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Phil DeSanti

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Writer
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Phil DeSanti is known for Nagual: The Sin Eater (2021), The Core (2003) and Inland Empire (2006).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Nagual: The Sin Eater (2021)
    Nagual: The Sin Eater
    6.3
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2021
    Aaron Eckhart, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, Hilary Swank, Bruce Greenwood, and DJ Qualls in The Core (2003)
    The Core
    5.5
    • Production Department
    • 2003
    Laura Dern in Inland Empire (2006)
    Inland Empire
    6.8
    • 2nd A.D. Tim Hurst
    • 2006
    Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces (2006)
    Smokin' Aces
    6.6
    • Production Department
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Maika Monroe in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025)
      The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
      5.3
      • second assistant director
      • 2025
    • Afraid (2024)
      Afraid
      5.2
      • second assistant director
      • 2024
    • Night Swim (2024)
      Night Swim
      4.7
      • second assistant director
      • 2024
    • Cocaine Bear (2023)
      Cocaine Bear
      5.9
      • second assistant director: additional photography
      • 2023
    • Tia Carrere, Rodney To, Lydia Gaston, Melody Butiu, Jo Koy, Joey Guila, Eugene Cordero, Elena Juatco, and Eva Noblezada in Easter Sunday (2022)
      Easter Sunday
      5.3
      • second assistant director: additional photography
      • 2022
    • Mark Wahlberg in Father Stu (2022)
      Father Stu
      6.5
      • second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Sandra Oh in Umma (2022)
      Umma
      4.7
      • second second assistant director
      • 2022
    • The Forever Purge (2021)
      The Forever Purge
      5.4
      • second assistant director: Burbank
      • 2021
    • Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson in Bliss (2021)
      Bliss
      5.4
      • second second assistant director
      • 2021
    • KJ Apa and Sofia Carson in Songbird (2020)
      Songbird
      4.8
      • second assistant director: additional photography
      • 2020
    • Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman in The Secrets We Keep (2020)
      The Secrets We Keep
      5.9
      • second assistant director
      • 2020
    • Christian Slater and Amanda Peet in Dirty John (2018)
      Dirty John
      7.3
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2020
    • Marisol Ramirez, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, and Roman Christou in The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
      The Curse of La Llorona
      5.3
      • second second assistant director
      • 2019
    • JD Pardo in Mayans M.C. (2018)
      Mayans M.C.
      7.5
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional second assistant director (uncredited)
      • 2018

    Production Department

    • Beyond
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • set production assistant
      • 2006
    • Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces (2006)
      Smokin' Aces
      6.6
      • set production assistant
      • 2006
    • Kelly Preston, Kurt Russell, Michael Angarano, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danielle Panabaker, Steven Strait, and Kelly Vitz in Sky High (2005)
      Sky High
      6.3
      • set production assistant
      • 2005
    • Thomas Haden Church and Paul Giamatti in Sideways (2004)
      Sideways
      7.5
      • set production assistant
      • 2004
    • Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 (2004)
      Spider-Man 2
      7.5
      • set production assistant: Los Angeles (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai (2003)
      The Last Samurai
      7.8
      • production assistant
      • 2003
    • Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Tony Cox, and Brett Kelly in Bad Santa (2003)
      Bad Santa
      7.0
      • set production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
      Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
      4.8
      • set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Taye Diggs, Jamie Kennedy, and Anthony Anderson in Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
      Malibu's Most Wanted
      5.3
      • set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Aaron Eckhart, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, Hilary Swank, Bruce Greenwood, and DJ Qualls in The Core (2003)
      The Core
      5.5
      • production assistant
      • 2003
    • Candice Bergen, Rob Lowe, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Preston, and Christina Applegate in View from the Top (2003)
      View from the Top
      5.3
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • xXx (2002)
      xXx
      5.9
      • set production assistant
      • 2002
    • Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, and Garikayi Mutambirwa in Clockstoppers (2002)
      Clockstoppers
      5.2
      • production assistant
      • 2002

    Writer

    • All Hallows Eve Trickster (2023)
      All Hallows Eve Trickster
      4.0
      • screenplay
      • story (segment "Nagual: The Sin Eater", segment "Nagual: The Sin Eater")
      • 2023
    • Nagual: The Sin Eater (2021)
      Nagual: The Sin Eater
      6.3
      Short
      • story by
      • screenplay by
      • 2021

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Phil Desanti

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