Team

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JOE BARBAGALLO
​​Founder

Founder of BarBHouse Productions, Joe Barbagallo, recently finished A WOUNDED FAWN, the much anticipated third film of award-winning director Travis Stevens, produced the surreal drama, On Our Way  (2020), starring Micheál Richardson Neeson , as well as the creature-feature horror, Cryptid  (2020). BarBHouse also produced the award-winning drama, Just One More Kiss (2019) and action-thriller Ghost Source Zero  (2017), a Sony Pictures film. Joe released Protocol Deviation in 2013, a series distributed by Machinima Networks, a Warner Brothers channel. He has worked with YouTube, Rolling Stone, and SpikeTV.

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LEE FORSYTH
Chief Operating Officer

Lee Forsyth brings decades of executive leadership experience with such Fortune 500 companies as Merrill Lynch, UBS, Goldman Sachs, and Thomson Reuters. His specialty is managing and containing risk, both operational and financial, and creating operational frameworks that protect creative and financial assets from fraud and piracy. In his previous Banking and Fintech capacity, he crafted cost-effective sustainable strategies to control resource allocation and budget constraints while delivering to stringent timelines. Originally from England, and now a resident of the United States, Mr. Forysth’s international presence has afforded him a broad network within reach.

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MELISSA ROSSAKI 
Business Development

Melissa Rossaki leads Business Development and Strategy at BarBHouse Productions. Most recently, Melissa executive produced On Our Way (2021), starring Micheál Richardson Neeson, Jordana Brewster, and James Badge Dale. She started her career at a Financial Services Sector Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund, which eventually led to a career in FinTech Sales, spending almost two decades partnering with financial firms, such as Goldman Sachs and BlackRock. Melissa holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University School of Management.

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NATHAN FAUDREE
Creative Development 

Nathan Faudree is an award winning writer and filmmaker. He has helped to develop projects with BarBHouse, Inflection Point Studios, JBF Entertainment and Larry Hama. His experience crosses many genres and disciplines, from critically-acclaimed theatre productions, to film, animation and video games. He is co writer of BarBHouse's feature A WOUNDED FAWN with Travis Stevens.

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BRAD REGO
Creative Development 

Brad Rego has been creating a variety of content for the past 20 years. He started his career as a cinematographer shooting feature films, commercials, and documentaries as well as filming for shows on TLC, PBS, Hulu, and the DIY network. From that he moved into the director’s chair, and has directed four feature films and five different short films that have gone to festivals, as well as worldwide distribution. He has gotten rave reviews at leading independent movie sites, like “Ain’t It Cool News” and a variety of his content is currently available on a multitude of VOD platforms such as Amazon Prime, TubiTV, IndieReign, Netflix, Comcast Xfinity StreamPix, and Cinecliq. His latest feature, “Cryptid”, is a horror/thriller creature feature that he wrote and directed and was shot in 2020/21 and is releasing this year. 

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SAMANTHA SPIZZOUCCO
​Intern

Samantha Spizzoucco is a recent Ithaca College graduate currently serving as BarBHouse Production's Development Intern. Based in Connecticut, she holds a strong passion for storytelling and previously trained under The Second City Chicago and Hartford Stage in addition to her formal education.