A winner among losers – Director, screenwriter Eric Ustian and “Most Guys are Losers”
by Bondo Wyszpolski If he’d been really good in front of the camera it’s possible that Eric Ustian would not have found his way in behind the camera. “Failing as an actor,” he says, “was my biggest gift as a director.” Ustian, who lives in Hermosa Beach and has an office in Manhattan Beach, heads up Pier Avenue Films, which he founded about six, or seven years ago. It’s a small, independent company just releasing its first full-length feature, “Most Guys are Losers.” It stars Mira Sorvino, an Oscar winner for her role in Woody Allen’s “Mighty Aphrodite,” and Andy Buckley, who played David Wallace in “The Office,” the comedy series that aired on NBC. Among the other actors is Grace Caroline Currey, better known locally as Grace Fulton, the daughter of noted El Segundo surf painter Damian Fulton (Currey also recently starred in “Fall,” about two young women stranded atop a 2,000 foot radio tower). Although “Most Guys are Losers” is based on a book by Mark Berzins, Ustian wears the proverbial many hats. He not only directed the film but wrote the screenplay and is one of its primary producers. “I’m a coming-of-age, romantic comedy writer,” Ustian tells me. “That’s my skill set. I…
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