Marc Fusco

Fusco was born to Nicola Fusco,^[1] an Italian immigrant, and Jane Fusco,^[2] and grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Hempfield High School in 1989^[3] and Pennsylvania State University in 1993. After working as production assistant at Amblin Entertainment, Fusco was handpicked by Steven Spielberg to work closely as the director's personal assistant in 1997.^[4][5][6] For over five years, he assisted the Spielberg on the films The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan.^[2] During his tenure with Spielberg, Fusco and co-writer Chris Perkins sold the screenplay The Reel Killers to DreamWorks.^[7]

Fusco also directed the short film The Interview that premiered at the 1998 Venice International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]} He edited the suspense film Burn starring Josh Hutcherson and Suki Waterhouse,^[8] Confession starring Michael Ironside,^[9] the vampire horror-comedy Slayers starring Thomas Jane and Abigail Breslin,^[10] Dig starring Emile Hirsch and Thomas Jane,^[11] and The Samuel Project starring Hal Linden and Ryan Ochoa.^[12] Fusco later launched the production company Nico Nazar Creative with filmmaker Vahik Pirhamzei.^[13][14]

2012-2019

In 2012, My Uncle Rafael was released theatrically^[15][16] earning over $230,000 at the box office.^[17] Prior to My Uncle Rafael, Fusco directed and co-wrote the Stealing Time, a film he said took about five years to complete.^[18]

In 2016, Fusco co-founded the Drive Hope Foundation with the mission to expand the minds of underserved youth to consider careers outside of their own difficult circumstances.^{[citation needed]} He was engaged to guitarist Malina Moye in 2017.^[19] By 2018, The Samuel Project was purchased for worldwide distribution. The film was released theatrically in over 80 cities from 2018–2019 through the theatrical distribution company in8 Releasing that Fusco co-founded in 2018.^[20]

Film

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Year	Film	Director	Writer	Editor	Producer	Notes
2004	Stealing Time	Yes	Yes	No	No	co-writer
2012	My Uncle Rafael	Yes	No	Yes	No
2018	The Samuel Project	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	co-writer
2019	Burn	No	No	Yes	No
2022	Confession	No	No	Yes	No
	Code Red: Youth Of The Nation	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Dig	No	No	Yes	No
	Slayers	No	No	Yes	Yes	co-producer
2023	Helen's Dead	No	No	Yes	No
2024	Cash Out	No	No	Yes	No
	Armor	No	No	Yes	No
2025	High Rollers	No	No	Yes	No

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