Pickaresque Films

Pickaresque is a Los Angeles-based film production company with roots in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The company produces artistic genre films with an unimpeachable brand of top-flight world film festivals.

 

Pickaresque principals have started pre-production on their next feature film, NATURE.

NATURE is a relationship thriller about a young couple and their quest to rediscover their sexual fervor. After a failed experiment with role-playing, they decide to take a weeklong, sex-centered camping trip in the woods, only to be stalked by a drifter. The film explores how far the couple will go to get what they want.

The film is set in the majestic forests of the western slope of Mount Hood, as well as Portland. Shooting will take place on location in the Mount Hood National Forest. The lead roles have been cast. The film will star Lyudmila Shiryaeva and Ryan Harper Gray. Writer/director/actor Jeff Pickett's first film, THE SKYJACKER, premiered in Rotterdam, was in competition at Austin, Warsaw and Siberia and will be released on DVD in 2009.

NATURE
A young couple takes a camping trip to rediscover their sexual fervor, only to be stalked by a drifter.

THE SKYJACKER
In the Pacific Northwest of the 1970's, a loner hijacks an airplane and demands a ransom. If he can resist the charms of the flight's lovely young stewardess, he just might get away with it.
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JEFF PICKETT
Jeff was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in film production from the University of Southern California. Jeff has been making films for over 20 years. Credits as a writer, director, producer and/or actor include: MYmuddledME (2008), The Skyjacker (2008), Such Great Joy (2005), and Snackers (2004).

MOLLY BROWN
Molly, a native Pacific Northwesterner, also did time in the greater Sacramento region and Marietta and Rome, GA. She majored in communications at Berry College and got her Masters of Science in Organization Development at Pepperdine University. Molly's recent film credits include producing The Skyjacker (2008), which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam.