Is It True Film Productions

Jonathan seeks an established co-writer, producer and/or director to help develop a project - working title World War 1.5 - based on his father's experience in the Spanish Civil War. William Herick's novel, Hermanos, published in 1968, was a critical and commercial success. Otto Preminger purchased the movie rights and Reginald Rose wrote a 3.5-hour war epic. The large budget was never obtained and the movie never made.The true tale is richer than the novel. A 21-year-old Jewish-American, Herrick was among the first Americans to fight Fascism in Europe. Journeying with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade to Barcelona, he fought on the front lines —then lived seventy years with a machine gun bullet pressed to his spine. That was just the beginning. Jonathan owns the rights to his father's memoir Jumping the Line.Jonathan also seeks a producer, director, or bankable talent to help bring The Girl on the Roof of the World to the screen. This true account of unwavering determination and the transformative power of love follows a spirited Himalayan girl who lost her family, and an adventurous American family mourning the loss of a child, set against the majestic backdrop of Mount Everest. Their encounter changes their lives forever. Jonathan owns the rights to this story as well.He seeks the same for a six-part mini-series, Touch Your Hand on My Face: A Coming-of-Age Romance. A young teenage artist, pursuing an older woman, is swept into an unexpected spiritual journey that changes his life forever. Set on a remote, Midwest lake.Years ago, Disney offered to buy his screenplay, The Sky’s the Limit; Oscar-winning director Will Vinton hired him to write a Saul Zaentz feature film; Family Feud hired him as their first writer; Lorimar Productions hired him as a f/t story analyst; CBS and Dustin Hoffman hired him as a freelance analyst; his play, Desire, directed by Paul Warner, premiered off-off Broadway; and Pauline Kael called him to complement his screenplay. He attended USC’s Graduate School of Cinema Arts, received an MSW from NYU and a B.A. in Cinema from New York State University at Binghamton. He has three daughters and divides his time between Martha’s Vineyard and Nice, France.

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