About The Filmmaker

Marc Saltarelli is an award-winning director with work in both narrative and documentary filmmaking.  His eight narrative films and three docs have collectively screened in over 250 major film festivals globally.    

His feature documentary Studio One Forever, the untold story of America's iconic gay disco, world premiered at Outfest Los Angeles in July 2023 and was selected by over twenty festivals to date, garnering several audience choice awards.  It was an Austin Film Festival jury award nominee for best documentary and won Best of Fest at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival.  In March 2024 it will screen at the BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Festival.

Also in 2023, he co-produced with director Pauley Perrette the short doc RED RIBBONS OF LOVE, winner of Best Documentary at the Toronto LGBTQ Film Festival. 

With producer Michael Childers, his short doc I Knew Andy Warhol was the centerpiece of the Warhol exhibit at the Palm Springs Museum of Art and won best documentary at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.  

With screenwriter Tom O'Leary and producer Park Walkup, TO COMFORT YOU, starring Pauley Perrette (NCIS) and Susan Blakely (This Is Us) won best picture and best drama awards at the Beverly Hills Shortfest. REMEMBER TO BREATHE, starring Lee Meriwether ("Batman") and Susan Blakely ("This Is Us") earned five BEST PICTURE nominations worldwide.  

Marc is a two-time Iris Prize nominee and a Planetout Short Movie Award recipient.  His passion for filmmaking is rooted in the belief that movies have the power to effect positive change in the world, while still being ridiculously entertaining.

ON THE SET OF 'SPEAK" (2016)