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Craig
Stuart Garfinkle
Director,
Producer
March,
2010
 Presently,
Craig is exhaling after completing his first
project as a director entitled, "30 Premeditated Acts," a feature
length documentary chronicling Dane Cook's creative journey which
brought him to his "ISolated INcident" TV Special and CD.
The TV special debuted on Comedy Central on May 17th, and the
documentary was released May 19th along with Dane's "ISolated INcident"
CD. The CD/DVD combo debuted at 4 on the pop charts!
You can check
out the
project here:
Isolated
Incident Promo
"I am so glad that Dane
entrusted me with such a special film." Craig says. "I got to be a fly
on the wall while Dane spent night after night at the Laugh Factory
working through this new, very personal material - mining his own
tragedies for comedic value."
"And although I have composed music for dozens of documentaries, as
both director and producer of this tender, dark and funny film, I
earned a renewed respect for all the film makers with whom I have
collaborated over the years. Directing is one tough gig!"
But the highlight of the project was being asked to write, compose,
edit, and produce a short film as Dane's "warm up act," to be shown to
his audience before taking the stage on his "ISolated INcident, Global
Thermo Comedy Tour." "What a thrill it was for me to be sitting in
Madison Square Garden, watching this movie being presented to 20,000
screaming fans."
The
film ends with a two minute Sufi
Montage, which you can see by clicking the link below.
His
other recent Dane Cook projects include, "Rough Around the Edges, Live
from Madison Square Gardens," for which he produced both the CD and the
live concert DVD, the songs, "Forward," and "I'll Never Be You," on
which Craig produced and played guitars, and the double platinum
selling comedy CD, "Retaliation," which Craig edited and mixed.
"When
we were working together on "Retaliation,"
we had no idea what was to follow. It was just a great hang: Dane, his
managers Brian and Barry, and myself, locked up in a room, trying to
put together a CD that made us laugh. Looking at where we've come since
then I can only say I was blessed to be a part of such a great team!"
"Retaliation"
also debuted at 4 on the pop charts, which was the first time a comedy
album debuted in the top-ten since Steve Martin's, "Wild and Crazy Guy"
in 1979
Craig lives in Malibu, California,
with
his wife, fellow composer and conductor Eímear Noone, and his
daughter Madison.
Represented
by Austin Godsey, Artists
Management, 818-506-8344
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