Salvatore Stabile

Salvatore Stabile is a film and television writer, director and producer. Sal was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. He attended New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. Salvator Stabile directed his first feature film, called Gravesend, when he was only 19 years old. The film was bought by Palm Pictures, a subsidiary of Island Pictures and released in 1997. Oliver Stone came on to executive producer the film after it was finished to help Sal secure distribution and finishing funds. He also recieved a deal at Dreamworks studios to write and develop several films. Since then, Salvatore Stabile has written and produced for such award winning television shows as The Sopranos, Rescue Me, My Generation, Fastlane, Revenge and Power. His second feature film, Where God Left His Shoes starring John Leguizamo, Leonora Varela, David Castro and Jerry Ferarra, won the Humanitas Prize in the Sundance Feature Film Category. Where God Left His Shoes was produced by Paul Allen's company, Vulcan. The film was written and directed by Sal Stabile, and produced by Sal and Dan Edelman, who also produced Gravesend. Where God Left His Shoes was released theatrically in 2008 by IFC Films. Sal Stabile is currently producing his next film, called A Civil Right. The film stars Michael Ealy and is about the civil rights leader Dr. Gilbert Mason. Salvatore Stabile is also writing a ten episode television series for Blumhouse Television called Revelations that will air in 2018. In addition, Salvatore Stabile will be an executive producer on the upcoming mini-series Waco for Spike TV, now being called Paramount Television. Waco, starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch, is the true story of David Koresh and the standoff with law enforcement in 1993. The show will be filmed in 2017 and air during the 25th anniversary of the incident in February of 2018.