Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director, producer, and writer, known for directing the Sharknado series, the 2017 thriller Forgotten Evil and the 2005 ghost story Boo, which was his feature film writing and directing debut.

When he was attending Antioch High School, he took a film studies class at Los Medanos College.

He would later get his bachelor arts degree in film studies at San Francisco State.

[5] He also formed the band Quint with actor / musician Robbie Rist.

[6] Before moving to movies full-time, Ferrante was the editor-in-chief of (the now defunct) Cinescape magazine[7] and a writer for Fangoria.