Represented talent
Cody Knotts
Director · Writer · Actor
Pennsylvania director, producer, writer and actor behind Wieland and Gore Orphanage.
Biography
Director, producer and writer
Cody Knotts is a director, producer, writer and actor. A native of Taylorstown, Pennsylvania, Knotts previously served as the editor of the Weekly Recorder, a newspaper covering Pennsylvania and national politics which helped free two individuals who had been wrongly accused of murder. He was also a two-time candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
As a young man, Knotts was chosen by the Boy Scouts of America as the first recipient of the Handicapped Awareness Merit Badge because of his devotion to disabled students, and his Eagle Scout project helped inspire the national Scouting for Food program.
Cody works alongside his wife and creative partner, actress, writer and producer Emily Lapisardi, who is involved in every project and leads all of their promotion and social media. Follow Emily on Instagram at @emilylapisardi.
Representation: Nuala Quinn-Barton (@nualaqb), The Film Co-Operative
Filmography
Selected credits
- Drama · HistoryWriter · Producer
- In production · ThrillerDirector · Writer
- In production · TV Series · DocumentaryDirector · Producer · Cinematographer
- In development · Romance
- In development · Drama
- In development · Horror
- Three Mercedes (2024)Short · ComedyDirector
- Wieland (2024)History · Horror · MusicalDirector · Writer · Actor (Jacob Wieland)
- Slasher Scotty (2022)TV Series · HorrorSelf (1 episode)
- Kecksburg (2019)Horror · Sci-FiDirector · Executive Producer · Actor
- The House of Murderers (2019)HorrorActor
- Monkfish (2019)Short · DramaSpecial thanks
- Party Bus to Hell (2017)Comedy · HorrorSpecial thanks
- Gore Orphanage (2015)ThrillerWriter · Executive Producer · Actor
- Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies (2014)Action · Comedy · HorrorDirector · Producer · Actor
- Breeding Farm (2013)HorrorDirector · Producer · Actor
- Lucifer’s Unholy Desire (2012)Horror · ThrillerProducer · Executive Producer · Actor
- Gruesome Hertzogg (2010)Podcast series · HorrorSelf (guest)
- HorrorDirector · Producer · Actor
Recognition
Awards and press
Cody’s horror and genre features, from Gore Orphanage to Kecksburg and Wieland, have drawn coverage across Pennsylvania and the horror press.
- Winner · 2015Horror Society AwardsMost Anticipated Horror Film · Gore Orphanage
In the press
- TribLive‘Kecksburg’ filmmaker offers new look at fabled UFO incident
- TribLiveWestern Pa. company plans film on Kecksburg ‘UFO’ incident
- West Virginia Press AssociationSo, you wanna be a star? Local actors wanted for movie about supposed UFO crash
- TribLiveScottdale-filmed ‘Gore Orphanage’ lands on most-anticipated horror film list
- Dread Central · ReviewGore Orphanage (2015)
- PatchLocal filmmaker announces U.S. film premiere