Starting as a thesis
Writer Director Tricia Cramer met Producers Mary McCune and Brian Peterson, Cinematographer Matt McCanna, and AD Christian Fernandez, and Editor/Colorist Kaitlyn Cortes at CUNY Brooklyn College's new Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. With the shared camaraderie that comes in an intense film school schedule and collaboration, SUCKER began to take shape.
Filmed over the course of five days in Flushing, Queens, on a RED camera and vintage anamorphic lenses, the filmmakers worked to tell the larger story of how women are seen within the actual story of how an unusual connection can change the way a teenager both views his parents.
All on-set photography provided by Jeremy Bailey.
Writer Director Tricia Cramer
Tricia was born in Annapolis, MD where she became involved in local theatre in high school. After studying theatre and film at SUNY-Purchase and NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study she made her way from downtown theatre to high-end hospitality, and finally group fitness training before finding her way to Brooklyn College's Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema's Directing class. Since then she has made multiple short films in addition to Sucker. This summer, she will be direct two episodes of NYCTV's Half-Life, part of NYC's MOME office's Project Greenlight Her initiative in addition to developing her own feature about a church shooting she was near as a child.
Producer Mary McCune
After receiving her BFA in Film and Media Arts from The University of Tampa in the summer of 2015, Mary McCune moved to Brooklyn, NY in the fall of 2015 to earn an MFA from the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema to pursue producing. Although she is set to graduate in 2018, McCune has worked on commercials, short films, and recently produced her first Pilot TV Show entitled “Half-Life” that aired in Fall 2017. In addition to SUCKER, she also produced ESTA NINA LINDA, written and directed by Christian Fernandez. She recently wrapped, WANDA, which she wrote and directed.
Producer Brian Peterson
A NYC transplant from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Before attending film school in Brooklyn, he served nearly eight years in the United States Air Force as a non-commissioned officer. As a film producing MFA candidate at Brooklyn College's Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, he uses his role in the program to manage and lead creative teams to create original content. His latest endeavors include the 2017 IFP Screen Forward Labs selected Utilities Not Included and the Maturity and Half-Life, part of Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment’s Made In New York: Series Competition.
Cinematographer Matt McCanna
Interested in photographing the flawed uniqueness of humanity, Matt McCanna completed his MFA in Cinematography from Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema '18. www.mattmacanna.com
Editor Colorist Kaitlyn Cortes
Kaitlyn Cortes is an editor from Brooklyn, NY. She was recently the editor of the tv pilot “Half Life,” which was part of the New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment as part of the Project Greenlight Her initiative. She is currently finishing her final year of the Post-production track at Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
Kaitlyn is currently editing narrative, commercial, and documentary projects. For more information on her work or to contact please visit kaitlyncortes.com
