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{{Infobox person
| name=Anthony C. Ferrante
| image=Anthony C. Ferrante by Gage Skidmore.jpg
|caption=Ferrante in 2023
| birth_date=
| birth_place=[[Antioch, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater=[[Los Medanos College]] {{small|([[Associate degree|AA]])}}<br>[[San Francisco State University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* [[Film director]]
* [[film producer]]
* [[screenwriter]]
}}
}}

'''Anthony C. Ferrante''' is an American [[film director]], [[film producer|producer]], and [[screenwriter|writer]], known for directing the ''[[Sharknado]]'' series, the 2017 thriller ''Forgotten Evil'' and the 2005 ghost story ''[[Boo (2005 film)|Boo]]'', which was his feature film writing and directing debut.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Anthony C. Ferrante|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/774809/Anthony-C-Ferrante/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527050400/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/774809/Anthony-C-Ferrante/filmography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|archive-date=2015-05-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/24/sharknado-director-returns-to-show-evil-film-at-el-campanil/|title='Sharknado' director returns to show 'Evil' film at el Campanil|date=24 March 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Ferrante grew up in Antioch, California. When he was attending [[Antioch High School]], he took a film studies class at [[Los Medanos College]]. His first film was shot at the El Campanil Theatre. He would later get his <!--  where he received an Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies Degree. He then got a --> bachelor arts degree in film studies at [[San Francisco State University|San Francisco State]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://antiochherald.com/2016/09/p22904/|title = Antioch High grad returns home to direct his next movie, includes locals as extras &#124; Antioch Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/07/26/the-4th-is-with-east-bays-ferrante-and-his-new-sharknado/|title = The 4th is with East Bay's Ferrante and his new 'Sharknado'|date = 26 July 2016}}</ref>

In addition to his film career, he has written a comic, ''[[Archie Comics|Archie]] vs. Sharknado'', which is a tie-in to ''[[Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!]]'' and is illustrated by [[Dan Parent]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[io9]]|url=http://io9.com/archie-vs-sharknado-is-an-actual-comic-that-is-actuall-1698502392|title=Archie Vs. Sharknado Is An Actual Comic That Is Actually Happening|first=James|last=Whitbrook|date=April 17, 2015}}</ref> He also formed the band Quint with actor / musician [[Robbie Rist]]. They have written and performed songs for every ''Sharknado'' movie including the theme song "(The Ballad of) Sharknado".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2014/07/31/sharknado-2-theme-song/|title = 'Sharknado 2' director on creating the movie's 'silly' theme song| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> Before moving to movies full-time, Ferrante was the editor-in-chief of (the now defunct) ''Cinescape'' magazine<ref>{{cite web|title=Cinescape Magazine to return|url=http://airlockalpha.com/226/cinescape-magazine-to-return-html|website=Airlock Alpha|access-date=28 September 2016|ref=3}}</ref> and a writer for ''[[Fangoria]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=ONCE YOU PUT A SHARK IN A TORNADO, ALL BETS ARE OFF: A Q+A with Director Anthony C. Ferrante| work=Fangoria|access-date=August 20, 2018 | url=http://fangoriaarchive.com/once-you-put-a-shark-in-a-tornado-all-bets-are-off-a-qa-with-director-anthony-c-ferrante/ | publication-date=July 4, 2013 | first=Justin | last=Beahm }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! (Executive)<br>Producer
! Writer
! Actor
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1987
|''[[The Video Dead]]''
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|A zombie
|[[Direct-to-video]]
|-
|1997
|''God Talk''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|[[Short film]]
|-
|2000
|''[[The Dead Hate the Living!]]''
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|Store customer
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2001
|''The Surreal World''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Short film
|-
|2002
|''[[Scarecrow (2002 film)|Scarecrow]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|Jake
|rowspan=3|Direct-to-video
|-
|2003
|''The Revolting Dead''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|Construction worker
|-
|2004
|''[[Scarecrow Slayer]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Boo (2005 film)|Boo]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Headless Horseman (film)|Headless Horseman]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2009
|''The Five Stages of Grief of a TV Guest Star''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|rowspan=2|Short film
|-hi
|rowspan=2|2010
|''Para-Homeless Activity''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|''[[House of Bones]]''
|
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Scream of the Banshee]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2012
|''[[Red Clover (film)|Red Clover]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Also known as "''Leprechaun's Revenge''"
|-
|''[[Ghostquake]]''
|
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Also known as "''Haunted High''"
|-
|''American Horror House''
|
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=4|2013
|''[[Hansel & Gretel (2013 film)|Hansel & Gretel]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|''Attila''
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|John McVie
|
|-
|''[[Sharknado]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|''Hello Hero: Holding Out for a Hero''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|-
|''[[Sharknado 2: The Second One]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|{{yes}}
|Guy with Guitar
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|{{yes}}
|NASA Launch Director Marymee
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Sharknado: The 4th Awakens]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|{{yes}}
|Fenwick
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
|''Forgotten Evil''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|''[[Sharknado 5: Global Swarming]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|{{yes}}
|Dundee
|
|-
|2018
|''[[The Last Sharknado: It's About Time]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|{{yes}}
|Quint Singer
|
|-
|-
|2019
|''Zombie Tidal Wave''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
|''Stalked by My Husband's Ex''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|TV Movie
|-
|''Beaus of Holly''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|TV Movie
|-
|rowspan=4|2022
|''Framed by My Sister''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|TV Movie
|-
|''Time Pirates''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|''Nix''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|''Crown Prince of Christmas''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|TV Movie
|-
|2023
|''Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Great White Waters]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Direct-to-video
|-
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*{{IMDb name|0003116}}
{{Anthony C. Ferrante}}


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