Radioactive Boy Scout
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The Radioactive Boy Scout is based on the true story of Brian Boyd*, a relentlessly optimistic 16-year-old outsider from a broken home in a Detroit suburb who, in 1995, attempted to build the core of a nuclear reactor in his mother’s backyard shed. He was driven largely by the naïve hope that his invention might somehow repair his broken family and give him the attention and recognition he so desperately desired.
Greg Harrison
Director/ Writer
Harrison’s first two features, Groove and November, both premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and sold to Sony Pictures Classics for theatrical and DVD distribution. Groove, a comedy chronicling one night in the San Francisco rave scene, garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination. November, an experimental drama shot on digital video in 15 days starring Courteney Cox, won the cinematography award at Sundance and Harrison was named one of 10 Directors To Watch by Variety.
Danielle Renfrew
Producer
Danielle is currently developing All We Ever Wanted Was Everything based on Janelle Brown’s critically acclaimed debut novel. Her most recent film American Son, starring Nick Cannon and Melonie Diaz, premiered in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Danielle has had three other features premiere at Sundance over the years, including Adrienne Shelly’s Waitress staring Ken Russell; November, a psychological thriller starring Courteney Cox; and Groove, an ensemble comedy about the San Francisco rave scene. Waitress was released by Fox Searchlight and both Groove and November were directed by Greg Harrison and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. Danielle also produced the comedy Daltry Calhoun for Miramax, starring Johnny Knoxville and Elizabeth Banks, as well as the award-winning feature documentary Double Dare by Academy Award nominee Amanda Micheli. Double Dare explores the lives of Hollywood stuntwomen Zoë Bell (Grindhouse) and Jeannie Epper, and features interviews with Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Lucy Lawless and Lynda Carter.