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THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA

By Mike PERRONE

ILLMATIC FILM GROUP - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2021

The rise and demise of one model’s career through the eyes of a famous yet fading photographer.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
- Duration
- 99 mn
- Director(s)
- Mike PERRONE
- Writer(s)
- Mike PERRONE , Christopher DE LA ROSA
- Cast
- Matthew LAWRENCE, Gabriela QUEZADA , Ashlei Sharpe CHESTNUT
- Producer(s)
- Geoffrey MAKOWSKI (Sonder Pictures ), Mike PERRONE (Sonder Pictures)
- Synopsis
- The Man Behind the Camera follows an upcoming model, (Mickaela) in her rise and demise throughout her young career. Enter, Kurt Willows, a famed fashion photographer with a nefarious reputation. Through the connection of Kurt’s son, Levi, Mickaela and Kurt meet at an audition where Kurt becomes infatuated. Mickaela’s undying desire to fulfill her dream of becoming a model collides with Kurt’s power hungry mentality. In tandem, Kurt’s right hand woman, Jesse, is seen having a reoccurring mantra to the other young models; We’ve all been made to feel uncomfortable for our dreams before, It’s those who know they are nothing that become something. Meanwhile, Kurt meets a friend, Walter J Hughes, in his court ordered AA sessions. Walter, a drunk, dealing with the loss of his job and family, gravitates to Kurt. Walter and him become close and decide to write a book about Kurt’s life. As Walter begins to get learn about Kurt, he discovers a grave secret the man is hiding. In a collision of these multiple storylines, the final bell will ring for one or all of these characters, proving that behind all that power, there is not a drop of innocence.