Writer/Director

Caroline is currently directing (along with Oscar-winner 

Dean Semler) the animated feature film Hawkins & Silver, 

she is also preparing to direct the family adventure film, 

Summer Gold, this spring in Savannah, starring

 Jerry O’Connell and Justin Long as the adult leads.

Caroline’s debut feature, A Plumm Summer, which she also wrote and produced, starred Henry Winkler, William Baldwin, narration by Jeff Daniels and three fantastic young newcomers.  The movie was released by Paramount Pictures and went on to win 7 awards at top festivals around the U.S.

Caroline has been a working writer in Hollywood for the last 12 years, both in television and features, writing for most of the major studios and numerous independent production companies.  She created a 1-hour drama for Ridley Scott 

and CBS, wrote a epic bio-pic based on the Father of Country Music for Mel Gibson and Hugh Jackman, (which Icon and 20th Century Fox purchased).  She adapted the epic Chinese folktale, Journey to the West as an animated film for Suixin Media, 
along with a dozen other optioned and purchased screenplays.  Currently she and Frank are finishing a thriller set on a superyacht for production 2022.

Caroline is a member of the DGA; first having started her career as an apprentice editor, production coordinator, 

and UPM, along with many other jobs on film sets along 

the way.  She is so looking forward to sharing that first 

hand knowledge with you, either as an aspiring writer or someone who is interested in starting a new career.  

We will have a great day together!

Caroline

Executive/Writer/Producer

As current President of DeZerlin Entertainment US, 

Frank oversees and produces all original English

language IP, including their most recent animated 

feature Watch The Skies starring Sean Bean, 

Asa Butterfield, Gemma Arterton, Laura Haddock, 

and Sam Claflin set for release Summer 2023.  

Previously, as head of Alpha Pictures USA, the film and television subsidiary of China's entertainment/gaming/toy manufacturing giant Alpha Group (co-financier of The Revenant and Assassin's Creed), Frank ran all development, production, and US strategy, developing from the

 famed U17 digital library into live action global film 

and television properties.

In the past and present, he has had the good fortune of working both as a writer and/or producer with almost every major studio in Hollywood and luminaries such as Hugh Jackman, Ridley Scott, Mel Gibson, Roberto Orci, David Barron, Ron Bass, and Henry Winkler, Jeff Daniels to name a few.

Frank is a graduate of ASU with a double degree in English and Business, and he has been a working professional in Hollywood for the last 15 years.  Now, he is excited to share with you these years of experience, fun ups, laughable downs and creating at its best with the best, through these informative and entertaining in-person classes he and Caroline call AZ Hollywood (given that their last names coincidentally are Antonelli Zelder).  

This is a way for both he and Caroline to combine their 

love of filmmaking with sharing what they have learned 

with you.  They so look forward to traveling to your

city and getting to know you… other likeminded

 film and television enthusiasts.   

See you soon,

Frank