Michael Corrente
Encyclopedia
Michael Corrente is an American film director
and producer from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
. His films include A Shot at Glory
, American Buffalo
, Outside Providence
, Brooklyn Rules
and Federal Hill
.
at Trinity Square Repertory Theatre. He befriended Adrian Hall (then artistic director of the company), did some carpentry work for the theatre and took some acting classes in that theatre's workshop, Studio B. When he moved to New York City in 1985, Corrente started Studio B Theatre Ensemble with partners Glyde Hart and Jeffrey Gage; the company quickly became a magnet for other Trinity Square alumni, such as Margie Damashek, Kate Lohman and Tony Todd.
Over the next seven years, Corrente produced more than 25 plays with Studio B, in such diverse locations as the Hungarian House, the Sanford Meisner Theatre and The Tunnel night club. He also began to write plays, including a semi-autobiographical one-act "Not For Nothin'" that eventually became the screenplay for his feature debut. With Federal Hill
, Corrente proved that he was a talented producer; he has consistently been able to raise money for his independent feature film projects while trying to break new ground as a writer and director, something many filmmakers are unable to do.
Often compared to Martin Scorsese's
Mean Streets
, Federal Hill
is about a group of small-time hoods whose lives are upended when one falls for a Brown coed. This debut was shot in black and white and was produced and directed by Corrente in less than a month; the film won the Audience Award in 1994 at France’s Deauville Film Festival before being picked up for release by Trimark Pictures. Hot off the success of his debut, Corrente went on to direct the feature adaptation of David Mamet’s three-character drama American Buffalo
, which he had produced and starred in with Studio B. The film adaption starred Dustin Hoffman
and Dennis Franz
. He then teamed with Peter and Bobby Farrelly
(also from Rhode Island) to produce an adaptation of Peter’s novel Outside Providence
, starring Alec Baldwin
and also produced "Brooklyn Rules
" written by Terence Winter (The Sopranos
), with Alec Baldwin
, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mena Suvari
, Scott Caan
and Jerry Ferrara
(released 2006).
Corrente now helms the independent production company Iridium Entertainment (formerly Revere Pictures) which has become a magnet for both established and emerging talent. The company’s diverse slate of releases includes: The Door in the Floor
, based on John Irving
’s novel A Widow for One Year
with Jeff Bridges
and Kim Basinger
(released by Focus Features); I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, directed by Mike Hodges (for Paramount Classics); writer/director John Schultz’s coming-of-age-story When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
; and the soccer drama A Shot at Glory
, starring Robert Duvall
, Michael Keaton
and Brian Cox, filmed on location in Scotland.
Many of Michael's films were co-produced by his wife Libby Langdon, an aspiring actress, who played the romantic lead in Federal Hill and had smaller roles in subsequent productions. The two were married in 1992 and divorced in 2004.
Corrente is currently working on a film about the former mayor of Providence, Buddy Cianci, based on Mike Stanton’s book The Prince Of Providence, as well as directing and producing the upcoming Peter Facinelli
film Loosies for Verdi Corrente Productions. He produced with Chad A. Verdi the Independent
Zombie film Infected.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and producer from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 71,148 at the 2010 census. It is the fourth largest city in the state.-History:...
. His films include A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory is a film by Michael Corrente produced in 1999 and released in 2001, starring Robert Duvall and the Scottish football player Ally McCoist. It had limited commercial and critical success. The film features the fictional Scottish football club Kilnockie, as they attempt to reach their...
, American Buffalo
American Buffalo (film)
American Buffalo is a 1996 British/American drama film directed by Michael Corrente and starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson...
, Outside Providence
Outside Providence (film)
Outside Providence is a 1999 American film adaptation of Peter Farrelly's 1988 novel of the same name. Like the book, the film is a fictionalized account of Farrelly's own experiences at Kent School, a prep school in Kent, Connecticut.-Plot:...
, Brooklyn Rules
Brooklyn Rules
Brooklyn Rules is a 2007 film starring Alec Baldwin, Scott Caan, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jerry Ferrara, and Mena Suvari. The film was directed by Michael Corrente and written by Terence Winter.-Plot:...
and Federal Hill
Federal Hill (movie)
Federal Hill is a 1995 American drama film.Cast = Jason Andrews, Michael Corrente, Anthony DeSando, Armen Garo, Phyllis KayDirected By = Michael CorrenteWritten By = Michael CorrenteScript Development By = Robby Henson, Doron Schlair, Glyde Hart...
.
Biography
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Corrente first became interested in the theatre in high school, when he was “dragged” to see a production of A Man for All SeasonsA Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, and a one-hour live television version starring Bernard Hepton was produced in 1957 by the BBC, but after Bolt's success with The Flowering Cherry, he reworked it for the stage.It was...
at Trinity Square Repertory Theatre. He befriended Adrian Hall (then artistic director of the company), did some carpentry work for the theatre and took some acting classes in that theatre's workshop, Studio B. When he moved to New York City in 1985, Corrente started Studio B Theatre Ensemble with partners Glyde Hart and Jeffrey Gage; the company quickly became a magnet for other Trinity Square alumni, such as Margie Damashek, Kate Lohman and Tony Todd.
Over the next seven years, Corrente produced more than 25 plays with Studio B, in such diverse locations as the Hungarian House, the Sanford Meisner Theatre and The Tunnel night club. He also began to write plays, including a semi-autobiographical one-act "Not For Nothin'" that eventually became the screenplay for his feature debut. With Federal Hill
Federal Hill (movie)
Federal Hill is a 1995 American drama film.Cast = Jason Andrews, Michael Corrente, Anthony DeSando, Armen Garo, Phyllis KayDirected By = Michael CorrenteWritten By = Michael CorrenteScript Development By = Robby Henson, Doron Schlair, Glyde Hart...
, Corrente proved that he was a talented producer; he has consistently been able to raise money for his independent feature film projects while trying to break new ground as a writer and director, something many filmmakers are unable to do.
Often compared to Martin Scorsese's
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
Mean Streets
Mean Streets
Mean Streets is a 1973 drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin. The film stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973...
, Federal Hill
Federal Hill (movie)
Federal Hill is a 1995 American drama film.Cast = Jason Andrews, Michael Corrente, Anthony DeSando, Armen Garo, Phyllis KayDirected By = Michael CorrenteWritten By = Michael CorrenteScript Development By = Robby Henson, Doron Schlair, Glyde Hart...
is about a group of small-time hoods whose lives are upended when one falls for a Brown coed. This debut was shot in black and white and was produced and directed by Corrente in less than a month; the film won the Audience Award in 1994 at France’s Deauville Film Festival before being picked up for release by Trimark Pictures. Hot off the success of his debut, Corrente went on to direct the feature adaptation of David Mamet’s three-character drama American Buffalo
American Buffalo (film)
American Buffalo is a 1996 British/American drama film directed by Michael Corrente and starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson...
, which he had produced and starred in with Studio B. The film adaption starred Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....
and Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Sipowicz, a hard-boiled police detective in the television series NYPD Blue. He previously appeared as Lt...
. He then teamed with Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Farrelly brothers
Peter John Farrelly and Robert Leo "Bobby" Farrelly, Jr. , professionally known as the Farrelly Brothers are screenwriters and directors of ten comedy films, including There's Something About Mary; Dumb and Dumber; Kingpin; Hall Pass; Me, Myself & Irene; Shallow Hal; Stuck on You; Osmosis Jones;...
(also from Rhode Island) to produce an adaptation of Peter’s novel Outside Providence
Outside Providence
Outside Providence is an English language novel by writer, producer, and director Peter Farrelly, published in 1988.-Plot summary:Largely an autobiographical tale, the novel revolves around Timothy "Dildo" Dunphy, a ne'er-do-well from the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which borders Providence...
, starring Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off...
and also produced "Brooklyn Rules
Brooklyn Rules
Brooklyn Rules is a 2007 film starring Alec Baldwin, Scott Caan, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jerry Ferrara, and Mena Suvari. The film was directed by Michael Corrente and written by Terence Winter.-Plot:...
" written by Terence Winter (The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
), with Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off...
, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mena Suvari
Mena Suvari
Mena Alexandra Suvari is an American actress, fashion designer, and model. Shortly after beginning her career as a model, she appeared in guest roles on 1990's television shows such as Boy Meets World and High Incident...
, Scott Caan
Scott Caan
Scott Andrew Caan is an American actor. He stars in the CBS television series Hawaii Five-0, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award. He is the son of actor James Caan.-Early life:...
and Jerry Ferrara
Jerry Ferrara
Jerry Ferrara is an American actor best known for his work as "Turtle" aka Sal on the HBO comedy series Entourage.-Biography:Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ferrara attended New Utrecht High School. Ferrara is of Italian descent....
(released 2006).
Corrente now helms the independent production company Iridium Entertainment (formerly Revere Pictures) which has become a magnet for both established and emerging talent. The company’s diverse slate of releases includes: The Door in the Floor
The Door in the Floor
The Door in the Floor is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Tod Williams. The screenplay is based on the first third of the 1998 novel A Widow for One Year by John Irving.-Plot:...
, based on John Irving
John Irving
John Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...
’s novel A Widow for One Year
A Widow for One Year
A Widow for One Year is a 1998 bestselling work of fiction by John Irving, the ninth of his novels to be published.The first section of the novel was made into the movie The Door in the Floor in 2004.-First section:...
with Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....
and Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger
Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger is an American actress and former fashion model.She is known for her portrayals of Domino Petachi, the Bond girl in Never Say Never Again , and Vicki Vale, the female lead in Batman . Basinger received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture...
(released by Focus Features); I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, directed by Mike Hodges (for Paramount Classics); writer/director John Schultz’s coming-of-age-story When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town is a 2003 children's movie starring Jonathan Lipnicki and Cody Linley, based on the children's book of the same name by Kimberly Willis Holt.-Plot:...
; and the soccer drama A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory
A Shot at Glory is a film by Michael Corrente produced in 1999 and released in 2001, starring Robert Duvall and the Scottish football player Ally McCoist. It had limited commercial and critical success. The film features the fictional Scottish football club Kilnockie, as they attempt to reach their...
, starring Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
, Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas , better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor known for his early comedic roles, most notably his performance as the title character of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice . Keaton is also famous for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton's...
and Brian Cox, filmed on location in Scotland.
Many of Michael's films were co-produced by his wife Libby Langdon, an aspiring actress, who played the romantic lead in Federal Hill and had smaller roles in subsequent productions. The two were married in 1992 and divorced in 2004.
Corrente is currently working on a film about the former mayor of Providence, Buddy Cianci, based on Mike Stanton’s book The Prince Of Providence, as well as directing and producing the upcoming Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli is an American actor. He became known as the star of Fox's 2002 television series Fastlane. He plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series. He is also well known for his role as Mike Dexter in the film Can't Hardly Wait...
film Loosies for Verdi Corrente Productions. He produced with Chad A. Verdi the Independent
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
Zombie film Infected.
Films
- Federal HillFederal Hill (movie)Federal Hill is a 1995 American drama film.Cast = Jason Andrews, Michael Corrente, Anthony DeSando, Armen Garo, Phyllis KayDirected By = Michael CorrenteWritten By = Michael CorrenteScript Development By = Robby Henson, Doron Schlair, Glyde Hart...
(1994) Director/Producer - American BuffaloAmerican Buffalo (film)American Buffalo is a 1996 British/American drama film directed by Michael Corrente and starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson...
(1996) Director - Outside ProvidenceOutside ProvidenceOutside Providence is an English language novel by writer, producer, and director Peter Farrelly, published in 1988.-Plot summary:Largely an autobiographical tale, the novel revolves around Timothy "Dildo" Dunphy, a ne'er-do-well from the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which borders Providence...
(1999) Director/Producer - Say You'll Be Mine (1999) Producer
- A Shot at GloryA Shot at GloryA Shot at Glory is a film by Michael Corrente produced in 1999 and released in 2001, starring Robert Duvall and the Scottish football player Ally McCoist. It had limited commercial and critical success. The film features the fictional Scottish football club Kilnockie, as they attempt to reach their...
(2002) Director Producer - CornCornCorn is the name used in the United States, Canada, and Australia for the grain maize.In much of the English-speaking world, the term "corn" is a generic term for cereal crops, such as* Barley* Oats* Wheat* Rye- Places :...
(2004) Producer - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004) Producer
- The Door in the FloorThe Door in the FloorThe Door in the Floor is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Tod Williams. The screenplay is based on the first third of the 1998 novel A Widow for One Year by John Irving.-Plot:...
(2004) Producer - When Zachary Beaver Came to TownWhen Zachary Beaver Came to TownWhen Zachary Beaver Came to Town is a 2003 children's movie starring Jonathan Lipnicki and Cody Linley, based on the children's book of the same name by Kimberly Willis Holt.-Plot:...
(2005) Producer - Brooklyn RulesBrooklyn RulesBrooklyn Rules is a 2007 film starring Alec Baldwin, Scott Caan, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jerry Ferrara, and Mena Suvari. The film was directed by Michael Corrente and written by Terence Winter.-Plot:...
(2006) Director/Producer - InkubusInkubusInkubus is an upcoming horror film produced by the Woodhaven Production Company, written by Carl Dupré, and directed by Glenn Ciano. The film stars Robert Englund, William Forsythe, Joey Fatone, Jonathan Silverman, Mike Cerrone, Tom Denucci, and Michelle Ray Smith.-Cast:*Robert Englund as...
(2010) Producer - Loosies Director/Producer
- PazPazPaz Oil Company Ltd. is the largest Israeli fuels company. Its name means "gold" in Hebrew. Paz distributes gasoline and other oil products through a network of gas stations, as well as natural gas for home use through its subsidiary PazGaz...
Director/Producer