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Adrian Picardi | |
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| Born | April 1987 (age 37) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,cinematographer and screenwriter |
Adrian Picardi (born April 1987) is an American filmmaker originally from South Pasadena, California. Picardi graduated fromSouth Pasadena High School in 2005, and went on to graduate from theLos Angeles Film School in 2006. His professional career began after creating the television seriesThe Resistance for the STARZ / SyFy Network. The series was produced bySam Raimi'sGhost House Pictures. Currently, Picardi runs a production company named Aureus Grex, based out ofGlendale, California and is represented under Brawler.[1] Picardi has helmed commercial spots forPlayStation,Microsoft,Xbox, andTom Clancy'sThe Division.
Picardi graduated from theLos Angeles Film School in 2006 at the age of 19 and jumped into the industry as an editor for Television. Picardi continued to pursue his directing career by independently producing his own projects. In 2007, Picardi created a short film called "His Day to Remember," which was the Grand Prize Winner in the Cinematic Film2Music online competition. Using the raw, percussive chant-driven track "Steel & Sky," he created a visually compelling drama about a young man who is apparently a suicide bomber.
The film was also screened at theSundance Film Festival 2007[2] and got him featured on MTVu.com as "Best Filmmaker on Campus" in December 2007.[3] Additionally, In 2007, he won the "Audience Award" for Myspace'sJohn Woo Film Tribute contest for theChow Yun-fat videogame "Stranglehold".[4][non-primary source needed] For his second short, "His Final Hit", it placed into the top ten finalists of the IFC Film "Assassin's Creed" Film Contest.[5]
Soon after, Picardi and his team created a low-budget web series called "The Resistance"[6] which started off as 4 short online teasers featured onYouTube.[7] Before filming the actual web show, the series was picked up bySam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures[8] andStarz Media, after executives atStarz and Ghost House viewed "The Resistance" teasers online.[9][10] The web show aired on October 4, 2010, on theSyFy channel as a one-hour television pilot along with being released in its original 8 episodic form oniTunes,Xbox Live, and thePlayStation Network.[11] "The Resistance" is executive produced byBen Ketai, Scott Bayless, Scott Rogers, with producers Aaron Lam, and Associate ProducerDon Le.[12][13][14] The pilot will reportedly make history, as it's the first time a series created originally for the web will first premiere on television.[15][16][17]
Picardi won theUniversal Music /Decca Records online music video contest hosted by Talenthouse,[18] for the band ERA, .[19] He also took home the Grand Prize award forthe New York Times best-selling authorScott Sigler’s "Ancestor" film contest.[20] He also wrapped two more music videos, one for the band Automatic Love Letter[21][22] andSony Music Entertainment /Epic Records, and another for the band Evans Blue.[23]
In 2012, Picardi and Airsoft GI created a fan film based on the videogame seriesLeft 4 Dead. Within 4 days of releasing the initial teaser, the clip amassed over 2.5 million views and massive buzz online,[24][25][26][27] including outlets such as PC Gamer,[28] Complex,[29] Game Informer,[30] and Valve (creators of the game itself).[31]
In early 2013, Picardi created the production company Aureus Grex[32] alongside his long time best friend, Sunny Jain.
In 2016, Aureus Grex andCorridor Digital teamed up to release a series of live-action spots forUbisoft andTom Clancy's The Division entitledAgent Origins. Picardi directed, shot, and edited three of the four episodes titledEscape,Ashes, andConspiracies.[33]
Currently, Picardi is developing two feature films, as well as a project withWarner Brother's digital arm, Blue Ribbon Content.[34]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | His Day To Remember (short film) | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2007 | His Final Fight (John Woo Stranglehold game contest "Audience Award" winner) | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2007 | His Final Hit (Top 10 Finalist in IFC "Assassin's Creed" Contest) | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2009 | Makeup Smeared Eyes (music video) - Automatic Love Letter | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2010 | Erase My Scars (music video) - Evans Blue | Director, writer, Cinematographer, editor | |
| 2010 | The Resistance Series | Director, Story By | |
| 2012 | Left 4 Dead (film) | Director, editor | |
| 2014 | Playstation "DriveClub" TV spot | Director | |
| 2016 | LemonCove TV-Mini Series | Director / Creator | |
| 2016 | Tom Clancy's The Division: Agent Origins | Director | |
| 2016 | "Rush: Inspired by Battlefield" | Cinematographer | |
| 2017 | Lifeline | Cinematographer | |
| 2018 | ROT - Silent Hill (short film) | Director |