Scallie Filmworks Inc. was formed by Chris Long and Erin Donovan in 2017 as a result of a TV first look deal at Warner Bros TV.
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Since then, it’s been involved with many ground-breaking projects that have gone on to win multiple awards. Genres and formats include documentaries that have exposed mastermind criminals, A TALE OF TWO THIEVES, provocative festival winning shorts such as MINDFIELD, prestigious television series including THE PATIENT, and two feature films, MOTHER, MAY I? and most recently, THE UP AND COMER.
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Our main focus has always been to produce independent feature films and television with a strong, distinctive voice, based on character-driven narratives. Our own international backgrounds and life experiences has shaped our perspectives while creating compelling stories in the USA, UK, and Europe.
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Mostly though, we’re excited by stories that deal with universal experiences. Whether dramedy or thriller, our projects strive to push audiences to reexamine their beliefs, inspire them to see the world a different way, or just laugh in recognition.
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WRITER
Erin Donovan -- the name may be a tad redundantly Irish, but taking a deep dive into her heritage while writing MAKING GOD LAUGH has been a pure joy. And working on it with her husband Chris Long feels like coming full circle. Having started her career in the 90s as an actor in London in film, TV and theatre, she met Chris in the West End on SNOOPY THE MUSICAL (she played ‘Lucy Brown’. He was the sound engineer. What? Yes, that happened). These days Erin’s turned to writing – currently co-creator with Ken Woodruff on a one-hour crime drama series in development for Amazon TV, titled TOTAL CHAOS set in Marseille, France. Erin is also a co-creator on a ½ comedy, ROME/ROME, with UCP/Fuzzy Door Productions. Previously, she was a writer on NBC UniTV series THE ENEMY WITHIN (created by Ken Woodruff) and the WB/CBS series, THE MENTALIST. Erin also has an independent horror feature, LAKE PURGATORY, with Vortex Media/Parallila Pictures and set for production in Canada winter 2025.
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Last year Erin developed a historical drama with Bruno Heller, HOUSE OF ISABEL (her original script was featured on The Blacklist and was a Sundance Episodic Lab finalist). Prior to that, she also collaborated with Bruno Heller on a drama series, UNTOLD, for ITV UK. This series was originally inspired by a documentary Erin wrote/produced about the Great British Train Robbery, A TALE OF TWO THIEVES, distributed by Virgil Films/Netflix.
Erin Donovan
Chris Long
DIRECTOR
Chris Long is an award winning Director/Producer, he has won a Golden Globe, Producers Guild Award, AFI award, TCA Award, Critics Choice Award and a Peabody Award and was nominated for two Emmys and a DGA Award, all for the final season of THE AMERICANS and limited series THE PATIENT. He was lead Director and Executive Producer on these critically acclaimed series for FX. Recently he directed the independent movie, The UP AND COMER based on the best selling book by Howard Roughan which is now in post production.
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In 2023 he was the Director/Executive Producer on THE PATIENT (Hulu), the Steve Carell led limited series which reunited him with his Americans collaborators Joel Fields and Joe Wiseberg. In 2022 he helmed the Apple UK series SUSPICION released, a global thriller starring Uma Thurman/Kunal Nayyar which shot in London and New York and is based on the Israeli series, FALSE FLAG. This is his second series for Apple having Directed and Executive Produced the first episode of Steven Spielberg's anthology series, AMAZING STORIES. He also directed the pilot episode of THE RIGHT STUFF for Nat Geo/Warner Bros which was released in the Fall of 2020 on Disney +.
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In 2017 after Directing and Producing the international hit THE MENTALIST for 7 seasons, his success landed him an overall deal at Warner Bros TV and his own production company, Scallie Filmworks Inc, which he runs with his partner and writer, Erin Donovan.
PRODUCER
Gary B. Goldman
Gary B. Goldman has over 25 years of industry experience as a producer, director, and assistant director on over 100 episodes of hit television shows, including Ray Donovan, The Affair, Shameless, Animal Kingdom, Entourage, Tulsa King, Outer Banks and the new Apple TV+ limited series Manhunt.
Gary’s feature film credits include The Fugitive, Wayne’s World 2, Primal Fear, and most recently as First Assistant Director for The Menu, starring Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy. Gary is currently the producer on upcoming thriller “The In Between Years“ and “LICE”
He’s been nominated for multiple honors, including a Leo Award in 2019 for directing Bradley Whitford in the NatGeo series Valley of the Boom. Gary lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters and is still waiting to win his first argument with any of them.
