Marc Fusco is an American film director, screenwriter and film editor known for ''

Stealing Time ''Stealing Time'' is a 2001 drama involving the reuniting of four friends a year after college, each of them now dealing with their own problems. They ultimately come up with a solution: rob a bank The film had its national premier on June 17, 2 ...

'', ''

My Uncle Rafael ''My Uncle Rafael'' is a 2012 film directed by Marc Fusco. The screenplay was written by Scott Yagemann and Vahik Pirhamzei, based on Pirhamzei's play ''Rafael Keroo Gandzere''. Plot A desperate TV producer convinces an old Armenian Uncle to st ...

'', and '' The Samuel Project''.

Life and career

Fusco was born to Nicola Fusco, an Italian immigrant, and Jane Fusco, and grew up in

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ...

. He graduated from

Hempfield High School Hempfield High School is a public senior high school located in Salunga-Landisville, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves both East and West Hempfield townships and serves as the only high school for Hempfield School District. Demographics * ...

in 1989 and

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in 1993. After working as production assistant at

Amblin Entertainment Amblin Entertainment, Inc., formerly named Amblin Productions and Steven Spielberg Productions, is an American film production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg, and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshal ...

, Fusco was handpicked by

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to work closely as the director’s personal assistant in 1997. For over five years, he assisted the Spielberg on the films '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', ''Amistad'', ''

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of war, especially its depictio ...

'' and also during the start-up of

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—the first full-fledged studio to be created in over eighty years. During his tenure with Spielberg, Fusco and co-writer Chris Perkins sold the screenplay ''The Reel Killers'' to Dreamworks, the true story of the last silent movie theater in the world and its owner who was murdered by a gay, hustling serial killer. Fusco also directed the short film ''The Interview'' that premiered at the 1998

Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

. Notable films Fusco has edited include the suspense film ''Burn'' starring

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and

Suki Waterhouse Alice Suki Waterhouse (born 5 January 1992) is an English model, actress and singer. She began a career in modelling at the age of 16, and she would go on to model for several major fashion labels. Her first feature film as an actress was a min ...

, ''Confession'' starring

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, the vampire horror-comedy ''Slayers'' starring

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and

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, ''Dig'' starring

Emile Hirsch Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor. He played Chris McCandless in '' Into the Wild'' (2007). Other notable film roles include '' The Girl Next Door'' (2004), ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), '' Alpha Dog'' (2006), ''Sp ...

and

, and The Samuel Project starring

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and

Ryan Ochoa Ryan Ochoa (born May 17, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Lanny on the Disney XD series ''Pair of Kings'', and for his recurring role of Chuck Chambers on the Nickelodeon series '' iCarly''. Early life Ryan Ocho ...

2012-2020

In 2012, ''

'' was released theatrically in five markets and still holds the Pacific Theaters record for most sold out shows in a row, amassing over $250,000 on only four screens. Prior to ''My Uncle Rafael'', Fusco directed and co-wrote the ''

'', a film he said took about five years to complete. In 2016, Fusco co-founded the Drive Hope Foundation with the mission to expand the minds of underserved youth to consider careers outside of their own difficult circumstances. He was engaged to guitarist

Malina Moye Malina Moye (born August 20, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, lefty guitarist, model, actress, entrepreneur, and pioneer who fuses rock and soul. Fender guitars recognizes Moye as one of their first African-American left-handed upside- ...

in 2017. By 2018, '' The Samuel Project'' was purchased for worldwide distribution. The film was released theatrically in over 80 cities from 2018–2019 through the theatrical distribution company in8 Releasing that Fusco co-founded in 2018. In 2020, Fusco launched a new production and film services compan
Nico Nazar Creative
with filmmaker, actor, and playwright Vahik Pirhamzei. The company has worked on films starring Robert Dinero,

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Malin Akerman Malin Maria Åkerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish actress. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including ''The Utopian Society'' (2003) and ''Harold & Kumar Go to Whi ...

with clients such as

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, Highland Film Group, Arclight Films,

Saban Entertainment Saban Entertainment, Inc. (along with Saban International; currently operating under the legal name is BVS Entertainment, Inc.) was a worldwide-served independent American-Israeli television production company formed in 1980 by Haim Saban and S ...

, Bondit Media,

, Film Mode Entertainment, and

Screen Media Films Screen Media Ventures, LLC. is an American-Canadian distribution company founded in 2001. In 2008, Screen Media selected The Creative Coalition as its exclusive nonprofit partner in launching the Spotlight Initiative. The partnership permits the p ...

Filmography

Film

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fusco, Marc American film directors American film editors 21st-century American writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from California Screenwriters from Pennsylvania Film producers from Pennsylvania Film producers from California Pennsylvania State University alumni Writers from Lancaster, Pennsylvania