CAPONE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
NY / FL
CCI WAS FOUNDED BY MICHAEL CAPONE* to develop, produce and support bold creative storytelling across all media.
Michael started at the dawn of the independent film movement, studying under, then working with Academy Award winning Documentarians Julia Reichert and Jim Klein A stint as Assistant to the Producers of the first video game adaptation DOUBLE DRAGON followed as did work as a Producer and Co-Editor of the infamous true-crime docudrama THE MANSON FAMILY. All this served as prelude to a decades long career as a TV and film Editor. While amassing more than sixty credits, he also wrote, produced, directed and occasionally acted, experiences which honed his craft and passion for creative collaboration.
Though now primarily focused on developing projects of his own, Michael is also engaged in supporting other projects, chiefly in a producing capacity and is always interested in aiding the creation of unique stories. He continues to work with filmmaker David Gregory as an Editor and Co-Producer and remains (somewhat) open to other (irresistible) editing opportunities.
CONTACT
Michael Capone
caponecreativeindustries@gmail.com
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Latest News on a few CCI affiliated productions
THE QUEEN REIGNS
SUZZANNA: The Queen of Black Magic, Directed by David Gregory and Co-Produced / Edited by Michael Capone is the latest documentary from Severin Films. Here’s a synopsis:
She starred in 42 classic movies, was hailed as 'The Queen of Indonesian Horror' and crowned 'Asia's Most Popular Actress'. But who was Suzanna Martha Frederika van Osch, long-beloved by the Asian world as Suzzanna yet virtually unknown outside it? Through exclusive interviews with family, colleagues, filmmakers, and historians, as well as clips from her classic films, director David Gregory (ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE) unearths the legacy of the Scream Queen who has begun to emerge as one of the most compelling icons in cinema history.
After premiering at the 2024 Sitges Film Festival
SUZZANNA: The Queen of Black Magic went on to the Splat! Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland
and myriad others film festivals before winning Best Documentary at the South Africa Horrorfest.
SUZZANNA was produced for a second volume of Folk Horror films restored by Severin.
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UNCANNY ACCOLADES
has been nominated for a 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Award and a Rondo Award as best documentary film. Originally conceived as a modest bonus feature for the special edition release of The Theatre Bizarre, production ramped up when lockdown settled in, resulting in an international zoom-enabled feature documentary on the evolution, challenges and best examples of the genre. Co-Produced & Edited by Michael Capone and co-hosted by Severin Films chief David Gregory and author/director Kier-La Janisse (Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror) who query a roster of more than 60 horror writers, directors and scholars, including; Eli Roth, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ernest Dickerson, Joko Anwar, Kim Newman, Jovanka Vuckovic, Luigi Cozzi, Tom Savini, Jenn Wexler, Larry Fessenden, Richard Stanley, Brian Yuzna and Rebekah McKendry in a candid discussion of the very best anthology movies in fright film/TV history.
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DEAD CLASSIC
Two documentary films, also Co-Produced and Edited by Michael, the feature length ZOMBIES & BIKERS and RAISING THE DEAD, were nominated for a Rondo Award, in the Best Extras category, both are included as part of Second Sight's 4K restoration of George Romero’s undead classic. Watch a promo for the box set here.
AL ADAMSON LIVES!
Director David Gregory (Lost Soul - Plague Town) examines the wild career and shocking murder of a maligned and forgotten drive-in movie director. The critically acclaimed documentary world premiered at the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival and then went on to a number of popular film festivals including: MOTEL X, Brooklyn Horror and BeyondFest. Screen Anarchy said, "If the storytelling is good, the doc will draw you in, whether the subject was something you care about or not. Gregory's BLOOD & FLESH is one of those documentaries..."
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| (LtR) Producer Nicole Mikuzis, Co-Producer and Editor Michael T. Capone, Director David Gregory, Producer Heather Buckley, Cinematographer Jim Kunz |
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| The July 16, 2019 (LtR) Capone, Festival Director Mitch Davis, D.Gregory, H.Buckley and J.Kunz |
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| DOUBLE DRAGON (1994) Assistant to the Producers Capone |
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| THE MANSON FAMILY (1997) Associate Producer and Editor Capone |
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| THE HIGH RISE (2014) Producer, Writer & Director Capone |
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| BLOOD & FLESH (2019) Co-Producer and Editor EXPANDED BIOGRAPHY |
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| Michael T. Capone Founder CCS, LLC |
*While earning a BFA in Motion Pictures Production at Wright State University in the late 1980s, Michael T. Capone studied under and later worked closely with legendary Academy Award winning (American Factory) and Emmy winning (A Lion in the House) documentary filmmakers Julia Reichert and Jim Klein, with who he later apprenticed as an editor on Letter to the Next Generation: Kent State 20 Years After. In the 1990s, he served as assistant to the producers of Double Dragon, the first film to be based on a video game, while also working as associate producer and editor of the infamous, low budget cult film, The Manson Family. During this period he also spent time as an actor, in Emma and Elvis, The Living and My Sweet Satan. After moving to New York City, he became assistant manager and staff editor at the iconic film and video supply house (and independent film hub) Rafik and was employed as an archivist and teaching assistant, in the Acting for Film & Television class, at the famed Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. Following an extended, creatively energizing stint at Fountainhead, a boutique advertising firm in Hell's Kitchen, he spent three seasons at CBS, as a creative contributor, editor and in-show announcer on the controversial late night series The Howard Stern Radio Show. Michael has collaborated closely with three Actor/Directors: Bob Balaban, on both The First Amendment Project: No Joking and the Celebrity Charades pilot, as well as with Rick Cosnett and Jesse L. Martin on their debut short film The Letter Carrier. He has launched programs for HBO, AMC, Comedy Central, Discovery, edited half of the first season of IFC’s first scripted series, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, as well as specials for ABC, Paramount, MTV and many more. As a writer and creative producer he's developed properties and authored screenplays for Tim Allen's Boxing Cat Films, former Trigger Street founders, the Kassen Brothers and the wildly creative DiGa Studios. He produced and edited career retrospectives on Michael Caine and Quincy Jones, wrote, produced and directed a horror anthology series pilot, The High Rise, served as co-producer and film editor of the documentary features Blood & Flesh:The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson and Tales of the Uncanny: The Ultimate Survey of Anthology Horror. With CCS, he is currently developing a number of series and features with multiple partners and ceaselessly seeking out new creative collaborations.
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