Jerry Lamothe is an African American writer/director/producer/performer, of Haitian ancestry, Produced to parents, Frantz and Marlene Lamothe who are from Port au Prince Haiti. In 2000, he composed, created, directed and starred in his directorial debut, “Amour Infinity”. Shot on a single DV camera in twenty two days for $45,000, the picture is seen by many as an urban underground classic. “Amour Infinity” premiered in the 2000 Urbanworld film festival to sold out crowds and was a festival favourite. It could go to win “best feature” at the 2000 Jamerican film and music festival as well as the “Crowd pick award” at the 2001 Hollywood Black Film Festival. It was likewise ranked “maximum rated movie”, through the Black cinema caf run. The exact same year, he was recorded on Blackfilm.com’s top ten folks to watch list.
In 2006, Lamothe wrote/directed and produced the independent film “Blackout”. The movie boasted an impressive ensemble which contained Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Saldana, Saul Rubinek, Jamie Hector, Latanya Richardson-Jackson and movie maverick, Melvin Van Peebles. The feature debut in Nyc and was an official selection in the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The movie was likewise an official selection in the 2007 Chicago International Film Festival and 2007 Urbanworld film festival, where Lamothe was given the directors limelight award. Exactly the same year, the picture premiered worldwide at the Zurich international film festival. Blackout is the very first initial movie to ever be gotten by BET home video/Paramount.
Lamothe also wrote the screenplay to “Loso’s Way” (the picture), Rap star Fabolous’ debut picture. The film premiered as a bonus bundle combined with the rap star’s record, also titled the exact same name.
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LaMothe is also a trained and experienced Neurophysiology Technologist, who has worked with some of most prominent teaching hospitals and universities in the country.
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Credits the American Black Film Festival (then the Acapolco Black Film Festival) for helping launch his filmmaking career. "In 1999, I saved up some money and flew out to Acapolco to attend the festival and Bill Dukes Actor's Bootcamp. Duke had assigned the class to read a series of books first, prior to our arrival. The first day he says, "If anyone here is truly serious about their craft, someone in this room will return next year with their own movie". I went to Mexico as an aspiring actor, but returned home an independent filmmaker. It was definitely a defining chapter in my life" says LaMothe. The following year (as Bill Duke predicted), the auteur wrote/produced/directed and starred in his debut film, the cult classic 'Amour Infinity' (2000).
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In 2000 he wrote, produced, directed and starred in his debut feature film, the cult indie "Amour Infinity" at the age of twenty-seven. The film was shot for $45,000.
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Having built a reputation as an independent filmmaker with the ability to draw caliber talent to his films without major backing, The filmmaker often uses his hometown of Brooklyn as the backdrop or subject of his movies. Sometimes to the extent of actually shooting on actual locations that was his source of inspiration. Just was the case with "Blackout" shot on location in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
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