EXCLUSIVE 〉Kanak Management has signed the award-winning writer/director.
Jon Kanak and Kanak Management have signed award-winning writer/director Francisco Lorite. Lorite is known for his multiple award-winning no-budget/no-crew short Cuco Cuco Gomez is Dead, which screened over one hundred and fifty times in the U.S. alone, was sold for broadcast, and earned him industry attention. The short also won five best-of awards, including the highly-regarded Imagen Award for Best Theatrical Short, Best Edited Short at the Manhattan Short Film Festival, Best Cine Latino at the DC Film Festival, and a Special Jury Honor at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
This success has led to Lorite to land multiple writing and directing assignments, as well as to continue creating his own material, such as his dark thriller Fierce. A throwback to his childhood love of character-driven genre, Lorite’s writing also draws from real experiences, as his script Random is a fictionalized account of the random stabbing that almost cost him his life.
Most recently, Lorite received a 2014 “Best Theatrical Short” Imagen Award nomination for his crime/drama Meditation, which stars Freddy Rodríguez (Six Feet Under, Planet Terror, Night Shift) and Marley Shelton (Sin City, Scream 4). The short is the first produced under Lorite’s company Top Rebel Productions, which he formed with Rodríguez and producer Bill Winett. The film, which centers on a divorce mediation gone terribly wrong, was licensed for broadcast and is playing in European festivals after a very successful run on the US circuit.
Currently, Lorite is currently developing the television series Sideshow for Virgin Produced and Arcana Comics, and is writing the high-concept action/thriller Cargo.
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