Leo Scherman
Directing
Biography
Leo Scherman is a Canadian filmmaker. Scherman graduated in 1993 from McGill University in Montreal, Canada with a degree in Cultural Studies. He trained as an assistant director under, among others, Paul Schrader and David Cronenberg. He has directed two feature films, "White Knuckles" (2004) and "Never Forget" (2007) and co-wrote the feature film "Living Death" (2006). He created, produced, wrote and performed on the Gemini award-winning TV series "Cock'd Gunns" and has directed multiple episodes of "Howie Do It" and "Scare Tactics". Leo Scherman lives in Toronto, Canada.
Known For
Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera. Everyone is left stunned and delighted, even though they have no idea what just hit them.
The Carbonaro Effect
In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war.
Trench 11
A man (Phillips) who wakes up with amnesia also finds his supposed friend has accused him of murder.
Never Forget
Torture is the ultimate seduction when Victor, a powerful and dangerous millionaire, discovers that his beautiful wife Elizabeth (Kristy Swanson) is having a steamy affair with his best friend. And when the lovers' risky plan to get rid of him backfires, Victor's relentless anger and terrifying rage sends him over the edge on a shockingly sadistic quest for total revenge.
Living Death
True-crime author, Carly, and her husband Kevin take a vacation at a historical mansion on Crawford Island. Kevin thinks it will be a chance for them to reconnect, but Carly plans to research the puzzling unsolved murder of Diana Crawford.
Is There a Killer in My Family?
Tricked into a compromising situation, a high school senior thinks she can stop her cousin's blackmail by taking her college entrance exam for her, but soon learns her cousin has even darker plans for her
Pretty Cheaters, Deadly Lies
When a mayor running for re-election is caught on video smoking crack, he'll do whatever it takes to keep it out of the wrong hands.
Filth City
Natalie a chef in a cave town becomes the guardian of her troubled niece Sabrina. Natalie's twin, Celia has died while renovating a historic inn with her ex-husband. Sabrina moves into the inn and starts to hears strange noises.
Secrets at the Inn
"White Knuckles" is acclaimed auteur Leo Scherman's first feature film. It's a darkly comic thriller about a young man who poisons his dimwitted brother for a huge inheritance in order to settle his debt with the Russian mafia.