ROBERT GALLUZZO

Valley Village,CA

Summary

A life long cinephile, content creator and distributor that has implemented that love into the marketing, sales, and distribution of films to build awareness, enthusiasm, and excitement!

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Independent Director / Content Creator

Shudder / Epic Pictures / Lionsgate / Hulu

Hollywood, CA

10.2010 - Current

Coordinated, edited, and produced bonus features for 100's of home video releases for boutique labels such as Shout Factory, Arrow Films, Severin, Synapse, Blue Underground, as well as Lionsgate and Universal.
Produced the official podcasts for Dexter and Dexter: New Blood, alongside series writer / producer Scott Reynolds for Showtime, as well as the official podcast for Fox's hit series The Following. Guests included Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Clancey Brown, Jamie Chung, Kevin Bacon & more.
Won several awards for podcast productions including a Webby Award & Shorty Award for Dexter: New Blood, and a Rondo Award for hosting Killer POV in 2015.
Created and produced original video content for FEARnet, a Lionsgate cable network, featuring creators of Saw, Halloween, Maniac franchises for air on VOD and web platforms.
Produced and hosted Frights & Insights for Hulu's Huluween programming block in October of 2017, featuring reunions for The Monster Squad, Fright Night, and John Dies At The End.
Developed, packaged, and produced Shudder original feature film Lucky, with director Natasha Kermani and writer/star Brea Grant.
Wrote, directed, and produced documentary The Psycho Legacy, released worldwide in 2010 by Universal Home Video; and by Shout Factory in the U.S.

Director of Distribution, Acquisitions, Head of Development

Epic Pictures Group / DREAD Presents

Hollywood, CA

09.2017 - 06.2019

Launched horror label off shoot of Epic Pictures, DREAD presents, releasing theatrical, VOD and physical titles once per month to independent retailers.
Coordinated marketing strategy, poster design, foreign buyer relations, and public relations for maximum impact on all releases. This includes working in concert with PR firms such as Katrina Wan PR, Brandy Fons, and M4PR, as well as coordinated press announcements via Deadline.
Acquired and distributed 25+ well-received genre titles, including Harpoon, Terrifier, The Golem, The Lodgers, Extremity, Candy Corn, Book Of Monsters & more working alongside top-tier talent including Penn Jillette (of 'Penn & Teller' fame), Lin Shaye, Kane Hodder, Sean Patrick Flanery, Barry Bostwick, Adam Rifkin and more.
Organized & booked monthly theatrical events for each release with poster & prize giveaways, and interactive strategies such as trivia and contests in CA, AZ, OH, WA, NV, PA, TX, CO, NY.
Hosted LA premieres and Q & A's for our titles with talent participation.
Implemented social media platforms of both company and talent to reach new audience members. This included using all of Dread Central and Epic Pictures, combined social media reach. As well as having filmmakers, like Penn Jillette, debut the Director's Cut poster to his 2 million Twitter following.

Senior Editor

BLUMHOUSE.com / Red Seat Ventures

2401 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

08.2015 - 07.2017

Recruited by Red Seat Ventures to act as right-hand to editor-in-chief of Blumhouse.com, horror website offshoot of Blumhouse Production dedicated to all things scary!
Helped elevate this up-start to 1.5-2 million visitors per month in the span of 2 years.

Skills

Fluent in Spanish

Timeline