Alfred Spellman is an American film and television producer who co-founded the media studio rakontur.[1][2][3][4][5]
Alfred Spellman | |
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 Spellman in 2015 | |
| Born | November 15, 1978 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film/TV Producer |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Known for | Cocaine Cowboys, The U, 537 Votes |
Early life edit
Spellman was born in Miami Beach, Florida on November 15, 1978. He graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School.
Filmography edit
- Raw Deal: A Question of Consent (2001)[6][7][8][9]
- Cocaine Cowboys (2006)[10][11][12][13]
- Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin With The Godmother (2008)[14][15]
- Clubland (2008)[16]
- The U (2009)[17][18][19]
- Square Grouper (2011)[20][21]
- Limelight (2011)[22][23]
- Broke (2012)[24]
- Collision Course (2013)[25]
- The Tanning of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop (2014)[26]
- Cocaine Cowboys Reloaded (2014)[27]
- The U Part 2 (2014)[28]
- Dawg Fight (2015)[29][30][31][32][33]
- Miami Beach 100 (2015)[34]
- Magic City Hustle (2019)[35]
- Screwball (2019)[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
- 537 Votes (2020)[46][47][48][49][50][51][52]
- Macho Man (2021)[53]
- Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami (2021)
References edit
- ^ Farzad, Roben (August 28, 2008). "Rakontur Films' Marketing Strategy". Bloomberg Businessweek.
- ^ Dyksterhouse, Landon. "Cocaine Cowboys Producer Alfred Spellman talks storytelling and trust in doc filmmaking". Videomaker.
- ^ Valys, Phillip (March 23, 2012). "Rakontur: Storytelling with pulp". Sun-Sentinel.
- ^ "Rakontur: Learn How a Tiny Company Can Produce 5 Documentaries in a Year". Indiewire. April 15, 2011.
- ^ Guerrasio, Jason (August 10, 2017). "How the 'Cocaine Cowboys' filmmakers built a career interviewing Miami's most notorious gangsters". Business Insider.
- ^ "Raw Deal: A Question of Consent". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (February 6, 2001). "Raw Deal: A Question of Consent". Variety.
- ^ "Raw Deal: A Question of Consent". Film Threat. January 26, 2001.
- ^ Barker, Adam (January 27, 2002). "A question of consent". The Guardian.
- ^ "Cocaine Cowboys". Rotten Tomatoes. 27 October 2006.
- ^ Murray, Noel (October 26, 2006). "Cocaine Cowboys". AV Club.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (27 October 2006). "Cocaine Cowboys (2006) A Culture Built of Guns, Drugs and Blood". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ "Cocaine Cowboys". Film Threat. October 25, 2006.
- ^ Koehler, Robert (June 25, 2008). "Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' With the Godmother". Variety.
- ^ Duran, Jose (July 29, 2008). "Cocaine Cowboys 2 Takes Its Cues From '90s West Coast Hood Flicks". Miami New Times.
- ^ Alvarado, Francisco (November 18, 2008). "Ego Trippin': Rakontur's Clubland Finally Hits the Web". Miami New Times.
- ^ Tobias, Scott (December 13, 2009). "30 For 30: "The U"". AV Club.
- ^ Levine, Stuart (December 16, 2009). "'The U' sets docu record at ESPN". Variety.
- ^ Deitsch, Richard (August 13, 2017). "Ranking the Best 30 for 30 Documentaries (So Far)". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ O'Hehir, Andrew (April 16, 2011). ""Square Grouper": A hilarious, tragic tale of Florida ganja". Salon.
- ^ "Square Grouper". Rotten Tomatoes. 15 April 2011.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (September 22, 2011). "Rise and Fall of a Nightclub Impresario". New York Times.
- ^ Weisberg, Sam (September 24, 2011). ""Limelight," the NYC club phenomenon that was". Screen Comment.
- ^ Tobias, Scott (October 2, 2012). "30 For 30: "Broke"". AV Club.
- ^ Martin, Vanessa (September 26, 2013). "Watch 'Collision Course,' Billy Corben's New ESPN '30 For 30' Short On The Murder Of Don Aronow (VIDEO)". HuffPost.
- ^ Williams, Brennan (February 25, 2014). "Steve Stoute Talks VH1 Docu-Series 'The Tanning Of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop'". HuffPost.
- ^ Kluger, Bryan (June 3, 2014). "Cocaine Cowboys Reloaded". High Def Digest.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (December 11, 2014). "TV Review: ESPN's 'The U Part 2'". Variety.
- ^ Rodriguez, Rene (March 6, 2015). "Dawg Fight". Miami Herald.
- ^ Valys, Phillip (March 10, 2015). "Billy Corben's 'Dawg Fight' steps into the ring". Sun-Sentinel.
- ^ Wilson, Chris (March 9, 2015). "Cocaine Cowboys Director Takes on Backyard Fighting". Maxim.
- ^ Rodriguez, Rene (March 6, 2015). "'Dawg Fight'". Miami Herald.
- ^ Montgomery, James (May 15, 2015). "'Dawg Fight' Director Pulls No Punches With His Brutal New Film". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Watch Miami Beach 100". rakontur.
- ^ "New 'Magic City Hustle' Documentary Brings Jai Alai Back To Life". WLRN. March 1, 2019.
- ^ Rosenthal, Phil (April 1, 2019). "The gang that couldn't shoot up straight: 'Screwball' a comic take on A-Rod's PED scandal". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Tallerico, Brian (March 29, 2019). "Screwball". RogerEbert.com.
- ^ Gay, Jason (March 28, 2019). "How A-Rod Explains Modern America". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Schager, Nick (March 23, 2019). "'Screwball': Inside the Damning Steroid Movie Alex Rodriguez Doesn't Want You to See". The Daily Beast.
- ^ Mullen, Pat (September 15, 2018). "TIFF Review: 'Screwball'". POV.
- ^ Mancini, Vince (March 28, 2019). "'Screwball' Is Another Masterpiece Of Insane Floridiana From Filmmaker Billy Corben". Uproxx.
- ^ Rechtshaffen, Michael (March 28, 2019). "Review: Alex Rodriguez and the 2013 MLB doping scandal get the doc treatment in 'Screwball'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Abele, Robert (March 26, 2019). "'Screwball' Film Review: Billy Corben's Baseball Doping Doc Is Disreputable Fun". The Wrap.
- ^ McNear, Claire (April 5, 2019). "'Screwball' Is the Bizarro Documentary A-Rod and the Biogenesis Scandal Deserve". The Ringer.
- ^ "Screwball". Rotten Tomatoes. 29 March 2019.
- ^ Roeper, Richard (October 20, 2020). "'537 Votes': How the Supreme Court and irate people in Miami picked a president". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Kroll, Andy (October 22, 2020). "Remember Bush v. Gore — or Be Doomed to Repeat It". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Williams, Trey (September 18, 2020). "HBO to Debut 2000 Presidential Election Doc '537 Votes' on Oct. 21". The Wrap.
- ^ Cohen, Howard (September 18, 2020). "New HBO documentary by Miami filmmakers revisits 2000 election as a 'heist' film". Miami Herald.
- ^ "537 Votes". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Mancini, Vince (October 21, 2020). "Miami Screwed The World In 2000: '537 Votes' Caps Off Billy Corben's Career Documenting 'Florida F*ckery'". Uproxx.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (October 21, 2020). "'537 Votes' revisits Florida election chaos in 2000 as a prelude to 2020". CNN.
- ^ "A&E and WWE Give Fans the Ultimate Ringside Seat in New 10-Week Original Programming Partnership Starting Sunday, April 18". The Futon Critic. February 23, 2021.
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