SYNOPSIS
Madison, a single mother, and her children, are awoken nightly by an increasingly strange and intense presence. She seeks help from her scientist boyfriend Nikolai, who begins a hunt to destroy the violent spirit that paranormal experts are too frightened to take on.
PANELISTS BIOS
Alistair Legrand, director, co-writer
Alistair was born in France and raised in the United States. A lover of film from a very young age, he supported himself by being a projectionist until he went to film school in Canada. Once he moved down to Los Angeles he worked in commercials in order to fund music videos for bands he found online. Alistair quickly chiseled his own elegant and haunting cinematic style in the world of music videos with videos for Data Romance, Mark Lanegan, and Bring Me The Horizon amongst others. He breathes beauty into terror, and vice versa.The Diabolical is his first feature film.
Luke Harvis, co-writer
Luke was born in Philadelphia and has wanted to make movies ever since watching FULL METAL JACKET (over and over again) at an extremely young and inappropriate age. He attended film school in Savannah, GA and then drove cross country to Los Angeles with everything he owned -- and a cat -- crammed into a mid 90s Explorer. After working in television production for six years he is now a full time screenwriter.
Ross Dinerstein, producer
Ross is the founder and CEO of Campfire -‐ a film, television, and digital development and production company. Dinerstein is one of the most prolific independent film producers in Hollywood having produced or executive produced over twenty-‐eight films over the last twelve years. Dinerstein’s films have premiered at the most prestigious film festivals in the world including Sundance, South by Southwest, Tribeca, and Toronto. Over the last few years, Dinerstein has focused his producing efforts on creating elevated “midnight movies” including THE PACT, MR. JONES, THE DIVIDE, and THE DAY and documentaries including JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI and THE NIGHTMARE. Dinerstein began his career in 2001 working in the Acquisitions Department at Miramax Films. He has a Master’s Degree in Motion Picture Producing from the USC School of Cinema and Television’s Peter Stark Producing Program and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Film Studies from Vanderbilt University.
