KILLER
USA, December 2008
10 min, Narrative

1989 NYC, a 17-year-old Jose Ortiz is consumed by an intense dangerous game KILLER. The film follows him and his group of friends as they hunt down their opponents across the five boroughs. Based on a real game still played in New York today, KILLER is a glimpse into an urban rite of passage.

Credits
Producer: Adam Leon, Jack Riccobono, Kai Regan
Director: Adam Leon, Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Writer: Adam Leon, Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Cinematographer: Carlos Veron
Editor: Adelaide Papazoglou
Sound Design: T.T.T. @ Final Cut Ny

Cast
Xavier Peña, Tysheeb Hickson, Ra’eed Harris, Jelani Swaby, Alisa Alexander, Tony Mitchell, Robert Riccobono, Stephen Picarella, Eric Mosher

Jack Pettibone Riccobono and Adam Leon were both born and raised in NYC; they met at Hunter High School in 1991, where their creative collaboration began...

Jack went on to study film production and religion at Harvard College. His short films and video work have screened at international festivals around the world, most recently at the 2007 Berlinale and the 2008 Hollywood Film Festival, where he won a Discovery Award for his music video “Don’t Cry” by The Black Ghosts…

After recording two albums with ‘90s noise band The Metternich System, Adam attended the University of Pennsylvania and received a degree in African American Studies. Since graduating he has been actively involved in the NYC film world, working for Woody Allen and at the Tribeca and New York Film Festivals, as well as pursuing his own film projects.

KILLER premiered at the 2009 New Directors / New Films Festival at MoMA & Lincoln Center; the film is Jack & Adam's first film collaboration and they are currently at work on their second original feature screenplay.