Brian La Rosa

I'm an award winnng screenwriter, actor, director...you name it, I've been called it. The "standard" bio is at the bottom.

I discovered Amazon Studios through good friend Christian Davis, Director of the test movie "Memory". (I also do one of the voices for the project.) Having the opportunity to put one of my scripts (UNNATURAL SELECTION) up on Amazon and make a test movie for it sounded really appealing. Telling the story the way I would do it, without chasing down investors all over the world, sounded like a plan. Living in Hollywood, I've watched too many talent people go from aspiring writers and directors into money chasers as a full time vocation. And that doesn't pay well....most folks rack up more debt than bring in money.

Anyway...my hope (with some technical help from Christian) is to develop a great test movie of my script and get some helpful input and comments along the way. And if anyone else is so inspired by the script, hopefully they too will want to make a test movie of it.

So, read the script, watch my test movie and please let me know your thoughts!

BIO:

BRIAN LA ROSA has been working as a professional Actor, Director, Writer, and Project Coordinator in film, television and theatre since 1987. Brian was trained in classical and musical theatre at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He continued his theatrical education at The Second City and Upfront Comedy in Santa Monica, CA. His real expertise is as a Movement Artist, creating and choreographing unique creature performances for film and television, applying his skills in such films as Congo, The Country Bears and Where the Wild Things Are. Brian also has experience in all facets of production, including Casting, Art Department, Beauty & SFX Make-up, Choreography, Lighting and Sound Design. In 2001, he was the Executive Producer and Writer for the critically acclaimed Independent Short Film, Cross Breeding. In 2010 Brian won the Grand Prize in the SLAMDANCE Film Festival, Horror Screenwriting Competition for his original feature, A Guilty Moon.

Young Frankenstein
Dr. Strangelove
Rosemary's Baby
Being There
To Have and Have Not
Alien
Guess Whose Coming to Dinner
Life is Beautiful
The Country Bears...that Ted Bedderhead, what an actor!

Anybody who takes a risk and does something original.