DelanoCelli Productions
sponsored by Beth Davis In Good Company
530 East 90Th. St. #4H
New York, NY 10128
ph: 212-289-7287
Laura Delano & Bob Celli
Bob Celli is an award winning Producer/Director and actor.
Most recently Bob wrote and directed Brooklyn In July, a short film based on Frank Walker, an African-American WWII veteran, drawn to New York by the promise of better life only to be confronted by the same realities, fear, and hatred he hoped he had left behind. He is a man scarred by a past that is lurking skin deep.a true story and inspired by actual events. The film was an official selection at 45 festivals in the US and abroad, and garnered 30 awards and 22 nominations, including Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Dramatic Short, Best Screenplay and Bob was the recipient on a Humanitarian Award.
Bob also wrote and directed Figs For Italo, a short film based on a true story that happened to his mother during WWII and is also inspired by actual events. The film was an official selection at 32 festivals in the US and abroad, and garnered 15 awards including and 15 nominations, including Best National Short, Best Dramatic Short, Special Jury Award - Short film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
Together with Laura Delano, DelanoCelli Productions work-shopped and produced the world premiere of Down Range, a play by Jeffery Skinner. The production was sponsored by Beth Davis In Good Company and all profits form the production were donated to Soldiers Heart, a veterans' return and healing project addressing the emotional and spiritual needs of veterans, their families and communities.
Bob is now developing a feature screenplay adaptation.
They were associate producers of the Off-Broadway show Circle by Suzanne Bachner. Circle was the winner of the OOBR for best ensemble cast and SPOTLIGHT AWARDS.
Together they have worked extensively in New York City as producers and also as actors.
Laura has appeared in Fame, Slow Dancing in the Big City, The Warriors, The Chosen, and Stardust Memories.
Bob has appeared in The Blacklist, Gotham, Saturday Night Live, As The World Turns, The Onion News Network, Going Home, Down Range and Circle.
Beth Davis In Good Company (Sponsor)
Beth Davis received her BFA from Ohio Universtity in 1975 and in 1976 began her NYC dancing career on top of a fountain on Wall Street at lunchtime. She has performed nationally and internationally with the dance companies of Kenneth Rinker, Liz Lerman and the Dance Exchange and has taught classes in numerous universities and a variety of community settings in the United States and Italy. In 1992, Beth became the Executive Director of In Good Company, a 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to creating a greater interest in and appreciation of the arts by supporting emerging artists, original productions, and experimental ideas. From 1992-98 Beth produced the Hall of Mirrors Performance Series, at Glen Echo Park, National Park Service, which was hailed by the Washington Post as “the Soho of DC”. She has choreographed for numerous venues in the DC area, including several plays that have received Helen Hayes Awards. In 2005, Beth received the Alan Kreigsman Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding contribution to the Washington DC Dance Community.
Bob Celli / GOING HOME
530 East 90Th. St. #4H
New York, NY 10128
ph: 212-289-7287