At Roaring Leo Productions, we are bold in our mission to entertain.We believe in having serious fun.
We can crew up 160 people to shoot a 35mm feature film, or put on our director’s cap with a video camera, a lean & mean guerilla crew, and craft services with candy bars.
With clients like Pokémon and MTV Networks, can you afford to miss out on what Roaring Leo Productions can do for your television and film production needs?
Shifting the Canvas
DRAMA; In Pre-Production
Starring John Paul Pitoc; Matthew Montgomery; Alan Cumming; Scott Thompson; Gedde Watanabe; Cheyenne Jackson.
A group of artists living in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn struggle to maintain a rather dysfunctional family of friends in a post-9/11 world that is challenged with gentrification, deception, and sterilization. Produced by Robert Zimmer, Jr. (HALF-LIFE).
Roaring Leo Presents: Best of Breed Short Films, Vol. 1
(Releasing April 29, 2008) Featuring award winning short films from around the globe, "Best of Breed" is guarantee to prove to you that indie film is still a true art form. Films include 2006 Sundance darling "Encounter"; Ethan Feldbau's queer teen odyssey, "Plastic"; and a cryptic and macabre tale of the male catharsis in "The Process"; and Leah Meyerhoff's award winning clash of lesbians armed with Fluff and duct tape in "Wonderfluff Sandwiches"! Proceeds of the net sales of this DVD will benefit Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Youth Empowerment Fund.
Waterloo, The Series (Active Development) Creator Chuck Griffith brings the battle home to Waterloo, Iowa in an original television event. Executive Produced by Robert Zimmer (Sunset Beach, Half-Life), the story follows the return of New York marketing executive, Jarett Ostmann, as he inherits a struggling farm equipment factory located in the middle of the Heartland, somewhere he hasn't been in over 20 years. His homecoming is fraught with many foes and little allies, including an attractive post-Iraqi War veteran dealing with PTSD, a more than co-dependent ex-girlfriend, and a power-broker who hides the "calculation of gods" behind his genteel demeanor.
Apollo Thorne (Active Development) Redefining the horror genre, Chuck Griffith (Thank You, Good Night), Lou Peterson (In the Blood), and Bobby Mort team up to create an action-packed thrill ride in...Iowa! Vampires, blood, and corn! More details to appear in coming months. Stay tuned...if you can handle the suspense. (Click here to see a special spooky treat).
THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT
In 2001 and 2002, Chuck Griffith (Shifting the Canvas) worked with award-winning writer Robert Zimmer (Half-Life) and comedy writer Chris Provenzano (Mad Men) to create the ultimate rock band story. While the film takes place during the "1990s garage band" phenomenon, Griffith set out to create the post-modern Billy Wilder screwball comedy. The film also sported original songs written by Griffith, Zimmer, and Andre Devon Magone. In 2006, Griffith re-cut the film for DVD distribution through rental and retail. It's 89 minutes that Brandon Voss at HX Magazine says, "Rocks out with ample heart and soul!"
Television Productions
Sure, it's easy to talk a good game, but Roaring Leo Productions delivers. We work on television productions for all sorts of clients...one of those clients is MTV Networks, but we don't want it to stop there. Unlike some people who snub their noses at reality TV, we love to find a story anywhere, which we're smart enough to know you can find it more in real life than you can in fiction (most of the time). We're proud as lions to have MTV as a client and we'd be proud to grab our cameras for you, too!
MA-YI THEATER COMPANY
Everyone deserves to roar, and unlike some agencies RLP really does believe in giving back to the community. Ma-Yi is the award-winning theater company of New York City that programs original Asian-American works for the stage. We cut together their commercials Pro Bono. We also have contributed to Columbia University and Outlet, a gay and lesbian community center for youth in Northern California.
