William DeMeo
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
William DeMeo has extensive experience not only as a producer
and writer, but also as an accomplished actor and director.
William DeMeo grew up in the Gravesend, Bensonhurst section of
Brooklyn. The block he grew up on is West St. which he uses as the name of his film
company, West Street Productions. William's first movie was
A Bronx Tale (1993), where he was
only supposed to be an extra but wound up with a couple of lines.
His first producing accomplishment was the independent feature film
One Deadly Road (1998) which he
wrote, produced and played a leading role in. The film was distributed
overseas, aired on pay-per-view television and was distributed
nationally on Home Video.
William went on to write, produce, co-direct and play a leading role in
the feature film Wannabes (2000). The
film was picked up by Artisan Entertainment and was released in
theaters before its national Home Video/DVD release in 2002 including
Blockbuster. William won the Best Actor Award for his performance in
Wannabes (2000) at the New York
Independent International Film Festival. The film also won the Best
Director and Best Supporting Actor Awards at that festival. It was shot
on 35mm film, as was William's next film,
Searching for Bobby D (2005)
which he produced, co-wrote the screenplay with his director
Paul Borghese, and he starred in it with
Carmen Electra,
Sandra Bernhard,
Mario Cantone,
Tyson Beckford,
Tony Darrow and the rest of the ensemble
cast. This comedic adventure and independent film went on to win
numerous Audience Favorite and Best Comedy Feature Awards at film
festivals internationally and was picked up for DVD distribution by
Monarch Entertainment after many theatrical screenings, one to a
sold-out crowd of over 600 audience members.
In addition to the roles William has played in films he has
produced he has also appeared in numerous other feature films as well
as on national television shows and in mini-series. He portrayed a
young Carlo Gambino in
Boss of Bosses (2001)
and the character Al Pacino in
Analyze That (2002). He was featured
in Hackers (1995), played a role in the
award-winning short,
I Am Woody (2003), and appeared
numerous times in the last three seasons of
The Sopranos (1999) as one of
Paulie Walnuts' crew members, Jason Molinaro. DeMeo has guest starred in Blue Bloods and Person Of Interest. He played the lead roles in Once Upon A Time in Brooklyn and Back In The Day. Both movies had a well known cast with names like Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover and Armand Assante to name a few. He has lead roles with John Travolta in the Gotti Movie playing Sammy The Bull. Also played the role of Ritchie Stechal in First Kill alongside of Bruce Willis and Hayden Christensen.
DeMeo has developed, written and directed four episodes of the new series called Gravesend. Where he plays the lead role Benny Zerltta. The episodes are due to be out in the first quarter of 2020.
and writer, but also as an accomplished actor and director.
William DeMeo grew up in the Gravesend, Bensonhurst section of
Brooklyn. The block he grew up on is West St. which he uses as the name of his film
company, West Street Productions. William's first movie was
A Bronx Tale (1993), where he was
only supposed to be an extra but wound up with a couple of lines.
His first producing accomplishment was the independent feature film
One Deadly Road (1998) which he
wrote, produced and played a leading role in. The film was distributed
overseas, aired on pay-per-view television and was distributed
nationally on Home Video.
William went on to write, produce, co-direct and play a leading role in
the feature film Wannabes (2000). The
film was picked up by Artisan Entertainment and was released in
theaters before its national Home Video/DVD release in 2002 including
Blockbuster. William won the Best Actor Award for his performance in
Wannabes (2000) at the New York
Independent International Film Festival. The film also won the Best
Director and Best Supporting Actor Awards at that festival. It was shot
on 35mm film, as was William's next film,
Searching for Bobby D (2005)
which he produced, co-wrote the screenplay with his director
Paul Borghese, and he starred in it with
Carmen Electra,
Sandra Bernhard,
Mario Cantone,
Tyson Beckford,
Tony Darrow and the rest of the ensemble
cast. This comedic adventure and independent film went on to win
numerous Audience Favorite and Best Comedy Feature Awards at film
festivals internationally and was picked up for DVD distribution by
Monarch Entertainment after many theatrical screenings, one to a
sold-out crowd of over 600 audience members.
In addition to the roles William has played in films he has
produced he has also appeared in numerous other feature films as well
as on national television shows and in mini-series. He portrayed a
young Carlo Gambino in
Boss of Bosses (2001)
and the character Al Pacino in
Analyze That (2002). He was featured
in Hackers (1995), played a role in the
award-winning short,
I Am Woody (2003), and appeared
numerous times in the last three seasons of
The Sopranos (1999) as one of
Paulie Walnuts' crew members, Jason Molinaro. DeMeo has guest starred in Blue Bloods and Person Of Interest. He played the lead roles in Once Upon A Time in Brooklyn and Back In The Day. Both movies had a well known cast with names like Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover and Armand Assante to name a few. He has lead roles with John Travolta in the Gotti Movie playing Sammy The Bull. Also played the role of Ritchie Stechal in First Kill alongside of Bruce Willis and Hayden Christensen.
DeMeo has developed, written and directed four episodes of the new series called Gravesend. Where he plays the lead role Benny Zerltta. The episodes are due to be out in the first quarter of 2020.