CREATIVE TEAM

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MICHAEL GOLDBURG (Writer/Director) is an award-winning writer/director who earned his M.F.A. at NYU's Graduate Film Program. He was once offered compensation in pizza for a screenwriting job which became the inspiration for his celebrated, short proof of concept, SURE-FIRE, which screened at numerous film festivals and won or was nominated for multiple awards, including Best Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor. The SURE-FIRE feature script also placed in numerous top screenwriting competitions, including ScreenCraft, Shore Scripts, Filmmatic, Beverly Hills, Emerging Screenwriters, and CineStory and is a top-ranked script on Coverfly, a leading industry platform to discover outstanding screenplays. Michael’s team for the SURE-FIRE feature includes advisor Joe Pirro, Head of Production at Symbolic Exchange ("The Assistant"), founded by James Schamus (former CEO of Focus Features), who feels SURE-FIRE is one of the “funniest scripts he’s ever read” and Michael is “part of the next wave of emerging storytellers to break through to wider audiences.” Michael is also developing a feature adaptation of a darkly comic novel by the former book editor of "The Chicago Tribune,” which was accepted into Sundance Collab with Oscar-nominated screenwriter and advisor Naomi Foner. Michael has worked with creators from The Onion and Comedy Central and his acclaimed short films are featured on Amazon Prime and Funny or Die.

“SURE-FIRE” Short Film

  • Directed by award-winning filmmaker Michael Goldburg

  • Written by Michael Goldburg, Dave Chan (Winner of Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition), and Steve Wisniewski (Finalist in Nicholl Fellowships)

  • Starring PJ Marshall ("Mindhunter" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"), John Timothy (writer for CBS's "Ghosts"), and Lué McWilliams

  • Director of Photography Diana Matos (Netflix's "Go Off with Jess & Julissa")

  • Editor Luftar Von Rama ("The Mandalorian," "Da 5 Bloods")

  • Costume Designer Emily Gunshor ("Scream," "Halloween Kills," "Neighbors 2")

  • Music by Emmy-winning composer Michael Whalen

  • Production Designer Kate Rance (Slamdance's "We Are Living Things")

 
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DAVE CHAN (Writer) is the founder of Navy Yard Films, an independent film production company based in Brooklyn, NY. An acclaimed writer/producer, his short comedy script “Fly!” was a winner of the Academy Award-qualifying Nashville Film Festival. In addition, his "Family Guy: What The Phuc?!" spec script has either won or placed in almost 25 competitions including the prestigious Austin Film Festival. Dave was also an Executive Producer of the feature film "8-Ball,” a gritty, urban crime-drama starring Paul Ben-Victor from “The Wire” and Johnny "Roastbeef" Williams from “Goodfellas.” Dave has consulted on movie and television projects including the taut action film “Ambushed” starring Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones, and Randy Couture as well as a TV pilot that was sold to Fox for development. He has been the Guest Festival Director, Juror, and Screenplay Judge for the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. Dave also teaches screenwriting and filmmaking at Stony Brook University.

 

STEVE WISNIEWSKI (Writer) has had his scripts final or place over a dozen times in  national screenwriting competitions, including AFI and Scriptapalooza, and has placed in the top 10% of the Nicholl Fellowships and the Austin Film Festival. Steve has also had several of his screenplays optioned by producers, including one which is currently in pre-production. He is also a playwright, with productions regionally and in New York, including the New York International Fringe Festival.