The Scariest Skeleton
Directors: Mali Elfman and Pete Scalzitti
Cast:Nemo Scalzitti, Tycho Mann-Kreiger, Elle Riot Fox
Crew:Writers: Mali Elfman, Pete Scalzitti. Producer: Mali Elfman.
Email:petescalzitti@gmail.com
Synopsis
“Little” longs to be scary like the other skeletons, but with his tiny roar none of the kids even notice him jumping out at them. Despite his best efforts he's not allowed to join the Scary Skeletons Club and is left all alone... that is until his unscareable human friend Lily decides to help.
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About the directors
Mali Elfman - Mali Elfman is an award winning writer, director, and BAFTA nominated Producer. Pete Scalzitti is an award winning director, animator, and musician.
In 2022 Elfman released Next Exit, her debut feature as a writer and director which was distributed by Magnolia Pictures. She also produced Mike Flanagan's Before I Wake, Karen Gillan's The Party’s Just Beginning, Kate Siegel and Krsy Fox's series Dark Corners and Laura Moss’s debut feature Birth/Rebirth, which premiered at Sundance 2023.
Elfman was selected for the Tribeca and Chanel’s "Through Her Lens" Grant, the Cannes Film Festival’s “Breaking Through the Lens” Program and in 2023 as "Variety's 10 Producers To Watch."
Pete Scalzitti - Scalzitti animated and designed Stephen King’s Lily with Elfman producing, directed by Kate Siegel, which will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival 2025. He toured Europe with Ukrainian refugee musicians in 2022 creating documentary featurettes with the Met Opera for PBS’s special The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. He directed the short Moon Dog which aired on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and his music video Amy by BRONTOSORUS premiered at South by Southwest.
Scalzitti received a special thanks credit in the film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story for having taught Daniel Radcliffe how to play accordion for his portrayal of Weird Al.