John V. Soto won Best Director for his film "The Reckoning" at the
2014 British Independent Film Festival where the film had its UK
premiere at Leicester Square on Friday 9 May 2014. He has written and
directed the feature films Crush (2009), starring Christopher Egan,
Needle (2010), starring Travis Fimmel and Ben Mendelsohn and The
Reckoning (2014), starring Jonathan LaPaglia and Luke Hemsworth, which
was released in Australia on 5 September 2014 after premiering at
CinefestOZ on 29 August. The Reckoning had its Australian TV Premiere
on 7 December 2015 on Channel ONE (Network TEN). John V Soto is the
co-founder of Filmscope Entertainment, with Deidre Kitcher.John has
recently completed his latest feature film, a Sci-Fi Thriller titled
The Gateway starring Jacqueline McKenzie (The 4400, Deep Blue Sea).
The film has been selected for the 2nd largest film festival in Utah
USA, FilmQuest 2017 which is a celebration of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and
Horror films. In addition The Gateway has been selected for the Austin
Revolution Festival 2017 where it has been nominated for Best Film,
Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay. Previously
John won Best Director at The British Independent Film Festival 2014
for his feature film The Reckoning, a thriller starring Luke
Hemsworth. The film was also selected for the official line-up at
Cannes Cinephiles Des Antipodes where it screened theatrically in May
2015. John also won the Special Jury Prize for Needle (which stars
Travis Fimmel and Ben Mendelsohn) at the Melbourne Underground Film
Festival 2011. Needle was also selected for the US horror film
festival SCREAMFEST, where it was nominated for Best Cinematography
and Best Film.Filmscope Entertainment is an Australian-based
production company that makes high quality, commercial genre films for
worldwide audiences. Their recent feature film The Reckoning (2014) a
$2.35 million crime thriller starring Jonathon LaPaglia and Luke
Hemsworth was completed in January 2014.In 2010, Soto wrote and
directed Needle, a Supernatural Thriller starring Ben Mendolsohn,
Trilby Glover and Michael Dorman, which met great success
internationally with sales agent Lightning Entertainment selling the
film into over 82 countries. "Needle" was released on 62 screens in
Turkey where it landed at No. 4 at the box office on 29 July 2011 and
ran for 13 weeks. The film was acquired by Sony for Australia and had
a limited theatrical release on 8 screens before its home
entertainment release. Needle won numerous awards at various film
festivals including Best Cinematography and Best Special Effects at
the British Horror Film Festival, and Best Makeup Special Effects at
Screamfest and a slew of awards at the Melbourne Underground Film
Festival where Soto won the Special Jury Prize. John V. Soto Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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