A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDERS
“Noble Heart Films aims to produce uplifting, values-based entertainment that espouses the universal ideals of inclusion, generosity, service, compassion, and justice, to name just a few.
We believe that meaningful movies matter and that entertainment shapes morality. We believe there is a wide, growing audience for films that inspire action and provide hope for progress.
Our intent is to produce aspirational stories of “noble hearts” who serve as models of integrity, empathy, and self-sacrifice. We wish to tell stories of brotherhood and sisterhood, stories of goodwill, stories of daring and determination, stories of conscience and courage, stories about the power of opportunity and the pursuit of excellence.
We welcome the collaboration and participation of anyone who recognizes how stories shape the world and wants to help bring meaningful, life-affirming narratives to the screen.”
CRAIG DIFOLCO
(Head of Script Development) has produced, written, and directed award-winning feature films, shorts, commercials, music videos, and new media. Since receiving his MFA from Columbia University, he has worked extensively in production, initially with Hunting Lane Films (Half Nelson, Blue Valentine). His features have appeared at film festivals around the county, and he is currently adapting the acclaimed novel Monterey Bay and his hit web series iChannel for television. Craig is also a storytelling consultant, and the NHF Labs are an adaption of his online screenwriting course Fast Draft.
MICHAEL IZQUIERDO
(Head of Production) is an award-winning producer, director and actor. He has produced five award-winning feature films, all with worldwide distribution. He has directed multiple short films, series, commercials, and music videos. He has worked with Scorsese and Ang Lee as an actor, alongside Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, for all the major TV networks, on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and holds an MFA from NYU Tisch Graduate Acting. He is the founder of Sunnyside Films, and a native New Yorker - born and raised on the upper east side of Manhattan.
JONATHAN JUDGE-RUSSO
(Operations Director & Head of Outreach) is an award-winning actor and producer born and raised in Brooklyn. He is the Founding Artistic Director of Animus Theatre Company, for which he has acted in and produced multiple plays by and alongside John Patrick Shanley, Theresa Rebeck, and others, ranging from the stages of Broadway’s Circle in the Square to Off-Broadway’s famed Cherry Lane. As an actor, he has worked with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Woody Allen, Pamela Adlon, among others as he has appeared in studio and independent films, numerous television programs on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, Netflix, and additional theatre from Washington DC to Lincoln Center. He completed his studies at Loyola University in MD, Oxford University, and various conservatories in NYC.
JONATHAN MACRI
(Regis High School & RIME Liaison) is a writer, teacher and attorney. He has been proudly sharing his love of the arts with his students at the Boerum Hill School for International Studies for the past three years, before which he was a civil litigator following his graduation from Fordham Law School. Jonathan has been writing for his entire life, and is currently the featured columnist for Knicks Film School. He has also served on the Board of Directors for Animus, a non-profit, New York-based theater company, for the past 8 years.
TERENCE KANNENGIESER
(Chief Financial Officer) Terence began his own financial consulting company, TPK Consulting, LLC, offering outsourced CFO and strategic business services to small to mid-sized companies, pre-revenue entities, companies amid a transition, and other businesses experiencing new or increased levels of financial reporting. With a solid understanding of US GAAP and complex accounting issues, he has demonstrated the ability to seamlessly integrate all aspects of a company’s operations with their financial planning and reporting requirements. Prior to forming TPK Consulting LLC, Terence served as Chief Financial Officer of Strome Networks, a provider of telecommunications physical infrastructure. He attended the College of the Holy Cross located in Worcester, Massachusetts where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Accounting. He currently holds an active Certified Public Accountant license in the state of New York. He is members of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
GENERAL COUNSEL: James Walsh, Esq.
ENTERTAINMENT COUNSEL: Frankfurt Kurnit Klein Selz - Contact Julie Murray or Sasha Levites for inquiries.
ADVISORY BOARD: Eric DiMichele, Philip Judge, S.J.