Director and co-screenwriter Steven Feder’s latest film, A BROOKLYN LOVE 
STORY, is just that, a romance between a man 
and a woman and a love letter to the quaint New York City borough. Mike’s grandpa started a little fruit and vegetable store years ago in Bay Ridge called The Golden Gate, which was passed to Pops Moona (Dan Grimaldi). A vengeful developer with a grudge is threatening to buy the store out from under Pops. Local mobster and his men (Michael Rispoli, Vincent Pastore, and Joseph D’Onofrio, respectively) love that place and concoct 
a cockamamie scheme to ensure its safety. Meanwhile Mike meets Honey (Katie McCarty),the developer’s secretary, and the two share instant chemistry. While Mike and Honey bond right away, the fact that she works for the person trying to destroy Mike’s livelihood is a significant impediment. 
Is there a way around it for the two to make a real go at things? Will The Golden Gate survive to see another customer? A BROOKLYN LOVE STORY, filmmaker Steven Feder, collaborated with John Cortes on the screenplay. Director / Producer / Writer Steven Feder (Charlie Irish, On Freddie Roach, State of Play) joins us for a conversation about his personal connection to this particular story, assembling a terrific cast of very engaging actors and the art of shooting a complicated independent film on a very compressed timeline and limited budget.
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About the filmmaker – Born and raised in New York, Steven Feder began his career performing stand-up in numerous comedy clubs while studying acting under Bill Esper at the prestigious William Esper Studio. As a member of The Creative Actors Repertory Theater, he performed, directed, and produced numerous plays, including Savage In Limbo, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Danny And The Deep Blue Sea, and Speed The Plow. He transitioned from theater to film by producing and co-writing The Big Gig. The film won three International Grand Prize Awards, the Nicholson Award, and the coveted Audience Award at The Hamptons International Film Festival. Next, Steven wrote, produced, and directed the Dramatic Feature Jury Prize-winning film The Cottonwood, starring Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gia Carides, Stacy Edwards, Cynthia Nixon, Michael Wright, Tony Sirico, and Missi Pyle, featured on Showtime’s Best of Independent Film Directors Cut Series. Next, he wrote, directed, and produced the romantic comedy It Had To Be You, starring Natasha Henstridge, Michael Vartan, Michael Rispoli, and Olivia d’Abo. Steven collaborated with Academy Award winners Barry Levinson and Al Pacino on his scripted crime thriller Charlie Irish for Warner Bros. and Golden Globe winners James Gandolfini and Alec Baldwin on his scripted comedy/drama With A Bullet, which was based on the music industry in 1977. Steven recently completed the feature A Brooklyn Love Story, which he wrote and directed for producers Jeff Mazzola, John Scaccia, and Morris Levy, distributed by Quiver, premiering on Amazon, starring Michael Rispoli, Dan Grimaldi, Vincent Pastore, Joseph D’Onofrio, Katie McCarty, Michael Morano, and Christopher Ryan. Steven has been a director, screenwriter, script doctor, ghostwriter, and author for over two decades. He has written on dozens of films, directed music videos, and produced documentaries, including The Promoter, which he produced with Peter Berg for HBO on the life of legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum. Steven appears as himself in the Peter Berg-directed Emmy Award-winning HBO doc-series On Freddie Roach and State of Play episode “A Fighting Chance.” Steven resides in Los Angeles, CA. For more go to: blacksheepent.com
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Reviews:
“A Brooklyn Love Story is charming, funny, and romantic in all senses of the word. The cast is excellent, bringing the drama and silliness to proper life.” – Bobby LePire, Film Threat
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