FILMMAKERS

Marc Clebanoff – writer /producer /director

IMDB Listing:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275164/
URL:  http://www.odysseymotionpictures.com/

Marc Clebanoff, a graduate of the prestigious USC School of Cinema/Television, began his career at 20th Century Fox Television before moving onto a feature development position at USA Films (now Focus Features) under the award winning director of Nurse Betty and In the Company of Men Neil Labute.
In 1999 Clebanoff established his own company, Marathon Films, in which he developed several feature projects with Hollywood bad-boy actor Michael Madsen, and cult filmmaker Larry Bishop (son of Rat Pack comedian Joey Bishop).

In 2004 Clebanoff renamed his company Odyssey Motion Pictures to make his feature directorial debut with Unspoken - a dark drama starring Justin Allen and William Sadler, which earned Best Screenplay and Best Feature Film nominations at the New Jersey International Film & Screenplay Festival in 2006. That same year – Clebanoff wrote, produced and co-directed the anxiously anticipated star-studded dark comedy feature The Pink Conspiracy, which enjoyed its world premiere at the Cannes Film Market in May of 2007 and recently won the Alan J. Bailey Award for Excellence in Comedy.

Currently, Clebanoff is involved with several notable film projects, including James Russo’s drama Dreamland, which also marks the directorial debut of the esteemed actor. In addition, Clebanoff recently finished consulting for Quentin Tarantino’s indie motorcycle flick Hell Ride, which premiered at Sundance in January of 2008.

Clebanoff holds a 2nd degree black belt in traditional Korean martial arts and is an avid distance runner and accomplished marathoner. He is also the grandson of world-renowned musician and composer, Herman Clebanoff.