987) is an American filmmaker originally from South Pasadena, California. Picardi graduated from South Pasadena High School in 2005, and went on to graduate from the Los Angeles Film School in 2006. His professional career began after creating the television series The Resistance for the STARZ / SyFy Network. The series was produced by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures. Currently, Picardi runs a production company named Aureus Grex, based out of Glendale, California and is represented under Brawler.[1] Picardi has helmed commercial spots for PlayStation, Microsoft, Xbox, and Tom Clancy's The Division.
Adrian Picardi | |
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| Born | April 1987 (age 37) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, cinematographer and screenwriter |
Biography
editCareer
editPicardi graduated from the Los Angeles Film School in 2006 at the age of 19 and jumped into the industry as an editor for Television. Picardi continued to pursue his directing career by independently producing his own projects. In 2007, Picardi created a short film called "His Day to Remember," which was the Grand Prize Winner in the Cinematic Film2Music online competition. Using the raw, percussive chant-driven track "Steel & Sky," he created a visually compelling drama about a young man who is apparently a suicide bomber.
The film was also screened at the Sundance Film Festival 2007[2] and got him featured on MTVu.com as "Best Filmmaker on Campus" in December 2007.[3] Additionally, In 2007, he won the "Audience Award" for Myspace's John Woo Film Tribute contest for the Chow Yun-fat videogame "Stranglehold".[4][non-primary source needed] For his second short, "His Final Hit", it placed into the top ten finalists of the IFC Film "Assassin's Creed" Film Contest.[5]
Soon after, Picardi and his team created a low-budget web series called "The Resistance"[6] which started off as 4 short online teasers featured on YouTube.[7] Before filming the actual web show, the series was picked up by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures[8] and Starz Media, after executives at Starz and Ghost House viewed "The Resistance" teasers online.[9][10] The web show aired on October 4, 2010, on the SyFy channel as a one-hour television pilot along with being released in its original 8 episodic form on iTunes, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network.[11] "The Resistance" is executive produced by Ben Ketai, Scott Bayless, Scott Rogers, with producers Aaron Lam, and Associate Producer Don Le.[12][13][14] The pilot will reportedly make history, as it's the first time a series created originally for the web will first premiere on television.[15][16][17]
Picardi won the Universal Music / Decca Records online music video contest hosted by Talenthouse,[18] for the band ERA, .[19] He also took home the Grand Prize award for the New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler’s "Ancestor" film contest.[20] He also wrapped two more music videos, one for the band Automatic Love Letter[21][22] and Sony Music Entertainment / Epic Records, and another for the band Evans Blue.[23]
2012–present
editIn 2012, Picardi and Airsoft GI created a fan film based on the videogame series Left 4 Dead. Within 4 days of releasing the initial teaser, the clip amassed over 2.5 million views and massive buzz online,[24][25][26][27] including outlets such as PC Gamer,[28] Complex,[29] Game Informer,[30] and Valve (creators of the game itself).[31]
In early 2013, Picardi created the production company Aureus Grex[32] alongside his long time best friend, Sunny Jain.
In 2016, Aureus Grex and Corridor Digital teamed up to release a series of live-action spots for Ubisoft and Tom Clancy's The Division entitled Agent Origins. Picardi directed, shot, and edited three of the four episodes titled Escape, Ashes, and Conspiracies.[33]
Currently, Picardi is developing two feature films, as well as a project with Warner Brother's digital arm, Blue Ribbon Content.[34]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | His Day To Remember (short film) | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2007 | His Final Fight (John Woo Stranglehold game contest "Audience Award" winner) | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2007 | His Final Hit (Top 10 Finalist in IFC "Assassin's Creed" Contest) | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2009 | Makeup Smeared Eyes (music video) - Automatic Love Letter | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2010 | Erase My Scars (music video) - Evans Blue | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2010 | The Resistance Series | Director, Story By | |
| 2012 | Left 4 Dead (film) | Director, editor | |
| 2014 | Playstation "DriveClub" TV spot | Director | |
| 2016 | LemonCove TV-Mini Series | Director / Creator | |
| 2016 | Tom Clancy's The Division: Agent Origins | Director | |
| 2016 | "Rush: Inspired by Battlefield" | Cinematographer | |
| 2017 | Lifeline | Cinematographer | |
| 2018 | ROT - Silent Hill (short film) | Director |
References
edit- ^ "Brawler". brawler.la.
- ^ "Press Release – "Steel & Sky"".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture". MTV.
- ^ "Stranglehold Stranglehold (strangleholdgame) on Myspace". Myspace.
- ^ "IFC Media Lab". Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
- ^ "The Resistance". Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ "RedEye Chicago • The best things to eat, drink and do in Chicago". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Ghost House Pictures". ghosthousepictures.com.
- ^ "Starz Wants You To Join The Resistance". CINEMABLEND. September 20, 2010.
- ^ scottgreen. "AICN Anime – A Sci-Fi Survey with 7 Billion Needles, Twin Spica, Saturn Apartments & Gantz, Plus..." Aint It Cool News.
- ^ "The Resistance TV paradigm". newsarama.com. September 29, 2023.
- ^ "Hollywood Reporter Article – "The Resistance"". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Georg Szalai (September 18, 2010). "'Resistance' Web series from Starz Media tests TV waters". The Washington Post.
- ^ ""Resistance" Web series tests TV waters - Yahoo! News". Archived from the original on September 26, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010. Yahoo News Article – "The Resistance"
- ^ "'The Resistance' Debuts on Syfy First, Internet Second". September 17, 2010.
- ^ "'The Resistance' Debuts on Syfy First, Internet Second". pubsub.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011.
- ^ "The Resistance Series on SyFy". channelAPA.com. October 4, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "Talenthouse". Talenthouse.
- ^ "Universal/Decca Records/ERA Contest winner". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ "Ancestor Film Contest winner". Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ "Automatic Love Letter – "Makeup Smeared Eyes" music video". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ ALL – "Makeup Smeared Eyes" article on Froggertv[usurped]
- ^ Evans Blue – "Erase My Scars" music video Archived August 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Left 4 Dead Fan Film Gets a Surprisingly Solid Trailer". December 10, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Crikey: Left 4 Dead Fan Film Trailer". Rock Paper Shotgun. December 8, 2011.
- ^ "Squarespace - Claim This Domain". Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Video Game News & Reviews".
- ^ "Left 4 Dead trailer teases intriguing fan film". PC Gamer. December 8, 2011.
- ^ "Left 4 Dead Fan Film Goes Right for Your Heartstrings". Complex Networks.
- ^ "Left 4 Dead Fan Film Coming Soon". Game Informer. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012.
- ^ "Valve on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022.[user-generated source]
- ^ "Aureus Grex – Production Company". aureusgrex.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ^ Watch Tom Clancy's The Division: Agent Origins [Ultra HD] () online – Amazon Video, retrieved July 17, 2016
- ^ "Blue Ribbon Content". warnerbros.com.
External links
edit- Adrian Picardi at IMDb
- Company Site Archived May 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine