Biography

Billy grew up in Purchase, New York, just outside Manhattan. In his youth he wanted to play shortstop for the New York Mets, but he also cultivated an avid love of the movies. After attending Rye Country Day School, Billy went on to the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 2004 with a BA in Music and an English minor. While at UVA,  he took many film classes, and played jazz and rock guitar in the Charlottesville music scene. After graduation, Billy decided to get hands-on experience in film, and worked extensively as a production assistant in L.A., New York, and Virginia, most notably in Terence Malick’s “The New World” in the fall of 2004. He has also worked in development in the Village Roadshow Pictures development internship program, and has also worked as a script-reader for ATO pictures in Virginia.

Billy is a former semi-finalist in the FADE IN Screenplay Contest for his drama/comedy script “Behind The Scenes,” and a semifinalist in the Austin Teleplay Competition for his MAD MEN spec “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and love My Bomb Shelter.” He is also a three-time quarter-finalist in the Austin Teleplay Competition, for two OFFICE spec scripts and one ENTOURAGE spec. Before moving to L.A., Billy wrote, directed, produced, and edited a short called THE REUNION in New York, having never picked up a camera or gone to film school. The film was screened at the NewFilmmaker’s Screening Series in New York in 2006.

Billy recently completed the comedy short SUPERGLUE starring Adam Kulbersh (The Hottie and the Nottie) Erin Cardillo (Passions) and Dylan Fergus (Passions), which he wrote, directed, and produced, and is currently playing on the film festival circuit. Find out which festivals it’s playing below, and at www.Supergluethemovie.com. He is currently trying to finance the low-budget psychological thriller “The Agora,” a feature he has written and intends to direct. He is also currently taking acting classes at Warner Loughlin Studios in Hollywood, while continuing to develop his own projects.

 

Portfolio

Short Films:

SUPERGLUE (2008) --- supergluethemovie.com --- Official Selection, 2008 Strasbourg Film Festival, 2008 Temecula Valley Film Festival, 2008 Bootleg Film Festival, 2008 San Fernando Valley Film Festival, 2008 Vine Shorts Fest, 2008 The Big Easy Shorts Fest, 2008 Asheville Film Festival,2008 Myrtle Beach Film Festival, 2008 Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival, The Indie Fest 2008, 2009 Show Off Your Shorts Film Festival, 2009 DAM Short Film Festival, 2009 Beverly Hills Shorts Film Festival, 2009 World of Comedy International Film Festival, Finalist -- 2009 Las Vegas International Film Festival, 2009 Reelheart Film Festival, 2009 Breckenridge Film Festival, 2009 Connecticut Film Festival, 2009 Crossroads Film Festival, 2009 Southeast New England Film Festival.

THE REUNION (2006) --- official selection, NewFilmmaker’s Screening Series, NY, June 2006

Screenplays:

THE AGORA –FINALIST, 2009 Paranoia Horror & Sci-Fi Convention

BEHIND THE SCENES – Semi-Finalist, FADE IN Screenplay Competition

YANKS VS SWANKS

TV specs:

MAD MEN: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Bomb Shelter” – Semi Finalist, 2008 Austin Teleplay Competition

THE OFFICE: “Outsourcing” -- Quarter-Finalist 2007 Austin Teleplay Competition

ENTOURAGE: “Pebble Beach with Tiger” -- Quarter-Finalist 2006 Austin Teleplay Competition

THE OFFICE: “America’s Pastime”  -- Quarter-Finalist 2006 Austin Teleplay Competition

Documentaries:

"Sons of Bill: The making of the album "One Town Away" (2008)
YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5SENlfe6g