Accio Cine | ə-'s-ẽ-õ chin-'nã |
ORIGIN: from the Latin "to summon film,"
Whether it be the detail oriented tasks of pre-production, such as breaking down a script, scheduling and budgeting or the day to day operation of principal photography, with President, Michael J. Zampino at the helm, Accio Cine is ready for the demands of features both large and small.
Michael J. Zampino
In 1993, as Assistant to the Head of Production at Silver Pictures, Michael worked extensively on the feature film "Demolition Man" as well as "Tales From the Crypt" episodes during its fifth season. Reporting to Producer Joel Silver, Michael experienced all aspects of production as well as the daily administrative operation of a major Hollywood production company.
Relocating to Los Angeles in 2003, Michael became the CFO/COO at Production HQ where he produced shorts and features, including the award winning horror film, "The Slaughter" in 2005-6 and the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment cult hit, "Zombie Strippers!" in 2007. 2008 saw him executive produce and UPM, "Insanitarium", another SPHE distributed film. In the Spring of 2009, he produced the award winning, horror film "Empty Rooms" and in 2011, line produced the romantic comedy, "Shirin In Love". He spent 2012 as the staff Line Producer for WingSpan Pictures before leaving to line produce the award winning feature and Sundance favorite, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night," in the beginning of 2013. In 2014, he joined Genius Pictures and produced the critically acclaimed, award winning feature, "Love Is All You Need?" before remaining there as CFO/COO until the Fall of 2016.
In the Winter of 2018, he traveled to Romania, where he filmed “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time” for the SyFy Channel. 2019 was very busy! He began the year finishing up production as UPM on “The Night”. Michael developed numerous projects for Miramax and Ley Line Entertainment along with Line Producing, Oscar winning writer, Alex Dinelaris’s directorial debut in June and Miramax’s feature comedy “Silent Retreat” in late Summer/Early Autumn.
Most recently, Michael Executive Produced, ‘He’s All That,’ starring Tik-Tok star, Addison Rae, a 2021 Netflix Original, directed by Mark Waters, from a screenplay by R. Lee Fleming Jr. The film is a gender-swapped remake of the 1999 film She's All That. It stars Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, and Peyton Meyer, as well as Rachael Leigh Cook and Matthew Lillard, who starred in She's All That, appearing in different roles.
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