Anthony C. Ferrante

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Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director, producer, and writer, known for directing the Sharknado series, the 2017 thriller Forgotten Evil and the 2005 ghost story Boo, which was his feature film writing and directing debut.

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 bachelor arts degree in film studies at San Francisco State.

In addition to his film career, he has written a comic, Archie vs. Sharknado, which is a tie-in to Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and is illustrated by Dan Parent. 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". Before moving to movies full-time, Ferrante was the editor-in-chief of (the now defunct) Cinescape magazine and a writer for Fangoria.

Filmography

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

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