Suzanne DeLaurentiis

Born and raised in New Jersey, Suzanne Delaurentiis showed an interest for the arts from an early age. As a teenager her flair for singing and dancing earned her numerous roles on and off Broadway, which in turn lead to many acting rolls in film and television. In the late 70’s Ms. Delaurentiis studied Opera at Carnegie Hall with the famous Carlo Menotti. Shortly after, Suzanne decided to follow in the footsteps of her cousin and mentor, 50s superstar, Frankie Avalon. She established her successful singing career early; headlining her own acclaimed nightclub act by the time she was twenty.

After seizing several opportunities to work behind the camera, Suzanne quickly established herself as an accomplished writer, producer, and director of short films, commercials, and music videos. Coming from a family of successful filmmakers, producers and directors, Suzanne found opening her own production company to be a natural transition and established Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions.

Throughout her 30-plus years as a filmmaker, Suzanne has been honored with many prestigious awards. In 2002 the Marco Island Film Festival honored Ms. Delaurentiis with their esteemed Terry Scarlett Award for Filmmaking, and in 2003 the Palm Beach International Film Festival presented her with The Distinguished Founders Award for Excellence in Filmmaking.

In 2006, Suzanne Delaurentiis Productions independently produced 10th & Wolf, a drama based on the investigations of mob informant Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco. Filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the film starred James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Brian Dennehy, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Lesley Ann Warren, Tommy Lee, Piper Perabo and Dash Mihok. The film won Ms. Delaurentiis numerous awards.

In early 2007, Suzanne received the prestigious Opal Award from Women in Film and in 2008, The Hollywood Fame Awards honored her for her lifetime achievement for music in independent films.

Suzanne has been the recipient of several proclamations from the mayors of major cities throughout the United States for bringing quality film projects, as well as tens of millions of dollars to the cities' economies.

Some of Suzanne's independent filmmaking credits include 10th & Wolf, Brothers By Blood, Silicon Towers, Pocket Ninjas, Skate Dragons, Twin Towers, Graduation Day, Out of the Black, Shut-up Kiss and Me, A Month of Sundays, The Vegas Connection, Mutant Man, Swiss Family Robinson, Mannequin 2, Rocky V, Transylmania and New Hope Manor.

In addition to her numerous awards and productions, Ms. Delaurentiis has also taken part in historical litigation in cases relating to both union issues and distribution. She has fought successfully, protecting the rights of independent filmmakers.

Suzanne recently started the Cinema City International Film Festival which debuted at Universal Studios in 2007 and was rated one of the top 25 Film Festivals by MovieMaker Magazine in the festivals second year. She conducts lectures and workshops, mentoring up and coming actors and filmmakers. Suzanne has helped hundreds of talented people jumpstart their careers.

Suzanne devotes much of her spare time to philanthropic efforts, raising money for numerous worthy causes including veterans' charities, the American Cancer Society, Big Brothers and Sisters, Cops for Causes, the Boggy Creek Gang, the Lupus Foundation, and the Multi-cultural Youth Foundation.

Juliette Harris
Advisory Board Member

A full service Public Relations communications strategist with extensive experience in marketing, public relations, Event Marketing and Promotion, Juliette Harris has her client’s specific needs in mind and is dedicated to assisting them to reach their goals. Creating and implementing communications programs for premiere organizations and clients worldwide is where we specialize.

Public Relations is based on relationships and ItGirl Public Relations develops strong relationships with both clients and the media. We provide maximum exposure utilizing our relationships with prominent members of all media outlets. Juliette founded ItGirl in late 1999 and within weeks of opening her door represented some of today’s top talent and most popular brands. Juliette Harris has over fifteen years industry experience and develops communication programs which build your image/brand, initiate media coverage and drive action. Her education in Behavioral Science proves useful every day while her previous positions in Event Marketing and leading charitable organizations lends itself to practical experiences and valuable contacts. We focus on constantly advancing the public image of our clients. We position our clients to be both reflective of popular culture and influential to the public’s consciousness.

“It”Girl has had successful placement on/in most of the largest media outlets such as CNN, Oprah, Access Hollywood, Wallstreet Journal, USA Today, LA Times, Business Journal, NY Post, NY Daily News, 20/20, View, Us Weekly, People, In Touch, Billboard, Blender, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, GMA, Regis and Kelly, Leno, late Show, and many many more!

Some of our diverse clients include/have included: Nelly, Sharon Stone, Denise Rich, LG Electronics, SUGAR on La Brea, Nick Carter, Aaron Carter, AJ McLean (Backstreet Boys) Boyz II Men, New Edition, Howie Dorough, Suzanne DeLaurentiis, 10th & Wolf, New York Film Academy, Celebrity Fit Club Judges, Cindy Margolis, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Star Ice Beverage, LaToya Jackson, Shar Jackson, Kelly Rowland, Chingy, RedBull, Kid Capri and many more. Juliette has also worked on successful celebrity seeding/concierge programs for LG Electronics, AppleBottoms, Pimp Juice, Star Ice, Sugar on La Brea, Dada Footwear, and more.

Why “It” Girl?

“It is that pure quality few possess…and everyone wants, that talent, look, charm, wit or ability that sets one apart form the crowd. “It” is considered what’s new, hot and sexy. “It “ is mysterious, indescribable! You may not know exactly what “It” is but you KNOW that you want “It!” You know “It!” when you see “It!”

Robert Seigel
Advisory Board Member

Robert Seigel is an entertainment attorney and partner in the law firm Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP which specializes in film and theatre as well as television, publishing, art, new media and intellectual property matters on a transactional and litigation basis. He has represented such clients as directors, producers, writers, distribution companies and foreign sales agents concerning development, production, marketing, distribution and exploitation in film, television, music, and new media

He has represented “INTERVIEW,” the Theo van Gogh remake directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Buscemi and Sienna Miller (Sony Pictures Classics/CinemaVault), the award-winning independent films “FORTY SHADES OF BLUE” (Capital Entertainment/First Look) directed by Ira Sachs and starring Rip Torn (winner of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Grand Jury Prize),“BROTHER TO BROTHER” (Wolfe Video) and “WHAT ALICE FOUND” starring Judith Ivey (Castle Hill). He has served as Production Counsel for such projects as “10th & WOLF” (ThinkFilm) starring James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi and Brad Renfro with Dennis Hopper, "DUMMY" (Artisan/Lion’s Gate/Curb Entertainment) starring Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich, SWIMMERS” starring Sean Hatosy, Sarah Paulson and Cherry Jones (Skouas/Netflix/Sundance Channel) which had its world debut at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and “YEAR OF THE FISH,” which had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

He has served as Production Counsel for such recent projects as "PHARAOH'S ARMY" (Cinepix Film Properties) starring Kris Kristofferson, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson, “NATIONAL LAMPOON’S PLEDGE THIS!” starring Paris Hilton, “RUNAWAY BOYS” starring Aaron Stanford and Robin Tunney, and “WASHINGTON HEIGHTS” (MAC Releasing).

He has represented such documentaries as the critically and financially successful “TREMBLING BEFORE G-D” (New Yorker Films), the Emmy-Award winning “TELLING NICHOLAS,” “SISTER HELEN,” the Academy Award-nominated documentary "ON TIPTOE: GENTLE STEPS TO FREEDOM,” “RUTHIE & CONNIE: EVERY ROOM IN THE HOUSE,” and “SHELTER DOGS,” the last five of which premiered on HBO/Cinemax.

He has also been involved in the development, marketing or distribution of the films “UNDER HELLGATE BRIDGE” (CAVU Releasing/Lion’s Gate Entertainment), "THE HOLY LAND" (CAVU Releasing/Hart Sharp Home Entertainment), and "DECEMBER BRIDE" (Fox Lorber/Orion Home Video). He consulted on the films “PIECES OF APRIL” (United Artists) and "EYE OF GOD" (Castle Hill) starring Martha Plimpton and Hal Holbrook and the documentaries “THE BRANDON TEENA STORY” (Zeitgeist Films) and “RHYME AND REASON” (Miramax).

Mr. Seigel has represented such television projects as the ABC News "TURNING POINT" special "MASTER THIEF: ART OF THE HEIST," the "GREAT PERFORMANCES" specials "SAM SHEPPARD: STALKING HIMSELF," the Duke Ellington tribute, "SWINGIN' WITH DUKE" (PBS) and "BRAVO PROFILES: JULIE TAYMOR" (Bravo).

His other clients include writers, directors, producers, composers, film and video distributors/sales agents, a marketing company and music companies.

Bobby Moresco
Advisory Board Member

Before becoming an Academy Award® winning writer, Bobby Moresco started out as an actor in New York City. In 1978, Moresco moved to Los Angeles where he continued his theatre company, The Actor’s Gym. Since then, Moresco has written, produced and/or directed over 35 theatrical productions. Currently, Moresco has several high-profile projects in post-production, production or pre-production.

Moresco co-wrote and produced the breakout film of 2004, CRASH. The drama, directed by Paul Haggis and starring an ensemble cast including Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillipe, Thandie Newton and Ludacris, was released by Lions Gate Films on May 6, 2004. In 2006, at the 78th Academy Awards®, Moresco and Haggis were awarded an Oscar for co-writing the film. In addition to winning in the Original Screenplay category, CRASH won additional Oscars for Best Picture and Achievement in Editing. It also received WGA, Bafta and Critic’s Choice awards.

Moresco’s new television series, “The Black Donnellys”, which he co-created and is executive producing, is presently airing on NBC. The drama is loosely based on characters from the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City, where Moresco was born and raised.

Moresco released his directorial debut, 10TH & WOLF, a coming-of-age gangster drama set in the ‘80s in 2006. 10TH & WOLF stars James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Piper Parabo, Brad Renfro, Lesley Ann Warren, Brian Dennehey and Val Kilmer.

Born in New York City in 1951, Moresco was raised in the Hell’s Kitchen district of Manhattan. After completing only one term in high school, Moresco decided it wasn’t the path he wanted to follow and hit the streets doing odd jobs for most of his adolescence.

Things changed for Moresco at 18 when a patron of the bar where he worked advised him to pursue a career in the theatre. Soon after, Moresco began studying acting with the widely respected Wynn Handman and Peggy Fuery, founders of The American Place Theatre and Loft Theatre, respectively. With the classes under his belt, Moresco opened The Actor’s Gym in New York and then moved the company to Los Angeles in 1978.

Throughout the ‘90s, Moresco focused much of his time creating, writing and producing television projects. Notable projects included “Millenium,” which earned him a Genesis Award, and “EZ Streets”, which he wrote and co-produced, and which won the “Viewers for Quality Television Award” for best program of the year. In 1998, he co-created and executive produced the critically acclaimed series “Falcone”, which was based on the movie, DONNIE BRASCO, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards.

Moresco’s other projects include, MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2005 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture) which he co-produced and developed with Paul Haggis, as well as the films HEAT for Walden Media, and RULE OF NINES, which are both in development.

Bobby Moresco is married with two daughters and lives in Los Angeles.

Michael Besman
Advisory Board Member

Michael Besman previously collaborated with writer/director Don Roos on the 1998 film, "The Opposite of Sex," which Roos wrote and directed. The critically acclaimed film received numerous accolades including two Independent Feature Project Spirit Awards for Best First Feature Film and Best Screenplay.

Prior to that, Besman executive produced Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Seven Years in Tibet" starring Brad Pitt. Besman will next produce the Alexander Payne ("Election") comedy, About "Schmidt" for New Line Cinema. Besman also penned his first screenplay, the romantic fantasy "Lightening," for Universal Pictures

A graduate of UCLA Film School, Besman began his career in entertainment assisting director Michael Wadleigh on the horror classic, "Wolfen." After working with producer Aaron Russo on the Paramount comedy, "Trading Places," Besman became a production executive and assisted on such films as "Witness," "Summer School," "Star Trek 4" and "Beverly Hills Cop."

In 1987, Besman went to work at Guber-Peters Entertainment Co. where he supervised the hit film "Batman" starring Michael Keaton. Two years later he followed Guber and Peters to Sony Pictures where he became a production executive at Tristar Pictures supervising such films as "Sleepless in Seattle," "Single White Female," "Jumanji," "Devil in a Blue Dress" and "As Good As It Gets."

Nick Castle
Advisory Board Member

Nick Castle- Son of Hollywood choreographer, Nick Castle Sr., this writer-director has crafted a variety of mainstream entertainments for film and TV. Castle's most memorable works include his sly screenplay for John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1983), his own The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), a slightly flawed, but well-intentioned "small movie," and his old-fashioned homage black dancers, Tap (1989). He has also earned a small footnote to the history of the horror film for playing "The Shape," writer-director John Carpenter's nickname for the masked silent stalker of his Halloween (1978).

Credited for providing the original story for Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991), Castle was also slated to helm that quirky Peter Pan update until Spielberg came aboard. He did return to the director's chair for John Hughes' production of Dennis the Menace (1993), the film version of the venerable children's strip.\

Stephen J. Rivele
Advisory Board Member

Stephen J. Rivele is the Academy award nominated screenwriter of Oliver Stone’s Nixon, and of Will Smith’s Ali, both of which he wrote with Christopher Wilkinson. They also wrote and produced Copying Beethoven with Ed Harris, about the last year of the composer’s life. He and Wilkinson are currently completing a screenplay for Steven Spielberg, and have recently finished So What, a film about Miles Davis, which Don Cheadle will star in and direct. Their next project will be Jacqueline Kennedy for Nicole Kidman at River Road Productions. Rivele is the author of seven books, including the best-selling novel A Book of Days, about the first crusade, and the bestseller The Plumber, a true story of the Philadelphia mafia (currently in preproduction at Radar Pictures). Rivele was the first American graduate of the Paris Film Conservatory, and he studied film direction at the University of Paris with Eric Rohmer. He is the co-founder and president of Anomaly Entertainment.

Joe Rosenberg
Advisory Board Member

Joe Rosenberg, motion picture veteran, executive produced and oversaw the remake of the comedy classic "The Heartbreak Kid" and "Dreamworks", which starred Ben Stiller and was directed by the Farelly brothers. He was Executive Vice President of Development at Radar Pictures from 2002 to2008, when he left to start his own company, No Label Films. Joe was also previously an agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), International Creative Management (ICM) and Triad Artists. As an agent, Rosenberg represented many elite directors, including Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Roman Polanski, Ted Demme, and Luc Besson.

Tony D'Aiuto & Vince Prezioso
Advisory Board Members

Tony D’Aiuto and Vince Prezioso are the founders of Triplicity Entertainment. Tony is a licensed attorney in both New York and New Jersey. He recently produced “I Believe In America” and the television pilot “Hooked Up”.

Vince spent the last thirteen years in the entertainment industry, acting and writing, as well as producing. He has appeared in independent films, television, and the New York stage, and has written two screenplays, both of which have been nominated for prestigious screenwriting awards.

Cole Hauser
Advisory Board Member

Cole Hauser is a descendent of a long line of film industry folks. Born in Santa Barbara, California, he is the son of Cass Warner who founded the film production company Warner Sisters, and actor Wings Hauser. His paternal grandfather was Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dwight Hauser. Cole Hauser's maternal great-grandfather was famous film mogul Harry Warner, a founding partner of Warner Bros., and his maternal grandfather was Milton Sperling, a Hollywood screenwriter and independent film producer. Hauser's maternal grandmother, Betty Mae Warner (Mrs. Stanley Sheinbaum) is a painter, sculptor, political activist and gallery owner.

Cole Hauser has racked up a good number of screen credits since making his film debut in 1992 in "School Ties”. He has co-starred with a number of A-list actors, including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Brendan Fraser. He was also featured in John Singleton’s bleak college drama, “Higher Learning” and had a supporting role in the Oscar-winning feature film, “Good Will Hunting.” Cole gained tremendous notoriety as the villain in “2 Fast to Furious II”. Producer Mel Gibson tapped Hauser to star in "Paparazzi". He recently starred alongside Mira Sorvino and Barry Pepper in the soon be released film “Like Dandelion Dust”.

Cole is married to actress Cynthia Daniel; they have two sons, Ryland Hauser, born in September 2004 and Colt Daniel Hauser born June 12, 2008.