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Story We first meet 33 year old Jack Hall in the midst of an exciting transitional period for him. Diagnosed with mental illness at the age of 19, he's had some rough times over the years. But, having gone through dozens of arrests and hospitalizations, he's brought himself to a point where he has a steady job, a stable place to live, has achieved a high level of recovery in his illness, and is ready to move on. At the opening of the story Jack is just two weeks away from moving out of his group home into his own apartment on the outside, ignoring the advice of the group's resident psychiatric nurse, a friendly and compassionate woman named Denise. Jack's plan soon hits obstacles: the rent for his new apartment is suddenly raised to be more than he can afford; his hours at work are cut; and he finds himself faced with a common problem: no money. Not being confident in his ability to find another apartment because of his illness, he decides, on the advice of his friend, Dundee, to do whatever he can to get the money he needs for the apartment he has waiting for him. We soon learn that Jack has a serious and dangerous past, one that hes not proud of but one that he's willing to return to if it will help him get the money he needs. Jack interacts with many people during his journey. From Denise, the nurse, who tries her best to help him get what he wants; to Dr. Parker, his doctor who doesn't really think him ready to leave; to an eclectic and wonderful group of friends in his current home, Jack is certainly not alone in his struggle. There are other people in Jack's life who provide us with a glimpse of the real source of Jack's determination; Jack has a family; a son named John and an ex-wife named Laura to whom Jack has something very important to prove. Jack's attempt to live on his own becomes a form of redemption; after living through his troubled past that affected them all in devastating ways, he now wants to show his son and ex-wife that he has changed, that he is better, and that he is able; able to be independent, strong, and a good father. Home ultimately deals with themes that are very ubiquitous to us all: it's a love story; a redemption story; and a story about a father and his son. What would be a simple goal for most of us is no less than a life or death struggle for Jack. However he can, by whatever means necessary, Jack needs, more than anything, to find his home.
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Jono Oliver
Ged Dickersin
Eyde Belasco
Adriano Goldman

Jono Oliver Jono OliverWriter / Producer / DirectorA DGA assistant director for many years, Jono Oliver has had a career in film and television production that has included more than 40 projects, including the films The Great Debaters, Notorious, Guess Who, Barbershop 2, John Tucker Must Die, Snake Eyes, Last Action Hero, and Soul Food. In 1999 he wrote, produced, and directed the highly acclaimed short film, The Window. An official selection of over 25 film festivals, including the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, it won a number of awards and honors and has been sold for broadcast on both foreign and domestic television. The following year, Jono was a participant in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Labs and Director’s Lab with his feature-length screenplay, The Other Ones, where the script was one of eight projects chosen from approximately 2,500 submissions. Later that year, the screenplay won the Independent Feature Project’s Gordon Parks Award for Screenwriting.In 2007 he created Brooklyn Psych, a dramatic series for television about mental health workers and their patients. The pilot script, which he wrote, was bought and developed by CBS/Paramount with Jono hired as the writer.In 2007 and 2008 Jono directed Second Unit for the network television shows Six Degrees (ABC), New Amsterdam (FOX), & Cashmere Mafia (ABC).In 2011, he began writing for the hit CBS television show Blue Bloods.His latest project, Home, which he wrote and will direct, is scheduled to begin production in Brooklyn, NY in the Spring of 2012.Jono grew up in Brooklyn before attending Stanford University where he received a B.A. in Political Science. He currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.Partial List of Credits and Grosses Notorious - First Assistant Director 2009 $36.8M The Great Debaters - First Assistant Director 2007 $30.2M John Tucker Must Die - First Assistant Director 2006 $41M Guess Who - First Assistant Director 2005 $68M Barbershop 2 - First Assistant Director 2004 $65M Brown Sugar - First Assistant Director 2002 $27.4M Snake Eyes - Second Assistant Director 1998 $55.6M Soul Food - Second Assistant Director 1997 $43.5M Bulletproof - Second Assistant Director 1996 $21.2M Virtuosity - Second Assistant Director 1995 $24M

Ged Dickersin Ged DickersinProducerGed has worked on over 45 feature film productions in the past 24 years. He has had the opportunity to work on movies with some of the great New York film directors, including John Sayles, Jim Jarmusch, Woody Allen, Tom DiCillo, Nancy Savoca, Gary Winick, Jim Jarmusch, Mike Nichols, and Todd Solandz. Ged has been a producer on 16 feature films including: City Island, Notorious, Ira & Abby, The Education of Charlie Banks, The Guitar, The Caller, The Architect, A Reason to Believe, Foreclosure, and Yelling To The Sky. Ged is the owner operator of The Production Office, a full-scale 5000SF production office 2 blocks from Kaufman Astoria Studios.

Eyde Belasco Eyde BelascoCasting DirectorEyde has worked as casting director on the independent feature films LIKE CRAZY, PARIAH and HERE, all of which screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, she cast THE WORDS (which will close the 2011 Sundance Film Festival) and The UNTITLED DRAKE DOREMUS PROJECT. Other recent films include DIRTY GIRL, FINAL DESTINATION 5, SASSY PANTS, HICKS, 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, LYMELIFE, DON'T LET ME DROWN, YELLING TO THE SKY, THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT, BECAUSE I SAID SO, SLITHER, MEET THE SPARTANS and RESCUE DAWN. She also cast HALF NELSON for which she won the Artios Award for Independent Feature Film Casting. Prior to this, she spent two and a half years at Twentieth Century Fox as an in-house casting director where she cast DAREDEVIL and BEHIND ENEMY LINES. She is currently in her 16th year as the West Coast casting director for Sundance Institute.

Adriano Goldman Adriano GoldmanDirector of PhotographyMost recently, the Sao Paulo-born Goldman lensed JANE EYRE, which marks his second collaboration with director Cary Fukunaga. They first partnered on the immigrant thriller SIN NOMBRE that earned Goldman his first Spirit Award nomination and the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Goldman also recently shot Tony Goldwyn’s CONVICTION (starring Hilary Swank).The Award-winning Goldman got his start as a camera operator for director/producer Fernando Meirelles’ startup company in 1987. Over the next decade, he earned his stripes in the commercial and music video world by forging a strong relationship with MTV Brazil.In 2002, he reteamed with Meirelles to shoot the first of eventually four seasons of the smash television hit CITY OF MEN, based on the visionary filmmaker’s CITY OF GOD. Goldman’s dazzling work in spotlighting two teens living in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro earned him the ABC Trophy for Best Cinematography in a Television Series. He worked on the feature film version helmed by Paulo Morelli in 2006. Goldman’s color-infused, handheld camerawork was instrumental in depicting the emotional plight of these sympathetic characters.Some of Goldman’s other credits include Season 2 of the HBO mob drama SONS OF CARNIVAL and two high-profile series for HBO Latin America: the 13-episode arc ALICE and the aforementioned SONS OF CARNIVAL, for which Goldman garnered his second ABC trophy. THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION netted Goldman his third ABC trophy win for Best Cinematography, this time for a feature film.

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