About OBF
Feb 15
ONE BRICK FILMS, LLC (OBF) is an independent feature film development and production company co-founded in April 2006 by writer / director Kurt Burk and producer Mark J. Melchiori. Production of “A Woman Called Job” marked the feature film directorial debut for Kurt Burk and solidified OBF’s collaboration with author W. Watts Biggers, the legendary creator of 1960’s Underdog.
ABOUT THE FOUNDERS of One Brick Films, LLC
Kurt Burk was born and raised in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, called Westwood, and earned his B.A. in Business Administration at the University of Massachusetts, majoring in Investment Finance, while minoring in Psychology. He earned his certificate in Film Production from New York University before making the move to Los Angeles. For almost two years, he worked at Panavision Hollywood as a camera prep technician, then as a cinematographer and producer for low-budget commercials. Realizing that writing and directing was his passion, Kurt obtained his M.F.A. in Film from the Art Center College of Design, majoring in Directing, while minoring in Photography. He built a solid commercial reel that was recognized at the Clio Awards and upon graduation in 2002 he signed as a director of commercials at production companies in the U.S., Germany, and Japan. But he soon shifted his focus solely to narrative feature films when he discovered the stories of W. Watts Biggers in 2003. ‘A Woman Called Job’ is Kurt Burk’s first feature film as writer, director, and producer.
Mark J. Melchiori received his Bachelor of Science in Business, with an emphasis in Strategic Planning and Management, at California Lutheran University. Currently he is the Founder and Head of Melchiori Investment Companies, LLC, specializing in Real Estate and Private Equities Transactions in the Development Business. Mr. Melchiori is also president of Melchiori Construction Company, Inc., a California Builder and Developer of Commercial Real Estate and Construction Management Services. His experience represents over several million square feet of building space and combined budgets of nearly $500 million.
ABOUT novelist W. Watts Biggers
W. Watts Biggers is the legendary creator of the 1960’s iconic cartoon series ‘Underdog’, writing and producing over 120 episodes as well as composing the famous title song. Biggers has found a home at One Brick Films which is dedicated to transforming his unique stories into compelling films for everyone to enjoy. W. Watts Biggers’ books ‘The Man Inside’, ‘And The Dawn Came Soon’, ‘The Huffman Affair’, ‘Hold Back The Tide’, and ‘How Underdog Was Born’, make up the core stories that One Brick Films is dedicated to adapt into feature films. ‘A Woman Called Job’ was the first story to be adapted and produced.
W. Watts Biggers, Kurt Burk, and Mark J. Melchiori
