Saturn Award Winner, Luke Hemsworth Starring, ENCOUNTER, Directed by Paul Salamoff; S2 E13
12/29/22 • 65 min
Award-winning filmmaker Paul J Salamoff has been working for over 30 years in Film, TV, Video Games and Commercials as a Writer, Producer, Director, Executive, Comic Creator, Storyboard Artist and Make-Up FX Artist.
Salamoff is the author of ON THE SET: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette (Now in its 4th Edition) and the graphic novels Discord, Tales of Discord, Hired Guns, Logan’s Run and issues of Vincent Price Presents. His short stories and essays have been included in acclaimed anthologies including MIDIAN UNMADE: Tales From Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and THE CYBERPUNK NEXUS: Exploring The Blade Runner Universe and he is a two-time Bram Stoker Award Nominee.
Salamoff teaches screenwriting at THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY and made his feature-film directorial debut with ENCOUNTER, a multi award-winning Sci-Fi/Drama based on his original screenplay that stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Cheryl Texiera and Tom Atkins. ENCOUNTER won “Best Independent Film” at The 46th Annual SATURN Awards.
Official Website: www.paulsalamoff.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/paul.salamoff
Twitter: @PaulSalamoff
Mastodon: @PaulSalamoff
Credits Include...
Encounter starring Luke Hemsworth
Cemetery Gates starring Greg Nicotero
The Last Breath... starring Sandra Ha
Ultraman starring Bill Mumy
EXECUTIVE
V.P. of Production (BOLD Films) - Legion, Bobby, Starship Troopers: Marauder
V.P. of Production (David Lancaster Prod.) - Wes Craven’s The Breed, Hollow Man 2
WRITER
Encounter
Alien Siege
The St. Francisville Experiment
SPECIAL MAKE-UP FX
Secondhand Lions
Scary Movie 2
Me, Myself & Irene
There’s Something About Mary
Batman & Robin
Ed Wood
Critters 3 & 4
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Music is Snowbound by Dennis Mitcheltree
Episode still image is from the movie Encounter, starring Luke Hemsworth, cinematographer Denton Adkinson, and EPK producer Cody Taft.
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Award-winning filmmaker Paul J Salamoff has been working for over 30 years in Film, TV, Video Games and Commercials as a Writer, Producer, Director, Executive, Comic Creator, Storyboard Artist and Make-Up FX Artist.
Salamoff is the author of ON THE SET: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette (Now in its 4th Edition) and the graphic novels Discord, Tales of Discord, Hired Guns, Logan’s Run and issues of Vincent Price Presents. His short stories and essays have been included in acclaimed anthologies including MIDIAN UNMADE: Tales From Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and THE CYBERPUNK NEXUS: Exploring The Blade Runner Universe and he is a two-time Bram Stoker Award Nominee.
Salamoff teaches screenwriting at THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY and made his feature-film directorial debut with ENCOUNTER, a multi award-winning Sci-Fi/Drama based on his original screenplay that stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Cheryl Texiera and Tom Atkins. ENCOUNTER won “Best Independent Film” at The 46th Annual SATURN Awards.
Official Website: www.paulsalamoff.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/paul.salamoff
Twitter: @PaulSalamoff
Mastodon: @PaulSalamoff
Credits Include...
Encounter starring Luke Hemsworth
Cemetery Gates starring Greg Nicotero
The Last Breath... starring Sandra Ha
Ultraman starring Bill Mumy
EXECUTIVE
V.P. of Production (BOLD Films) - Legion, Bobby, Starship Troopers: Marauder
V.P. of Production (David Lancaster Prod.) - Wes Craven’s The Breed, Hollow Man 2
WRITER
Encounter
Alien Siege
The St. Francisville Experiment
SPECIAL MAKE-UP FX
Secondhand Lions
Scary Movie 2
Me, Myself & Irene
There’s Something About Mary
Batman & Robin
Ed Wood
Critters 3 & 4
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Music is Snowbound by Dennis Mitcheltree
Episode still image is from the movie Encounter, starring Luke Hemsworth, cinematographer Denton Adkinson, and EPK producer Cody Taft.
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Teen Titans starring Judge Reinhold
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