Ed Polgardy is an acclaimed comic book creator-writer-editor, Emmy-Award-winning television producer-director, and successful feature film writer-producer-director. He is the president of Black Hat Magic Productions.
Polgardy co-created the internationally acclaimed hit comic book series "From The Darkness" and "From The Darkness: Blood Vows", and wrote the graphic novel adaptation of Quentin Tarantino's "From Dusk 'Til Dawn". He also worked as Senior Editor at Jim Shooter's Defiant Comics, where he developed, wrote, and edited several hit titles.
As Editor-in-Chief at BIG Entertainment, Polgardy worked with celebrity concept creators John Jakes, Mickey Spillane, Tom Clancy, and Neil Gaiman. The resulting intellectual properties were licensed to Miramax, Alliance Entertainment, and ABC TV.
In television, Polgardy produced and directed various shows, including "Today's Environment", "Millennium", "The Best of Wine and Food", ".COM" and ".COM Kids", "Elegance with Ivana", "Women in Charge", "First Priority", "Healthy Solutions", and "Monsterama".
Polgardy also co-created Price/Parker, a television production company, where he developed, produced, and directed "Identity", a female-empowerment show that aired on The Learning Channel.
Moving into fictional programming, Polgardy produced the short-form television series "Oh Jerome, No" through his Black Hat Magic Productions company, which aired on "Cake" on Disney's FXX Network and garnered a Best Actor Emmy Award nomination for star Mamoudou Athie.
In feature films, Polgardy produced the motion pictures "Masked Mutilator", "The Halfway House", "The Ghostmaker", "Window Of Opportunity", "Dark Desire", "Megachurch Murder", "The Wretched", and "Feed Me". He also line produced "Boiler Maker" and co-produced "Laid to Rest".
As a second unit director, Polgardy worked on "Death's Door", "Laid to Rest", "Dark House", "The Ghostmaker", and "The Wretched".
Currently, Ed Polgardy creates and develops intellectual properties for film and TV at Black Hat Magic Productions, Inc., a development, production, and licensing company that he founded in 2010. He is working on a feature-length crime thriller called "Kill Everything" that he created, co-wrote, and is scheduled to direct.
