ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
 
Mark & Joseph Graziano grew up in Pittsburgh in the 1970’s watching the Steelers win Super Bowls and enjoying movies like ‘Jaws’, ‘Rocky’, ‘Close Encounters’ & ‘Taxi Driver’... films that would inspire their later career choices. Both graduated from The University of Texas at Austin and moved to Hollywood in the 1990’s to pursue careers in entertainment...
 
Mark Graziano started in the mailroom at New Line Cinema and worked his way up to Post-Production Supervisor working on such films as ‘Se7en’, ‘Boogie Nights’, ‘Magnolia’, and ‘Punch Drunk Love.’ In 2002, he landed at DreamWorks SKG where he post-supervised such hits as ‘Old School’ & ‘Anchorman.’ In 2006, Mark was promoted to Sr. VP of Post Production at DreamWorks Studios. He’s overseen such acclaimed films as ‘Dreamgirls’, the ‘Transformers’ series and ‘Sweeney Todd’ among many other DW films. Mark is a graduate and supporter of the UT Radio-TV-Film program.
 
Joseph Graziano has compiled an impressive background in more than 15 years producing live music and special events. Joseph has worked and toured with numerous world-class artists including DJ Shadow, Ricky Martin, Madonna and legendary comedy duo, Cheech & Chong to name a few. His travels as a tour manager and special events producer have taken him to venues in 200 cities and 35 countries all over the globe.
 
 
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
 
DEUCE is the debut documentary feature from Graziano Bros Filmworks.
 
Principal photography of DEUCE took place in 4 segments during the 2006 calendar year. Shooting began on location in March during the ’06 WPIAL basketball finals at the Palumbo Center at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and continued on to Hershey for the PIAA Championships at the Giant Center. In July, filming took place in and around North Braddock, at the Five-Star Camp at Robert Morris University and ABCD Basketball Camp at Farleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. Shooting continued during the fall and winter and focused on following Deuce through his football and basketball routines. Over 150 people were interviewed during filming and more than 36 hours of footage captured at a multitude of sporting venues throughout Western Pennsylvania.
 
DEUCE premiered to excellent reviews in November 2008, was voted Audience Favorite at the 3 Rivers Film Festival in Pittsburgh and also earned recognition with a Silver Ace Award from the 2009 Las Vegas Film Festival. As of 2010, Deuce has put 55 seasons under his belt documenting local sports action and is inching toward his 10,000th basketball fray slowly, but surely.

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