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Alfred Spellman
Spellman in 2015
Born (1978-11-15) November 15, 1978 (age 45)
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
OccupationFilm/TV Producer
Years active2000-present
Known forCocaine Cowboys, The U, 537 Votes

Alfred Spellman is an American film and television producer who co-founded the media studio rakontur.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life

Spellman was born in Miami Beach, Florida on November 15, 1978. He graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Farzad, Roben (August 28, 2008). "Rakontur Films' Marketing Strategy". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  2. ^ Dyksterhouse, Landon. "Cocaine Cowboys Producer Alfred Spellman talks storytelling and trust in doc filmmaking". Videomaker.
  3. ^ Valys, Phillip (March 23, 2012). "Rakontur: Storytelling with pulp". Sun-Sentinel.
  4. ^ "Rakontur: Learn How a Tiny Company Can Produce 5 Documentaries in a Year". Indiewire. April 15, 2011.
  5. ^ Guerrasio, Jason (August 10, 2017). "How the 'Cocaine Cowboys' filmmakers built a career interviewing Miami's most notorious gangsters". Business Insider.
  6. ^ "Raw Deal: A Question of Consent". Rotten Tomatoes.
  7. ^ McCarthy, Todd (February 6, 2001). "Raw Deal: A Question of Consent". Variety.
  8. ^ "Raw Deal: A Question of Consent". Film Threat. January 26, 2001.
  9. ^ Barker, Adam (January 27, 2002). "A question of consent". The Guardian.
  10. ^ "Cocaine Cowboys". Rotten Tomatoes. 27 October 2006.
  11. ^ Murray, Noel (October 26, 2006). "Cocaine Cowboys". AV Club.
  12. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (27 October 2006). "Cocaine Cowboys (2006) A Culture Built of Guns, Drugs and Blood". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Cocaine Cowboys". Film Threat. October 25, 2006.
  14. ^ Koehler, Robert (June 25, 2008). "Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' With the Godmother". Variety.
  15. ^ Duran, Jose (July 29, 2008). "Cocaine Cowboys 2 Takes Its Cues From '90s West Coast Hood Flicks". Miami New Times.
  16. ^ Alvarado, Francisco (November 18, 2008). "Ego Trippin': Rakontur's Clubland Finally Hits the Web". Miami New Times.
  17. ^ Tobias, Scott (December 13, 2009). "30 For 30: "The U"". AV Club.
  18. ^ Levine, Stuart (December 16, 2009). "'The U' sets docu record at ESPN". Variety.
  19. ^ Deitsch, Richard (August 13, 2017). "Ranking the Best 30 for 30 Documentaries (So Far)". Sports Illustrated.
  20. ^ O'Hehir, Andrew (April 16, 2011). ""Square Grouper": A hilarious, tragic tale of Florida ganja". Salon.
  21. ^ "Square Grouper". Rotten Tomatoes. 15 April 2011.
  22. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (September 22, 2011). "Rise and Fall of a Nightclub Impresario". New York Times.
  23. ^ Weisberg, Sam (September 24, 2011). ""Limelight," the NYC club phenomenon that was". Screen Comment.
  24. ^ Tobias, Scott (October 2, 2012). "30 For 30: "Broke"". AV Club.
  25. ^ Martin, Vanessa (September 26, 2013). "Watch 'Collision Course,' Billy Corben's New ESPN '30 For 30' Short On The Murder Of Don Aronow (VIDEO)". HuffPost.
  26. ^ Williams, Brennan (February 25, 2014). "Steve Stoute Talks VH1 Docu-Series 'The Tanning Of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop'". HuffPost.
  27. ^ Kluger, Bryan (June 3, 2014). "Cocaine Cowboys Reloaded". High Def Digest.
  28. ^ Lowry, Brian (December 11, 2014). "TV Review: ESPN's 'The U Part 2'". Variety.
  29. ^ Rodriguez, Rene (March 6, 2015). "Dawg Fight". Miami Herald.
  30. ^ Valys, Phillip (March 10, 2015). "Billy Corben's 'Dawg Fight' steps into the ring". Sun-Sentinel.
  31. ^ Wilson, Chris (March 9, 2015). "Cocaine Cowboys Director Takes on Backyard Fighting". Maxim.
  32. ^ Rodriguez, Rene (March 6, 2015). "'Dawg Fight'". Miami Herald.
  33. ^ Montgomery, James (May 15, 2015). "'Dawg Fight' Director Pulls No Punches With His Brutal New Film". Rolling Stone.
  34. ^ "Watch Miami Beach 100". rakontur.
  35. ^ "New 'Magic City Hustle' Documentary Brings Jai Alai Back To Life". WLRN. March 1, 2019.
  36. ^ Rosenthal, Phil (April 1, 2019). "The gang that couldn't shoot up straight: 'Screwball' a comic take on A-Rod's PED scandal". Chicago Tribune.
  37. ^ Tallerico, Brian (March 29, 2019). "Screwball". RogerEbert.com.
  38. ^ Gay, Jason (March 28, 2019). "How A-Rod Explains Modern America". Wall Street Journal.
  39. ^ Schager, Nick (March 23, 2019). "'Screwball': Inside the Damning Steroid Movie Alex Rodriguez Doesn't Want You to See". The Daily Beast.
  40. ^ Mullen, Pat (September 15, 2018). "TIFF Review: 'Screwball'". POV.
  41. ^ Mancini, Vince (March 28, 2019). "'Screwball' Is Another Masterpiece Of Insane Floridiana From Filmmaker Billy Corben". Uproxx.
  42. ^ Rechtshaffen, Michael (March 28, 2019). "Review: Alex Rodriguez and the 2013 MLB doping scandal get the doc treatment in 'Screwball'". Los Angeles Times.
  43. ^ Abele, Robert (March 26, 2019). "'Screwball' Film Review: Billy Corben's Baseball Doping Doc Is Disreputable Fun". The Wrap.
  44. ^ McNear, Claire (April 5, 2019). "'Screwball' Is the Bizarro Documentary A-Rod and the Biogenesis Scandal Deserve". The Ringer.
  45. ^ "Screwball". Rotten Tomatoes. 29 March 2019.
  46. ^ Roeper, Richard (October 20, 2020). "'537 Votes': How the Supreme Court and irate people in Miami picked a president". Chicago Sun-Times.
  47. ^ Kroll, Andy (October 22, 2020). "Remember Bush v. Gore — or Be Doomed to Repeat It". Rolling Stone.
  48. ^ Williams, Trey (September 18, 2020). "HBO to Debut 2000 Presidential Election Doc '537 Votes' on Oct. 21". The Wrap.
  49. ^ Cohen, Howard (September 18, 2020). "New HBO documentary by Miami filmmakers revisits 2000 election as a 'heist' film". Miami Herald.
  50. ^ "537 Votes". Rotten Tomatoes.
  51. ^ Mancini, Vince (October 21, 2020). "Miami Screwed The World In 2000: '537 Votes' Caps Off Billy Corben's Career Documenting 'Florida F*ckery'". Uproxx.
  52. ^ Lowry, Brian (October 21, 2020). "'537 Votes' revisits Florida election chaos in 2000 as a prelude to 2020". CNN.
  53. ^ "A&E and WWE Give Fans the Ultimate Ringside Seat in New 10-Week Original Programming Partnership Starting Sunday, April 18". The Futon Critic. February 23, 2021.

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