Holy Toledo Pictures, Inc., is the production company of writer/producer/director Denise Ohio. That's me. I make independent movies. I write, direct, and produce, hang lights, budget, schedule, handle permissions and contracts, cook, sweep, and break down a set. And I know how to tell other people how to do it.

Verona and my doc, Family Business, were featured in two articles in the Seattle Times and the Everett Herald.

Five Essential Steps in Digital Video: A DV Moviemaker's Tricks of the Trade came out in 2002 and is selling well. The book covers the process of making DV movies from beginning to end: business, creative, technical, and some philosophical and aesthetic issues.  You can find out more about it here.