Tempered Zealot Productions

Tempered Zealot Productions is an independent American motion picture production and distribution company, founded in 2003 and based in Columbus, Ohio.

The company was started by writer/director Jerod Brennen in 2003 and in 2004 added partner Justin Lewis (a.k.a. J. Michael Lewis) as a vehicle to produce their work and market mostly thriller and horror stories.

Tempered Zealot movies have played in several film festivals in the United States and three festival abroad. The company won the Best Horror Short award at the [http://theindiegathering.com/ The Indie Gathering] in 2007 for "A Thousand Words: Bloodline" (which is the sequel to 2005's "A Thousand Words"). Fact|date=April 2008

The company is currently working on its first feature length motion picture which is to be comprised of 12 short segments each helmed by a different director.

Filmography

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479072/ Inevitable] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480026/ A Thousand Words] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498338/ The Decision] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822032/ Support an Indie Filmmaker] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977229/ Over Coffee] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067088/ A Thousand Words: Bloodline] at the Internet Movie Database

=Film festivals and screenings=
* [http://lookatmyshorts.sonnyboo.com/lams2.htm Look at my Shorts II] Columbus, Ohio 2005
* [http://www.twistedspine.com/MicroFest2005.htm Twisted Spine Micro Fest] Cleveland, Ohio 2005
*Appalachian Short Film Festival Portsmouth, Ohio 2005
* [http://lookatmyshorts.sonnyboo.com/main.html Look at my Shorts III] Columbus, Ohio 2006
* [http://lookatmyshorts.sonnyboo.com/main.html Look at my Shorts III pt2] Columbus, Ohio 2006
* [http://www.rpstudios.net/ivff/ivff06films.html Indiana University South Bend Independent Video & Film Festival] South Bend, Indiana 2006
*Broken Lamp Film Festival Dayton Ohio 2006
* [http://nightgalleryfilmfestival.com/index.html The Night Gallery Film Festival] Juneau, Alaska, Casa Grande, Arizona, Eugene, Oregon, and Wellington, New Zealand2006
* [http://www.rpstudios.net/ivff/ivff07films.html Indiana University South Bend Independent Video & Film Festival] South Bend, Indiana 2007
* [http://gozips.uakron.edu/~rnh8/schedule.html Akron Independent Film Festival] Akron, Ohio 2007
* [http://www.swanseafilmfestival.com/home07.htm Swansea Bay Film Festival] Swansea Bay, UK 2007
* [http://www.redlightcenter.com/filmfestival/ RedLightCenter International Film Festival] 2007 (Online; Canada)
* [http://theindiegathering.com/ The Indie Gathering] Cleveland, Ohio 2007 (Winner Best Horror Short)
* [http://www.sachorrorfilmfest.com/ Sacramento Horror Film Festival] Sacramento, CA 2007
* [http://www.frightnightfilmfest.com/ Fright Night Film Fest] Louisville, KY 2007
* [http://www.cinemawasteland.com/show.html Cinema Wasteland] Strongsville, OH 2007
* [http://www.thespookymovie.com/ The 2007 Spooky Movie Film Festival: Red-Eye Marathon] Hagerstown, MD 2007
* [http://www.myspace.com/frightmaresfest Frightmares Film Festival] Charlottesville, VA 2007
* [http://atlantahorrorfest.com/home.htm Atlanta Horrorfest] Atlanta, GA 2007

External links

* [http://www.temperedzealot.com/ Official Website]