{"id":7909,"date":"2019-12-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:08:52","slug":"first-you-need-patience-rome-was-not-built-in-a-day-frank-mancuso-screenwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=7909","title":{"rendered":"“First you need patience. Rome was not built in a day.”-Frank Mancuso (Screenwriter)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Frank Mancuso was born in Albany, NY. He graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in 1979. He received his Bachelor\u2019s degree from the College of St. Rose in 1983 in Public Communications. In 1983, he moved to NYC to study acting and pursue his dream. He studied at HB Studio\u2019s with Bill Hickey and Michael Beckett. He took time away from acting and started a career in Law Enforcement. He was a Court officer, worked for the NYPD as A Evidence and Property Specialist and then became a NYC Deputy Sheriff in 1997 until he retired in 2014. He was also a First Responder during the 9\/11 attacks. He also worked a second job at Madison Square Garden for 25 years, which lead him back into the movie industry working as a bodyguard to many celebrities over the years. Since then he has begun writing and producing. His first production, called Blue Iron, in which he was Executive Producer aired on Amazon Prime for a year. Currently he is working on his 2<\/strong>nd<\/strong><\/sup> screenplay. His first screenplay called S.T.A.N.E. has won several film awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclusive Interview with Frank Mancuse- Screenwriter<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    NY GLAM: WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOU\nCURRENTLY WORKING ON?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    First, thank\nyou for the interview. We are excited, we are currently working on a new Horror\nFilm called \u2018SHIFT\u2019 written and directed by my partner Chris Bear Adams. We are\nhoping to have a May 2020 release and submit for the Houston Horror Film\nFestival in June 2020. This is my second project with Chris. He also wrote and\ndirected Blue Iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My other\nproject is a comedy called Isabella that I had the pleasure as Executive\nProducer to work with Geri Costa, who produced and wrote this comedy. She is\nalso the casting director of Street Smart and several other shows. We hope to\nhave this ready for spring 2020 to pitch to the networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY GLAM: WHAT MAKES A FILM GREAT FOR\nYOU? ARE THERE CERTAIN QUALITIES THAT MAKE A FILM BETTER FOR YOU?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For me, a\nfilm has to grab me within the first twenty minutes. I need to relate to the\ncharacters and be drawn into their lives as the character to be believable.\nBasically, when the movie is over, will I remember you and bring you up\nsometime in a conversation with someone. That means, you stood out. Ex. Like\nJames Caan, who payed Sonny Corleone. You knew exactly who he was from the\nstart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY GLAM: AS A SCREENWRITER, WHAT IS\nTHE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF BUILDING A CHARACTER.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As a writer,\nyou need to know everything about the character, before the audience see\u2019s him.\nWho is was, what kind of life did he have growing up, his social and economic\nstatus. For ex, an wealthy rich kid, whose Dad is powerful, tends to look down\non other people, not knowing the daily struggles what it is like to make ends\nmeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY GLAM: TOP 3 FAVORITE PROJECTS THAT\nYOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Well, my\nfirst one would be our own project Blue Iron. Seeing it develop from a sizzle\nreel to a full 20 minute episodic on Amazon Prime. We couldn\u2019t have been more\nexcited then that.  My 2nd<\/sup>\nwould be \u201cThe Departed\u201d I auditioned for a role as inmate and got called in as\na featured extra in the scene with Leonardo DiCaprio. Cool. My last would be working\nas a Security guard in a scene with Teddy Savalas in a Kojak movie. He was\ncool. Nice people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY GLAM: DO YOU EXPRESS YOURSELF\nCREATIVELY IN ANY OTHR WAYS?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, I am\ncurrently working on my second screenplay, entitled \u201cAVA\u201d My first ever\nscreenplay won best Action\/Adventure at the Las Vegas International Film\nFestival. Platinum in the International Film Festival and Silver at The\nHollywood Screenwriters Awards. It has received several more Laurels since. So\nfar, Ava has picked up 2 Laurels already. Plus, I have in the past dabbled as a\nlyricist and co wrote 5 songs with different musicians like Tony Caso, Rich\nRiggi and Paul Amodeo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY GLAM: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE\nSOMEONEWHO WANTS TO HAVE A CAREER IN FILMAKING?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    First you\nneed patience. Rome was not built in a day. This industry is very competitive.\nKeep pushing yourself to always get better. Do your own projects that are going\nto make you shine and stand out. Especially with today\u2019s social media net\nworking availabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY GLAM: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOU\nIN 2020?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I am hoping\nto raise funding to produce at least 2 films this year. The \u201cIron Wraiths\u201d and\nmy featured S.T.A.N.E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY GLAM: WHERE CAN EVERYONE KEEP UP\nWITH YOU TO LEARN MORE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My Instagram\naccount is THE CALABRIAN KID. My Twitter account is @Wraiths17102774 and my\nFacebook is BLUE IRON PRODUCTIONS LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thank you\nfor this opportunity. It was my pleasure speaking with you. Stay Tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Frank Mancuso was born in Albany, NY. He graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in 1979. He received his Bachelor\u2019s degree from the College of St. Rose in 1983 in Public Communications. In 1983, he moved to NYC to study acting and pursue his dream. He studied at HB Studio\u2019s with Bill Hickey and Michael Beckett. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19341,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions\/19341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}