Harry Kakatsakis grew up in New York City with both parents in the acting profession, including Academy Award-nominated actress, June Squibb. He's directed many shorts and theater pieces, including "In My Country," the second most vote-getter in Moveon.org's 2003 “Bush in 30 Seconds” contest. As a writer, he was commissioned by Larry Levinson Productions to write the TV feature film "Search & Destroy." His most recent directing projects include the multi-award-winning short "Admissions," starring James Cromwell, and the science fiction award-winning short about living sustainably, "What Future." He is currently focusing on writing including the doomsday prepper romance feature "American Fallout," the gulf war horror action thriller feature "Dark Site," the found-footage medieval fantasy horror feature "Dungeon Deep," and the horror procedural TV pilot "Shadow City."
American Fallout Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Romance When a global incident spirals out of control, the owner of a remote gas station convinces a doomsday prepper to help him prepare his station for nuclear war and they find they're not prepared for love.
Dark Site Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Action An intrepid journalist, embedded during the Iraq war, discovers an Al Qaeda bunker inhabited by bio-weapon-created mutants, only to uncover a conspiracy that threatens her beliefs and humanity itself.
Shadow City Horror ⋄ Crime On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where supernatural creatures have built a hidden criminal empire, a grizzled NYPD detective partners with a rebellious teen vampire to solve a string of cold cases that could bring that empire down.
Dunegon Deep Budget: $10M - $30M | Horror ⋄ Fantasy A discredited wizard, investigating the disappearance of a royal platoon, discovers a dungeon inhabited by unspeakable horrors, uncovering a conspiracy with personal implications that could plunge the kingdom into a holy war.
Miskatonic West
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Internet
by Harry Kakatsakis Producer
Writer/Director
What Future
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Film (short)
by Skytown Entertainment
Director
Linger
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Film (short)
by Klavans Productions
Director
Mic Whore
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Film (short)
by Jill Jacobson Producer
Director
Admissions
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Film (short)
by Gavin Behrman Producer
Director
Search and Destroy
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Television
by Larry Levinson Productions
Writer
Top 10 Comedies 2022 Table Read My Script, "American Fallout"
(2022)
Finalist, 2021 Stage 32 New Blood Script Contest, "Dark Site"
(2021)
Runner-up - 2020 14th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest "American Fallout"
(2020)
Winner, Best Horror Pilot at the 2020 Die Laughing Film Festival. "Shadow City""
(2020)
Outstanding Production Value, Laughlin Int. Film Festival "What Future"
(2014)
Artivist Spirit Award, Best Short "Admissions"
(2012)
Jury Award Woods Hole Film Fest, best short "Admissions"
(2012)