Felipe Marino (born 1978) is an American

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producer best known for his work on ''

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'' (2006) and '' The Wackness'' (2008) with Keith Calder and

Joe Neurauter Joe Neurauter (born 1977) is an Austrian-born independent film producer best known for his work on ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006) and ''The Wackness'' (2008) with Keith Calder and Felipe Marino. Early and personal life Neurauter wa ...

Career

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Marino graduated from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California (USC) in 2004 before setting up a production company, Occupant Films, with his fellow USC graduates Keith Calder and

. Within a week of its founding, Occupant Films found its first script, ''

'', by Jacob Forman, through a contact in USC's writing division. After its completion, the film was screened at the

2006 Toronto International Film Festival The 31st Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 7 to September 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's ''The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'', a film that "explores the history of the through the eyes of a ...

and was bought by The Weinstein Company. The trio's next project was '' The Wackness'', which was written and directed by Jonathan Levine, with whom the producers had worked on ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane''. The film won the Audience Award at the 2008

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and was subsequently acquired and released by

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Classics. The same year, Marino was named one of '' Variety''s "10 Producers to Watch" alongside Calder and Neurauter. In 2009, he produced ''Peep World'' starring

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(''

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''), Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson ('' The Office''),

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and Kate Mara. The film received a gala premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, where it was acquired by IFC. In 2012, the company produced ''Better Living Through Chemistry'', starring

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, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan and Ray Liotta. The film was released by Samuel Goldwyn in the US and by Universal internationally. Marino then wrote and produced an adaptation of '' Madame Bovary'' starring Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Rhys Ifans, Logan Marshall Green, and rising star Ezra Miller. The film premiered at Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals, and was released by Alchemy (formerly Millennium Entertainment) on June 12, 2015. Most recently, he co-wrote and produced ''

The Hallow ''The Hallow'' (originally titled ''The Woods'') is a 2015 horror film directed by Corin Hardy, written by Hardy and Felipe Marino, and starring Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, and Michael Smiley. It is a British-Irish co-pro ...

'', a horror film directed by

Corin Hardy Corin Hardy (born 6 January 1975) is an English film director. He made his directorial debut with the 2015 horror film '' The Hallow'', which he also co-wrote. He directed the 2018 horror film '' The Nun'', a spin-off of ''The Conjuring 2'' (2 ...

. The film had its world premiere in January 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival. IFC acquired the North American rights to the film, and it will be released on November 13, 2015. For the writing of both these films, Marino wrote under the pseudonym of Rose Barreneche for the latter, and Olga Barreneche for the former. In addition to film, Marino produced Occupant's docu-series ''Behind the Mask'', which follows the lives and careers of sports mascots.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2015) * ''

Behind the Mask Behind the Mask may refer to: Film and television * ''Behind the Mask'' (1932 film), a film featuring Boris Karloff * ''Behind the Mask'' (1936 film) or ''The Man Behind the Mask'', a British mystery film by Michael Powell * ''Behind the Mas ...

'' (2013–2015) * '' Madame Bovary'' (2014) * ''

Better Living Through Chemistry The phrase "Better Living Through Chemistry" is a variant of a DuPont advertising slogan, "Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." DuPont adopted it in 1935 and it was their slogan until 1982 when the "Through Chemistry" part was dr ...

'' (2014) * '' The Key Man'' (2011) * '' Peep World'' (2010) * '' The Wackness'' (2008) * ''

'' (2006)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marino, Felipe 1978 births Living people Film producers from Pennsylvania Businesspeople from Pittsburgh USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni