Robert John Celestino is an American film producer, screenwriter, editor and film director. He is best known for his films such as ''Mr. Vincent'' and ''Yonkers Joe''.
Films
''Mr. Vincent'' premiered at the 1997
Sundance Film Festival
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. It won the Critics' Award for best film at the
Scermi di Amore Film Festival and the Best Dramatic Feature Award at the
Long Island Film Festival.
In 2008 Celestino wrote and directed ''Yonkers Joe''
which stars
Chazz Palminteri,
Christine Lahti,
Tom Guiry,
Linus Roache
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and
Michael Lerner. The film tells the story of a dice
hustler whose determination to make one last grab in Vegas is complicated by the reappearance of his estranged son into his life. ''Yonkers Joe'' premiered at the 2008
Tribeca Film Festival
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and is distributed by
Mark Cuban
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's
Magnolia Pictures.
''
Leave'', a psychological thriller starring Frank John Hughes, Rick Gomez, Vinessa Shaw,
Bryan Cranston
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and Ron Livingston was released in 2010.
Robert's films also include ''No Promises'', ''X-Factor – Portrait of a Stuntman'' and ''Stone's Law''. In television, he wrote and directed the pilot episode for ''Alternate Realities''.
References
External links
NY TimesMSN
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Living people
Film producers from Michigan
American film editors
Year of birth missing (living people)