Jay Paul Deratany

Foster Boy (2018)
Film (Drama) Producer Michael Trainer is a lawyer at the center of a trial in which a for-profit Foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his young client Jamal, with catastrophic results. Michael, a successful litigator with a long career in protecting corporate clients, has been blinded from recognizing the real damage they can cause. He wants nothing to do with Jamal's case until a Judge forces him to accept it. Initially he sees Jamal, as a thuggish African American youth trying to get a piece of corporate profits. But when Jamal refuses to settle the case for any amount of money, Michael begins his representation in earnest. As their work together reveals the horrifying depth of the corrupt and abusive for-profit Foster care agency, Michael is transformed from reluctant defender to fierce warrior in the battle for justice.

Saugatuck Cures (2015)
Film (Comedy) Producer Drew and his best friend Brett set out on a road trip to pose as ex-gay ministers using exuberant high jinks to scam churchgoers, all in order to raise money for his mother's experimental cancer treatment.

Out (2014)
Film (Comedy, Drama and Drama) Producer Raymond Bilotti, a down on his luck 'every man', in less than twenty minutes faces the prospect of losing his home, his mother and his most closely held secret, (not necessarily in that order).

The Apple Tree (2012)
Film (Drama, Drama and Romance) Producer When Gabe and Jonathan fall in love in the 1940s, they decide to spend their life together in secret. But when Jonathan unexpectedly passes away years later, Gabe is faced with the fact that many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender elders face when they move into retirement homes...he must return into the closet. Written by Anonymous

American Legacy (2008)
Film (Comedy and Drama) Actor "American Legacy" takes a dark comedic look at one family's dynamic over a four-day period. What happens when "Appliance king of Chicago" Don Harris has only 76 hours to save his family business? As he begins to plan his traditionally elaborate, flag-waving sale, he is emotionally sideswiped by personal tragedy. With his estranged family members gathering around him, Don is forced to make some of the most important decisions of his life. Written by Jay Sukow