Producer Anthony Katagas has worked in production on over 20 primarily New York-based independent films including: 54 (Miramax), Michael Alemereyda's Hamlet 2000 (Miramax) Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (Focus Features), Jay Anania's Long Time Since, Deny Arcand's Stardom (Alliance Atlantis) and the Robert Evans documentary The Kid Stays In The Picture (USA Films).
In 1999, Katagas formed Keep Your Head Productions, committed to the development, and production of home-grown New York films. Through Keep Your Head Katagas has produced 3 films by visionary filmmaker Michael Almereyda: Happy Here and Now (IFC films 2001), This So-Called Disaster (IFC Films 2002), William Eggelston in the Real World (Palm Pictures 2005). Keep Your Head also produced Blackbird by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Adam Rapp (2007), Second Best (ThinkFilm 2004), and Homework (2004). Next up for Keep Your Head is The Ostrich Incident from writer Glenn Gers (Fracture, Mad Money).
Katagas was nominated for an IFP Independent Spirit award in 2004, honoring filmmakers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce high-quality independent film. Additionally he was a co-producer on Lee Davis' 3 A.M. (Showtime 2001), Ray Mckinnon's Chrystal (First Look 2004), Adam Rapp's Winter Passing (Focus 2004), and Ben Younger's Prime (Universal 2005).
Katagas has executive-produced Lasse Hallstrom's The Hoax (Miramax 2006), James Gray's We Own the Night (2929 Productions/Columbia Pictures 2007), Griffin Dunne's The Accidental Husband (Yari Film Group 2007), and Roger Kumble's College Road Trip (Walt Disney Studios 2008).
Katagas has produced Vadim Perlmans In Bloom (Magnolia Pictures 2007) and is in production on James Gray's Two Lovers (2929 Productions 2008).
A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.
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In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer. Adam "Bug" Heller (Max Thieriot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad's terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that's returned, he must face an evil that won't rest...until it finishes the job it began the day he was born.
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