Photograph of two men, with the name Steven Hillyer above the top man and Tim Marback above the bottom man. A stylized logo with a black letter A and a yellow halo above it appears on the left side of the image.

Arkanjel Productions

WRITER + PRODUCER 

Writers and producers Tim Marback and Steven Hillyer—their first feature was the award-winning film The Event. View The Event trailer here.

Steven and Tim are award-winning screenwriters/ playwrights/ producers and cofounders of New York City based Arkanjel Productions. Their work explores universal themes found within the human condition through the intimacies of relationships—and how they manifest our core emotions. It also pursues an ongoing search for issues that are inexorably tied to important societal concerns. Their feature film, The Event—which took on the issue of assisted suicide—starred Academy Award winners Olympia Dukakis and Sarah Polley, as well as Parker Posey, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film won numerous festival awards and was released domestically and internationally. 

Portraits of two men, Graham Streeter and Alex Lebosq, against a black background. Graham Streeter has short gray hair and is wearing a light blue shirt. Alex Lebosq has short dark hair and is wearing a dark jacket over a red shirt. There is a logo with the text '!p' and 'Imperative Pictures' between the portraits.

Imperative Pictures

DIRECTOR + PRODUCER 

Director-producer Graham Streeter and producer Alex Lebosq, known for their award-winning films Cages, Blind Malice, Imperfect Sky, I May Regret, and most recently Unfix, have established themselves as leaders in the indie film industry. View the Unfix trailer here.

Imperative Pictures is an award-winning, full-service creative company offering a comprehensive range of services, from script development and pre-production to direction, editing, and post-production supervision. Streeter and Lebosq are committed to crafting compelling feature narratives that thoughtfully address socially conscious issues. By integrating imperative themes, they create films that foster compassion, understanding, and a deeper commitment to promoting a more diverse and tolerant world

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Covington International

PRODUCER 

Producer Vicki McCarty has several award-winning films including, The Event, 3 Needles and Cloudburst. View the Cloudburst trailer here.

Vicki McCarty is president of Covington International, a talent management and indie film production company. As executive producer her first film, The Event, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, followed by the Berlin Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. 3 Needles, starring Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Stockard Channing, and Chloe Sevigny received the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Ribbon of Hope Award for Excellence after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by the US premiere at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Cloudburst, starring Oscar winners Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis, garnered numerous festival awards for Best Feature, Director, and Actor. In television, Ms. McCarty was executive producer on the award-winning Canadian mini-series Sex and Violence.

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Team building

Our core team of producers has undertaken efforts to assemble a primary group of individuals who will assist in the making of Four Letter Word, per below. We will continue to build our group of collaborators as the project develops.

Legal

We have engaged the prestigious law firm RAMO LAW, with MARY TRIER, senior associate, as our primary point of contact. Her legal work specializes in production companies and creators of quality film and television, and she expertly guides clients through development to completion of a project. Mary was named one of Variety’s “Hollywood New Leaders of 2022” and was selected as a “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers Magazine from 2021–2023. She is licensed in both California and Illinois.

Line producer

BRETT HAYS is an accomplished line producer / producer with a reputation for creating high quality productions that entertain and inspire. He has worked on a wide range of movies and television shows including working with David Fincher, Tyler Perry, and A24. He and his producing partners established Flyover Film Studios in 2023 to revolutionize filmmaking in Central Illinois. He is an expert on Illinois Film Tax credits. His latest project, Albany Road, won Best TV Movie from the African American Film Critics Association and the Satellite TV Award for Best Television Movie.

Completion guarantee

SCOTT NICOLAIDES is Senior Vice President of MEDIA GUARANTORS, a specialized completion guarantor that brings unmatched experience, flexibility, security, and responsiveness to a wide range of domestic and international filmmakers and productions. A critical resource and partner to filmmakers around the world, Media Guarantors brings filmmakers tailored solutions to support their creative visions. Their award-winning credits include The Gentlemen, Knives Out, and CODA.

Brand identity by Mindy Lang, with animation and web design by Mark Rossi.