Anthony C. Ferrante is an American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

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, and

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, known for directing the '' Sharknado'' series, the 2017 thriller ''Forgotten Evil'' and the 2005 ghost story '' Boo'', which was his feature film writing and directing debut.

Career

Ferrante grew up in Antioch, California. When he was attending

Antioch High School Antioch High School is a public high school located in Antioch, California, United States. It is located at 700 West 18th Street between G and L streets. It is a comprehensive high school for grades 9-12. There are about 120 teachers, and 20 mai ...

, he took a film studies class at

Los Medanos College Los Medanos College (LMC) is a public community college in Pittsburg, California. Established in 1974, LMC has an extension in Brentwood and is part of the Contra Costa Community College District. History The name, meaning "inland sand dune ...

. His first film was shot at the El Campanil Theatre. He would later get his bachelor arts degree in film studies at

San Francisco State San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...

. In addition to his film career, he has written a comic, ''

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vs. Sharknado'', which is a tie-in to '' Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!'' and is illustrated by

Dan Parent Dan Parent is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his work for Archie Comics. He has illustrated Love Showdown, Felix the Cat, Barbie, Disney Adventures, and with Fernando Ruiz, created the comic series ''Die Kitty Die''. Biog ...

. He also formed the band Quint with actor / musician

Robbie Rist Robbie Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for playing Cousin Oliver in '' The Brady Bunch'', Martin in '' Grady'' and "Little John" in ''Big John, Little John''. Rist is also known for voicing assorted characters in ...

. They have written and performed songs for every ''Sharknado'' movie including the theme song "(The Ballad of) Sharknado". Before moving to movies full-time, Ferrante was the editor-in-chief of (the now defunct) ''Cinescape'' magazine and a writer for ''

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''.

Filmography

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) San Francisco State University alumni People from Antioch, California Horror film directors Film directors from California American people of Italian descent Antioch High School alumni {{US-film-director-stub