Filmmaker Tracy Trost Makes Award Winning Debut
Hollywood Elite Sign on for Next Film
Set to Begin Filming 'A Christmas Snow' February 5th
TULSA, Okla., Feb. 1 /
Christian Newswire/ -- Tracy J Trost marked the beginning of Trost Moving Pictures with his directorial debut and award winning thriller, FIND ME. Trost's moviemaking boasts enormous praise from The Dove Foundation, winning "Best Feature" and "Best Actor" from Script to Screen, "Best Feature Narrative", Trail Dance Film Festival and "Best Feature": 2nd Place, Kingdomwood Film Festival. The film saw the emergence of Trost's distinctive style and artistic cleverness as a filmmaker.
Changing direction, Trost will follow up FIND ME with A CHRISTMAS SNOW, an inspirational story of forgiveness and redemption that he also co-wrote. Filming will begin on February 5th in Tulsa with a topnotch cast and crew, including Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter, Weekend at Bernie's), Muse Watson (NCIS, Prison Break, CSI), Anthony Tyler Quinn (No Greater Love, The Mentalist, House, Cold Case, Boy Meets World), and newcomer Cameron ten Napel (Super, Pink, Barney and Friends). Also on board is producer Chad Gundersen (Midnight Clear, Like Dandelion Dust, The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry) and co- executive producer, Emmy-Award winner Jim Stovall, the author of the top selling Christmas and family film of 2009, THE ULTIMATE GIFT (Starring: James Garner, Abigail Breslin, and Brian Denehey). Jim is Co-Founder and President of the Emmy-Award Winning Narrative Television Network, which makes movies and television accessible for our nation's 13 million blind and visually impaired people and their families. He was so moved by the script that he requested to write the novelization of A CHRISTMAS SNOW. In addition to the novel, Tracy J Trost is writing a non-fiction study book that will be featured in the film and draws upon the life lessons learned by one of the story's main characters.
Finally, A CHRISTMAS SNOW will also have an original music CD with various artists singing original songs inspired by the film and traditional Christmas favorites with a modern edge. The CD is being produced by award winning composer and producer Bryan Popin. Bryan has written for and produced with numerous artists, including: Justin Timberlake, Chaka Khan, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and Carrie Underwood.
The novel, based on A CHRISTMAS SNOW, will be released nationwide August 2010 through Destiny Image Publishers. The DVD, non-fiction book, and CD will be released nationwide October 2010, also through Destiny Image Publishers and marks their first foray into DVD distribution. Destiny Image Publishers has previously published such bestselling authors as T.D. Jakes, Myles Munroe, and Tommy Tenney.