EXCLUSIVE: Octavio Pisano (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) has wrapped manufacturing on his function directorial debut, Wet Under Blue Sky, a boxing drama for which he wrote the script, by which he additionally stars.
The movie follows a fading boxing champion (Pisano) who fights to carry onto his legacy, his household, and his sanity — till the toughest punch comes from inside.
Pisano exec produced below his manufacturing firm Earthside Entertainment, together with Gavin O’Connor (The Accountant), Evan Wolf Buxbaum, and Joanna Naugle (The Bear), who’s additionally serving because the movie’s editor. Carissa Stewart produced the pic, shot between New York and New Jersey. It’s anticipated to make the rounds on the pageant circuit this season.
Pisano is finest identified for his starring position as Detective Joe Velasco in NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which within the midst of its twenty sixth season, is the longest-running primetime drama collection of all time. For the actor-turned-director, Wet Under Blue Sky comes on the heels of the quick movie El Campo, which screened on the 2024 Cannes Film Festival’s Pavillon Afriques, the Rhode Island Flickerfest Film Festival, the London Director Awards, the Hollywood Short Festival, the Berlin Shorts Awards and the New York Latino Film Festival.
Pisano is repped by CAA, GSA Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.