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Update #2: Interview on Virginia Living Television
Here's an interview I did at the World Music Independent Film Festival where I had the chance to speak about my documentary. I'm at the 35:13 mark:
http://valivingtv.com/page24/page24.html
Jerry
Update #1: 8/28 Update
Dear pledge supporters,
Thank you so much for your support of my project "Yannis".
When I created the pledge page here, I put in the total amount of budget for the documentary through to finishing as dictated by my line item budget, but it appears now that I may need to fund raise in phases, i.e. raise money for the production portion of the project which we're in right now, and then raise post-production later. As it stands now, it's obvious that despite current donor generosity, there's no way the entire $90K budget will be in place by the time I need to travel with John to Greece in September to document his delivery of posthumously awarded medals bestowed upon his men to the embassy in Athens as well as have him guide me to points of interest during his World War II service and it's crucial to capture this important footage.
My work on this project is in unpaid "sweat equity". With the bulk of the costs of the budget associated with about $40,000 worth of stock footage licensing for historical imagery, $15,000 for a professionally produced original music score and another $25,000 in post-production, errors and omissions and legal fees, my immediate focus is on raising $10,000 instead to cover current production expenses related to the trip and legal work presently being done.
On September 10th, if the full budget listed here is not raised, Kickstarter will return your pledge payments.
I have already set up a separate bank account for pledges that have been sent by other donors via check, which right now contains $100.
When this project lapses here on Kickstarter September 10th and your pledges are returned, please contact me via email and I will send you instructions on where to send your pledge by check IF you are still interested in supporting the project.
I've also set up a page on Facebook where I have been posting updates on this project, which I will be updating during the trip to Greece as well. it is located at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yannis-of-OG-II/136472593057135
"Yannis" is also a finalist for the Roy Dean "From the Heart" Film Grant, that will award $30,000 in goods and services to the winning proposal entry to be announced in October. We're hoping that we make the final cut because in addition to the donations pledged on Kickstarter that would go towards production if you choose to continue your support with a check, this grant will make our efforts on the back end during post-production on the film much more doable.
Thanks to all of you who have pledged support to help preserve this amazing story of service and courage, John and I appreciate your generosity and faith in our effort more than words can express.
Sincerely,
Jerry Vasilatos
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on September 10, 2010.
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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.
