Peter Liska, a producer/writer/director from Plattsburg, New York, Pete is employed as a stage manager with MTV. While living in Europe from 1999 - 2002, he started developing feature screenplays while working as a set dresser and property coordinator for films shot in the Czech Republic. His script, The Skinny, written by Kevin Colgan and Bryan Flores, is currently in pre-production. His two other features, Only Children (also by Colgan and Flores) and Flyer Mafia are in development. He teamed up with John Miller, Vincent LoRusso and Ron Fallica in the fall of 2007 to expand Hossboss Productions to not only produce his developing features but to create a series of short films to display their passions and comedic interests.
John Miller is from Richmond, Virginia. He moved to New York after stuying at the North Carolina School of the Arts and trained at The Stella Adler Conservatory and Michael Howard Studios with Larry Singer and Deborah Kampmeier. His film's include The Firefly & The Bride, Sight Unseen, Coda, A Long Way Home, Dummy, MPH, Redeye Jack, and Long Story Short. Theater credits include American Buffalo, Road to Nirvana, Amphitryon, and Andy and Edie. He has written the films, Voodoo T-Shirt (co-written, also directed), 50,000,000, and Afterlife Law (also directed). This year, his feature documentary, Making Fifty Million, will premier at the Rappahannock Independent Film Festival in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Vincent LoRusso, originally from Littleneck, New York, Vincent LoRusso attended Michigan State University and Hoffstra University. Vincent began training at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in 1994. In August 1996, he decided to start his own company and began scouring midtown for a gritty, affordable space to host experimental theater. He invested in the renovation of Triple Treat Theatre/Show World, a former strip club at Eighth Ave. and 42nd St. in New York City. It was here that Vincent co-founded Pantheon Productions, his fledgling Off-Off-Broadway theater company offering "wild, electric, high-energy theater." Pantheon's first show was Jeffrey Sweet's Responsible Parties. During the rest of 1998-99 season, the company made its mark with a series of short-run dramas, farces and dark comedies. LoRusso's theater credits include Dreamtime on Broadway, the lead in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, the lead in Eat Your Heart Out, and others. He has appeared in the films It Could Happen to You, Brian Daly's The Whitehouse, Steve Feder's The Cotton Wood, as well as Television spots on Law and Order, As the World Turns, New York News and was the lead on UNet Cable's The Show. Vincent played the lead in Docs and Robbers, which premiered in 2005 at the Dances With Films festival. Also in '05, he produced and starred in the feature film, Sight Unseen, also starring Philip Casnoff, Amy Carlson and Vincent's Hossboss partner, John Miller. Greg Laub (go to Greg's webpage here) wrote the screenplay. John Petrini directed. The film is slated for release in 2008 (watch the trailer here). Vincent is also a member of the nonprofit organizationPROACTIVE (PROfessional ACTors collectIVE). Visit his official site here.
Ron Fallica, born and raised in Long Island, New York, Ronald Jason Fallica was a child performer with his Aunt Cathy. They would put on shows and skits for their family on and off camera as she would dress him up and make him her "little Elvis" (as she was a huge Elvis fan). Ron loved performing and always wanted to be an actor but was very shy about it so he followed in his father's footsteps and became an athlete. He excelled in Hockey and his dream became to be Left Wing for the NY Rangers. But at the persistence of his aunt and his mother, he found his way back to being an actor. He moved to Manhattan, studied with Olinda Turturro, started auditioning and doing backround work and expanding his performing talents with his love of music. He taught himself guitar, and formed a band with his friends called Marion's Basement and played in venues throughout the city and the island. He eventually found himself working at a Tony's Di Napoli as his acting career demanded his full attention over his music and he had to pay the bills. There he met John Miller and Peter Liska and the story of "huh?" began. In 2004, a chance to move to Los Angeles appeared. He took it, sold his stuff, flew out with his laptop and a suitcase and he's been there since. There, he met his beautiful wife, Allie, and they wed in September of 2007. They live in Los Angeles with their one-eyed rescued dog, Foxy. Ron has just completed his film, Amongst Friends, which he wrote and starred in and edited along with Miller. Visit the official website here. Watch trailer.
Kevin Colgan (Writer) Kevin was born and raised in San Francisco, graduated from Chico State in 1994, and then received a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from Wichita State in 1998. Three years in Kansas caused him to flee the country and reside in Prague for five years where he first met the tall and stately Peter Liska. Kevin has authored many poems and also co-written the film scripts, The Skinny and Only Children.
History: Peter Liska, John Miller, and Vincent LoRusso met while working at Tony's di Napoli restaurant in midtown Manhattan, NYC. They established Hossboss Productions Incorporated in summer 2007 in Astoria, Queens, New York. They initially began working together to develop the feature film, Only Children. During the long process, Liska and LoRusso chose to create an immediate work assignment for themselves and Miller, and the comedic short 50,000,000 was born. It capitalized on all of their talents and interests and it demonstrates the Hossboss humor and style. It was shot in eight hours on October 10, 2007 at Lisa LoRusso's (Vincent's mother) home in Littleneck, New York. Ron Fallica, also a former Tony's employee, flew in from Los Angeles to join the crew.
Above: 50,000,000 Poster. Right: Ron Fallica, Peter Liska, Vincent LoRusso, Jason Arcaro, John Miller, and Ski Cortez on the 50,000,000 set.