About Guy Perrotta
Guy Perrotta is a Fellow Member of the Explorers Club and a Member of the Directors Guild of America. He is an accomplished educator and documentary filmmaker. What began as a passion for all things cinema led to his working in the field and helping the next generation to achieve their goals. He acts as a consultancy for filmmakers, academics, organizations, as well as aspiring media producers through VOICES, aiming to enhance innovation and design for a better planet.
The VOICES PROJECT includes successful initiatives focused on collaboration. Guy’s goal is to engage a wide audience in meaningful discussions through storytelling. Through VOICES he integrates diverse perspectives and a polyphonic approach in exploration and education.
His Work
Interactive, interdisciplinary, his ventures include:
Producing, directing, researching, and writing a feature film about beautiful and startling events in Gaelic history (Voices Over the Water)
Producing award-winning television shows about American, British, and Indigenous music, history, and culture for PBS (e.g. Mystic Voices)
Distribution of a feature-length program on digital platforms (e.g. Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play)
Development of a digicast and multimedia installation for the VOICES PROJECT about marginalized history
Swimming with sharks and helping to tag them for conservation research to help shed light on a common media misperception about these animals
Acting as production consultant and advisor for filmmakers seeking guidance from development through casting through distribution
Supporting educational programs on teaching archaeology skills and digital production to help uncover and document the remains of a lost medieval village
Learn more about the Emmy® nominated documentary Voices Over the Water.
Industry Involvement
Guy has been:
A jury member for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards
On the Explorers Club Film Committee
A Board Member of the Scottish Documentary Institute
An active member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has juried their Awards
A frequent jury member and Jury President for the Arkhaios Film Festival, which focuses on archaeology and cultural heritage
Discover more about the Directors Guild of America and The Explorers Club, the Scottish Documentary Institute, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and Arkhaios. Guy Perrotta is also proud to lend support to conservation efforts, including board work for organizations where he helps to shed light on urgent issues, such as with the Shark Research Institute.
As Manager
Guy has also managed talent and crew personnel for film, television, and digital media, including people who have worked on:
Network television shows
Feature films
Museum and university installations
Collections and digital series for streaming
He has received Emmy® Awards and was recognized as a Chair Scholar for his graduate work at The New School in New York (Media Studies and Film). This reflects his theory-meets-practice approach in assisting the next generation.
Teaching and Education
Guy has enjoyed teaching as a visiting lecturer and instructor at the university level and has developed curricula for digital media and communication programs. Students praise his:
Discussion-based classroom environment
Multi-perspective dialogue on media and society
Willingness to introduce students to industry personnel to facilitate entryways into film, television, and digital production
Assistance with helping former students when applying to graduate schools
Courses he has taught and/or designed include:
Exploring the Film
Cinema of Horrors
Film and History
James Bond: A Cultural Impact
Intercultural Relationships in Film
History of Mass Media
The New York Experience: Cinema Studies
Sight, Sound, Motion (media aesthetics)
City and Community in Film (urban/American studies)
Former students have gone on to work for:
PBS, Universal, CBS, FX, Paramount, NBC, museums, higher ed, film festivals, and digital platforms
Speaking Engagements & Panels
Guy has produced and presented at numerous events and panels, including:
Creating a Digital Strategy for your Film Distribution
How To Enter the Film and Television Industry
The Art and Craft of Pre-Production
Representation and History in Films and Television for the Digital Age
Developing a Framework for Community Building: Theory Meets Practice
Dracula Tourism, Mob Movies, and Spy Craft
Documentary: Art and Craft for the Future
Facilitating Discussions for Digital Cultures and Emerging Media for Production Personnel
He has presented at:
Edinburgh University (with Sir Thomas Devine, Jane Ferguson, and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown)
Yale University (with the Yale Indian Papers Project)
Brown University (Center for Race and Ethnicity in America)
Directors Guild of America
Campbell University
Marymount Manhattan College
Northeastern University
Institute for American Indian Studies
The New School
National Museum of Scotland
The state university system in Connecticut
Learn about behind-the-scenes of Voices Over the Water in an interview with Guy Perrotta and Jane Ferguson with Celtic Life International.
Guy Perrotta, aka CinematicGuy, is a proud member of the Directors Guild of America.
Guy Perrotta, CinematicGuy, has conducted research and interviews at sites of notorious historical locations. At this spot, in less than an hour, around 1,500 men were slain--more than 1,000 of them Jacobites. At Culloden Moor.
Voices Over the Water is narrated by Karen Allen shown here. She is an award-winning actor and director.
Actor Brian Cox is an Emmy® Award winning actor and is seen here commenting in Voices Over the Water.
Academy Award nominated actor Roy Scheider (seen above) has participated in documentary work with Guy Perrotta.
Producers/Directors Guy Perrotta and Jane Ferguson share a laugh with Time magazine film reviewer Stephanie Zacharek at a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York City.
Actor Robert Ian MacKenzie seen here in Voices Over the Water, and previously in The Good Shepherd, The Thomas Crown Affair, A Fish Called Wanda, A View to a Kill, and Escape to Athena.
In Guy Perrotta's work he has addressed the topic of stereotype in media.
Guy Perrotta, CinematicGuy, is a member of the Explorers Club where his work with exploration and discovery has significantly influenced his media endeavors.
Guy Perrotta is CinematicGuy seen here at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner in New York City, attending as Fellow Member 2016.
CinematicGuy aka Guy Perrotta is seen here attending a film and television industry event.
Guy Perrotta, aka CinematicGuy, is seen here at the premier of Voices Over the Water at the Directors Guild of America DGA theater in New York City.
Guy Perrotta interviewed Ernest R. Gilchrist, author of Fusion of Cultures: The Spirit of Argyllamerica Revealed, seen here in New York City.
