Bobby Moresco

Before becoming an Academy Award-winning writer, Bobby Moresco started out as an actor in New York City. In 1978, Moresco moved to Los Angeles where he opened his own theatre company, The Actor’s Gym. Since then, Moresco has written, produced and/or directed over 35 theatrical productions. Currently, Moresco has several high-profile projects in post-production, production or pre-production.

Moresco co-wrote and produced the breakout film of 2004, Crash. The drama, directed by Paul Haggis and starring an ensemble cast including Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillipe, Thandie Newton, and Ludacris, was released by Lions Gate Films on May 6, 2004. In 2006, at the 78th Academy Awards, Moresco and Haggis were awarded an Oscar for co-writing the film. In addition to winning in the Original Screenplay category, Crash won additional Oscars for Best Picture and Achievement in Editing. It also received WGA, Bafta and Critic’s Choice awards.

Moresco’s new television series for NBC, The Black Donnellys, which he co-created and is executive producing, will air 13 episodes starting this spring. The drama is loosely based on characters from the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City, where Moresco was born and raised.

Moresco released his directorial debut, 10th & Wolf, a coming-of-age gangster drama set in the ‘80s. 10th & Wolf stars James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Piper Parabo, Brad Renfro, Lesley Ann Warren, Brian Dennehey, and Val Kilmer, and is currently in post-production.

Born in New York City in 1951, Moresco was raised in the Hell’s Kitchen district of Manhattan. After completing only one term in high school, Moresco decided it wasn’t the path he wanted to follow and hit the streets doing odd jobs for most of his adolescence.

Things changed for Moresco at 18 when a patron of the bar where he worked advised him to pursue a career in the theatre. Soon after, Moresco began studying acting with the widely respected Wynn Handman and Peggy Fuery, founders of The American Place Theatre and Loft Theatre, respectively. With the classes under his belt, Moresco opened The Actor’s Gym in New York and then moved the company to Los Angeles in 1978.

Throughout the ‘90s, Moresco focused much of his time creating, writing, and producing television projects. Notable projects included Millenium, which earned him a Genesis Award, and EZ Streets, which he wrote and co-produced, and which won the Viewers for Quality Television Award for best program of the year. In 1998, he co-created and executive produced the critically acclaimed series Falcone, which was based on the movie, Donnie Brasco, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards.

Moresco’s other projects include Million Dollar Baby (2005 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture) which he co-produced and developed with Paul Haggis, as well as the films Heat for Walden Media, and Rule of Nines, which are all in development.