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Autographed copy of John Giannaris's out of print autobiography, "Yannis".
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Autographed copies of John Giannaris's out of print autobiography, "Yannis", an autographed DVD of final film by director Jerry Vasilatos and John Giannaris, placement in film credits under "Special Thanks".
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Autographed copies of John Giannaris's out of print autobiography, "Yannis", DVD of final film, VIP seating and access at screenings when film is complete and shown in festivals, invitation to exclusive sponsors dinner with Captain Giannaris, film credit placement under "Special Thanks" or "Associate Producer" if pledge is $5,000 or more.
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Jerry is a native Chicagoan whose first film, "Solstice", was broadcast nationally as a Lifetime original movie in 2004. He attended Columbia College in Chicago, and moved to Los Angeles in 1996 where he spent 10 years working in film and television, running his boutique editing studio Nitestar Productions at the historic "Crossroads of the World" on Sunset Boulevard. He returned to Chicago in 2007, and now works on projects between his hometown and Los Angeles.
As of 2010, Jerry's credits include a wide variety of projects, from producing, directing and editing the music video "Burlington Northern", nominated for best directing and best cinematography by the World Music Independent Film Festival, to shorts like "Inside America" and "The Dark Knight Project", which won 2 Star Awards as well as rated 4 Stars by Film Threat. . Earlier in 2008 and late 2007, Jerry edited season 1 episodes 1, 5 and 9 and season 2 episode 5 of the History Channel series "Gangland".
While in Los Angeles, his projects included editing DVD featurettes for the films "Primeval", "The History Boys" and "Turistas" produced by Trailer Park and the feature film "Frankie D", starring Todd Bridges and produced by DV Filmworks. In 2006, Jerry edited 10 segments of the series "Breaking In" produced by Kevin Leadingham for the Reelz Channel, directed the 48 Hour Film project "Protected!" for Bliss Productions, and served as co-producer and editor for twenty three 1 hour and 1/2 hour episodes of the weekly syndicated series "Made in Hollywood". Jerry also color corrected the PBS documentary "Maid in America" and edited the Macauley Culkin episode of "Hollywood Hold 'Em" poker for E! as well as "Frame on the Wall - The Making of "The Door in the Floor" and "Backstage with "Connie and Carla" for Universal Home Video. "Now You Know", the romantic comedy written and directed by "Clerks II" star Jeff Anderson and edited by Jerry, was released in December of 2006 by Weinstein Home Video.
Jerry is also presently involved as producer/director of the WWII documentary "Yannis" and the dramatic thrillers "Butcher's Dozen" and "Stalked", in development as feature films.
