THURSDAY SHOOTS
Thursday Shoots LLC is a New York based production company. It was created in 2011 when a group of like minded film students wanted to make something once a week. The only day all their schedules lined up was Thursday, hence the name. For over a decade Thursday Shoots has been creating content for various clients while consistently creating our own original work.
I’m Not Nice
Short Film
Role: Co-Director/Producer
Description:
When an anti-social superspy misses her target on a hit-gone-wrong, she must face her greatest fear in order to complete her mission: small talk.
Starring: Janelle Tedesco, Dan Jesup, Lori Hammel, Laurel Lockhart, Hanna Jane Jennings & Tony Tedesco
Winner:
Rosevelt Island Film Festival - Best Comedy Short
Best Actress (Janelle Tedesco)
NY Long Island Film Festival - Best Comedy Shot
Best Animated Sequence
Best Editing and Sound
Point Lookout Film Festival - Best Actress (Janelle Tedesco)
Best Ensemble
Best Script
I’m Not Lost
Short Film
Role: Director/Producer
Client: Thursday Shoots
Description:
When Lyndsay’s smartphone dies on her way to a job she is incapable of navigating her way around NYC. When she tries asking the always friendly residents of New York for help she quickly figures out that getting to work on time might be the least of her worries.
Starring: Shannon Morrall, Aneika Fermin, Kevin Herbst & Janelle Tedesco
Winner: Best Comedy - Point Lookout Film Festival
Close Shave
Short Film
Role: Writer/Producer
Description:
Tyler Owings has a brilliant idea. What if you could get your hair cut while being taxied to your destination? James has doubts about his father's business plan but doesn't have the heart to tell him.
Starring: Joe DiMartino, James Best, Jon Areval, Tristin Kohout, Melissa Dotterman, Crystal Beth, Kevin, Etherson, Michael Mercadante, Phillip Russell, Aidan Cronin, Joey Gutierrez, Marcus Lewis, Dakota Nelson. Kashawn Hernandez, Joseph Delaney, James Russell, Sophia Russell, Brian, Russell
Winner: Best Poor Film (low budget) - 2021 Assurdo Film Festival
Best Ensemble - 2021 Festival of Cinema
Handle With Care
Short Film
Role: Writer/Producer
Description:
James takes a job house-sitting for Raphael Vargas, an esteemed and eccentric entomologist famed in the insect science community for his incredible bug communication techniques. The house is filled with tanks containing dangerous and potentially lethal creepy-crawlies. When one of the little guys escapes, James has a lot more to worry about than watching over the house… Is he hunting the bug, or is the bug hunting him?
Starring: James Best, Willy Appelman, Peter Coleman, Elaina Wahl & Rich Vience
Winner: Best Comedy - 2018 Queens World Film Festival
Best Comedy - 2018 Portland Comedy Film Festival
Love and Let Live
Short Film
Role: Writer/Producer/Actor
Description:
After a vicious mass murder, the remaining victims hide from a deadly killer and quickly discover that there is only one way to survive.
Starring: Kevin Etherson, Tom A. Capps, Christian Rush
Winner: Audience Choice and Judges Award - 2017 Iron Mule Comedy Festival