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Seth Ferranti

From a 25 year sentenced Drug Lord to Writer/Publisher to Filmmaker

Seth Ferranti is a multi-media writer and journalist (http://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/seth-ferranti-drug-kingpin-to-best-selling-author/35307) turned filmmaker (http://www.clipd.com/movies/post/63751/this-ex-drug-kingpin-turned-filmmaker-aspires-to-be-a-cross-between-quentin-tarantino--wes-anderson) who produces true crime, addiction and prison related stories for vice.com, thefix.com and Real Crime Magazine. He started his career in journalism while incarcerated (http://fox2now.com/2016/03/03/st-peters-man-credits-wife-for-transition-from-drug-lord-to-author/) writing for magazines like SLAM, Don Diva, F.E.D.S. and VICE (https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/i-got-locked-up-for-21-years-for-selling-lsd) and made his entrance into the film world (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7565570/) upon release from the Bureau of Prisons in 2014. (http://www.gorillaconvict.com/2015/04/seth-ferranti-on-prison-life/).

'''LSD Kingpin ''' A first-time, non-violent offender, Ferranti served 21 years of his 25-year mandatory minimum sentence. In 1993, after spending two years as a top-15 fugitive on the US Marshal's most wanted list, he was captured and sentenced to 304 months under the federal sentencing guidelines for an LSD Kingpin conviction and committed to the custody of the Attorney General. His case was widely covered by The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/10/02/head-of-fairfax-lsd-ring-arrested-in-st-louis-motel/4499a72b-df78-4e79-96d8-3974d7dfe4d4/) and Washington Times (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/09/21/3rd-man-pleads-guilty-in-fairfax-lsd-case/f83ec8c8-be75-409e-badb-9a4ce79aa13e/, and his story was profiled in the pages of Rolling Stone (http://gorillaconvict.com/pdf/rollingstone_lo.pdf) and Don Diva magazine. He is currently working out of St. Louis, Missouri. During his incarceration Ferranti worked to better himself by making preparations for his eventual release back into society. Ferranti earned an AA degree from Penn State, a BA degree from the University of Iowa and an MA from California State University, Dominguez Hills through correspondence courses.

'''Gorilla Convict ''' While serving an LSD kingpin conviction, Seth Ferranti started a successful writing career from the cellblock. (http://hoopshype.com/2014/09/22/seth-ferranti-hoopshypes-prison-ball-writer-enjoying-freedom-21-years-later/) His raw portrayals of the New York crack era gangsters gained the attention of Don Diva and VICE, who he began writing for. From prison he established Gorilla Convict (gorillaconvict.com), a true-crime publisher with books like Street Legends and Supreme Team (https://www.amazon.com/Seth-Ferranti/e/B001IO9NNW/ref=ntt_aut_sim_6_2). Since his release he has worked hard to launch GR1ND Studios (http://www.sethferranti.com), where true crime and comics clash. GR1ND Studios is bringing variety to the comic shelf by way of the American underground. These groundbreaking graphic novels tell the true story of prohibition-era mobsters, inner-city drug lords, and suburban drug dealers. ( http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ex-con-seth-ferranti-releases-true-crime-comic-book-article-1.2588020) Penned by true-crime historians and urban fiction authors, the works are raw and authentic.

'''GR1ND Studios ''' Seth is also doing short films, Easter Bunny Assassin (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/altveba) and documentaries, 650 Lifer (http://www.sethferranti.com/#!white-boy-rick/d2qyo). Seth has also written and published a comic about his own case and imprisonment, Confessions of a College Kingpin. (http://www.usofamerica.com/journal/2016/9058pvj68hcby8ljj35dwxva0s3mhb9t) He does speaking engagements regularly and is continuing to create and work on projects that he has a passion for.

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