THE FILMMAKERS
Katie Dellamaggiore director / producer
is a documentary producer and director whose work has appeared on MTV, A&E, HBO/Cinemax and VH1. Over the course of her career, she has held various production and outreach roles on award-winning documentaries including 39 Pounds of Love, To Die in Jerusalem, 51 Birch Street and American Teen. Katie co-produced After the Storm, a nonprofit theater and film project that used art to revitalize the lives of young people in post-Katrina New Orleans, and directed, produced and shot UR Life Online for A&E Classroom, which explored sexual solicitation and cyber bullying and received an Emmy nomination for Single Camera Editing. In 2010, she and her husband, Nelson, co-founded television and film production company Rescued Media. Brooklyn Castle, Katie’s feature directorial debut, has received support from IFP Independent Film Week 2010, Chicken & Egg Films and the Fledgling Fund.
Nelson Dellamaggiore editor / producer
is a three-time Emmy Award Nominee in the field of editing, most notably for Single Camera Editing on A&E’s “Your Life Online”. He was also nominated for his work on “Super Bowl XLI” as well as the “Wizard at 95” for ESPN. He’s worked on a wide variety of formats, from Comedy Centrals “Chappell’s Show” to MTV’s “TRL” to “The Tony Awards” and even “The Beijing Olympic Games”. Nelson is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.
Brian Schulz director of photography / producer
is a three-time New York Emmy Award winning cinematographer for Major League Baseball Productions. As one of MLB’s lead cinematographers he is dispatched across the country to capture the game’s most dramatic images. A veteran of numerous All Star games and World Series his creativity behind the film and HD camera can be found in network promos and specials, World Series DVDs and the EMMY winning YES Yankeeography series. Brian is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.
Kali Holloway outreach director
is the Outreach Director for Brooklyn Castle, and a freelance writer who works with up-and-coming filmmakers to help with branding and messaging. She writes music and audiobook reviews for the Prefix music blog, Rhapsody, eMusic, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the NoisePop Festival and many others. Previously, she served as speechwriter for a New York City Commissioner and was Deputy Director of Communications for the New York State court system. She currently writes Promotional Copy for the DFA Records label, sings in a band called Easy Lover and maintains a comedic blog about the things she would do for one million dollars.
Robert McLellan executive producer
Robert is a senior marketing professional with more than 30 years in entertainment, consumer products/services and nonprofit sectors in Canada and the United States. His clients have included top 10 recording artists and major record labels as well as publishers, film studios, Internet companies and advertising agencies. He has worked on campaigns for Michael Jackson, the NFL and Fortune 500 companies including Pepsi, producing a 13-week, internationally distributed sports television series, two feature length sports videos, comedy and music recordings, major concerts, and nonprofit events.
Neal Flaherty co-executive producer
Neal has been working in music, television and feature films for more than 10 years. He began his career as an assistant to then Chairman, CEO, COO and President of Sony Music Worldwide, Tommy Mottola. After two years at Sony, Flaherty began working in television for Spike TV and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He then transitioned into the world of feature films, working for production companies LivePlanet and Benderspink. Flaherty worked on The Butterfly Effect, American Wedding, Monster In Law, Red Eye, Just Friends and Golden Globe Best Picture nominee A History of Violence. He is attached to producing and selling scripts to Dreamworks, Paramont, Dark Castle, Bold, and Lionsgate.
Le Castle Film Works co-executive producer
Le Castle Film Works is the film production group of Le Castle, a production company created in 2011 by Grammy-nominated artist John Forte and Christophe Charlier, the Chairman of the Board of the soon to be Brooklyn Nets and a director of Barclays Center, the future home arena of the Nets in Brooklyn. In addition to film, Le Castle is also involved in the production of music and other creative projects. Le Castle’s Brian Satz scored the music soundtrack of Brooklyn Castle.
