Day 39
United States, 16m, Digital
A young soldier on his first deployment in Afghanistan and a seasoned Ranger medic fight to save a young mother and her child on the battlefield.
Director: Jesse Gustafson
Writer(s): Jesse Gustafson
Producer(s): Joshua Cohen
Co-Producer(s): Chris Cole, Sarah Sullivan
Associate Producer(s): Valerie Martinez
Director of Photography: Laurence Vannicelli
Editor(s): Jesse Gustafson
Production Design: David Barber
Composer(s): Francis Rodriguez
Sound Design: Marshall Grupp
Cast: John Brodsky, Dion Mucciacito, Pooya Mohseni, Arash Mokhtar, Anna Myrha, Bianca Nejat, Emil Daubon
Contact: www.gustafsonfilms.com
About the Writer/Director
JESSE GUSTAFSON enlisted in the US Army at age 17 and was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Endeavor. After the military he attended the University of California Santa Barbara where he graduated with a B.F.A. in Theater Performance and a B.A. in Stage Directing. He moved to San Francisco where he became the production manager at The Magic Theatre and was the production manager on the world premier of Dr. Faustus, written and directed by David Mamet. Jesse moved to New York City where he was selected as one of two directing residents at the Off-Broadway theater company, Playwrights Horizons. He has directed and performed in over 40 theatrical productions across the U.S. and abroad. Gustafson began working on feature films in the visual effects department on films such as Cold Souls and Asylum Seekers. He became an account producer at the advertising agency, Digitas, and worked on national commercials for multiple brands. In 2010, he decided to pursue his love of film by enrolling in the M.F.A. Film Program at Columbia University where he has been the T.A. for Television Writing, Script Analysis and Elements of Dramatic Narrative courses. Additionally, he taught a Screenwriting course. At the 2014 Columbia University Film Festival, Gustafson was awarded the Ezra Litwak Award for Distinction in Screenwriting.
About the Producer
JOSHUA COHEN (Producer) is an M.F.A. Creative Producer at Columbia University. He is from upstate New York and studied film and business at American University in Washington, DC. In fall 2007, he spent a semester abroad studying film production at the prestigious FAMU film school in Prague, Czech Republic. Joshua has written, directed and produced short films across the U.S. and internationally, in both the Czech Republic and Russia. He currently works at Big Beach Films in New York City.
