Thier Productions

Ela Thier, partner

Ela Thier's romantic-comedy, The Wedding Cow, was produced by SWR, a major German television network, and garnered twenty awards at international film festivals including nine Best Feature and five Audience Choice awards. Currently, Thier is co-producing her directorial debut with her script A Story for Old Lovers, starring Jay O. Sanders (Half Nelson, Day After Tomorrow, JFK) and Tony-award winner Maryann Plunket (The Squid and The Whale). Among several offers to option her work, Thier was also commissioned by Danziger & Dellano to write Vanish Point, a true-life story of a battle fought and won over corporate corruption in the health-care industry. A prolific writer, Thier's work was selected by the Independent Film Project (IFP) the past three consecutive years, with two scripts selected in 2007.

Thier was born and raised in Israel and at a young age wrote, directed and performed in musical theater productions. She studied Film and TV at New York University where she wrote, directed and performed in award-winning shorts including Be With Me, Plato's Symposium, and Clamor: A Silent Film About Making Noise. In her twenties, Thier studied Talmud and Jewish law, and organized events to foster dialogue between Jewish and Muslim communities. Returning to filmmaking, she began teaching screenwriting in January 2006 with eight writers attending, and in the span of two years had hundreds of writers attend her workshops.

Evan Gluck, Partner

Evan Gluck grew up visiting the film sets of his father, Stephen Gluck, a highly-successful director of television commercials. His father's film, A Film, is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art film archive. At the age of thirteen, Gluck became a working musician, and has since played bass with hundreds of bands including his own jazz quartet. Currently the owner of New York Guitar Repair, a bustling musical instrument repair shop, Gluck sponsored the production of Thier's short films and continues to function as the primary source of support for her work as an independent filmmaker. The two were married in 2004.

Jodi Midiri, Associate

Jodi Midiri began working as a production assistant on such shows as Law & Order, and at a young age became assistant director and production coordinator. With astounding speed, she moved up to produce a variety of television programs premiering on TLC, WE, MTV, VH1, Discovery, The Fine Living Channel, and the Food Network. She wrote, directed and produced Color Splash, Miami Ink, and John Edward: Cross Country, which became the highest rated show on Women's Entertainment once she joined the show. Midiri has also produced independent shorts and features including: The J.A.R., Garlic to Propane, Medical Malpractice, and Thier's short version of A Story For Old Lovers. While assisting Thier's current production, she is writing and producing for HGTV, and developing her own original material for film and television.

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