J.D. Disalvatore, a leading producer of LGBT films and a gay rights activist, died Thursday at her home in Sherman Oaks after a long battle with cancer, a publicist announced. She was 51.
Disalvatore produced writer-director Jonah Markowitz's Shelter (2007), which won a GLAAD Media Award for best feature film in limited release and in 2012 topped a list of the 100 greatest gay movies of all time.
Her résumé also includes the short film Gay Propaganda (2002), Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006), A Marine Story (2010), Elena Undone (2010) and Perry & Emile (2012).
Disalvatore served as Outfest's...
Disalvatore produced writer-director Jonah Markowitz's Shelter (2007), which won a GLAAD Media Award for best feature film in limited release and in 2012 topped a list of the 100 greatest gay movies of all time.
Her résumé also includes the short film Gay Propaganda (2002), Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006), A Marine Story (2010), Elena Undone (2010) and Perry & Emile (2012).
Disalvatore served as Outfest's...
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- 8/23/2012
- by Bridget McManus
- AfterEllen.com
Contrary to popular belief, making movies doesn't always mean getting rich. Many filmmakers are freelancers and in the Us, where most people rely on their employers for health insurance, that can be particularly tough. Diagnosed with breast cancer, Jd Disalvatore faces a financial as well as a physical struggle. Fortunately her fans have rallied round to help.
Disalvatore is best known in the UK for festival hit A Marine Story (the story of a soldier, discharged for being a lesbian, who takes on the training of a troubled teenager) but she has also won acclaim for gentle romance Shelter. She has worked as festival director of Outfest in Los Angeles and is widely admired for her short film work. Having famously claimed that she knew she wanted to make films as soon as she was old enough to talk, Disalvatore has also been instrumental in advancing the careers of others.
Disalvatore is best known in the UK for festival hit A Marine Story (the story of a soldier, discharged for being a lesbian, who takes on the training of a troubled teenager) but she has also won acclaim for gentle romance Shelter. She has worked as festival director of Outfest in Los Angeles and is widely admired for her short film work. Having famously claimed that she knew she wanted to make films as soon as she was old enough to talk, Disalvatore has also been instrumental in advancing the careers of others.
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- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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Piper Perabo (Imagine Me & You) makes an appearance in the sci-fi action film Looper, in theaters September 28.
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- 7/31/2012
- by Bridget McManus
- AfterEllen.com
NEW YORK -- Gay-interest TV network Here! has completed production on the same-sex surfer romance Shelter.
In writer-director Jonah Markowitz's first feature, set for a North American theatrical release in the fall through Regent Media's Here! Films label, Trevor Wright (Air Buddies) stars as a California art-school hopeful whose dreams are sidelined by family obligations. He finds comfort surfing with his best friend's brother, played by Brad Rowe (Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss), and pretty soon a relationship blossoms.
Shelter will be shown on the cable network late this year, shortly after its theatrical bow or possibly as a day-and-date release. Here! Films, the theatrical distribution and worldwide sales division of Here! Networks, will handle the film's worldwide distribution rights.
The film is produced by JD DiSalvatore and executive produced by Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul Colichman and Anne Clements.
Markowitz previously directed two shorts, Hung Up and I Left Me.
In writer-director Jonah Markowitz's first feature, set for a North American theatrical release in the fall through Regent Media's Here! Films label, Trevor Wright (Air Buddies) stars as a California art-school hopeful whose dreams are sidelined by family obligations. He finds comfort surfing with his best friend's brother, played by Brad Rowe (Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss), and pretty soon a relationship blossoms.
Shelter will be shown on the cable network late this year, shortly after its theatrical bow or possibly as a day-and-date release. Here! Films, the theatrical distribution and worldwide sales division of Here! Networks, will handle the film's worldwide distribution rights.
The film is produced by JD DiSalvatore and executive produced by Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul Colichman and Anne Clements.
Markowitz previously directed two shorts, Hung Up and I Left Me.
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