NEWS
Articles
213 Article: "Staging The Take"
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS ARTICLE about Brad Furman and THE TAKE
Click here for Brad Furman's article for Moving Pictures Magazine
Click here for the Blog about The Take
Click here for the 65 Must See Movies at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival | /Film
Click here for the schedule of The Take at the TIFF
Reviews
The Take - Variety
The Take - LA Times
The Take - NY Sun
The
Take - 213 Review
The Take - NY Times
The Take - NY Post
The Take - NYU News
The Take - NY Daily News
The Take - Mighty Ganesha
The Take - LA Weekly
The Take - Reel Talk TV
The Take - Monsters & Critics
The Take - Time Out New York
BIOGRAPHY
Director Brad Furman recently
completed his first feature film, "The Take," starring John Leguizamo,
Tyrese Gibson, Bobby Cannavale and Rosie Perez. The independent
film was an Official Selection of the Toronto International Film Festival
and the Gen Art Film Festival. Rosie Perez was nominated for Best
Supporting Actress at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards. It was
acquired by Sony Pictures and released theatrically in the Summer 2008.
Furman’s directorial debut
short film
"Fast Forward" received critical acclaim and was
showcased at over twenty-five film festivals nationwide including the
San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles International Film
Festival (IFF), Phoenix IFF, No Dance Film Festival (Park City, Utah)
and Cleveland IFF. The film was honored with the Best Narrative
Film Award at the UFO Columbia University Film Festival and Grand Jury
Prize for Best Short Film at the renowned Fayetteville IFF.
Furman directed, produced,
and co-wrote his second short film,
"The Stranger." It premiered
at the Hollywood Film Festival and was the only short film chosen to
screen with the feature films at Hollywood’s Arc Light Theater.
It stars Steve Guttenberg, Xander Berkley, Pat Healy, and Dylan Smith.
Film director John Singleton
("FOUR BROTHERS") has said of Furman’s directing "he has
got a great sense of rhythm, intensity, and comic timing."
Furman directed, wrote and
produced the critically acclaimed "Buried Alive in the Blues" documentary
featuring BB King, Buddy Guy, Sam Lay and a host of other blues greats.
Rolling Stone gave it a four star review.
Furman sold two film concepts,
"Extortion" for Universal Films and
"D.A. Verdict"
for MGM/Kathy Konrad/James Mangold, both based on his own treatments.
Tyrese Gibson,
J Records recording artist
and actor, is attached to star in both projects. Gibson describes
Brad as "the future of music videos and feature films down a road
less traveled."
Furman also directed 50 Cent
and G-Unit in a short film for their raucous appearance at the British
Grammy’s aka
"The Brits."
In addition to his work in
film, Furman has directed music videos for such diverse talent as Interscope
Records Spitfiya, the winner of Showtime’s
"The Next Episode,"
Linkin Park’s protégé rap group Styles of Beyond, rock artists Mr.
North, country pop singers The Marie Sisters, Dr. Dre’s protégé
Knock-Turn’al, and Zed, New Zealand’s hugely popular rock band.
The Zed video was number one in Australia and New Zealand for over five
consecutive months. Furman also directed Virgin Records El Pus
video "Suburb Thuggin," which went number one on MTV.
Furman has directed commercials
for Rogish Street Threadz, a hip-hop clothing line endorsed by DJ Kid
Capri, and Fresh Pair Lingerie, a New York-based clothing line.
"Unbroken," his PSA for RAINN, The Rape Abuse Incest National
Network, was accepted to the Universal Studio/MVPA Director’s Cuts.
Starring Rachel Bilson of "The O.C.," the compelling film led to
Furman’s selection as one of the top directors of 2004 by the Universal
Studios/MVPA panel.
In addition, Brad was one of
three finalists (out of 500) for the Discovering New Artists Award at
the Arc Light Cinema’s Los Angeles Shorts Festival in 2004.
Prior to directing, Furman
worked in the film industry as the business liaison for Hollywood star
Julia Roberts and her company Shoelace Productions (Revolution Studios).
In 2001, Furman created his own production company, Road Less Traveled
Productions, Inc. as a banner for his many directing, writing, and producing
projects.
Born in Philadelphia, Furman is a Founders Scholar graduate of New York University’s Tisch School
of the Arts for Film and Television, where he was a finalist for the
Lew Wasserman MCA/Universal Scholarship award for Outstanding Student.
He began his career in the entertainment industry as an assistant to
ICM talent Agent Sue Leibman, and as an Associate Producer for the ABC
Daytime talk show
"The Nancy Glass Show."
Furman currently divides his time between New York and Los Angeles. He is currently represented
at CAA and ACE MEDIA and his attorneys are Pj Shapiro and Matt Johnson
of Ziffren, Brittenham.
CONTACT
info@rltproductions.com