Phil Allocco (director/writer/producer) has garnered over 40 awards and nominations for his films and screenplays in categories such as Best Director, Best Narrative Feature, Best Short Film, Best Screenplay, Grand Jury Award, Special Jury Award, and Audience Choice. He's won a Clio Award for directing the History's 'Roots' campaign and an Effie Award for Bank of America's mini-doc series that aired during History's 'America the Story of Us.' He was one of the short-listed directors picked by Steven Spielberg from a world-wide search of over 12,000 directors for his US TV series On the Lot for FOX TV, produced by Spielberg and Mark Burnett. His current film 'The Truth About Lies,' starring Fran Kranz, Odette Annable and scored by Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz will be released in spring of 2017.