Good Deed Entertainment (GDE) is an American independent film studio founded in 2012 by Scott Donley. Through its genre division Cranked Up Films, GDE develops, produces, and distributes horror, grounded sci-fi and speculative fiction films.
The company also operates Cranked Up TV, a streaming service for independent horror films.
The company is perhaps best known for releasing the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Loving Vincent, telling the story of painter Vincent van Gogh in his signature style. Good Deed Entertainment has also recently released such titles as Karmalink, Carmen and Some Freaks, along with the Independent Spirit Award-nominated To Dust and the Annie Award-nominated Charlotte.
History The company moved from its original home in Los Angeles, California, in 2019 to Ashland, Ohio, which is also the hometown of the company's founder, Scott Donley.
Filmography +Films released by Good Deed Entertainment Release date Title Director Synopsis Notes Ref. January 1, 2017 Never a Neverland Ricky Norris Never a Neverland documents the reality of a kingdom moving towards extinction and the hope of a people working to ensure that Swaziland never becomes a 'Neverland'. February 3, 2017 Growing Up Smith Frank Lotito In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before. March 15, 2017 All Nighter Gavin Wiesen A workaholic father who attempts to visit his daughter during a layover in LA, only to discover that she's disappeared, is forced to team up with her awkward ex-boyfriend to find her over the course of one transformative night. August 4, 2017 Some Freaks Ian MacAllister McDonald A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses her weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen. October 6, 2017 So B. It Stephen Gyllenhaal A young girl named Heidi, who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mother's past. January 16, 2018 Loving Vincent Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through interviews with the characters closest to Vincent and through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death. Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Feature in 2018 22 Wins and 51 nominations including The Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTA awards. January 26, 2018 American Folk David Heinz When their plane is grounded on the morning of 9/11, strangers Elliot and Joni are unexpectedly thrust together on a cross-country road trip in a rusty old 1972 Chevy van. During their journey the pair discover what they have in common- a love for old folk songs. They raise their voices and re-discover the healing nature of music, managing to lift themselves and others up in the wake of tragedy. February 9, 2018 Permission Brian Crano A woman on the brink of a marriage proposal is told by a friend that she should date other men before spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend. March 16, 2018 Journey's End Saul Dibb The Great War – March,1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches of northern France, led by war weary Captain Stanhope. With a German offensive imminently approaching, the company anxiously awaits their unknown fate. August 10, 2018 Always At the Carlyle Matthew Miele While the walls at The Carlyle Hotel don't talk, they definitely whisper. Hear the untold stories of this legendary hotel as heard from the mouths of its own employees and top clientele, including George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Sofia Coppola, Anthony Bourdain, Wes Anderson, Jon Hamm, Elaine Stritch, and more. October 12, 2018 After Everything Hannah Marks, Joey Power Elliot is a young and carefree New Yorker whose world gets turned upside down when he finds out that he has cancer. He soon finds comfort and happiness when he falls in love with Mia, a woman who sticks with him through the hard times. 2018 SXSW Award winner April 19, 2019 Breaking Habits Robert Ryan Nuns, guns and cannabis. Meet Sister Kate, former high-flying corporate executive, reborn rebel and founder of Sisters of the Valley, California’s fastest growing marijuana farm, providing medical cannabis to those in need. This is her journey to becoming a voice for the unheard, and possibly the most feared nun in the world. May 3, 2019 Tell It to the Bees Annabel Jenkel Dr. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father’s medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie (Gregor Selkirk) in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia (Holliday Grainger) into Jean’s world.In the sanctuary of the doctor’s house, the two women find themselves drawn to one another in a way that Jean recognizes and fears, and Lydia could never have expected. But, in 1950’s small-town Britain, their new secret can't stay hidden forever. World premiered as a special presentation at the 2018 TIFF Based on the highly acclaimed novel by author Fiona Shaw May 3, 2019 To Dust Shawn Snyder Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in New York distraught by the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld. 2020 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay 2018 Tribeca Film Festival – Audience Award Winner, Narrative & Best New Narrative Director. July 7, 2019 Storm Boy Shawn Seet Based on the beloved book, "Storm Boy" is a highly emotional tale of a young boy growing up on the beautiful but uninhabited coastline of Southern Australia who unexpectedly rescues and then raises three orphaned pelicans. When he forms a close bond with them, he finds himself at odds with his fisherman father and his life takes a new and unexpected turn. July 9, 2019 Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream Miki Wecel Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream recalls a 10-year journey that brought the world's first fully painted feature film to the cinema screen. The potential for a truly groundbreaking yet completely unseen project seemed like a huge risk, but when in the hands of two passionate filmmakers willing to risk everything to make their impossible dream come true, nothing could stand in their way.60-minute doc about the making of the 2018 Oscar nominated film July 12, 2019 Firecrackers Jasmin Mozaffari Firecrackers tells the story of Lou (Michaela Kurimsky) and her best friend Chantal (Karena Evans) as they plan to get out of their isolated, run-down town and move to a city far, far away. When Chantal’s unstable and possessive ex violates her during a night of partying, the girls decide to exact their revenge on him through a night of vandalism and debauchery. The consequences of their actions are devastating, threatening the girls’ chances of ever leaving World premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival where Kurimsky was named 2018 TIFF Rising Star August 16, 2019 This Changes Everything Tom Donahue Told first-hand by some of Hollywood's leading voices behind and in front of the camera, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is a feature-length documentary that uncovers what is beneath one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry – the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. Most importantly, the film seeks pathways and solutions from within and outside the industry, and around the world. April 24, 2020 Enemy Lines Anders Banke November 1943. A British commando squad is teamed with an American officer on a covert mission into Poland, deep behind enemy lines. Working with the resistance they cross the harsh wilderness intent on extracting a sought-after Polish scientist, Dr Fabian, from the Germans. Fabian is known to hold information on secret innovations that would prove vital to the Allied efforts. With a German unit on their tail and a Russian squad also intent on kidnapping Fabian for their own ends, it becomes a race against time, that for the winners, will change the shape of the war. August 11, 2020 Lucky Grandma Sasie Sealy Set in New York City, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese Grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck...and in the middle of a Chinatown gang war. November 6, 2020 Major Arcana Josh Melrod A carpenter struggles to move beyond his troubled past when he returns to his hometown to mend relationships and finds solace in building a log cabin by hand. August 27, 2021 Summertime Carlos Lopez Estrada Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other’s stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers. Opening Night Film at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival November 23, 2021 Ma Belle, My Beauty Marion Hill A surprise reunion in the South of France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers. 2021 Sundance Film Festival NEXT Audience Award Winner!