Grit Films

grit

grit/

noun

1. a tiny grain of sand

2. a trait possessed by individuals who demonstrate passion and perseverance toward a goal

Story to screen.  Grit Films is an end to end content creation company servicing entertainment opportunities in film, television and commercials.

founder

Grace Naughton is a producer of film, television series and commercials.

series - Her television credits include: SEX AND THE CITY, ROME, THE COMEBACK and ANATOMY OF HOPE - all for HBO. Grace reunited with her SEX AND THE CITY writer colleagues to produce the indie Webby Award winning series PUPPY LOVE (LStudio.com) in addition to creating the Story/Concept for the episode FASHION FAUX PAWS. GONE TO THE DOGS, an episode of PUPPY LOVE exhibited at the Sundance Film Festival (Narrative Short Subject). Grace produced the premiere season of L.A. Webfest Award winning series HUNTING SEASON (LogoTV). Since its inception in 2016, Grit Films has provided independent production services in New York to a wide variety of clients including: Geoffrey Beene, Natori, Amazon Studios, Netflix, and Disney. 

film - Grace produced SEX AND THE CITY colleague Liz Tuccillo’s independent feature film TAKE CARE. TAKE CARE world premiered at the SXSW film festival (Official Selection Narrative Spotlight), is being distributed by eOne Entertainment domestically and 13 Films internationally and is available on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video.

In 2018 the New York Short Film Festival exhibited Grace’s Geoffrey Beene spot, THE RUNNER, which she co-wrote, directed and produced.

commercials - Grace co-wrote and directed the CLIO Shortlist video campaign THE RUNNER for Geoffrey Beene starring Javier Muñoz (HAMILTON), the Geoffrey Beene: MAN ON A MISSION on air spot starring Kellan Lutz (TWILIGHT) and NATORI: SUNRISE TO SUNSET video campaign marking the brand's 40th Anniversary - all produced by Grit Films. 

Grace has been an invited panelist at Columbia University School of the Arts (Topic: Producing for the Web) and NYU Tisch School of the Arts (Topic: Women in Film & Television).