Bruce Hidemi Sakow

Representation

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• Richard Rosenthal Entertainment Law, Rick Rosenthal, Attorney
  2940 Westwood Blvd., 2nd Fl., Los Angeles, California 90064 United States
  310-474-3044 . rosenthalr@aol.com

Film

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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter	Screenwriter (Story): After he's revived at the hospital, Jason returns to Crystal Lake to hunt more victims. Has he met his match this time with Tommy Jarvis?	Directed by Joseph Zito; Produced by Frank Mancuso, Jr.; Distributed by Paramount Pictures
SHRED	Co-Screenwriter w/James Tracy / Story. Roxanne, an emotionally damaged war photographer, takes care of her terminally ill mother and discovers her father was a serial killer who murdereded her twin sister Rosanne. She begins to see otherworldly images in her photos and spirals downward as she begins a murder spree while Ted, her collaborator and lover, tries to save her from the abyss of madness.	Joy Kill Entertainment, LLC - in production
STREET SOLDIER	Co-Screenwriter with Kevin Caruso. Action: An elite military commando uncovers a global bioweapon conspiracy and must return to his street roots to convince the gang he betrayed to help him save the world.	Available.
CORNERED	Screenwriter w/Larry Hama. Ex-inmate Whitey Gordon is blackmailed by ringleader Joey Gatto into being wheel man in a Mercedes dealer heist. Through a series of harrowing mishaps, Whitey ends up with all the cash and Gatto retaliates by snatching Whitey’s kid – only it’s the mute daughter of the cop next door.	Available.
THE SEER (a.k.a PSYCHIC SLEUTH)	Screenwriter. Original contemporary sci-fi thriller. A gifted psychic, Ben Barrow, helps the government track down what they believe is an alien who has taken human form.	Available. Currently being adapted into a graphic novel with artist Warren Martineck.
DEAD GRRL	Screenwriter w/Larry Hama. Kristin babysits eight year old Ashley who has been kidnapped, murdered and necromanced back to life by a voodoo priestess.	Available. Optioned to Director Billy Butler & Producer Alexandra Taylor
the video	Director and Screenwriter w/Larry Hama. A comedy-thriller in the classic Hitchcockian mode: Film student VIC DESIMONE gets caught up in mystery and mayhem under threat of murder while chasing a McGuffin called "the video".	Produced by Cinemagika Pictures, LLC
SECRET WAR (a.k.a. ULTIMATE MASTER)	Screenwriter. Original sci-fi martial arts thriller. Korean Tae Kwan Do master Jack Tae Woo (actor D.J. Kim) becomes an unsuspecting guinea pig, implanted with a Pentagon "Warrior Class" neurochip.	Directed by David Kim; Produced by Glory Productions; Distributed by Amazing Movies
QUARANTINE (a.k.a. AMOEBA)	Screenwriter. Original science fiction horror screenplay. A small southern town is infected with a virulent mind-altering disease and quarantined by the Feds.	Sold to: Director Joseph Zito & Bigwood Productions
FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (working title)	Screenwriter. Drama about the turbulent relationship of two brothers: a bounty hunter who must protect an ex-con meth-addict framed for a murder he did not commit.	Sold to: Empyrean Pictures, LLC & Director/Producer Mubarik Ahmad
KAMIKAZE	Screenwriter w/Larry Hama. NYC cop thriller that pits Organized Crime Control detective Stosh Zapolski and his partner Angela Vasquez against the mob, a new drug and a Japanese serial killer.	Available. Optioned to: Producer Dan Stoecker
The King and His Court: The Eddie Feigner Story	Screenwriter. Biographical period drama of softball pitcher Eddie Feigner and his famous barnstorming four man team.	Available. Sold to: Producers Alex Kramarchuk & Tony Lawrence (Rights reverted back to me)
ART AND SOUL	Screenwriter. Original comedy-drama about five students enrolled in a New York City art school.	Available. Optioned to: Reeves Lehmann, Film Chair of the School of Visual Arts
LOWLIFE	Screenwriter. An ignorant working class rebel reluctantly befriends a black derelict who changes his life.	Available. Optioned to: Charles Blalack of Praxis Films
SHADOWS (a.k.a. DRAGONS)	Screenwriter. Nicky Louie, the leader of NYC's Ghost Shadows gang, wages war against the rival Flying Dragons to gain control of the streets. Based on a true story.	Available. Optioned to: John Wing Lum, Wing Productions & Director Marvin Fireman
MIRACLES	Screenwriter. A contemporary retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph and Mary set in NYC's Little Italy.	Available. Optioned to: Producer Steve Onne & Miracles Productions
STARCHILD	Screenwriter. An original futuristic drama.	Sold to: Moments Productions
SAMURAI	Screenwriter. A swordmaster and Buddhist priest comes to NYC to investigate his best friend's murder and gets caught up in the city's violent criminal underworld.	Reading at the AFI Writer Program (Available)
OUT OF BODY	Screenwriter w/Peter Jordan. A supernatural thriller in the style of “Ghost”. Sarah Walker travels out of body and back in time to unravel the mystery of her family’s murder and her own return from the dead. Finalist in the American Screenwriting Competition.	(Available)
TURNING JAPANESE	Screenwriter w/Larry Hama. Comedy of errors in which two Japanese-American con-men are mistaken for the executives of a Japanese electronics conglomerate that has just purchased a major motion picture studio.	(Available)
INFERNO	Screenwriter w/Peter Jordan. A supernatural chiller. A gifted medium channels the spirit of a dead man who died in a mysterious fire and unearths a malevolent force. He struggles to unlock its secret before he becomes its next fiery victim.	(Available)

Television

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PARADE

Screenwriter. Original cable television drama sponsored by the Electronic Industries Association. A small town rallies to put on a parade starring a young composer.

Francis Thompson Productions - Byron McKinney, Producer/Marvin Fireman, Director

Education

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• American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Screenwriting Fellow, 1979
• NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, 1977
  Studied film under Haig Manoogian and screenwriting with Mardik Martin & Ian Hunter.
• School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
  Taught Screenwriting in the SVA Film Department from 1988-1997.

Online Interview

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www.absolutewrite.com/screenwriting/bruce_sakow.htm

Background

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Bruce Hidemi Sakow is an award-winning veteran screenwriter who attended the NYU Film School and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. He taught screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City for nine years. Since 1975 Mr. Sakow has written 20 original screenplays - 14 of which have been optioned or sold and four produced (see attached resume). In 1982 Mr. Sakow's fourth original screenplay, "QUARANTINE" (aka "AMOEBA"), was sold to director Joseph Zito (director of "Missing In Action," "Invasion USA" and "Red Scorpion"). Their professional association continued when Mr. Zito hired Bruce to write "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter." This $1.7 million sequel, fourth in the phenomenally successful "Friday the 13th" series, was released by Paramount Pictures in 1983 and has earned over $50 million in worldwide theatrical release. In 1990 he began collaborating with writer Larry Hama, Marvel Comics writer of “G.I. JOE,” “WOLVERINE” “VENOM” and many other titles. Together they have written four screenplays including “the video” that Bruce directed and produced and “CORNERED,” optioned by producer Gabrielle Kelly (“All the Queen’s Men” starring Matt LeBlanc and D.A.R.Y.L.) and director Tamara Friedman. Recently the pair collaborated on “DEAD GRRL” that was optioned by producer Alexandra Taylor and director Bill Butler. In 2002 Bruce began collaborating with veteran parapsychologist Peter Jordan. Together they have written two screenplays: “Out of Body” and “Inferno”. An Online Interview can be viewed at http://www.absolutewrite.com/screenwriting/bruce_sakow.htm (cut and paste this URL into your browser).

Website:

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For screenplay excerpts, videos, movie posters, etc., please visit www.mediaworkscorp.com

Employment Details

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• Work History: Commercial, Film, Industrial, Television, Internet
• Job Categories: Editing, Producing, Writing, Directing, Production
• Are you willing to work unpaid?: No
• Authorized to work in United States: Yes
• Primary Citizenship: United States
• Valid Passport: Yes
• Prior Job Title(s): President, MEDIA WORKS CORP (Producer/Director/Writer)