Filmmaker Spotlight

Filmmakers Don Argott & Sheena Joyce

Director and cinematographer Don Argott formed 9.14 Pictures with producer Sheena M. Joyce in 2002. ROCK SCHOOL, the company’s first feature-length documentary, premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2004, and was acquired by Newmarket Films/Picturehouse Films.  It was extremely well received on the festival circuit, screening at Sundance and South by Southwest, and given rave reviews by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Ebert & Roeper. ROCK SCHOOL was released worldwide theatrically in June 2005, on DVD in September 2005, and on A&E Television in 2006.

TWO DAYS IN APRIL, 9.14’s second feature-length documentary, followed four college football players as they entered the NFL Draft.  The film was commissioned by Red Envelope Productions (the distribution arm of Netflix), and is currently available on Netflix.  It aired on the Documentary Channel, and will be available in retail stores for purchase.

9.14 also does a great deal of work in the music industry, creating behind-the-scenes DVDs and EPKs for clients like Sony Music, working with such artists as Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, and Neil Diamond.  They also recently completed behind-the-scenes specials for Nickelodeon with the Naked Brothers Band and Miranda Cosgrove of iCarly.

Currently, 9.14 Pictures is preparing for the release of their third feature-length documentary, THE ART OF THE STEAL.  The film, which premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of post impressionist and modern art, valued at more than $30 billion.  THE ART OF THE STEAL was acquired in Toronto by IFC Films under their “Sundance Selects” banner, and debuts in theaters beginning February 26^th.   Watch the trailer and get more information, including links to buy tickets, by clicking here. 

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