The Michael d’Asaro Story
STRO
From the streets of Brooklyn to the Saber World Championships in Warsaw, Poland, Michael D’Asaro fought many battles to become a great saber champion. When it all went away in a dispute, D’Asaro rebuilt his life during the Summer of Love in San Francisco as first a hippy fencing instructor and then a five time National College Championship coach.
Amazon Prime Watch Party
Join directors Greg Lynch and Doug Nichols for the Amazon Prime watch party of their film Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story on May 1. Stro: TMDS is the story of renowned saber fencer and coach Michael D’Asaro. Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story recounts D’Asaro’s life...
Last Chance to See
My apologies to Douglas Adams for stealing his title, but it seemed appropriate especially if you want to see the documentary about fencer and coach Michael D’Asaro.
Festival Notes October 2020
Wow! Things have been busy. It’s kind of hard to keep track. Good thing I have a calendar and a lot of scribbled notes scattered across the desk.
Festival News and Notes Sep 2020
The very first festival to accept Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story was the Warsaw International Film Festival. They sent me the acceptance letter back in May. At first I thought I the organizers had made a mistake. I sent increasingly frantic emails to them saying I...
Burbank International Film Festival Sept 10-13
Exciting news. If you’ve been following Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story on social media, you would know that we’ve been accepted to screen the film as part of the Burbank International Film Festival. If this announcement seems like Deja Vu, you are correct. I put up...
Neil Diamond
I had two unicorns to find during the making of Stro: The Michael D’Asaro story. One was Al Morales. Morales was in so many stories of D’Asaro’s fencing days. He competed against D’Asaro when Navy fenced against NYU or during National Championships. And Morales was...
Updates and Video
The festival season means there is a lot of waiting. At this point, I have entered Stro: The Michael D’Asaro story into over 50 festivals. I did a first wave of entries to about 30 festivals. Then I paid to have Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story promoted through Film...
What Next for Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story?
What Next? I just finished writing 31 cover letters to various Film Festival around the country. I even took a chance on entering a few in Europe. The cover letters were part of the submission packet for the festival entry. I used a service called FilmFreeway which is...
Doug and Greg
I first met Doug in Los Angeles when a mutual friend, Cole Harkness, introduced us. Cole figured since we both fenced and were both in the film industry, we really should get together. Years later, Cole reintroduced us in San Francisco at a morning breakfast out in...
The Beginning
Doug and I had a great benefactor for our production The Last Captain (which you can see for free on Youtube). He gave us a lot of money to make our film and stood out of the way while we did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTLZcqZoj7Y Watch The Last Captain. We...
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Photo Gallery
Herb Cohen
Mikhail and Daniel Costin
Michael D’Asaro Jr.
Dan Dechaine
Gay Maclellan
Jerry Goldstein
Cole Harkness
Harry Harutunian
Harold Hayes and Doug Nichols
Daniel Costin
Edwin ‘Buzz’ Hurst
George Kolombotovich
Paul Levy
Greg Massialas
Doug Nichols and Carl Borack
Alex Orban
