Paul Borghese

Paul Borghese

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Paul Borghese

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Made in Chinatown
Frankie
A young Chinese nobody sets out to become a Don in the Italian Mafia. It turns out that earning respect, finding love, and discovering his identity doesn't come so easy. He'll have to fight his way to the top.
Narrowsburg
Himself
The stranger-than-fiction story of a French film producer and her mafioso-turned-actor husband who attempt to turn a tiny town into the “Sundance of the East.”
Sarah Q
The Husband
The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.
The Kids Menu
Director
'THE KIDS MENU' - Movie . . . puts extra cheese and a comedic twist on the hyper-gentrification process occurring in Brooklyn, New York.
The Uncle Gerry Show
Producer
Set in 1978, "The Uncle Gerry Show" chronicles the chaos of the most successful regional late night entertainer. Gerry Rocco is adored by all. His manager Donnie books the hottest acts of the 1960's and 1970's. Gerry struggles dealing with the temptations of fame, the time period, and a business run with his family, as a budding Italian film director captures the reality of Uncle Gerry's life. In the pilot episode John Lennon and Yoko Ono go head to head with Uncle Gerry.
The Uncle Gerry Show
Frederico Ricciardi
Set in 1978, "The Uncle Gerry Show" chronicles the chaos of the most successful regional late night entertainer. Gerry Rocco is adored by all. His manager Donnie books the hottest acts of the 1960's and 1970's. Gerry struggles dealing with the temptations of fame, the time period, and a business run with his family, as a budding Italian film director captures the reality of Uncle Gerry's life. In the pilot episode John Lennon and Yoko Ono go head to head with Uncle Gerry.
Back in the Day
Co-Producer
A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
Back in the Day
Carmine Tacona
A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
Back in the Day
Director
A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
Stealing Cars
Guard Guarino
A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
The Family
Albert
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Director
After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Writer
After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.
Vito Bonafacci
Vito Bonafacci
Vito has a fatal heart attack as he is exiting the front gate of his stately home. Upon death his mom confronts him, making it clear, via a lengthy diatribe, that his existence was one of the material realm of sensual gratification - money, power, status and pleasure seeking- rather than that which is transcendent, thus he has been condemned to eternal death. Eventually we discover that this death experience was a dream, which greatly unsettled Vito, precipitating him to seek the truth relative to life's purpose, and the afterlife. Vto has periods of contemplation and dialogue with the housekeeper, barber, gardener, and his wife in search of answers - Is there such a place as heaven? Does Hell exist? Am I a good person? etc. Vito's soul searching includes a flashback to his youth listening to his grandfather speaking to him about eternity.
Lynch Mob
Michael
The rural town of Lynchburg Georgia holds a dark secret. A century old curse has condemned the citizens to a diet of human flesh. Unable to leave the city limits the town folks must lure unsuspecting travelers to their quaint town where they soon become the menu item of choice.
Julie & Julia
GI
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
The Babysitters
Cook
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Narrator
Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in Hollywood who took control of their own stories. Interviews, film clips and home movies from Italian American filmmakers highlight personal experiences and comment on Hollywood's politics and cultural impact.
Find Me Guilty
Gino Mascarpone
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Transamerica
New York City Cop
Bree is about to get a sex reassignment surgery that will finally allow her to actually be what she’s already been in her mind for a long time: a transitioned woman. Yet before this happens she suddenly runs into her son who ends up coming for the trip across the United States.
Searching for Bobby D
Writer
 
Searching for Bobby D
Marty the Director
 
Searching for Bobby D
Director
 
Bog Creatures
Viking
Five young adults venture into a bog to excavate some bodies. After a while they find that bodies that have been buried in the bog have risen from the dead and seek to pick them off one by one.
Bog Creatures
Co-Producer
Five young adults venture into a bog to excavate some bodies. After a while they find that bodies that have been buried in the bog have risen from the dead and seek to pick them off one by one.
61*
Yogi Berra
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
Belly
Officer Who Arrests Tommy 'Buns' (uncredited)
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Perfect Lies
Goon #1
Perfect Lies
Producer
Mr. Nude Universe
Director
Male exotic dancers compete in the buff for the Mr. Nude Universe title.
The Canadian Ballet
Producer
An introduction to the world of exotic dancers in Canada.
The Canadian Ballet
Writer
An introduction to the world of exotic dancers in Canada.
The Canadian Ballet
Director
An introduction to the world of exotic dancers in Canada.
Playgirl Magazine Presents the Hottest Hunks of South Florida Competition
Director
Gorgeous hunks compete for a chance to bare all in a Playgirl pictorial.
Airboss
Biali
When a shipment of plutonium has been stolen by a former Soviet kingpin, with the rumored sale of it to Middle Eastern terrorists intent on making a nuclear bomb, a combined special forces unit is assembled by the U.S. military to recover the contraband and save the planet. But the elite task force -- made up of FBI agents Bill Murphy (Jerry Kokich) and Morgan Daniels (Caroline Strong) and military hotshots Webb Buckley (J. Christian Ingvordsen) and Bone Conn (Kayle Watson) -- is made up of conflicting personalities with conflicting methods of operation. When one of the team is killed, the call goes out for Top Gun Frank White (Frank Zagarino) to save the day -- and the world.
Absolute Aggression
Casting
In the year 2011, the prison system is run by the private sector. Business tycoon R.D. Crowley (Robert Davi) has created a Virtual Reality prison. The prisoner's bodies are locked in suspended animation while their mind traverses the lethal labyrinth of games Crowley has designed for them. Crowley allows wealthy sportsmen to participate, for a price, in deadly VR combat with the prisoners.
Hunks in Hedonism
Author
Sex on the Set
Producer
Ever wonder what really happens on the set of a centerfold model shoot with five gorgeous women?
Sex on the Set
Director
Ever wonder what really happens on the set of a centerfold model shoot with five gorgeous women?
Cyber Vengeance
Casting
In the year 2005, the prison system has been completely privatized and cyber prisons have become the new means for housing the guilty. The bodies of inmates are kept in suspended animation while their minds are kept in a virtual reality prison. Business tycoon R.D. Crowley has found a way to capitalize on these virtual prisons by allowing rich men to pay in order to engage in a form of virtual reality hunting that has real-life consequences for the inmates. Will, a guard at one of these prisons, soon finds himself coerced into one of these virtual cat and mouse games. Armed with his knowledge of history, along with his expert skills in VR combat, Will must work with the inmates in order to save their lives and escape from the prison before it's too late.
Bikini Bistro
Mr. Rank
Judy is having trouble drumming up business for her vegetarian restaurant, and the landlord gives her four days to pay off the mortgage. Judy calls up her friend Marilyn Chambers for help, and together they transform the restaurant into the Bikini Bistro, replete with scantily clad waitresses. Soon business is booming and the women are falling in lust, but the bartender is skimming the till and the landlord's deadline is looming. Can the restaurant be saved?
New York Nights
Casting
Three women from different backgrounds wind up sharing the same luxury apartment in New York City while looking for rich husbands.
New York Nights
Associate Producer
Three women from different backgrounds wind up sharing the same luxury apartment in New York City while looking for rich husbands.
New York Nights
Tyler
Three women from different backgrounds wind up sharing the same luxury apartment in New York City while looking for rich husbands.
Beauty School
Arresting Cop (as Julian Borghese)
Icon Sylvia Kristel runs a beauty school.
Marilyn Chambers' Bedtime Stories
Tony
Marilyn throws a "lingerie party" for some of her girlfriends and each reminisce about their sexual pasts.
Comrades in Arms
Callahan
Men from Russia and the United States join forces to prevent a powerful drug ring from achieving global domination.
Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown
Basketball Coach / Assistant Director
The class of nuke 'em high is back, and this time they're in college! Tromaville's nuclear factory has been rebuilt and now includes the Tromaville institute of technology. Located inside the nuclear plant, Tromaville Tech is where Prof. Holt has perfected Sub-humanoids.... Living beings without emotions, who have been genetically programmed to perform menial tasks. When school reporter Roger Smit
Vampire's Embrace
Bob Friedman
GOOD vs. EVIL - When some rowdy teenagers break into an old crypt for a place to play spin-the-bottle, they accidently awaken two beautiful vampires. Sisters put to death two hundred years earlier. Angela falls in love with, then marries Bob Friedman, a struggling stockbroker. Her evil sister Cassandra wants Bob also, but not for his love, for his blood. For Bob, the route of discovering his wife's vampirism is both blood splattered and sensual. Vampire's Embrace unfolds this strange love story with attention to suspense and macabre humor.
Enrapture
Sleazy Guy
In this erotic thriller an out of work actor is forced to take a job as a limousine driver. He drives for a beautiful woman and her husband who has ties to the mob. When the girl turns up dead, he is accused of her murder.
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
Lou Sipher
Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. So he decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.
Fright House
Detective Les Morane
Everyone in town knows the old Vincent place is haunted, but when the local Frat inherits it, we find out if the rumors are true. Two stories about witches getting ready to meet with the Devil, and a schoolteacher who never ages
Who Shot Patakango?
Chico
A coming-of-age tale set in Brooklyn during the late '50s which centers around the high school life of a group of teens that have to deal with racial tensions at their interracial vocational high school.
Cleo/Leo
Fred
Chauvinistic businessman Leo Blockman picks up a woman who shoots him, causing him to fall into a river and inexplicably emerge as a woman. Renaming herself Cleo Clock, her female personality gradually begins to take over, and she's forced to navigate a sexist world while attempting to find a way to transform back into a man.
The Toxic Avenger Part II
Lou Sipher - Apocalypse Inc. Executive
The Toxic Avenger is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo, Apocalypse Inc. spread evil in Tromaville.
The Toxic Avenger Part II
Lou Sipher
The Toxic Avenger is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo, Apocalypse Inc. spread evil in Tromaville.
Blue Vengeance
Heany
A delusional and murderous psychopath escapes from prison and tracks down the members of his favorite, now-defunct metal band to punish them for selling out. Meanwhile, the cop who originally put him away defies a disbelieving police force and teams up with a pretty punk photographer to take him out.
Troma's War
Specially Trained Terrorist
A small group of typical Tromaville citizens find themselves in the path of a terrorist army controlled by the power elite...
Document of the Dead
Co-Executive Producer
A documentary about George A. Romero's films, with a behind scenes look at Dawn of the Dead.