DevlinPix is a New York City based production company with a passion for discovering important stories in the most unlikely places and transforming them into dynamic, narrative-driven projects. The company grew out of the work of filmmaker Paul Devlin, creator of several award-winning, widely distributed, feature-length films including SlamNation, Power Trip, and BLAST!.  DevlinPix is dedicated to telling dramatic stories that engage, educate, and entertain audiences world-wide. 

Paul Devlin

A five-time Emmy winner for his work on NBC's Olympics and CBS's Tour de France, Paul Devlin began making films at age 12 with a Super 8 camera his father bought for him.

Paul's first documentary Rockin’ Brunswick was made while earning his degree in English Literature at the University of Michigan. Since then, Paul has created numerous independent projects including 4 feature-length, theatrically-released, nonfiction narrative films: SlamNation, Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, Power Trip and BLAST!.  These critically-acclaimed films have screened for millions of viewers in over 120 countries as well as winning over a dozen international film festival awards and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Currently, Paul is working on Super Star Dumb, a musical comedy about the broken promise of middle class rock and roll stardom, following the story of a man punished by his talent in a society where anything short of celebrity is failure.

As an editor, Paul's extensive credits include commercials, music videos (Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny G), television shows and major sports broadcasts, including CBS's Super Bowls and ABC/ESPN's World Cup Soccer.

As a student, Paul assisted Robert Altman on his film Secret Honor and participated in a screenwriting seminar led by Lawrence Kasden (The Big Chill). Paul has visited over 40 countries and has exhibited photographs of his travels. As a writer, he has contributed to The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Filmmaker, The Independent, and Cineaste, among others.

Paul is on the Board of Directors of Nila, Inc., which designs and manufactures environmentally sustainable LED lighting for the motion picture and television industries.

Claire Missanelli

Claire Missanelli lost her struggle with breast cancer on March 31st, 2011. We miss her dearly. More information here.

Claire Missanelli works in partnership with DevlinPix and is the producer of the award winning BLAST!, Power Trip, and SlamNation, films that have garnered over a dozen international film festival awards, an Independent Spirit nomination, and reached millions of broadcast viewers world-wide.

Claire also works as a consultant and outreach project manager for documentary films, and is currently an advisor on Marina Lutz's The Marina Experiment (Triptych, parts II & III).  Other projects include Jasmine Dellal's Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends, and Lulu Fries'dat's Holler Back.

Claire is currently working on development and production for Stage V, the journey of Stage IV breast cancer patients as they face the challenges of finding treatment options, quality of life issues, and ultimately survival.

Claire serves on the Board of Directors of You Can Thrive, a breast cancer center that addresses the need for free and low-cost support services and long term survivorship tools for breast cancer survivors. Services offered include advocacy, acupuncture, massage therapy, and nutritional counseling.

Claire attended NYU's Tisch Graduate Film School and La Salle University's School of Film and TV.

Rina Svet

Rina is an NYC based freelance video editor, colorist, and motion graphics artist. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts with a B.F.A. in Video Editing/Production. Rina is the Web Content Manager/Editor at DevlinPix, and she is responsible for the video content on the DevlinPix website.

In the past six years she has created and edited several short films, commercials, and music videos. She has won several awards for her music videos in video art competitions, and has a very diverse skill-set.  Her experiences range from narrative films to corporate videos, and everything in between. For a look at some of her work, please visit RinaSvet.com

Drew Zimmerman

Drew is a Freelance Graphic Designer and Web Developer who has been working for various clients since 2004. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH with a B.S. in Visual Communication Technology and Telecommunications. Drew is the Graphic Designer/Website Administrator at DevlinPix, and is responsible for designing print/web content as well as website maintenance and renovations across all film websites and DevlinPix.com. In addition, he also tackles our new media outreach campaign, utilizing various social and new media

Bill Hilferty

Bill Hilferty is a graduate of Penn State University’s Communications program with a B.F.A. in Film and Video Production. Based outside of Philadelphia, Bill is an assistant editor for our upcoming film “Super Star Dumb”, and is using the project as an opportunity to hone his skills as an aspiring documentary and educational filmmaker.

Advisory Board

Marquise Stillwell

Marquise Stillwell is the Managing Director of Openbox, which provides strategic planning and analysis to individuals and small firms looking to increase ROI, market share and process improvement. He has worked as a VP and Director of product development, product marketing and business development, with a strong background managing a wide range of teams, products, projects, budgets and fundraising. His experience in the film industry has been primarily in providing strategic planning and fundraising for independent films. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising as well as a Master's Degree in Economics and an MBA.

Robert Hawk

Robert Hawk, independent film producer and consultant, has had his own business, ICI (Independent Consultation for Independents), for more than 15 years and has been on the independent film scene for more than 25 years. Film producing credits include "Prodigal Sons," "Ballets Russes," "Trick," "Chasing Amy," "The Slaughter Rule" and the upcoming "Paul Goodman Changed my Life." As film consultant: "The Laramie Project" (HBO), "My Architect," the Oscar-winning "The Times of Harvey Milk" and Paul Devlin's last three documentary features, among many others. He served on the Sundance Film Festival's advisory selection committee for its entire duration (1987-1998), is on the advisory board of IFP's Inependent Film Week in New York, and has served on other boards, festival juries and as a curator of film series. More details at www.filmhawk.com