Deon Taylor of Fatale

<p>Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil Haley will interview Deon Taylor of Fatale.</p> <p>FATALE is the story of Derrick (Ealy), a successful and married sports agent who after a one night stand with police detective Valerie Quinlan (Swank), finds his life upended when she entangles him in a murder investigation. Directed and produced by Deon Taylor, the film opens in select theaters nationwide on December 18th.</p> <p>Deon, a prolific director who did not attend film school nor had any prior filmmaking training, will have had 3 films distributed by a major studio in theaters within the last 2 calendar years (2020’s FATALE and 2019’s BLACK AND BLUE and THE INTRUDER)<br> His films have grossed more than $75M at the box office WW and opened in the top-10 for opening weekend:<br> THE INTRUDER (May 3, 2019) - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/2">#2</a> with a Weekend B.O. of $10,855,054<br> BLACK AND BLUE (October 25, 2020) - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/6">#6</a> with a Weekend B.O. of $8,376,846<br> MEET THE BLACKS (April 1, 2016) - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/8">#8</a> with a Weekend B.O. of $4,055,940<br> TRAFFIK (April 20, 2018) - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/9">#9</a> with a Weekend B.O. of $3,941,338<br> Deon grew up in the projects of Gary, IN with his family. His mom worked multiple jobs to put food on the table<br> He moved to Sacramento, CA started playing HS basketball where he caught the eye of San Diego State and received a full scholarship where he would go on to be named the conference’s Newcomer of the Year<br> He then went on to play professional basketball in Germany from 1998-2002<br> When he was playing in Germany, his girlfriend (now wife) Roxanne Avent was sending him DVDs and Blu-Rays where he watched ‘the making of xyz’ or ‘behind the scenes’ of those films where directors, writers and filmmakers like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg would show and explain what and how they did their jobs. Watching those scenes taught him filmmaking, and he soon realized that he w