Potsy Ponciroli is a veteran commercial producer/director before shifting to feature theatrical movies with his debut as director/co-writer of the indie comedy, Super Zeroes (2012), co-written and co-starring Travis Nicholson, with Reece Thompson, Blaise Miller, Madison Riley, and released in limited pattern by Hideout Pictures. Ponciroli was director/writer of the striking Western, Old Henry (2021), starring Tim Blake Nelson in the title role, with Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins, and Stephen Dorff, selected for the out-of-competition lineup of the Venice Film Festival and which was released to strong reviews by Shout! Studios and then became a hit on video on demand.
Ponciroli directed the crime comedy,
Greedy People (2024), starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tim Blake Nelson, Uzo Aduba, Nina Arianda, Jim Gaffigan and Simon Rex, written by Michael Vukadinovich, and which was released in limited release by Lionsgate. Ponciroli was then director of the long-in-gestation crime thriller,
Motor City (2025), starring and produced (in part) by
Alan Ritchson, co-starring Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster, Pablo Schreiber and Lional Boyce, written and produced (in part) by Chad St. John (listed on the 2009 Black List for best unproduced screenplays), backed by Stampede Ventures and released wide by Independent Film Company after premiering in the Venice Spotlight section of the Venice Film Festival.
Potsy Ponciroli directed and produced (in part) John Fusco’s original script about a rodeo cowboy,
The Rescue (date to be announced), starring Brandon Sklenar, Hassie Harrison, Josh Lucas,
Josh Duhamel, Tim Blake Nelson, Spencer Treat Clark, Austin Amelio and Nick Searcy, produced by Skydance Media and Paramount Pictures and released wide by Paramount. Ponciroli was also a producer or executive producer-only of the theatrical features,
Rush Night (2004); the non-fiction
Road to Chernobyl (2013); filmmaker Rick Alverson’s Entertainment (2015); director/writer/producer Harris Doran’s drama,
Beauty Mark (2017);
Kevin Smith’s sequel, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019); the sci-fi 3022 (2019); director/co-writer/producer Tony Stone’s drama,
Ted K (2021); director/co-writer/producer Shannon Houchins’s
Howard’s Mill (2021);
The United States of Insanity (2021); the portrait of Disney animation,
Pencils vs. Pixels (2023); director/writer Henry Nelson’s drama, Asleep in My Palm (2023); and
The Isolate Thief (2026).
