Biography
Writer - adapter - executive producer Lorenzo Orzari works for international coproductions. Canada, US, South America, UK, Europe, Africa, China, the world.
Stimulated by the ever evolving psychology of storytelling, he provides properties, adaptations, writing-producing solutions for the creation, development of augmented and virutual reality, live action and animated feature films, sequels, TV series, books, graphic novels, web, games franchise transmedia, from concepts to distribution.
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IMDB does not list all works companies have in development.
See www.LorenzoOrzari.com for updates, international coproductions.
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Lorenzo's works include:
"Chameleon Girls". Lively action mysteries. Movies, TV, interactive Web series with graphic novels and AR VR games. Writer-producer, negotiating 2019-2020 Canada-Argentina coproductions.
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"Espectros" augmented reality franchise series, winning in the 2018 Canada Media Fund / Colombia Proimagenes Co-Development competition. Interactive writer - game design co-developer - co-executive producer partner with V-Cinema / Liquid Light.
The Pilot Prototype is advanced in 2019 with 2020 opportunities for involvement in further coproduction of formats and international distribution.
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"Crossing the Rubicon" TV series. An executive producer for the finance completion. $36M, Season 1, 13 episodes. International coproduction partners include MMC / Beta Films Germany / NBC Universal International... Acquiring new involvements and broadcaster pre-sales.
As initially requested and approved by the CTR trilogy of novels author-producer and director: Lorenzo adapted, story edited, with development writing expanded novel content, generated new material, co-wrote all the one-hour episode outlines for season one of this romantic action adventure time travel drama TV series.
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"Dead of Winter" (aka "Snow Spirit" / "Jade"). Script doctor, consulting producer for this suspense horror feature film, slated for 2020 coproduction in Canada and China.
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"Neelan" / "Anti-Buddies". Sci-fi action animated feature film. Story consultant Lorenzo to adapt the French script into U.S. English.
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Lorenzo is a Co-Curator of award-winning producer "John Dunning's Vault" of available film-TV-game franchise properties. John and Andre Link's company Cinepix became Lionsgate.
Lorenzo previously co-wrote several feature film screenplays with John Dunning, including "My Bloody Valentine 2" which sold to Lionsgate.
The above sequel integrates eight minutes of footage cut from the original released by Paramount.
The Vault properties include John Dunning's latest 3D psychological horror thriller feature, "Retribution".
It was an honor for Lorenzo to co-write this last one with John, a master who produced close to 60 movies.
John's memoir was presented at the Fantasia Film Festival which also honored John and Andre Link with Lifetime Achievement awards.
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As a writer-producer, Lorenzo is developing "High Impact - The Alvin Powell Experiences". Inspiring, emotionally intense feature film and TV series dramatizations based on Alvin Powell's life experiences beyond the NFL, his struggle with drugs, his near death and years of saving young lives from deadly substance abuse. Alvin Powell's book is in progress.
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As a scriptwriter, Lorenzo has worked on action, adventure, crime, suspense, horror, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, romantic comedy, drama...
Feature franchises like -- "Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2" released by Colombia TriStar... "Dragon Guardians", Canada-Spain coproduction (aka "Dragon Knights")... 3D horror thriller "So Sweet"...
"Flight of the Living Dead" and "Meatballs IV" (Cinepix versions).
One of his first feature film scripts, "Love Me and Die", produced as "The Scorpio Factor", ended up on Amazon.
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Lorenzo script doctors series as well as feature films such as "To Walk with Lions", nominated for 5 Genie Awards including Best Picture, released by 20th Century Fox...
"Pinocchio 3000", writing comedy dialog for Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel.
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Adaptations for international coproductions include the French and Italian to English adaptation-translation and polish of the "Fearless Child" feature film screenplay based on the inspiring true-life story of Iqbal Masih and his struggle against child slavery. The film was presented at the Rome Film Fest in 2015 and the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016. Distributed by Cyber Group International.
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"Impostor", one of Lorenzo's action thriller feature franchises with an avenging female action heroine, was selected as a finalist project (one of 12 from over 100 across Canada) for the Whistler Film Festival Gateway initiative for coproductions with China.
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Lorenzo co-wrote "The Killing Boys", social crime drama low-budget feature film. Official Selection at the 2009 Festival of New Cinema.
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"Oniria", VR eMotion dream animated web TV eComics game series was short-list selected for the Canada Media Fund / Proimagenes Colombia competition in 2017. Writer - co-executive producer partner with V-Cinema.
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MegaZebra new interactive story games. (TBA.) Franchise development writing three different narrative app game series.
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Lorenzo writes books, collaborates on graphic novels like "Silicon Horizon" (published by Tundra)...
His film and TV franchise adaptations include comic book series like "Zen - Intergalactic Ninja"...
... and the 3D movie trilogy based on 42 comic books of the popular Brazilian Manga series, "Holy Avenger"...
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Adaptation of fiction and true-life books to film scripts include the Italian crime drama "Barber for the Mob"...
Further to content and format localizations for North and South America, U.K./Europe, Africa and China...
Film / TV series translations (French, Italian and some German to U.S. English), story editing, research, consultation, revisions, ghostwriting...
As a Canadian / U.K. - Italian citizen, he adapted 70 scripts from French to English for TV series... "Xcalibur", "Fly Tales", "Fantomette", "Team S.O.S.", "Princess Sissi", "Papyrus"... and films like "Krieghoff, The Studio of a Popular Artist".
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Lorenzo wrote episode scripts for TV series like "The Boy", "Jacques Cousteau's Ocean Tales" and the "Taking Off" situation comedy...
He also develops his own properties for producers...
... directed the pilot episode of the "Unknown Dimensions" moral twists anthology TV series he created, head writing, also narrating in the strangest places as a severed head.
He wrote, directed and coproduced "The Secret Paradise" eco-travel documentary series pilot broadcast worldwide.
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Lorenzo provides unique draft-saving advantages with his integrated experience as a producer, VP development and production, partner / co-founder of two companies, film-TV director, audiovisuals editor, post-production supervisor and co-director (dialog, narration, dubbing and subtitles).
He analyzes film and TV projects for funding agencies, production and distribution companies.
Constantly generating content, new independent and franchise properties, working on novels, adaptations and novelizations, as a writer Lorenzo focuses on storytelling, while as a producer he is keenly aware of realistic budgets and international requirements, from concept, development to distribution, marketing and publicity.
Converging expertise for worldwide coproductions.
