Fourwind Films is comprised of story technicians who function in telling emotionally impactful stories that express a void in our society. We amplify lesser heard voices by creating works such as Abuela’s Luck, Artist & the City, Prologue, and countless other memorable documentaries and fiction movies and audio presentations.
PIPER WERLE
Piper is a Screenwriter, Playwright, and Producer. Her short film Prologue was released with Fourwind Films. Her self-produced short Veronica was released in 2020. She has developed plays with the Actor's Studio (East), Ugly Rhino, and the 24 Hour Plays.
In addition to writing, she has a background in education and development, and has worked at the O'Brien School for the Maasai in Tanzania. Piper is a graduate of SMU's Meadows School of the Arts.
RICKY ROSARIO
Bi-lingual Dominican-American filmmaker Ricky Rosario is a Writer, Director, & Producer and has gained a multitude of production experience that spans across various commercials, films and music videos. In 2019, after screening at over 10 film festivals - Abuela’s Luck, a short film, he wrote, produced and directed, was acquired by HBO Latino and made its television debut in October 2019. Abuela’s Luck was listed as one of Remezcla’s Top 10 Short Films by US Latino Directors for 2018. Ricky is currently developing and raising money for the Abuela’s Luck feature film.
Ricky has helped produce music videos for some of the industry’s most dynamic artists out today. While also producing commercials for various corporate brands. With a dual undergrad degree in Marketing and Finance from Seton Hall University (Class of ‘11), Ricky is highly budget conscience when it comes to efficient and powerful storytelling.
MR. DAVID RUANO
Mr. David Ruano is an international photographer, filmmaker, and artist who has been captivated by composition and color to create stories and emotions. David’ work has been featured in skateboard magazines such as Wheelbase and Concrete Wave. Seamlessly, David lept from the action world of skating into narrative filmmaking. Though he has worn many hats, being a cinematographer has always been at the forefront of his passion. He has filmed over 10 short-films, and his latest projects being Vengeance Turns his first feature.
David is currently curating an Art Gallery and traveling to art shows around Los Angeles and San Francisco showing his art and poetry in a series entitled “No Typos” where he writes and frames poetry written using vintage typewriters he has collected.
Known as a renaissance man, David truly enjoys creating and producing art in all mediums . He is also fluent in English and Spanish, and loves to cook.
JUSTIN JOSEPH HALL
Justin Joseph Hall is an award-winning, multilingual multimedia director and founder of Fourwind Films and Quatre-Vents. His work has been acquired by major television networks such as HBO and he’s worked as a lead creative on projects that received awards at The Emmys, TriBeCa Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, and more.
His mastery of post-production and the visual arts has awarded him opportunities to work on various projects with PBS, Major League Baseball, NBCUniversal, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, National Geographic, BMW, The Discovery Channel, and The New York Times to name a few.
Movies Justin has directed have been screened and won acclaim domestically and internationally. His docu-series on creative careers, Artist & the City (2021) won 6 awards including the Audience Award for Best Series at YoFiFest. Prologue (2020) is a superb and surreal exploration of relationships and miscommunication winning Best of Awards at Manhattan Film Festival and Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival.
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