From acquisition thru deliverables, we have built teams for hundred of projects in the US and Europe.
Our growing roster of talented Producers, Directors, DP’s, Editors and Writers represent a global network of dedicated professionals.
We navigate the process of financing independent films via debt, equity, pre-sales, incentives and co-productions. We work with multiple distribution platforms in a rapidly evolving media distribution landscape.
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FILMS
Hungary, 1944 - The main character is an old shepherd, who lives alone on a ranch. After his daughter is killed by Nazis, he decides in his grief to save as many Jewish lives as possible. Very little is said about those people who lived a simple life and were not forced to take part in WWII, but whose empathy and selflessness did not allow staying passive in the midst of Nazi terror. They made the decision to help Jewish people stay alive, even if this meant risking everything they had, including their own lives. This film is dedicated to these unsung heroes and their selfless sacrifices for mankind.
Hungarian director László Illés began making independent films when he was 13-years-old and has continued his passion for film to present day. Currently, he is directing films and working as 1st Assistant Director in Hungarian features, international films, commercials and music videos.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Executive Producers
Ramin Fathie
Taylor Re Lynn
Franklin Eugene
Jackson McClurg
Producers
László Illés
Roy McClurg
Mitchell Speers
Zsuzsanna Fülöp-Biri
Cinematography
Gergely Tóth
Art Direction
Kata Kustos
Editor
László Illés
Intergalactic Productions in association with
Viceroy Films
“...leans into the harsh realities of the time as opposed to providing heroic optimism.”
Billy Baldwin narrates this compelling exposé of Iceland’s brutal and tragic whaling industry. The film reveals the country’s defiant & illegal commercial whale handing against a backdrop of greed, what-watch tourism and fierce nationalism.
In 2013, Jonny Zwick, a California based filmmaker, was informed that endangered Fin whales and Minke whales were being slaughtered for commercial gain in Iceland. Shocked and baffled by the continued practice, he quit his job, rented out his apartment and moved to Iceland to produce this film. His uncle, Hardy Jones, an award-winning marine life filmmaker, inspired Jonny to make Breach.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Executive Producers
Ramin Fathie
Michael Rosen
Producers
Jonny Zwick
Kevin Carvel
DP/Director
Jonny Zwick
Editor
Ken Duke
A Production of Viceroy Films, Side Door Productions, and August Road Entertainment
“Breach provides a rare and intriguing look at Iceland’s controversial whaling industry.”
The Sky Below is a contemporary portrait of the fallout from the 1947 Partition of the India which resulted in the creation of Pakistan. As told by Partition survivors, historians, politicians and bureaucrats, ordinary folk, a former terrorist, royalty and others…from both sides of the lingering political divide.
Sarah Singh was born in Patiala, Punjab, India and moved to the US in 1974. She is an award-winning film Artist and has completed two feature-length films, several short film works, and is in the development of a third feature film. Sarah has worked in the film and TV industry for over a decade. Prior to that she exhibited paintings, drawings and photography. Starting from her first solo show in 1996 at the Prithvi Gallery in Juhu, Bombay, her work has been privately collected. She is on the Board of Advisors for Sindhi Voices Project and The Journal for Ethnic and Migration Studies.
(from The New School India China Institute)
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
DP/Director/Editor
Sarah Singh
Narrator
Sanjna Kapoor
A Production of Temporary Passenger, Usha Intl., and Viceroy Films.
“A contemporary retelling of the myth and reality of Partition. A reclamation of the past by the present generation to move towards resolution and thus redemption.”
Selected for over 15 International Film Festivals with Premieres in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kathmandu and Karachi. The film has been screened at events hosted by New America, the South Asian Women’s Creative Collection, the Foreign Policy Association, the UCLA International Institute, the Carnegie Endowment the Commonwealth Club among others. For screening and appearances, please visit sarahsingh.com
The Forbidden Kingdom of Mustang, a remote region of northwestern Nepal, is a last refuge for traditional Tibetan Buddhist and nomadic culture. Nestled in the Himalayas at an average altitude of 13,000 fee, its people experience extreme sun exposure and suffer one of the highest rates of cataract blindness in the world. Visions of Mustang follows an expedition to Upper Mustang to provide surgical eye clinics and to restore eyesight.
Daniel Byers is an award-winning total-filmmaker. From trapping snow leopards in war-torn Afghanistan to bike-trekking a thousand miles in the tracks of a wolf, he's an expert hand at expedition logistics and inspired storytelling on land, sea, and air.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Executive Producers
Scott W. Hamilton
Producers
Joey Brunelle
Director
Daniel Byers
Editors
Daniel Byers & Peter Lee
A Production of Skyship Films, Viceroy Films and the Dooley Foundation
“...an inspirational recording of monks working with doctors to venture into remote lands to test vision and give treatment to people who live in areas so isolated that they never leave for medical care. Watching elderly people’s vision restored is awe-inspiring.
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A young land developer returns to his childhood home in the Chinese countryside for the first time in a decade with the hopes of convincing his stubborn father to sell the family plum orchard.
Kelly Yu is a Swedish-born, New Orleans raised, Chinese-American writer and director. Her work is driven by a deep fascination with finding humanity in the absurd, as well as exploring complex familial relationships and cultural identity often through an "East-meets-West" lens. Her short films have screened at film festivals around the world, with her most recent short Plum Town winning the Grand Jury Award at Boston Independent Film Festival, the Crested Butte Film Festival, the NFFTY New Talent Award for 'Best Director Under 25," and premiering online on the renowned platform Short of the Week. The feature screenplay of the same name holds on a rare "9" on the Black List, and has awarded her finalist in the WGA Michael Collyer Screenwriting Fellowship, the Black List Feature Lab, and the Sundance Development Lab. Kelly holds a B.F.A from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and is based in LA.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Starring: Richard Ouyang & Jeff Chen
Executive Producers
Jason Michael Berman
Co-Producers
Thomas Percy Kim
Jonathan Chan
Associate Producer
Ramin André Fathie
Cinematography
Philips Shum
Art Direction
Justine Chen
Editor
Stephen Pfeil
“...even though this film is about a Chinese family told entirely in Mandarin, I feel nostalgic for a place I’ve never been, for foods I’ve never eaten, and for people I’ve never known.”
Cutout stars legendary singer Al Martino in his first film since The Godfather and Robert Funaro of the acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. When Sal Stevens (Martino), a once-famous Italian-American crooner, learns his estranged son, Michael (Robert Funaro), has put the family home up for sale, Sal decides to sneak into the house, climb into the pool and refuse to get out….In 2006 Cutout appeared as part of the Cannes International Short Film Corner during the Cannes Film Festival.
Marc Cantone is filmmaker, screenwriter and songwriter whose work specializes in quirky comedy, verité documentary and catchy songs. He has written for networks like Nickelodeon Studios, NBC Universal and Baby First TV. He’s also an award winning documentary filmmaker with an eye for off-beat characters and subcultures that yield incredible human stories.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Writer/Director
Marc Cantone
Executive Producers
Brad Keene
Ramin Fathie
Producers
Robert Yula
Joshua Cohen
DP/Director
Ramin Fathie
Editor
Ramin Fathie and Marc Cantone
A Production of Oracle Entertainment in association with Viceroy Films
“An ingeniously done film.”
Shot using time-lapse photography on 16 mm film over a period of six years, Ted Ciesielski's My Empire keeps a solitary watch over the Empire State Building, conjuring up impressions of both the human ingenuity that built it and the human excess that it represents.
With an M.A. in Cinematography from the Lodz Film Academy, Ted Ciesielski has worked on documentaries throughout Europe and China for public television and gallery installations. He specializes in stop animation and time-lapse photography. His collaborators include Maysles Films, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and Ron Fricke. He is currently working on a feature with Sinnel Sandoval..
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Executive Producers
Ramin Fathie, Steven A. Williams, Tiffany Calhoun
Co-Producer
Sinnel Sandoval & Masiej Ciesielski
DP/Director/Editor
Ted Cieselski
Editor
Piotr Kajstura & Renee Forbes
Original Music
Andrzej Mika
A Production of Viceroy Films and Ted Cieselski
“...conjures up impressions of both the human ingenuity that built it and the human excess that it represents.”
”Wind Riders”, a feature length documentary, focuses on the beauty of ballooning as well as the magnificence of the human spirit by telling the poignant and inspiring stories of three American balloonists who dedicate their lives to their sport. Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer Davis – two of the most renowned gas-balloon pilots in the world – risk everything to compete in a high-risk quest to defend their world title. Rounding out the portraits is Bill Hughes, a masterful solo hot-air balloon pilot, whose quiet passion transcends generations.
Emi Katayama previously worked in New York on hundreds of news shows and television programs produced by major Japanese broadcaster NHK. With WIND RIDERS, she envisioned bridging genres – fiction, non-fiction, and beyond. Katayama was inspired by the iconic book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the international best-seller written by Richard Bach, which she discovered when she was a child in Japan. Decades later, her first documentary begins with hot-air balloon pilot Bill Hughes, who was so moved by the same book that he adorned his balloon with the image of seagulls in a blue sky.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Executive Producers
Ramin Fathie
Michael Rosen
Producers
Emi Katayama
Cinematography
Jonathan Baudon
Art Direction
Kata Kustos
Editors
Emi Katayama
Michael Rosen
a Newborn Dreamer Films production in association with
Viceroy Films and August Road Entertainment
“This brilliant documentary captures the enormous passion Richard had for ballooning. While bittersweet, it warms our hearts to see him in his element and the true happiness it brought him”
Selected by 6 International Film Festivals.
The Middle of Nowhere, 2022. Sarah and David embark on on a trip home to visit Sarah’s ailing father. On any other day, it would be an uneventful trip. But this isn’t any other day. This is their day. Their plans derailed when a mysterious being follows them, abuses them, and harasses them, they desperately seek help from anyone they can. As they try to make their escape they realize their in locked in a surreal prison of time and space.
Known for The Fearway, Lucky and The Alley Robert Gajic is was trained in all aspects of film production. His past work includes stints with Partizan, Dystopia Pictures, Lionsgate and BRC Imagination Arts. Over the past two decades he worked as an editor or director on Feature Films, TV, Commercials and Music Videos. His dynamic approach to visual storytelling - across several mediums - made him the perfect fit for The Fearway.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Executive Producers
Justin Gordon
Shannon Dalonzo
Jessica Gray
Simon Phillips
Eileen Dietz
Executive Producers
Ramin Andre Fathie
Simon Phillips
Nicolás Onetti
Producers
Mem Ferda
James Cullen Bressack
Aditya Juneja
Vishwas Hannurkar
Cinematography
David Gordon
Music
Darren Morze
Editor
Robert Gajic
Distributed by
Black Madala
In association with
Viceroy Films, FilmCore and Nine10 Productions.
“...the twist, when it comes, is straight out of The Twilight Zone. Which is no bad thing.”
Bowling Blind is a 35-minute documentary film that chronicles the misadventures of the Metropolitan Blind Bowlers. The league, comprised of mostly low-income, minority New York City residents, are the Bad News Bears of bowling. They bowl on a small, two-lane alley in the basement of Visions Selis Manor on 23rd street in Manhattan (where most of the bowlers live). The lanes frequently breakdown and are in dire need of repair. But this doesn’t stop the Metropolitans. For 30 weeks a year, this rag tag team of bowlers keep on rolling.
Marc Cantone is filmmaker, screenwriter and songwriter whose work specializes in quirky comedy, verité documentary and catchy songs. He has written for networks like Nickelodeon Studios, NBC Universal and Baby First TV. He’s also an award winning documentary filmmaker with an eye for off-beat characters and subcultures that yield incredible human stories.
Credits (full credits available on IMDB):
Executive Producers
Ramin Fathie
Tim Hogan
Producer
Kristie Lutz
DP
Marc Cantone
Editor
Dave Egan
A Production of Cutout Films and Viceroy Films
Presented by AMC Bowling Centers
“...my favorite discovery so far, a 35-minute documentary called Bowling Blind. The film is about a blind bowling league that bowls in the basement of a housing building for the blind in Manhattan. If you enjoy light, honest documentaries about colorful characters, you’ll definitely like it. It’s a very warm movie, suitable for any age.”
Set in the Mojave Desert, Still Point is a meditation and affirmation of life in the most extreme conditions. Shot singlehandedly with a Canon 16mm Scoopic camera, the film was partly inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name.
Director and DP, Ramin Fathie shot this experimental work during the spring of 1992 to partly satisfy the MFA requirement at UCLA.
Director/DP
Ramin Fathie
Cast
Anne Stokke, Birgitta Fathie, Gary Sassenberg
Editor
Jon Anders & Ramin Fathie
A Production of Fiat Lux Media and the Max Almy Media Lab at UCLA
“At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is...
...Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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TALENT
LUIS ENRIQUE
After having studied Communications at the University of Puerto Rico, Luis Enrique worked as a production coordinator and producer. After some years he took a turn towards the creative side by working as an editor and director with a few local production houses and is now one of the most sought after directors on the island. His specialty is light humor, which accurately reflectshis own unique wit and draws on years of family antics for inspiration. Enrique has worked with the most prestigious agencies (Leo Burnett, Saatchi, Ogilvy, Draft...) and his clients include AT&T, Jeep, Nissan, Chrysler, Hyundai, and Suzuki. His first feature film "Por Amor en el Caserío” was released theatrically in September 2013. It finished as the year’s best seller and was a favorite of the Chicago International Film Fest. He recently released his second feature “Dos Caminos” and is preparing for a third feature to be produced in 2017.
Xandy has consistently been making movies since the age of four. An NYU Tisch graduate, he's worked with several major networks, from HBO to ESPN, and many talented actors, notably Nelson Ellis (True Blood) and Harry Lennix (The Blacklist). In commercials, he’s helmed spots for Verizon and Yale New-Haven, and in music videos, he’s directed everything from chart-topping rock to Grammy-nominated hip-hop. Meanwhile, his many years spent with highly regarded acting coaches have fortified his craft as a true actor’s director, and it shows in all his work.
Mike Moghaddam has known he wanted to be a DP since he was a teenager. He began shooting in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia when he was 18 years old. Mike's work on a wide range of commercials for American household names such as Coors Light, Del Taco, Google, Fox Sports, and UFC garnered him 2 Emmy nominations. His music videos range from icons of rock and roll to top hip hop starsgroups. Mike has lived in LA for over a decade and is a member of Local 600.
Talo Silveyra is a Writer-Director originally from Argentina, based in Los Angeles. He is known for being the creator of Pocket Films, a groundbreaking platform streaming 1 minute short films. He's the Writer-Director and Producer of Tunnel Vision, the new upcoming Mini-Series for TNT Latin America. Talo Silveyra is also an actor, and has starred in many Feature Films and Stage Plays. He is known for playing "Donkey" in "Shrek, The Musical”.
Fathie has served as DP and Editor for such clients as The History Channel, A&E, PBS and over 100 network, corporate and commercial clients including 2 Academy Award and Peabody Award winning Directors. For the past 10 years - he has worked as a Producer on films about a wide range of subjects - from illegal whaling in Iceland to the partition of India/Pakistan to numerous nationally aired commercial spots, web-based series, event promos and mini-docs. As founder of Viceroy, he continues to wear (and enjoy) many hats on both the creative and business sides. Fathie graduated form UC Berkeley with a B.A. in cultural Anthropology (elected Phi Beta Kappa). As one of only 50 US Jacob Javits Fellows selected across the nation, he pursued an MFA at UCLA’s School of Film and Television. His thesis film, "Still Point", was nominated for a regional Student Academy Award and selected for screening at Cinefest Experimental/Madrid.
In association with Hello World Communications we offer VR and AR production and post production services. Ron’s initial IBM VR projects garnered over one million hits. That project was followed by successful VR projects for Mohegan Sun, Samsung and the United Nations.
CLIENTS & SERVICES
ABC • CBS • PBS • Discovery • NBC • VH1 • USAFilms • World News Tonight • CBC • HGTV • Showtime • 20th Century Fox • Bravo • Canal+ • Pseudo • Focus Features
Edelman • TowersPerrin • Bain & Company • LippeTaylor • The Getty• The Whitney• Harvard/Lax Sabeneus • The Trust for Public Land • Archive of American Television
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Amazing to get such artistic shots in the middle of a construction site. Beautiful!
— Elizabeth G. Baker, Producer
It's a relief to be able to hire someone who just gets the job done.
— James Moll, Producer, Academy Award Recipient
The Sky Below takes a hard and balanced look at the partition of the Asian subcontinent. Singh's visually stunning piece is critical viewing for those seeking to better understand events in the region today.
— Noel Lateef, President and CEO, Foreign Policy Association
You created beautiful images for this project and I'd love to work with you again.
— Emi Katayama, Producer, NHK
The sizzle reel looks fantastic!
— Vicky Bugby Fashion Producer
I cannot get over the incredible filming job you did. The footage is amazing..
— June Beallor, Producer, DNC, Academy Award Recipient
Thanks for your professionalism. Really appreciated your creativity and generosity.
— Yves Levesque, Producer, CBC/Radio Canada
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ABOUT
Ramin Fathie
Founder, Exec. Prod.
Michael Rosen
Exec. Prod., LA
Paul Yung
Producer, Project Development
L. Rodriguez
Producer/Director
R. Yoshida
Director of VR Production
X. Smith
Writer/Director
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