Born on April 27th, 1989, RJ Cusyk knew from an early age that he wanted to make movies. To this day, he is not sure what created this desire in him, whether it was seeing James Cameron's Terminator 2 at the age of four or John Water's Serial Mom at the age of five; whatever the case may be, he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life making movies. At the age of nine, he received a Tyco video camera for his birthday and began making movies with his toys. RJ soon began making short stop motion films and goofy videos with his friends.
In 2007, at the age of 18, RJ Cusyk started Decades Apart Productions in Colorado Springs, CO as the company to back his epic stop motion film, Return of the Zombie King. Despite having over 1,000 frames of animation completed, Return of the Zombie King was never finished, due to hardware limitations and the extreme difficulty of completing the project single handedly. After some time, Decades Apart Productions created a cartoon series entitled The Adventures of Super Jesus. The series ran for five episodes before being cancelled. During this time, RJ had begun writing Invisible Diary of a Disabled Man.
Decades Apart Productions then began a new series entitled Attack of the Monstars. The pilot episode was finished but the project was cancelled due to RJ dedicating time to being a father. A few short films were created in 2009: Zedward, The Zombie Hunter, and The Escape. Due to a lack of budget and lack of interest from non-actors, only The Zombie Hunter was ever completed.
For the next three years Decades Apart remained on hiatus. RJ worked a few pro-bono jobs for a non profit organization. In 2012, Decades Apart Productions released: Gabzilla (a kaiju parody), Duque de Sangre (an action film), Dinosaur Valley Bloodbath (a horror film), Live Fast, Die Fast (a parody of Hong Kong dubs), Live Fast, Die Faster (the sequel), Live Fast, Die Fastest (the third part of the trilogy), Vanished (a drama). The shorts received positive reviews.
On January 1, 2013, RJ was in a horrible car accident which completely obliterated his car. With the resulting insurance money, he was able to purchase all of the equipment and props he had been saving up for and finally began shooting his long awaited short, Invisible Diary of a Disabled Man. On the set of Invisible Diary he met several actors who would go to star in his first feature, Through the Devil's Eyes.
Shortly after wrapping Through the Devil's Eyes, Gregg Lodin offered to be executive producer on their next project. This project was entitled A Final Hit and is now available on DVD and VOD.
After the success of A Final Hit in the UK, Decades Apart announced their third feature: Keeping Justice, expected to release on VOD in 2017.
In 2007, at the age of 18, RJ Cusyk started Decades Apart Productions in Colorado Springs, CO as the company to back his epic stop motion film, Return of the Zombie King. Despite having over 1,000 frames of animation completed, Return of the Zombie King was never finished, due to hardware limitations and the extreme difficulty of completing the project single handedly. After some time, Decades Apart Productions created a cartoon series entitled The Adventures of Super Jesus. The series ran for five episodes before being cancelled. During this time, RJ had begun writing Invisible Diary of a Disabled Man.
Decades Apart Productions then began a new series entitled Attack of the Monstars. The pilot episode was finished but the project was cancelled due to RJ dedicating time to being a father. A few short films were created in 2009: Zedward, The Zombie Hunter, and The Escape. Due to a lack of budget and lack of interest from non-actors, only The Zombie Hunter was ever completed.
For the next three years Decades Apart remained on hiatus. RJ worked a few pro-bono jobs for a non profit organization. In 2012, Decades Apart Productions released: Gabzilla (a kaiju parody), Duque de Sangre (an action film), Dinosaur Valley Bloodbath (a horror film), Live Fast, Die Fast (a parody of Hong Kong dubs), Live Fast, Die Faster (the sequel), Live Fast, Die Fastest (the third part of the trilogy), Vanished (a drama). The shorts received positive reviews.
On January 1, 2013, RJ was in a horrible car accident which completely obliterated his car. With the resulting insurance money, he was able to purchase all of the equipment and props he had been saving up for and finally began shooting his long awaited short, Invisible Diary of a Disabled Man. On the set of Invisible Diary he met several actors who would go to star in his first feature, Through the Devil's Eyes.
Shortly after wrapping Through the Devil's Eyes, Gregg Lodin offered to be executive producer on their next project. This project was entitled A Final Hit and is now available on DVD and VOD.
After the success of A Final Hit in the UK, Decades Apart announced their third feature: Keeping Justice, expected to release on VOD in 2017.
