Frank Sacks
- Writer
- Producer
Frank Sacks is a writer/producer who was born in Chicago and attended
Boston University and San Francisco State (BA/Film Degree). He is a
former ICM Talent and Motion Picture Agent and was an International
Film Sales Agent whose financial background included working for two
Wall Street Investment Banks, Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney Harris
Upham. His financial and film industry experience enabled him to write
and produce his own work that now includes three feature films with two
more in development.
As a published author, he adapted his last two books for (Hearst Publishing & St. Martin's Press/Tor Books). He wrote and produced both features; Extreme Justice (1993) (an HBO World Premiere) starring Scott Glenn and Lou Diamond Phillips, and Nico the Unicorn (1998) (Frank Sacks Productions) starring Elisha Cuthbert, Anne Archer, Kevin Zegers and Michael Ontkean. His third film was the US/UK Co-production/comedy Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle (2007) for which he shared story credit and Executive Produced.
A 3rd book "The Waterbed Wars", has been optioned for the screen (2015) and is based on a true story set in San Francisco, Circa 1970. The hardcover edition of The Waterbed Wars is available now from Amazon.com.
His new screenplay, Hot Foot! is his next feature film project as a writer/producer and is a comedy in development (2015) that is also based on a true story.
His board game,"The Movie Game", originally created by him in 1981, was distributed to over 500 stores nationwide and was featured in a story by The Wall Street Journal". The game is now under development for release Q3 2015.
As a published author, he adapted his last two books for (Hearst Publishing & St. Martin's Press/Tor Books). He wrote and produced both features; Extreme Justice (1993) (an HBO World Premiere) starring Scott Glenn and Lou Diamond Phillips, and Nico the Unicorn (1998) (Frank Sacks Productions) starring Elisha Cuthbert, Anne Archer, Kevin Zegers and Michael Ontkean. His third film was the US/UK Co-production/comedy Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle (2007) for which he shared story credit and Executive Produced.
A 3rd book "The Waterbed Wars", has been optioned for the screen (2015) and is based on a true story set in San Francisco, Circa 1970. The hardcover edition of The Waterbed Wars is available now from Amazon.com.
His new screenplay, Hot Foot! is his next feature film project as a writer/producer and is a comedy in development (2015) that is also based on a true story.
His board game,"The Movie Game", originally created by him in 1981, was distributed to over 500 stores nationwide and was featured in a story by The Wall Street Journal". The game is now under development for release Q3 2015.
