Make it entertaining, and make it carry weight.

Ethan writes, directs, and produces award-winning films and commercials

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  • "High Score is a serious and important contribution to our ongoing public conversation about hate, racism, and demonization in America. In the course of a sizzling 15-minutes, in what is aptly described as a "social horror film," we are eyewitness to the combustible nature of these terrible forces...A superlative piece of film-making!”

    — Herbert Paine, Broadway World

  • "High Score maximizes each and every shot...Itzkow and Ryen give us a Lyft-era Travis Bickle: a lonely, isolated man who sees others only as the reasons for his failures and simmering over all who don’t conform to his narrow worldview. As the lead, Itzkow ably embodies the young loner who views a world as sliding into chaos, while we clearly see it is all of his own creation.”

    — Rob Rector, Film Threat

  • “There may be an inclination to find humor in Jess's desperate effort to scrape enough roaches together to roll a joint, but there is an overriding impulse to empathize with her life's dilemma. It's this balance of emotion combined with raw realism that makes "CASHED" such a fine and compelling film.”

    — Herbert Paine, Broadway World

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HollyShorts 10th Month Screenings Winner Audience Choice 2017
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Paris International Film Festival Official Selection Laurel

Ethan Itzkow’s filmmaking follows two rules: Make it entertaining, and make it carry weight. The founding principle Itzkow’s filmmaking is to create purpose-driven entertainment that enhances our understanding and enjoyment of the human experience. Whether a flat-out comedy with serious undertones, or a deathly serious thriller with comedic moments, duality is Itzkow’s favorite crayon in the toolbox.