Confidant
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Synopsis: A mother confronts her son, a down-on-his-luck stunt man with a broken marriage, to help him move forward with his life.
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Director's Statement
As a friend was grieving over the loss of his mother, he recounted all that she meant to him as he cared for her in the last years of her life. I wanted to recreate the love in that type of relationship in Confidant.
Director's Bio
Debra Markowitz created and served as the Director of the Nassau County Film Office. Serving four administrations during her 33-year tenure, Ms. Markowitz had steadily increased production of movies, television programs and commercials that were shot in Nassau County, logging over 1,000 production days and over $150M in positive economic impact per year. She started with the dream of a Nassau County studio, and left County employ with three fully-functioning NYS approved soundstages, and a fourth on the way.
Ms. Markowitz serves as Vice President of the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, Long Island’s most established and largest not-for-profit agency dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. Under her directorship, the Foundation spawned the Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE). Heading into its 24th year, LIIFE enjoys enormous popularity, attracting short and feature-length independent films from around the world, spotlighting films made on Long Island and concluding with a star-studded award celebration. The Foundation also runs the Scared for Your LIIFE short horror festival.
An enthusiastic filmmaker herself, Ms. Markowitz is an award-winning writer and director who has won awards worldwide. She is currently in post production on the feature film, The Only Woman in the World, and the series, Couple of Guys.
Debra teaches actors’ workshops as both director and casting director at the New York Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts. She has been a judge on the LaGuardia Arts panel for potential incoming drama students as well as for the Locust Valley High School Student Film Festival. Debra is a past recipient of the Town of Hempstead’s Woman of Distinction Award. Ms. Markowitz is a proud member of New York Women in Film & Television and Women in Film. Debra is on the Long Island High School for the Arts Technical and Advisory Board and the CTE Board for Five Towns College. She is a former member of the Discover Long Island Tourism Board and a member of the Westfield International Film Festival.
Debra Markowitz is a freelance writer and novelist, having written the Karmic Wind trilogy: Naked in the Rain, Sarah and Caleb, and Karmic Wind.
Ms. Markowitz’s name can be found on the Long Island Press’ Power List, 50 Long Islanders Who Control Our Lives (2006 and 2012); Beverly Fortune’s, Fortune 52 (2006); as the recipient of the prestigious George M. Estabrook Alumni Award for Distinguished Service (Hofstra University, 2011) and the 2012 Long Island Arts Council honoree as its Outstanding Advocate for the Arts.
You can follow Ms. Markowitz on Instagram @debramarkowitzfilm, Twitter @debramarkowitz, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/intentionfimsandmedia You can find out more about her, her films and her company at www.IntentionFilmsandMedia.com. You can find out more information on the Long Island International Film Expo at www.LongIslandFilm.com
Debra was one of the originators behind The Master Shift Global Meditation event, which now has over two million followers on Facebook. An avid yoga practitioner and a Reiki healer, Debra lives in Merrick with her husband, and co-manager of Intention Films and Media, John Marean, and their faithful rescue dog, Gracie. They share four adult daughters between them.