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Alex Bretow

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Alex Bretow
Born1990
Oakland, California, US
EducationSonoma State University
Occupation(s)Film producer and director
Years active2015–present
Notable work

Alex Bretow (born 1990) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter.[1] He is the co-founder of Mammoth Pictures, a production company that focuses on genre films. He is best known for producing the horror film The Night.[2][3][4][5] In 2021, Forbes selected Bretow for its "Next 1000: The Upstart Entrepreneurs Redefining the American Dream".

Early life

Alex Bretow was born in Oakland, California in 1990.[1] His parents are Steve Bretow and Ann Honigman who are Jewish.[6] Bretow began making films when he was eight years old.[6]

He attended Sonoma State University for business and computer science.[1][7] As a student, he made the short documentary Day in the Life which was shown at the Campus Movie Fest in 2012.[8] He created the short film The Call In in 2013.[8]

While at Sonoma State, he met Mary-Madison Baldo and formed Baldo-Bretow Productions.[9] They created the short action films Snake Eyes and Rampage which were shown at the Campus MovieFest in 2014.[9][6] Both films were selected and shown by the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.[9] Bretow and Baldo paid for their $11,000 trip to Cannes through a crowdfunding compaign.[6] They also created the thriller The Glittering Girl and Snake Eyes Part 2 in 2014.[8] In 2015, the Baldo-Bretow Uproar won second place for Best Picture at the first campus CineNoma film festival, an event co-organized by Bretow.[10]

He worked on a film starring James Franco after college.[9] In 2016, the Baldo-Bretow short film, Slut Man Friends, which was directed by Baldo, was screened at Cannes.[11] The duo turned the film short into a web series.[11]

Career

Bretow and Kourosh Ahari met at the Cannes Film Festival and founded Mammoth Pictures in 2015.[1][12] Their first production was the film Generations, directed by Kourosh Ahari and financed by Tom Hanks,[13] which won several awards at international film festivals.

In 2020, Bretow produced The Night, a horror film directed by Ahari and starring Cannes Best Actor Shahab Hosseini.[14] The film was a co-production of the United States and Iran, and was shot in Los Angeles with dialogue in Persian and English. The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences, was praised for its Kubrickian style and its portrayal of Iranian immigrants in America.[15][16]

Bretow also formed Pol Media, a distribution and production company, with Hosseini and Ahari in 2020.[15] Pol Media acquired the rights to the life of Ali Javan.[17] Shahab Hosseini will star in Bretow's biopic of the Iranian physicist Ali Javan.[18]

In 2021, Forbes selected Bretow for its "Next 1000: The Upstart Entrepreneurs Redefining the American Dream".[12]

Bretow was the executive producer of Parallel, a sci-fi thriller directed by Ahari and starring Danielle Deadwyler, Aldis Hodge, and Edwin Hodge. The film is expected to be released in theaters by Vertical Entertainment in the fall of 2023.[19]

In 2022, it was announced that Bretow would produce Diary of a Murderer with Brontë, a crime thriller directed by Ahari. The film is based on the bestselling novella by Young-ha Kim, which Mammoth Pictures acquired the film and television rights to in 2022.[20]

In 2023, Bretow began producing a project based on the Bulgarian Kukeri and the tradition of Surva, a folkloric horror film directed by Ahari. The film is inspired by the Bulgarian folklore of the Kukeri, masked men who perform rituals to ward off evil spirits, which was popularized by The New Yorker's documentary. Bazuka, the Bulgarian production company behind the doc, partnered with Mammoth Pictures on the project.[21]

Awards

  • Alameda International Film Festival 2018 – Ensemble Acting Award (Generations)
  • California Independent Film Festival 2018 – Best Short (Generations)
  • Molins Film Festival 2020 – Best Director; Best Screenplay (The Night)
  • Grimm Up North Film Festival 2021 – Best Feature Film (The Night)

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Generations Producer Short film
2020 The Night Producer Feature film
2023 Parallel Executive Producer Feature film

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sirodofsky, Dyland (March 18, 2021). "Sonoma State University graduate Alex Bretow is a driving force behind 'The Night'". The Press Democrat. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (2021-03-30). "The Night review – eerie check-in at an LA hotel". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  3. ^ Aguilar, Carlos (2021-01-29). "Review: Things go bump and more in consistently terrifying 'The Night'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  4. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (January 29, 2021). "The Night movie review & film summary (2021)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  5. ^ Bugbee, Teo (2021-01-28). "'The Night' Review: Late Checkout". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-07-17. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  6. ^ a b c d Berns, Susan (2015-05-01). "Going to Cannes". The Jews News of Northern California. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  7. ^ Blair, Julia (2021-04-06). "Alumni Spotlight of the Week: Alex Bretow". Sonoma State Star. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  8. ^ a b c "Campus Movie Fest". Campus Movie Fest. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  9. ^ a b c d Aro, Natalie (2015-09-21). "Students return from Cannes Film Festival". Sonoma State Star. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  10. ^ Martin, Ashley (2015-04-21). "CineNoma: A joyous pinnacle". Sonoma State Star. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  11. ^ a b "Cannes Part Deux: Students Invited Again to Screen Films at French Festival". SSU News. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  12. ^ a b Ajuja, Maneet (ed.). "Forbes Next 1000 2021". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  13. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (2021-03-10). "Paradigm & Rain Management Sign 'The Night' Filmmaker Kourosh Ahari". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  14. ^ Kay, Jeremy (April 9, 2021). "'The Night' scores key international deals for Premiere Entertainment Group (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  15. ^ a b Drury, Sharareh (April 21, 2020). "Shahab Hosseini, Kourosh Ahari and Alex Bretow Team for New Production Company (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  16. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (January 29, 2021). "The Night movie review (2021)". Roger Ebert. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  17. ^ Drury, Sharareh (2021-01-02). "Shahab Hosseini to Star in Biopic of Iranian Physicist Ali Javan (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  18. ^ "Iranian actor Shahab Hosseini to star in biopic of Iranian Physicist Ali Javan". WION. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  19. ^ Grobar, Matt (20 April 2023). "Danielle Deadwyler Thriller 'Parallel' Sets Release with Vertical". Deadline. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  20. ^ Grobar, Matt (August 17, 2022). "' Diary of a Murderer' Film Based On Young-Ha Kim Novella In Works From Mammoth Pictures". Deadline. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  21. ^ Grobar, Matt (May 31, 2023). "'Kukeri' Movie Based On New Yorker Short In Works From Mammoth Pictures". Deadline. Retrieved July 3, 2023.

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