Freehold Female Filmmaker on the Rise!

New Jersey has paved way into Hollywood!

Noelle Loizos, actress and award-winning writer & director, has been working towards an acting and filmmaking career for many years and has made her way into two studio films in 2018, Lionsgate and Imagine Entertainment's "The Spy Who Dumped Me", and MGM's "Creed 2". The recent success is attributed to her home state, New Jersey.

Having began a career as a child actor on stages throughout New Jersey and began working in film and television while studying at Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts, Ms. Loizos always envisioned a move to Hollywood to pursue her dream. After college, she continued taking advanced acting classes in Manhattan and found herself back on the stage in an Off-Broadway show, Dress of Fire, starring Austin Pendleton.

Having simultaneously grew a career in commercial real estate to finance her dream, she became actively sought out during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in meeting indie producers who were in need of assistance in pitching a $3B revenue company for product placement in the animated feature film. She used her expertise in sales to create a pitch packet and developed a strategic execution plan to pursue the monies. From that success, she went to study film production at UCLA, and inevitably launched a production company, Nolo Entertainment, while continuing to hit strides in her acting career.

Her third film is now in pre-production with her producing partner Mel Christensen, and is set to film in Seattle, Washington, January 2019. Their production team has launched a Kickstarter that they have been diligently working on bringing to life this year for a short film named B.U.M..

Please check out our Kickstarter here: B.U.M. Kickstarter

The Story
B.U.M. is short film based on an award-winning screenplay written by myself. It won Best Screenplay at the 2017 New York Screenplay Contest. The story follows three young-adults on a turbulent evening. Bernadette, Umberto, and Michael become entangled on a night out that exposes toxic relationships and the struggle to leave before it is too late.

Why This Film?
We’ve been lucky enough to partner up with the non-profit LifeWire, as some of the films subject matter is about the importance of what makes a healthy relationship and the unfortunate side of an unhealthy relationship, domestic violence. LifeWire has signed on to help be a lifeline and educational resource as we tour the film on the festival circuit. We hope to raise awareness about the warning signs of a toxic relationship and educate communities on prevention. Education and awareness are the key to large scale change.

You can follow Ms. Loizos and B.U.M. on social media: @noelleloizos & @b.u.m.shortfilm