Filmmaker, Francisco Solorzano

Barefoot Studio Pictures' latest short film, AS CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR written and directed by Francisco Solorzano (award winning director of Floating Sunflowers starring Emmy Nominated actress, Anna Chlumsky) is currently in Post-Production and needs a little support to make it past the finish line!!!  We are proud to have LAUNCHED our Crowdfunding Campaign via SEED&SPARK.  

Please consider a contribution of any size and become a part of the filmmaking process.  The film stars Lynn Cohen (Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Sex and the City, Spielberg's Munich) along with the Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble.  To learn more about our film and crowdfunding campaign, please visit: 

http://www.seedandspark.com/studio/as-constant-as-the-northern-star#story

Your support means the world to us!  Thank you for taking the time to consider our collaboration.  

Here's a little more on our writer/director:

FRANCISCO SOLORZANO

Actor / Director / Filmmaker

Award winning filmmaker and Proud Member of the newly formed Directors Unit at The Actor's Studio led by Academy Award Winner, Estelle Parsons and acclaimed director, Daniel Talbott.  Member: Actor's Studio's PDU, Barefoot Theatre Company, Actor's Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. 

Francisco has led the Barefoot Theatre Company as Producing Artistic Director / Co-Founder for the past 17 years from Off-Off Broadway to become a critically acclaimed and award winning NYC and LA Ensemble.   Produced the Benefit ROCKAWAY, collaborating with Jesse Eisenberg, Gina Gershon, John Doman, Mickey Sumner, Arjun Gupta, Jose Rivera, Frank Pugliese, Jonathan Marc Sherman and many others at the Cherry Lane Theater.

Most notably onstage, Francisco adapted, directed and acted in the critically acclaimed/sold-out Off-Broadway world premiere of DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Theatre Row Theatres).  He is also known for his leading role in Israel Horovitz's two-act drama SINS OF THE MOTHER (alongside Ethan Hawke, Chris Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, and Michael Stuhlbarg); the sold-out, critically acclaimed GLOUCESTER BLUE written & directed by Horovitz (Gloucester Stage Co., Cherry Lane).  Currently collaborating with Horovitz on a new play (Actor’s Studio, Gloucester Stage Co., Orlando Shakespeare Theater) set to premiere in NYC, 2016.   

FILM: Love Simple (HBO Latino Film Festival), Between Something & Nothing (Berlin Film Festival), with Barefoot Studio Pictures, THE GIRL WITH THE JACKET written and directed by Caitlin FitzGerald, award winning FLOATING SUNFLOWERS (also dir.) w/ Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen & Christopher Whalen.  Most recently wrote and directed AS CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR starring Lynn Cohen, Mateo Solorzano and the Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble (Post Production & Best Screenplay Semi-Finalist at Hollyshorts Film Festival). 

THEATER: Collaborated on award winning revivals, NY and World Premieres with some of the most prolific companies including: LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY, RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER, FLORIDA STAGE, GLOUCESTER STAGE CO., ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER, STELLA ADLER THEATER, THEATRE ROW THEATRES. 

BFA in Acting: CUNY'S Brooklyn College; Recipient of the Graduate Theater Organization of Brooklyn College, CUNY's Alumnus of the Year Award.  Additional Select Training: LAByrinth Theater Company; Advanced On-Camera Classes with Risa Bramon Garcia; Lyle Kessler's Acting Masterclass.