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Synopsis: A newly divorced attorney comes out and is ready to live it up with a flirtatious rocker who is ready to settle down, and together, they try for a second chance at love. In this later-in-life romantic story, a quiet workaholic, attorney Richard Durant (Sal Rendino) comes out in his fifties and falls in love with heartthrob and former rocker, Jon Graham (Lukas Hassel). They navigate the reality that Richard is ready to start living fully after having raised his children, and Jon is finally ready to settle down and have a family. The story revolves around each man as he steps outside of his comfort zone and interconnects with Richard’s ex-wife, his children, Jon’s groupies and situations that swell within each of their respective professions. Couple of Guys is a half-hour comedy/drama about living authentically, second chances, and falling in love.

Language

English

Run Time

22 minutes

Starring

Sal Rendino (Richard Durant)
Lukas Hassel (Jon Graham)
Abigail Hawk (Julia Graham)
Ciarán Sheehan (Aiden McGlynn)
Deborah Twiss (Tammy Durant)

Directed by

Debra Markowitz

Written by

Debra Markowitz

Executive Producer

John Marean

Composer

Tom Griffith

Cinematographer

Marc Riou

Director's Statement

I wanted to write a love story about living authentically and second chances. Richard lived his entire life trying to ignore the fact that he was gay. Jon wanted to live the high life on the road, and not consider being in a serious relationship. As in life, I wanted to journey along with these characters as they discovered love, and how it would change them.

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.

Production Year

2021

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