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HEIDI JO MARKEL'S FILMOGRAPHY

LOVELACE

Story of Linda Lovelace, infamous star of DEEP THROAT, as she is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her abusive husband.

Year: 2012
Genre: Biopic
Writer: Merritt Johnson and Andy Bellin
Director: Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman
Producers: Heidi Jo Markel, Jason Weinberg, and Laura Rister

Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, James Franco, Wes Bentley, Juno Temple, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sharon Stone, Eric Roberts, Hank Azaria, and Robert Patrick

PLAYING THE FIELD

A former professional athlete with a weak past tries to redeem himself by coaching his son's soccer team, only to find himself unable to resist when in scoring position with his players' restless and gorgeous moms.

Year: 2012
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Producers: Gerard Butler, Kevin Mischer, Jonathan Mostow, Alan Siegel, and Heidi Jo Markel
Exective Producers: Avi Lerner, Ed Cathell III, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short
Writer: Robbie Fox

Cast: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta Jones, Judy Greer, Uma Thurman

TRUST

A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Year: 2010
Genre: Drama
Director: David Schwimmer
Producers: Robert Greenhut, Heidi Jo Markel, and David Schwimmer
Exective Producers: Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Trevor Short
Writer: Andy Bellin

Cast: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato and Viola Davis


SOLITARY MAN

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

Year: 2010
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Brian Koppelman & David Levien
Producers: Steven Soderbergh, Paul Schiff, and Heidi Jo Markel
Exective Producers: Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Joe Gatta
Writer: Brian Koppelman

Cast: Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Imogen Poots, and Danny DeVito


ivansxtc IVANS XTC.
Tagline: There's a fine line between success and excess

Ivan Beckman, Hollywood's most sought after talent agent, the darling and crown prince of La-La Land is dead. How and why did it happen? Was it drugs, murder or excess, or perhaps something altogether more mundane?

Year: 2000
Genre: Drama
Writer/Director: Bernard Rose
Executive Producers: Kenneth Enos,Lisa Henson, Stephen Nemeth, Cat Villiers
Producer: Lisa Enos
Co-Producers: Heidi Jo Markel
Cast: Danny Huston, Peter Weller, Lisa Enos, Valeria Golina, Angela Featherstone, Tiffany Thiessen, Heidi Jo Markel.
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ALICIA'S BOOK

A mysterious book delivered to a famous New York editor sends her spiraling down a road of kidnapping, blackmail and manipulation where not everything, or everyone, are what they seem.

Year: 2011
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Writers: George Hickenlooper and Paul Donohoe
Director: George Hickenlooper


THE CORRESPONDENT
Tagline: Every four years, Americans go to the polls... this year it won't matter.

This exhilarating story revolves around a highly recognizable news journalist, KATE LEELAND, who becomes embroiled in the intrigue of an assassination attempt on the President mere days before the election. As KATE unravels the mystery of the attempt, she becomes a target for unsavory political forces and must solve the puzzle in order to exonerate herself and for justice to prevail.

Genre: Political Thriller
Director: TBD
Writer: J-Michael Cabosky


CENSUS TAKER
Tagline: Every Body Counts.

A Census Taker questions a wealthy New York City Couple and their neighbor friends in their luxury apartment, and finds a body in the bathtub, At first the two couples there deny knowing the victim but it is slowly revealed that they each have contributed to the man's death. And the Census Taker may not be who we think he is.

Genre: Suspense / Thriller
Director: Frank Whaley
Writer: Geoffrey & Nelson Williams


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AS GOOD AS DEAD

Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible. But the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist.

Genre: 2008
Director: Jonathan Mossek
Writers: Jonathan Mossek, Eve Pomerance and Erez Mossek
Producers: Heidi Jo Markel, Jordan Gertner, and Eve Pomerance
Co-Producers: Jennielyn Abrot, John Yarincik and Nick Allan
Cast: Andie MacDowell, Cary Elwes, Frank Whaley, Brian Cox, Matt Dallas, and Jess Weixler


MY MOM'S NEW BOYFRIEND (formal Homeland Security)

A federal agent is forced to spy on his mother and the man she is dating in order to stop him from pulling off a major art heist.

Year: 2007
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: George Gallo
Producers: Avi Lerner, Heidi Jo Markel, Richy Salvatore, Julie Gallo
Executive Producers: Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, Mick Flannigan, Equity Pictures
Co-Producers: Nick Allan
Writer: George Gallo
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, Selma Blair

 

 
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z
Tagline: Becoming Cool is a Deadly Game.

Tim Kearney, a 3-strike Loser is handed a "get-out-of-jail-free" card when he agrees to impersonate the infamous laguna beach drug dealer Bobby Z and assist the DEA in a hostage swap. When the trade goes terribly awry, Tim finds himself on the run with Bobby Z's small son in tow, dodging bullets from drug-king pins, Hell's Angels, and the DEA. Tim must unravel the mystery of Bobby Z in order to get out alive.

Year: 2006
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Herzfeld
Producers: Heidi Jo Markel, Keith Samples, Matt Luber, Peter Schlessel
Executive Producers: Manfried D. Heid, Gerd Koechlin, Josef Lautenschlager, Andreas Thiesmeyer, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short
Writer: Henry Bean
Cast: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Lewis, Olivia Wilde, Tracey Walter, Jason Fleming, Jacob Vargas, Jaoquim de Almeida

THE TENANTS
Tagline: Two novelists try to finish their latest books.

On the top floor of an abandoned tenement, Harry Lesser struggles to complete the novel he has been writing for almost ten years. Then Willie Spearmint, black militant and aspiring writer, moves into another part of the building to work on his own book.

Year: 2005
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Danny Green
Producers: Heidi Jo Markel, Lati Grobman, Randall Emmett, Holly Wiersma, Chris Bongirne, Avi Lerner
Executive Producers: Manfried D. Heid, Gerd Koechlin, Josef Lautenschlager, Andreas Thiesmeyer, John McAdams
Writer: David Diamond, Danny Green
Cast: Dylan McDermott, Snoop Dogg, Rose Byrne.

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BLIND HORIZON
Tagline: The enemy in me

Frank, a man who loses his memory after being shot in small desert town in New Mexico. As he tries to retrace his steps and figure out his true identity, Frank believes he may be part of a plot to assasinate the president.

Year: 2005
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Haussman
Producers: Randall Emmett, Heidi Jo Markel, Vincent Newman,Tucker Tooley
Executive Producers: Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, George Furla,Nancy Lanham, Avi Lerner, Dale Poniewaz, Trevor Short,J.C. Spink, John Thompson, M. Dal Walton III
Writer: F. Paul Benz, Steve Tomlin
Cast: Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard, Amy Smart, Faye Dunaway, Gil Bellows.

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THE AREOLA
Tagline: The Easy Way to Turn a Buck!

Michael and Cynthia thought they had found the perfect neighborhood to start a family; and then they met "Cynthia", the neighbor from hell.

Year: 2001
Genre: Comedy Short
Director: Kate Connor, Michael Oblowitz
Producers: Heidi Jo Markel, Sabrina LaBow, Kate Connor, Andy Hirsch
Writer: Kate Connor
Cast: Kate Connor, Heidi Jo Markel, Andy Hirsch, Maz Jobrani, Bobby Bell, Camille Allik

SUBMERGED
Tagline: He found the enemy... on the wrong side.

Chris Kody, the world's best mercenary, is freed from prison -- but there's a catch. Kody must use his lethal weapons and fighting skills to stop a group of terrorists who have taken over a nuclear sub.

Year: 2005
Genre: Suspense / Thriller
Director: Anthony Hickox
Producers: Steven Seagal, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Paul De Souza, Avi Lerner, Heidi Jo Markel.
Writer: Anthony Hickox, Paul de Souza
Cast: Steven Seagal, Christine Adams, William Hope