DEBORAH GIARRATANA - Producer

Over the last 20 years Deborah has been in the entertainment business at the forefront of the emerging high-end visual effects and animation industry. She began building film business for Pacific Data Images which went on to become Dreamworks Animation. She then went to work with James Cameron's company, Digital Domain and billed millions of dollars in revenue up through the release of TITANIC.

Deborah is currently producing THE MACHINE GUN PREACHER, starring Gerard Butler, with Marc Forster directing. She sold the life rights to the Rev. Sam Childers story and oversaw the publishing of his book, ANOTHER MAN'S WAR, about Sam's life and present work in Africa. Sam is a former biker gang member who is courageously rescuing orphaned children, some of them child soldiers, from the war-torn rebel territory of Sudan. Principal photography begins in July with Lionsgate distributing.

As a producer with Susana Zepeda, she is currently in active development on THE SURROGATE at Twentieth Century Fox with Paul Verhoeven directing, as well as SOPHIE TUCKER at Sony Pictures Animation. Deborah is also developing 90 CHURCH with Lorenzo DiBonaventura Pictures, which is based on the true life story of a rookie agent in a special ops agency formed to stop drugs at any cost in the early years of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics before the DEA was formed.

Deborah is now going on her 8th year producing & managing film business for Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPIDERMAN franchise, I AM LEGEND, WATCHMAN, G-FORCE and ALICE IN WONDERLAND), one of the leading visual effects and animation companies in the world. She's had a rewarding experience working with such filmmakers as Sam Raimi, Zack Snyder, Tim Burton among others.


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RAY GIARRATANA - Writer/Director

Ray and his challenging Italian name (go ahead, try it "Jer - a - tanna", it just looks harder than it sounds) have been a staple in the commercial industry for the last 20 years. He began as a supervising director in award-winning visual effects for Michael Jackson music videos and other high-end commercial campaigns while at Pacific Data Images which later became Dreamworks Animation.

After PDI, Ray landed a creative role supervising and directing commercials at James Cameron's company, Digital Domain where he was the driving force behind many top commercial campaigns. While at DD, he also directed the the $26 million, 70mm event film "Artist's Journey: Funk Blast" for Paul Allen's Experience Music Project in Seattle.

In 2002, while Ray was visual effects supervising for studios such as Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Pictures, he joined Limbo Films as a director to broaden his horizons and pursue more performance based work. His credits include spots for Aflac, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Hallmark, Ikea, Pontiac, Frito-Lay, Mercedes-Benz, Gatorade, Carnival Cruise Lines and many others.

In 2005, Ray's first screenplay, a romantic comedy entitled CUBAN SANDWICH, attracted the attention of Andy Garcia & James Franco. His ability to capture young characters led to his adaptation of John A. Ritter's classic book, THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL. Inspired by his early musical aspirations, last summer he wrote the original screenplay GLORY DAYZ, about a soccer dad that ends up with the biggest pop band on the planet, garnering him representation by Monterio Rose Dravis Agency. Ray's most recent screenplay is an adaptation of award-winning author, Kate DiCamillo's early book, THE TIGER RISING.

Ray's most recent writing project is the true story of Jaco Pastorius, the world's greatest bass player who's magnificent career, marred by mental illness, was tragically cut short.

In between his writing and directing, Ray has consulted on Wes Anderson's THE LIFE AQUATIC, David O. Russell's I HEART HUCKABEES, and FUN WITH DICK & JANE.

Creatives love his truly collaborative working style while producers love his problem solving abilities and years of experience working with the most demanding clients. Ray brings a strong visual style to his storytelling and a honed skill at working with talent to all his work.

Ray has won numerous awards for his work, including Clios, AICP awards, and national Emmy's