Alfred
Spellman
Film and TV Producer & Media Entrepreneur
Alfred Spellman is an Emmy, Peabody, and Edward R. Murrow Award–winning Film and TV producer and media entrepreneur. He co-founded the Miami media studio rakontur with creative partner Billy Corben.
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The Hollywood Reporter“Since first meeting up in high school more than 15 years ago, Corben and Spellman have forged a unique career by focusing on what Corben admits is often ‘more pulpy, pop-culture-oriented subject matter’ and then riding the successive waves through which such movies have been delivered to eager audiences.”
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Uproxx“Spellman and Corben have essentially become the Mark Twains of insane Floridiana.”
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Bloomberg“They've created a whole new audience: an alternative, youth-leaning, nonfiction-seeking core — says Tom Quinn, senior vice-president of Magnolia Pictures, which distributed the Cocaine Cowboys series.”
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Flamingo Magazine“Miami documentary filmmakers Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman and David Cypkin have shaped the national conversation around some of Florida's most salacious events in their wildly popular films.”
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Florida Trend“The Miami story in print has Hiaasen; on film it has Rakontur. From a story-telling perspective, they are as good as it gets.”
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Business Insider“Born and bred in Miami, Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman grew up knowing a simple fact: their city has been, and will always be, a sunny place for shady people.”
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