Biografia
Arthur is an experienced and award-winning writer, producer and director. He recently wrote and directed the dramatic webseries Three Trembling Cities (2016), which is available on 10 streaming platforms and has screened at 30 festivals and special events across the globe, winning 7 awards to date, including Best Drama at the UK Webfest and Minnesota Webfest, and the Made in NY award at the Brooklyn Webfest.
He also wrote and directed the sci-fi feature Found in Time (2012), which is now available on Amazon, Vudu, and other platforms. It won the Best Feature award at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, the Best Sci-Fi Feature awards at Shriekfest, ShockerFest, Phoenix Comic-Con and Intendence, and was an official selection at 25 festivals, including the Boston Sci-Fi, Nevermore, International Horror & Sci-Fi, Imagine Fantastic (Netherlands), Louisville International, and GenCon.
Focal Press publishes his non-fiction book on preproduction, "Preparing For Takeoff: Preproduction for the Independent Filmmaker." He's written filmmaking articles for several online and print publications, including "MovieMaker," "Indie Slate," Stareble, ProVideo Coalition, and Mixform.
He's developing an indie supernatural thriller, "Bitter Child," a supernatural/war tv series, "Highway of Bones," and the action-drama "Die Hunter" (co-written with Arthur Scott Jr.).
Caleb's Door (2009) his first feature, is available on DVD and VOD. Arthur's shorts The Prayer Tree (2009), Matter (2009), "Mornir/Mornen" and "Secret Language" have screened at various festivals and art venues, in New York, Texas, LA, and in Europe.
Arthur is the founder of Chaotic Sequence Inc., which focuses on production, consultation, and film education. To date the company has production managed several shorts, seminars, and other projects, as well as Found in Time (2012) and Three Trembling Cities (2016).
Arthur has also line produced or production managed several features, including Helena from the Wedding (2010); Goodbye Baby (2007); _Windows (2006)_ qv; Rock the Paint (2005); The Toe Tactic (2008)Racing Daylight (2007) starring David Strathairn and Melissa Leo. These films have screened at the Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, Tribeca, Nantucket, Rome, Woodstock, and other film festivals, and have gone on to theatrical, DVD, cable and VOD distribution. Arthur has also line produced second-unit shoots, industrials, music videos, and shorts.
Arthur has also worked in just about every department, for ABC, NBC, BBC America, MSNBC, the Knitting Factory, Nickelodeon, and various independent production companies.
Arthur has guest lectured at New York University, the School of Visual Arts, CUNY/Hunter College, University of Advancing Technology, Brooklyn College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Digital Film Academy, and Montclair State University. He holds a B.F.A. in Film/Television Production from NYU.
