The people behind EX DISPOSER –
daniel ferrer
WRITER, DIRECTOR
Instagram: @gaspingferrer // @exdisposer
Daniel Ferrer is a writer and director based in Northern New Jersey. As a lifelong lover of films, Daniel pursued filmmaking at Montclair State University. An open book on his struggle with clinical depression and anxiety, his body of work is often punctuated with stories and characters dealing with the conditions. Ex Disposer, his debut passion project made possible in collaboration with filmmaking partner and producer Amelia Spitler, is his most ambitious and personal film to date. When not writing or directing, he works in film education with Montclair Film.
AMELIA SPITLER
PRODUCER
Instagram: @ameliaspitler // @exdisposer
Amelia Spitler is a writer, director, and producer. In addition to film and tv production, she frequents the film festival circuit, coordinating festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, and DOC NYC.
Raised on the East Coast, Amelia received her BFA in Filmmaking from Montclair State University. It’s at Montclair where she befriended Daniel Ferrer in their Experimental Film class, birthing a friendship and artistic collaboration that led to the creation of Ex Disposer. Post-graduation, Amelia began her professional career at Big Beach Films, where her passion for creative development and producing ignited. Following her craft, Amelia has since coordinated several feature and short films, including Hassan Fazili’s Midnight Traveler (Sundance 2019’s World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award), Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby (SXSW 2020, TIFF 2020), and Paola Ossa’s Remember When (Urbanworld Film Festival 2020). She also collaborated as Associate Producer on Omri Dorani’s This Is Our Home (Cinequest 2019).
Amelia is bi-coastal with roots in both New York City and Los Angeles. She is currently working in Richmond, VA in production on FOX 21/Hulu’s DOPESICK. She is a proud member of NYWIFT and the Independent Filmmaker Project.
Email me: info@ameliaspitler.com
JACK DIFALCO
Lead Actor, “Andy”
Instagram: @jackdifalco
Jack DiFalco is a New York City based theatre, television, and film actor. Raised in Stormville, New York, DiFalco decided to pursue acting as an outlet after his father passed away. Following a stint in Off-Broadway plays which includes Trip Cullman’s Yen and Scott Elliott’s Mercury Fur, he made his Broadway debut in Roundabout’s Marvin’s Room opposite Lili Taylor, Janeane Garofalo, and Celia Weston. This was followed by roles in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song at The Hayes Theatre and the TONY-winning Sam Mendes directed The Ferryman.
To further gain experience and enrich his body of work, DiFalco made supporting and guest starring roles on television for The OA, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, Netflix’s Daredevil, FBI and the Hulu-produced Monsterland. His film credits include One Percent More Humid with Juno Temple, Julia Garner, and Alessandro Nivola, I Can, I Will, I Did with Mike Faist, Bully with Danny Trejo, and the Barry Levinson TV Movie Paterno starring Al Pacino. He was recently seen in Marshall Burnette’s Silo and The Goldfinch alongside Nicole Kidman and Ansel Elgort. He will next be seen in Jamison M. LoCascio’s Know Fear and the Tribeca Film Festival selection Solitary.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AMELIA SPITLER, GREGG SPITLER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOSHUA ECHEVARRIA
EDITOR SAMUEL MITCHELL
SOUND DESIGNER WILLIAM FREEMAN
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY RYAN YOBS
PRODUCTION DESIGNER ERIC TUMOLO
CASTING DIRECTOR ADRIENNE STERN
POST SOUND SUPERVISOR / RE-RECORDING MIXER ROBERT ACOCELLA
COLOR BY APACHE DIGITAL
COLORIST ARIANNA SHINING STAR
COLOR ASSIST LUIS AMAYA
APACHE PRODUCER STEFANIE SCHALDENBRAND
APACHE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ERIK CHOQUETTE
APACHE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LARUE ANDERSON
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS CARLOS ANDRADE, WILLIAM FREEMAN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRITTANY ZWIER, ALAN GLUCKSMAN
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CARLOS ANDRADE
CASTING ASSOCIATE NICOLE HOFFMAN
ADDITIONAL CASTING BY ALEIGHA K. SPINKS
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR EMILY MALONE
1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA JAVED ALI (CREDITED AS J.S. ALI)
2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA ROB WATT
GAFFER MELANIE ST. CLAIR
KEY GRIP ALEX PALIS, DANIEL CONNELLY
GRIPS ELIJAH S. DUNCAN, NICO CIMINO
ELECTRIC CAROLINE HARTMAN, DANA WOODS
ART DIRECTOR ALEX ZUCCARO
SET DECORATOR MICHELLE MARTINEZ
WARDROBE CHRISTINE MAZUR
SOUND MIXER WILL MONAHAN
BOOM OPERATOR KEN SCHLATMANN III
SOUND ASSISTANT WILLIAM FREEMAN
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS DALTON SNIDER-SMITH, DEVON SNIDER-SMITH, DOMINIQUE EVANS
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER CHANTEL ERIN YAGUE OF RADIANT VISUALS
