Anthony C. Ferrante is an American

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, producer, and

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, known for directing the ''

Sharknado ''Sharknado'' is a 2013 American made-for-television science fiction comedy disaster film directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. It tells about a waterspout that lifts sharks out of the ocean and deposits them in Los Angeles. It is the first install ...

'' 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, United States. It was established in 1974 and is part of the Contra Costa Community College District. LMC also has had an extension in Brentwood since 1998 ca ...

. 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 (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is part of the Califor ...

. 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''. Bi ...

. He also formed the band Quint with actor / musician

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

. 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 ''

Fangoria ''Fangoria'' is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979. It is published four times a year by Fangoria Publishing, LLC and is edited by Phil Nobile Jr. The magazine was originally released i ...

''.

Filmography

References

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