POINTING FINGERS
"The first-ever fiction feature film about, written by, and starring people with minimally-speaking autism
Genre: Romance, Drama
Written by Dan Bergmann
Directed by Michael Bergmann
When an intelligent and ambitious young couple lliving with minimally-speaking autism are wrongfully accused of murder, they must find a way to bring the real killer to justice while facing extreme social bias.
ck new scenes in this free-association experience.
OF TWO MINDS
"A curiously satisfying psychological mystery" - The Guardian
Genre: Drama, Video Game
Written and Directed by Michael Bergmann
Concept by Michael Bergmann & Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed
New York, late 80s — Annie and Rex, psychoanalysts by trade, are having an affair. Embark on a journey into the unconscious, using psychoanalysis to investigate what drives their relationships, and how their past defines them and the people surrounding them, in this psychological FMV game.
The unfolding of the plot is based on your own personality and observation: analyze the characters by connecting ideas and motivations to unlock new scenes in this free-association experience.
PUZZLED
Half-hour episodic series - In development
Genre: Comedy
Directed by Michael Bergmann
Original Idea by Daniel Bergmann
Written by Michael Bergmann, Daniel Bergmann, Kate Herzlin...
Synopsis: show-within-show 20-minute comedy series. We meet a film crew shooting Vicky & Mickey, a show featuring two crime-fighting lovers who are really great at taking down bad guys...and really bad at everything else. The cast and crew developing this show suffer from their own lack of life skills. Each week, their issues derail their shoot days. They work together to build their life skills, shoot - and improve - their show, and gradually become a little less... puzzled.
Starring: James Kacey, Melissa Mars, Jasper Hamilton...
Watch on Prime Video!
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES THE OPERA
Based on Tom Wolfe's bestseller "The Bonfire Of The Vanities"
Feature Film from Live Performance
Genre: Comic Opera
Music by Stefania de Kennesey
Libretto & Direction by Michael Bergmann
Story: Trader Sherman McCoy invents a bond so hot it propels him to the top of the financial world. But just as he scores the highest bonus and the sexiest mistress, he gets sucked into a scandal centering on a hit-and-run incident of a young black man in the South Bronx, that brings all of New York City crashing down upon him.
Represented by House of Film
INFLUENCE
Completed Feature Film
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Story: In this poignant romantic comedy, Francis and Laura, two teens with autism, go on a first date, communicating by typing on letter boards with the assistance of their parents. As the date unfolds, doubts assail the young lovers about the role their parents are playing in helping form their ideas... Do they influence them or is it the other way around, as the young man spells to his father: “So your thoughts, were they really ours?”
Written and Directed by: Michael Bergmann
Starring: James Kacey, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, Kim Cristo...
Produced by: NewYorkRep, Burgeon & Flourish
Presented by: APL
