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SHADOW WALKER ENTERTAINMENT

Independent film & television

Stories that ask you to look closer.

Original film and television from writer and producer Darrell Tomporowski, exploring identity, love and the lives we too often overlook.

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Based in New YorkFilm. Scripted television. Unscripted conversation.

The current slate

Five worlds.
A human thread.

A royal court. A lifetime of love. A city of hidden memories. A conversation that makes room for everyone. A community fighting for its home.

TESTAMENT: a courtier extends his hand beside the Thames at sunset. TESTAMENT

Historical drama series

History remembers the crown. We follow the man.

When King James falls for a young courtier who sees the man beneath the crown, he must protect their growing intimacy in a court that turns affection into political power.

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Set at Whitehall, this serialized drama follows James VI & I and George Villiers as recognition becomes intimacy, and intimacy becomes impossible for the court to ignore. Identity, faith and private desire meet the public machinery of power.

Season One: eight hour-long episodes

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THE CALLING: a couple share a jacket in the rain outside a record store. Written by Darrell Tomporowski. THE CALLING

Romantic drama feature

Some love never leaves.

A chance encounter in a record store begins a love story that unfolds across a lifetime, through music, family and the futures we never expected.

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Intimate, playful and ultimately moving, THE CALLING follows Claire through the changing seasons of a life. Music and carefully chosen perspective invite us to look again at what it means to carry a great love with us.

Feature film

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THE ESOTERIC: a detective studies a mysterious doorway on a rain-lit Manhattan street. THE ESOTERIC

Mystery thriller seriesIn development

The city remembers. So do its secrets.

When a vanished friend draws him into a series of ritual murders, a New York detective must hunt the killer while confronting the secret order that erased his family from his memory.

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Modern Hermeticists maintain elaborate Memory Palaces across Manhattan. For Detective Daniel Scott-Mercer, an investigation into a missing friend opens doors into an extraordinary system of memory, and into a life he can no longer fully remember.

Season One: eight-episode investigation

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PRIDE TALK logo in pink and white, with the words Life. The Queer Perspective. PRIDE TALK

Unscripted talk & variety

Life is the subject. Everyone is invited.

Four permanent LGBTQ+ hosts and a rotating Open Chair explore everyday life through candid conversation, expert insight and entertainment in a daily talk-and-variety hour that welcomes everyone.

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The Table, Interview Lounge and Stage create room for humor, useful conversations, music, cooking and culture. The hosts bring their own lived experience, while the Open Chair keeps the conversation open to a new perspective.

Daily hour, recorded live-to-tape

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SENECA VILLAGE: modern Central Park above an imagined buried church cornerstone box. SENECA VILLAGE

Historical drama featureIn development

Before the park, there was a home.

When plans for Central Park threaten the Black community he helped build, landowner Andrew Williams fights to protect his family's home and the future they believed was secure.

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Inspired by the history of Seneca Village, this feature follows Andrew and Elizabeth Williams as a home grows into a community, and their community becomes a fight for belonging. Friendship, family and the ordinary joys of life give an intimate shape to a story of land, memory and displacement.

Feature film inspired by historical events

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For current scripts, treatments, pitch decks and producing materials, contact Darrell directly.

The company & the creator

The person
behind
the stories.

Shadow Walker Entertainment develops original film and television centered on the human experience. Our stories explore identity, connection and the distance between how people are seen and who they are.

Darrell Tomporowski

Founder   /   Writer   /   Producer

Based in New York, Darrell creates character-driven stories across film, scripted television and unscripted entertainment. His current work brings together the intimate and the ambitious, from a relationship inside a royal court to the humor and connection of everyday conversation.

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Good stories
bring people
together.

The next chapter begins with the right conversation. We welcome inquiries from producing partners, representatives and industry collaborators.

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Producing partnerships

Collaborate on project development, packaging and the next stage of bringing original work to the screen.

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Representation & industry inquiries

Connect about Darrell’s work, the current slate and opportunities for creative collaboration.

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Project materials

Request the current material for the project that interests you, tailored to your role and the conversation.

Let’s connect

A conversation
is a good start.

To discuss a project, request current materials or explore a producing collaboration, get in touch directly.

Email Darrell Darrell@ShadowWalkerEntertainment.com Call 845-499-9468

Darrell Tomporowski   /   Shadow Walker Entertainment