Shubhabrata Dutta
After helming several shorts, Gene Gallerano and William Pisciotta are set to make their feature directorial debut! Moviedelic can confirm that the filmmakers will direct the monster drama ‘The Yeti.’ Principal photography will start on November 25 in Buffalo, New York. Gallerano and Pisciotta also wrote the screenplay.
Set in the winter of 1947 in Northern Alaska, the plot follows Elaine Bannister and Merriell Sunday Jr.’s efforts in the chilly wilderness to find their respective fathers: adventurer Hollis Bannister and oil tycoon Merriell Sunday Sr., who have disappeared without a trace. With each step they take amid the frozen hellscape, the mystery thickens, and the danger mounts. Unbeknownst to the duo, a devilish, bloodthirsty beast, straight out of the prehistory pages, has noted their meddling.
Gallerano co-produced the documentary film ‘The First Wave,’ directed by Academy Award nominee Matthew Heineman. The project, which follows nurses, doctors, and administrators in a New York City hospital responding to the COVID-19 victims, has won three News & Documentary Emmy Awards: Best Documentary, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. He also produced the National Geographic-Disney+ series ‘Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin’ with Academy Award winners Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi.
Gallerano’s other producing credits include ‘American Symphony,’ a biographical documentary drama based on musician Jon Batiste, and the documentary series ‘Photographer,’ which centers on some of the world’s most extraordinary visual storytellers. The monster drama marks his return to filmmaking after the 2018 short ‘Reptacular.’
Pisciotta’s directorial credits include the shorts ‘Bluebonnet,’ ‘Skim,’ and ‘June.’ He also served as an executive producer of Danny Madden’s coming-of-age teen drama ‘Beast Beast,’ which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and Jim Cummings’ comedy-drama ‘Thunder Road.’ Pisciotta previously helmed the 2020 short ‘The Yeti,’ which seemingly inspired the monster drama.
Buffalo served as the backdrop for many noteworthy projects, including Guillermo del Toro’s crime thriller ‘Nightmare Alley,’ Wilson Coneybeare’s mystery thriller ‘American Hangman,’ and Simon Cellan Jones’ ‘The Family Man,’ starring Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan.
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