Updated July 29, 2008
Updated July 29, 2008
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Sam Weller's feature piece in


New City - Back On Track

on Jerry Vasilatos and the
making of "Solstice"
(aka "The Night Before Christmas")





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the website of Writer, Producer, Director and Editor Jerry Vasilatos

Please explore our site to sample the full range of creative services available!



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* Click above to select "Burlington Northern" for the "People's Choice" Award! *



Music video from the upcoming CD release "Living Room" by Braam

Produced, directed and edited by Jerry Vasilatos


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Starring up and coming indy starlet Andre'a Eve and newcomer Ivan Ballester,
Braam's song "Burlington Northern" is a lyrical journey set against the changing seasons of the midwest.



Visit BRAAMWEB for more information and look for their new CD "Living Room" in Fall, 2010.



IN OTHER NEWS...



WINS "BEST SHORT FEATURE" AND "BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY"
IN THE 2009 CHICAGO STAR AWARDS
!


"The Dark Knight Project" w
as also featured in the 3/12/09 Tribune Red Eye Cover Story "INDIE CITY"

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Film Threat



Jerry speaks at the Chicago New Media Summit about "The Dark Knight Project"




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Filmography & Other News

(Updated March, 2010)

Jerry's most recently completed projects include producing, directing and editing the internet viral video Data Held Hostage for Braintree Payment Solutions, Burlington Northern for the local Chicago group Braam, and editing promotional spots for the Hellenic American Academy. 2009 highlights include producing, directing and editing Inside America for the Chicago Region 48 Hour Film Project and editing industrial spots for Today's Machining World. 2008 projects include editing The Tiffany Dome: A Celebration of Light, The Dark Knight Project, and Clonely, both of which he also wrote, produced, directed and edited. The Dark Knight Project won 2 Star Awards as well as rated 4 Stars by Film Threat. Clonely was produced for the Chicago Region 48 Hour Film Project, where it was awarded as one of the Best of Chicago entrants. Eariler in 2008 and late 2007, Jerry edited season 1 episodes 1, 5 and 9 and season 2 episode 5 of the History Channel series Gangland.

2007 projects included editing DVD featurettes for the films Primeval, The History Boys and Turistas produced by Trailer Park and the
feature film Frankie D, starring Todd Bridges and produced by DV Filmworks. In 2006, Jerry edited 10 segments of the series Breaking In produced by Kevin Leadingham for the REELZ Channel, directed the 48 Hour Film project Protected! for Bliss Productions, and served as co-producer and editor for twenty three 1 hour and 1/2 hour episodes of the weekly syndicated series Made in Hollywood. Jerry also color corrected the PBS documentary Maid in America and edited the Macauley Culkin episode of Hollywood Hold 'Em poker for E! as well as Frame on the Wall - The Making of "The Door in the Floor" and Backstage with "Connie and Carla" for Universal Home Video. Now You Know, the romantic comedy written and directed by Clerks II star Jeff Anderson and edited by Jerry, was released in December of 2006 by Weinstein Home Video.

In 2004 he produced the 25th Anniversary Battlestar Galactica Retrospective and Galacticon DVD, and also directed the short scene adaptation Blue World for the HBO Project Greenlight competition. His projects in 2000 included the comedy spoof The Blair Witch Rejects, and the documentary A Refugee and Me, co-produced with director Kevin Leadingham. The Blair Witch Rejects is a screwball comedy satirizing the barrage of independent filmmakers that attempted to ride the coat-tails of the original indie hit The Blair Witch Project. A Refugee and Me documents the life of Burmese refugee Twai Thongdee and his quest to obtain an illegal Thai identification card which will allow him to get well paying job in Thailand in order to aid his refugee family living along the border. Refugee won the "Best of Show" award in the Tambay Film Festival, and was an official selection of the Cinequest: San Jose International Film Festival, the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, the Hawaii International Film Festival, and the Denver International Film Festival.

Jerry is also presently involved as producer/director of the dramatic thriller Butcher's Dozen, in development as a feature film. Prior to his move from Chicago and founding of his production office in Los Angeles, Jerry wrote, produced and directed the independent holiday drama Solstice which was broadcast nationally as Lifetime Television's Original World Premiere Movie during Christmas of 1994. Solstice was awarded the Silver Award by the Charleston International Film Festival, the Bronze Award by the Houston International Film Festival, and was broadcast again by Lifetime Television on Christmas Eve of 1995. It is now available in it's 10 year anniversary edition on DVD with it's new title The Night Before Christmas. Jerry's theatrical directing credits include The Great Houdini, written by Stacy Tanner, and Witnesses, an action adventure co-written with Victor H. Schiller. The Great Houdini premiered at the prestigious Stella Adler Theater in Hollywood during the spring of 1999, and Witnesses was selected by the Chicago Screenwriters Network for their Winter/Spring '96 Staged Screenplay Reading Series. It was performed under Jerry's direction to a full house (130 capacity) at the American Blues Theater in Chicago on March 24th, 1996. Jerry's writing credits include Solstice, Palace Treasure, The Seahawks, and Shelter Me , a suspense thriller co-written with Sara Coover Caldwell. He is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in film and also served as President of their West Coast Alumni Chapter from 1999 through 2001.

Jerry can be reached via e-mail at nitestar_productions@yahoo.com.


Personal Statement

Filmmaking is an amazing thing. You can teach people, move them, and inspire them. You can make them laugh or make them cry. You can make them grab the arm of the person next to them in suspense as they watch the onscreen exploits of your characters, or reflect on what they've viewed hours after they've seen your film. To me, the best films have a heart, and they draw you into wanting to join the characters while learning something important, or being inspired; while laughing or crying, or grabbing that person's arm next to you in suspense. Directing gives you the tools to do all of that. There's something very rewarding and satisfying about the process, and I believe it has a lot to do with the excitement that comes with knowing you are creating something that will be shared by audiences and that will hopefully be taken with them long after they've finished watching your film.

I hope you enjoy visiting my website and please drop me an e-mail if you'd like to chat!

Sincerely,

Jerry A. Vasilatos


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