Frankie Montiforte is a true native of Hollywood, born and raised in Beverly Hills among the film industry elite, soaking up the history of television and cinema while living among its best practitioners. His mother worked for Frank Sinatra, while while his father owned a successful Beverly Hills women's clothing stores that costumed such stars as Lucille Ball, Linda Evans, Donna Mills, Joan Collins, Heather Locklear and Suzanne Pleshette, as well as the casts of Dynasty, Dallas, Hotel, Who's The Boss and other top-rated network shows.

A “film buff” in every sense of the word, with an encyclopedic recall of the film industry and a keen appreciation for film noir and classic TV detective shows, Frankie is a television writer whose specialties include one-hour detective drama with strong individualistic street denizens looking out for the little guy. He is presently developing several  projects for film and television as a writer and producer.

Frankie's production experience began in the early 1980s as a personal assistant to director Dick Martin for the popular CBS-TV series Newhart starring Bob Newhart and Mary Frann, and executive producer/writers Harold Gast and B.W. Sandefur for the NBC-TV series Hell Town starring Robert Blake. His other production duties include stints as talent coordinator for the BET Television special The Fourth Annual Celebration of Gospel; post-production animator for the Dream Entertainment/Lionsgate feature film 100 Women; film editor for the Encore cable channel; and production and post-production work on such popular feature films as Conan the Barbarian, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid,  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and The Blues Brothers. In addition, he was a production executive for Rosenbloom Entertainment on the award-winning feature films Confessions of a Sexist Pig (1998; Best Picture, Santa Barbara Film Festival) and Shiloh (Warner Bros., 1997).

A onetime film historian for Republic Pictures, Frankie is also former co-proprietor of The Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., where he was right at home overseeing the research of films for presentation and supervising private events.

Prior to TV Confidential, Frankie provided weekly DVD commentary on Talking Television with Dave White (Share-a-Vision Radio); along with Ed Robertson, he also filled in as co-host of the program on a monthly basis.
 

Email Frankie
frankie@tvconfidential.net

 

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