Antonio Negret

Antonio Negret is a Suma Cum Laude graduate from the USC School of Cinema Television with a minor from the USC School of Theatre where he was the recipient of multiple scholarships His first feature Towards Darkness premiered in competition at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival It dealt with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostages life and the frustration his family a special ops team and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all felt as they rushed to save him It starred Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress America Ferrera Ugly Betty How To Train Your Dragon Tony Plana Goal 187 and David Sutcliffe Gilmore Girls Private Practice At the festival the film was picked up for distribution by Peace Arch Entertainment and MGM Subsequently Negrets talent was recognized and highlighted by The Hollywood Reporter as part of their Top 10 Latino Directors to watch Subsequent to the Towards Darkness premiere Negret developed the script for Operation Checkmate a thriller for Screen Gems about the reallife rescue of Ingrid Betancourt He also directed two feature films Seconds Apart and Transit Seconds Apart an After Dark Films production was released by Lionsgate The film stars Orlando Jones Runaway Jury Evolution as a detective trying to solve a series of mysterious deaths connected to a pair of twins Transit stars Jim CaviezelPassion of the Christ The Count of Monte Cristo James Frain TronLegacy Trueblood Harold Perrnieau Lost RomeoJuliet and Elisabeth Rhom Heroes Miss Congeniality 2 Transit is executive produced by Joel Silver Sherlock Homes The Matrix Early in his career Negret directed multiple award winning short films He also directed two seasons of the weekly television series Not So Foreign Filmmakers Showcase The show encompassed sketches and interviews with celebrity guests among which included Virginia Madsen Rosario Dawson Jennifer Jason Leigh Jay Hernandez and Robert Rodriguez Negret has lived and worked in Colombia Brazil Ecuador Mexico Panama England and the United States He continues to pursue challenging and polemic filmmaking