John Fucile

John Fucile is the co-founder of SmackDabMedia - a traditional and new media production company. In December 2003, Carmichael Films optioned the screenplay to Fucile's debut feature film "Loaded", co-written with Simon Fraser, to be directed by Fucile with Seth Carmichael and Chris Pizzo producing. Fucile's short film "Beat the Blue" was awarded the Global Vision Award at the 2002 World Population Film & Video Festival, and was an Official Selection at The Ashland Independent Film Festival, The Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, Ocularis, The Independents Film Festival and honored as part of Anthology Film Archives' NewFilmmakers Series in New York City. His latest short film "Zero" received its premiere release in the now infamous DVD compilation for which Fucile was arrested in September 2003. Both motion pictures demonstrate the power and ability of digital video to stand alone, separate from film as a narrative tool. Fucile was a Departmental Fellow and Scholar at New School University in the Graduate Media Studies program where he developed the digital video narrative production model, Circadian Cinema - The Art of Making Motion Pictures a Biological Activity. In 2001, International Film Seminars ( IFS) awarded Fucile a Robert Flaherty Emerging Filmmaker grant. Fucile has lived in Toronto, New York City and Los Angeles where he co-wrote The Second Coming for director Ash. He also attended Canada's pre-eminent film school, Ryerson University, quickly making a name for himself as a much-sought-after music video director. He was nominated four times and won one MuchMusic Video Award (Hard Rock Video of the Year), producing and directing through his own company such acts as 13 Engines, Glueleg, I Mother Earth and Academy Award-winner Buffy Sainte-Marie. John worked as a professional standup comedian as well as writer and performer with the hugely popular sketch troupe The Komic-Kazes. From the early- to mid-90s, they performed hundreds of shows across Canada and were nominated for Comedy Act of the Year in 1995 by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities (COCA). He was also the lead actor in the television series "Denim Blues" and appeared in the motion pictures "Princes in Exile" and "The Pianist".