When a hired thief’s attempt to steal a local pizza shop’s secret recipe goes awry, he finds himself on a revelatory ride along with the delivery driver kind enough to help him out.
17 min, 2025, Color, Crime/Comedy.
Starring Ryan Fleming, Max Weigel, Sophia Guarnaschelli & Bert Glowacki
Written & Directed by Byrne Mazzella
Doyle (Ryan Fleming), a hardened hired thief employed by the cunning Maude (Sophia Guarnaschelli) has been contracted to steal a secret recipe from a local pizza shop. When his car is towed during the heist, Doyle reluctantly relies upon the store's delivery driver Frankie (Max Weigel) to help him get it back. As they grow closer over the car ride, and face the increasing pressure from both of their bosses, they form an unlikely bond to get out of this sticky situation.
Writer/Director/Producer
(they/them)
Byrne Mazzella is a filmmaker born in Washington D.C. and based in Los Angeles. Frankie & Doyle served as their Thesis Presentation at Ithaca College, for which they graduated with accreditation in writing, directing and producing. While earning their degree they worked on projects such as "Eat My Heart Out" and "The All Too Unfortunate Making of the Next Big Indie" as Writer/Director, "Greetings from America!" and "The Marvelous Mr. Birch" as Producer, and "A Rushed Ending" and "Just Forget About Me" as 1st Assistant Director.
Director of Photography/Associate Producer
(he/him)
Ryan Williams-Abrams is a filmmaker based out of Los Angeles, CA. As a film student at Ithaca College, Ryan sought to explore visual storytelling through work as Director on "Greetings from America!" and "Where the Light Cannot Reach" and as a cinematographer on projects like Frankie & Doyle (2025), and Speck (2023). As a freelance filmmaker his work includes shoots with the Food Network's The Dish with Kish (2025) and Apple TV's Lady In the Lake (2024).
Producer/1st Assistant Director
(he/him)
Jonah H. Barresi (he/him) is an Ithaca College student with a deep and ever growing excitement for production. Through work as Director, Producer, Assistant Director, his passion for creating cinema with others is never ending. He’s worked as a PA for Independent films “The Featherweight” (Robert Kolodny) and “Barron’s Cove” (Evan Kelman). He says the development and production of “Frankie & Doyle” was such a fun ride and a unique project unlike normal student films. Jonah's other projects include “Greetings from America!”, “Where the Light Cannot Reach” and “When You Leave My Mind”.
The story of a frustrated younger brother was always inside of me, but the most surprising part of this film is finding myself in Doyle as well. The discoveries of how expectation weighs on everyone, and the toll it takes on each individual overtime were key in making this happen. That, and of course, growing up on buddy adventure movies that it just feels innate to my being at this point. These two characters couldn't be more different, and what bonds them might feel trivial at first, but as the situation becomes more and more dire, it becomes a special kind of connection that sometimes we forget we're all capable of.
Writer/Director - Byrne Mazzella
Producers - Jonah Barresi, Byrne Mazzella, Alec Elan
Executive Producers - Martin Mazzella, Michael Mazzella, Emily Wilson Mazzella, & Rocco Mazzella
Associate Producers - Jodi Resnick, Ryan Williams-Abrams, Jacob McIntosh
Cast
Doyle - Ryan Fleming
Frankie - Max Weigel
Maude - Sophia Guarnaschelli
Gio - Bert Glowacki
Cashier - Monti Yoo
Warehouse Employee - AT Rodgers
Customer - Brett Darnell
Bodyguard - Chike Nezianya
Crew
Unit Production Manager - Alec Elan
1st Assistant Director - Jonah Barresi
2nd Assistant Director - Gabriel Hendershot
Script Supervisor - Jacob McIntosh
Production Designer - Celeste Seraydarian
Costume Designer - Milo Carrott
Director of Photography & Steadicam Operator - Ryan Williams-Abrams
Editor - Ben Dadmun
Supervising Sound Editor/Mixer - Lily Lipka
Colorist - Ari Klein
1st Assistant Camera - Monti Yoo
2nd Assistant Camera/DIT - AT Rodgers
Behind the Scenes Photographer - James Smith
Gaffer - Daisy Bolger
Key Grip - Chike Nezianya
Grips - Joshua Relyea, Aron Taub
Location Sound Recordist - Lily Lipka
Assistant Sound Recordist - Aron Taub
Boom Operator - Katie Berkowitz
Special Thanks to Sen-I Yu, Rob Gearhart, PPECS, Pudgie's Pizza, & Brad Rappa