Marc Fusco is an American film director, screenwriter and film editor known for ''

Stealing Time ''Stealing Time'', originally titled ''Rennie's Landing'', is a 2001 coming-of-age drama film involving the reuniting of four college friends, each of them now dealing with their own problems. They ultimately come up with a solution: rob a bank. ...

'', ''

My Uncle Rafael ''My Uncle Rafael'' is a 2012 film directed by Marc Fusco. The screenplay was written by Scott Yagemann and Vahik Pirhamzei, based on Pirhamzei's play ''Rafael Keroo Gandzere''. Plot A desperate TV producer convinces an old Armenian Uncle to s ...

'', and ''

The Samuel Project ''The Samuel Project'' is a 2018 family comedy drama film directed by Marc Fusco and written by Fusco, Chris Neighbors and Steven Mark. The film stars Hal Linden, Ryan Ochoa and was shot in San Diego, California. Plot A high school teen reconne ...

''.

Life and career

Fusco was born to Nicola Fusco, an Italian immigrant, and Jane Fusco, and grew up in

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster ( ) is a city in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, eighth-most populous ci ...

. He graduated from

Hempfield High School Hempfield High School is a public senior high school located in Salunga-Landisville, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves both East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania, East and West Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania, West Hempfield townships and ...

in 1989 and

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

in 1993. After working as production assistant at

Amblin Entertainment Amblin' Entertainment, Inc., formerly named Amblin Productions, is an American film production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg, and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1980. Its headquarters are lo ...

, Fusco was handpicked by

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to work closely as the director’s personal assistant in 1997. For over five years, he assisted the Spielberg on the films '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', ''Amistad'', ''

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller ( Tom Hanks) ...

.'' During his tenure with Spielberg, Fusco and co-writer Chris Perkins sold the screenplay ''The Reel Killers'' to Dreamworks. Fusco also directed the short film ''The Interview'' that premiered at the 1998

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. He edited the suspense film ''Burn'' starring

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and

Suki Waterhouse Alice Suki Waterhouse (born 5 January 1992) is an English actress, singer, and model. Waterhouse began a career in modelling at the age of 16, and she went on to model for several major fashion labels such as Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger (company), ...

, ''Confession'' starring

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, the vampire horror-comedy ''

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'' starring

Thomas Jane Thomas Jane (born Thomas Elliott III; February 22, 1969) is an American actor. Born and raised in Maryland, Jane's film career started with the Telugu-language romantic comedy '' Padamati Sandhya Ragam'' (1987). His other early films included ...

and

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, '' Dig'' starring

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and Thomas Jane, and ''The Samuel Project'' starring

Hal Linden Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, March 20, 1931) is an American stage and screen actor, television director and musician. Linden began his career as a big band musician and singer in the 1950s. After a stint in the United States Army, he began ...

and

Ryan Ochoa Ryan Ochoa (born May 17, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Lanny on the Disney XD (United States), Disney XD series ''Pair of Kings'', and for his recurring role of Chuck Chambers on the Nickelodeon (TV channel), Ni ...

. Fusco later launched the production company Nico Nazar Creative with filmmaker Vahik Pirhamzei.

2012-2019

In 2012, ''

'' was released theatrically earning over $230,000 at the box office. Prior to ''My Uncle Rafael'', Fusco directed and co-wrote the ''

'', a film he said took about five years to complete. In 2016, Fusco co-founded the Drive Hope Foundation with the mission to expand the minds of underserved youth to consider careers outside of their own difficult circumstances. He was engaged to guitarist

Malina Moye Malina Moye (born August 20, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, lefty guitarist, model, actress, and entrepreneur, who fuses pop, rock, and soul. As a lefty, Moye draws comparisons to Jimi Hendrix, but plays her guitars flipped upside-do ...

in 2017. By 2018, ''

'' was purchased for worldwide distribution. The film was released theatrically in over 80 cities from 2018–2019 through the theatrical distribution company in8 Releasing that Fusco co-founded in 2018.

Filmography

Film

References

External links

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Nico Nazar Creative
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