Talent Guide

Dominic Ottersbach

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Producing Lab 2010

Bio

Dominic Ottersbach is a co-founder of Steakhaus Productions, an award-winning independent film production company dedicated to bringing bold, new visions to movie audiences everywhere Ottersbach and co-founder Steak House have more than 20 combined years of experience in production management, line-producing and producing. Their specialty is physical production, taking projects from paper to festival: providing development, production, post-production and festival strategizing.

Recent projects include Sunset Strip The Movie (in production), Secret Lives of Dorks for Steven J. Wolfe, and Chain Letter, The Hustle and Night Tales for Deon Taylor and Jamie Foxx (No Brainer Films). Previous production experience includes coordinating on The Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions and several Nickelodeon, Sony and WB cartoon series. Steakhaus Productions produced the indie favorite By Hook or By Crook, a Sundance premiere and five-time best feature winner. Their films have long enjoyed success on the festival circuit, including LAFF, Tribeca, Outfest and four films at Sundance. Their popular documentary about passionate Dolly Parton fans, For the Love of Dolly, broadcasts on MTV’s Logo. Most recently, their indie romantic comedy, Weather Girl, premiered at Slamdance 2009 and sold to Screen Media, Regent and Lifetime.

Their current film 6 Month Rule is in post-production and they are developing several other projects including: The Summer We Drowned, Half Truth, Dish and Skirt, which were invited to participate in the FIND labs, Fast Track and the Sundance Independent Producers Conference.

Current Project

Half Truth (Narrative Feature)

Logline

Two unlikely friends from the rural South---Donell, a black, teenaged outcast, and Johnny, a white, enigmatic runaway-form a tenuous bond as they escape from their troubled pasts on a wild cross-country adventure.