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Tony Armer

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  • Director
  • Writer
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Tony Armer
Tony Armer is the Film Commissioner for Dallas, TX. From 2014-2023 he was the Film Commissioner for St. Petersburg Clearwater, Florida. He is the Co-Founder of Film USA, a National non-profit organization and the first National Association of United States Film Commissions in the Country. He is an Award-Winning Filmmaker and the Co-Founder of the internationally acclaimed Sunscreen Film Festival.

While in St. Pete Clearwater he led the film commission to the most productive period in its 30-year history, breaking records for revenues and every other performance metric. St. Petersburg Clearwater was named one of the Top 25 Best Places to Live and Work as a MovieMaker by MovieMaker Magazine in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Making this even more impressive is the fact that this has been accomplished while the State of Florida has not had a film incentive program.

He helped write, develop and Produce the two Bernie the Dolphin films specifically for the St. Petersburg Clearwater, FL area. Those films were released theatrically in 2018 and 2019 and distributed by Lionsgate in North America.

Tony's screenplay Terminal Kill (AKA Can't Stop the Dawn), was an awards finalist in Screencraft's Action Screenplay competition. Screencraft is widely considered one of the top 3 screenplay contests in the world. He will be directing that film. After a successful festival run his Award Winning documentary Running with Demons was distributed worldwide in 2014. His documentary Portrait of a Superhero became a festival darling and won numerous awards in 2018 and 2019.

Tony led the Sunscreen Film Festival from its inception in 2005 to an annual event in St. Petersburg, FL each Spring and Los Angeles, CA each fall. Sunscreen is consistently ranked as one of the Top 100 reviewed films on Film Freeway out of over 9000 film festivals. Sunscreen was voted one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals in the Country" by Movie Maker Magazine, and "Best Film Festival" by Tampa Bay Magazine. It was one of only 23 fests in the country to be sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars) for 2013-2014.

Tony works closely with film distributors and sales agents attending markets like Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, AFM and more. He has deep and longstanding relationships within the film industry. He has been Producing, Directing, Writing, and creating Film, TV, corporate and digital media content since 1997.

Tony studied communications at the University of Toledo, he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Business Management from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, and an MFA in Motion Pictures and Television from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA.

He has also taught film as an adjunct professor at the Art Institute of Tampa and the University of Tampa.
BornMarch 1, 1970
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 3 nominations

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Tony Armer and John Travolta, Q&A at Saturday Night Fever Anniversary Screening
Joe Pantoliano, Tony Armer, Bill Francis and Robert Davi at the 2017 Sunscreen Film Festival
Tony Armer and Milana Vayntrub at the 2019 Sunscreen Film Festival
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Producer, Director: Tony Armer
Producer, Director: Tony Armer
Producer, Director: Tony Armer

Known for:

Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Pixie Davies, Lauren McCrostie, Cameron James-King, Thomas Odwell, and Joseph Odwell in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
6.7
  • Thanks
  • 2016
Jeremy King, Jared Wofford, Steven Crowley, and Shevonne Philidor in Life's Rewards (2021)
Life's Rewards
7.0
TV Series
  • Producer
Fear of Rain (2021)
Fear of Rain
5.9
  • Thanks
  • 2021
Killroy Was Here (2022)
Killroy Was Here
6.8
  • Thanks
  • 2022

Credits

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Producer

  • R.A.D.A.R.: The Adventures of the Bionic Dog
    • producer
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • Can't Stop the Dawn
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • A Taste of Love
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
  • Nik Sanchez and Amber Patino in Safe Place (2023)
    Safe Place
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Jeremy King, Jared Wofford, Steven Crowley, and Shevonne Philidor in Life's Rewards (2021)
    Life's Rewards
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Jennifer Msumba in Like the Girls Who Wear Pink (2021)
    Like the Girls Who Wear Pink
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • One Last Job (2020)
    One Last Job
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Kevin Sorbo, Patrick Muldoon, Logan Allen, and Lola Sultan in Bernie the Dolphin 2 (2019)
    Bernie the Dolphin 2
    • producer
    • 2019
  • Sebastian Gregory and Joi Symone in It's Snowing Outside (2019)
    It's Snowing Outside
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Super! 8 (2019)
    Super! 8
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Dale Pople in Portrait of a Superhero: A Documentary Film (2018)
    Portrait of a Superhero: A Documentary Film
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Logan Allen and Lola Sultan in Bernie The Dolphin (2018)
    Bernie The Dolphin
    • producer (produced by)
    • 2018
  • A Running Start (2017)
    A Running Start
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Kevin's Epic Adventures (2015)
    Kevin's Epic Adventures
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Jeremy King in A Time To (2015)
    A Time To
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Dwight Cenac and Jeremy King in Johnny Be Bad (2013)
    Johnny Be Bad
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Dale Pople in What is a Superhero? (2012)
    What is a Superhero?
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Making Waste (2012)
    Making Waste
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2012

Director

  • Can't Stop the Dawn
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • One Last Job (2020)
    One Last Job
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Super! 8 (2019)
    Super! 8
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Dale Pople in Portrait of a Superhero: A Documentary Film (2018)
    Portrait of a Superhero: A Documentary Film
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • A Running Start (2017)
    A Running Start
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Jeremy King in A Time To (2015)
    A Time To
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Dwight Cenac and Jeremy King in Johnny Be Bad (2013)
    Johnny Be Bad
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Dale Pople in What is a Superhero? (2012)
    What is a Superhero?
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Diego Garcia Tour for the Troops (2011)
    Diego Garcia Tour for the Troops
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Running with Demons (2011)
    Running with Demons
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Mandatory Overtime (2006)
    Mandatory Overtime
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Dale Pople in The SuperHero Variety Show (2004)
    The SuperHero Variety Show
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2004

Writer

  • Can't Stop the Dawn
    • writer
    • Pre-production
  • One Last Job (2020)
    One Last Job
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Kevin Sorbo, Patrick Muldoon, Logan Allen, and Lola Sultan in Bernie the Dolphin 2 (2019)
    Bernie the Dolphin 2
    • story
    • 2019
  • Super! 8 (2019)
    Super! 8
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Dale Pople in Portrait of a Superhero: A Documentary Film (2018)
    Portrait of a Superhero: A Documentary Film
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Logan Allen and Lola Sultan in Bernie The Dolphin (2018)
    Bernie The Dolphin
    • based on a story by
    • 2018
  • A Running Start (2017)
    A Running Start
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Kevin's Epic Adventures (2015)
    Kevin's Epic Adventures
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Jeremy King in A Time To (2015)
    A Time To
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Dwight Cenac and Jeremy King in Johnny Be Bad (2013)
    Johnny Be Bad
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Running with Demons (2011)
    Running with Demons
    • Writer
    • 2011
  • Terminal Kill (2011)
    Terminal Kill
    • co-creator (creator)
    • TV Movie
    • 2011
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Personal details

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    • Dallas Film and Creative Industries Office
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • March 1, 1970
    • Toledo, Ohio, USA
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 8 Articles

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    • Male

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