DISCOUNT ANARCHY – MISSION STATEMENT
Discount Anarchy is a multi-media entertainment company founded by film and television producer/writer Craig Titley. Our mission is to create entertainment experiences in film, television, music, publishing, and gaming that will disrupt, challenge, subvert, provoke, or simply amuse.
Why Discount Anarchy?
What the hell’s that even mean? Let’s start with the definition of anarchy:
an·ar·chy n. a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority
At Discount Anarchy we disavow all authority – all those voices in the world telling you what to believe, who to trust, how things are supposed to be done, what’s trending, what’s marketable, what’s right and what’s wrong. We only listen to our own voices and the voices of our creative partners, and we will not be influenced by any corporation, ideology, algorithm, or social media manipulation.
Some may call this reckless, we call it freedom: the freedom to imagine, develop, and create whatever the hell we want.
Our kind of anarchy doesn’t require an army of expensive analysts, consultants, or financiers. All it requires is you. You can be our army. To do that all you need is a willingness to play and think outside the box, to question everything you are being told (even by us), and to be your own authority. Those things will cost you nothing. That’s why it’s Discount Anarchy.
About: Craig’s Bio
Craig Titley is the founder and creator of Discount Anarchy. Titley has over thirty years of experience in the film and television industry as both a writer and producer and his films have grossed nearly a billion dollars in worldwide boxoffice. He has worked with every major media company, from Marvel and Lucasfilm to Disney and Nickelodeon, and has collaborated with some of the most creative, disruptive and anarchic minds in entertainment and media...
... all because he sucked at guitar. Titley’s first dream was to be a rock star, and he formed his first punk band, called Tit and the Boobs, when he was only 14 years old. They sucked, but they had attitude and kickass t-shirts and that’s probably when Discount Anarchy was really conceived. He received undergraduate degrees in both Literature and Business Management from Eastern Illinois University and earned his Masters Degree in Film Producing from The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts (The Peter Stark Producing Program) and a Masters Degree in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute, home of the Joseph Campbell Library. He is currently wrapping up his PhD work in Mythological Studies with a dissertation on the Trickster figure, the o.g. anarchist and disruptor. For those counting, that will be five academic degrees for Mr. Titley... the guy who named his band Tit and the Boobs.
Titley began his film career in the Hollywood trenches as a production assistant for feature films and television movies. He spent three years in film development as an assistant story editor for director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Innerspace) and as a creative executive for Nickelodeon Movies before going on to become a successful screenwriter, penning the first live-action Scooby-Doo movie (with James Gunn), Cheaper by the Dozen (staring Steve Martin), and Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (directed by Chris Columbus who also helmed Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter films). His latest feature film projects include adaptations of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (with Sam Raimi producing), Arabian Nights, and Dean Koontz’s Oddkins.
In television, Titley worked with George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation, penning episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He was a writer/producer on the NBC superhero series The Cape and is an Executive Producer and Writer on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. which is the longest running Marvel TV series (7 seasons).
After 30 years of writing and producing film and television, Titley decided to build and launch Discount Anarchy as an outlet for developing his own brand of film and television projects but for developing projects in all the other media that he loves: music, comics, gaming, publishing, and live events.
Hello Midwesterners! On March 28, 2020 Craig will be the featured special guest at the first Annual Eastern Illinois University Comic-Con in Charleston, Illinois. He will also be presenting a Screenwriting Workshop.
Get Mythic! Craig will be hosting a writers’ panel at Pacifica Graduate Institute on January 17, 2020 at 1:30pm. The topic: Mythic Storytelling. Craig guest will be Jeff Bell (X-Files, Angel, Alias, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Mark Swift (Freddy Vs. Jason, Friday the 13th) and Steve Melching (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Pacifica Graduate Institute is where Craig did his Mythological Studies PhD work and is home to the Joseph Campbell Library.
https://cominghometopacifica.com/2020-schedule/
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is returning soon. Check out this first look photo from the seventh and final season. This final season airs on ABC this spring. Stay tuned for dates.
https://tvline.com/2019/12/24/marvels-agents-of-shield-season-7-photo-1930s-time-travel/
Singapore bound! Craig will be in Singapore joining an all-star line-up of imaginative filmmakers and storytellers for the Disney/IMDA Storytelling+ Bootcamp, September 13-15, 2019. He will be speaking about writing television in the Marvel universe.
August 22, 2019. Pick up a good habit! Craig offers his “1 Habit for Success” in the new book, 1 Habit: 100 Habits from the Happiest Achievers on the Planet. You can get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Habit-Habits-Worlds-Happiest-Achievers-ebook/dp/B07V4BSW4S/ref=sr_1_3?crid=26BX5KHQVN2Q0&keywords=1+habit+book&qid=1580672939&sprefix=1+habit%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-3
July 18, 2019. Listen to Craig on the Comic Book Central podcast, Episode 279 talking about his entire career, Discount Anarchy, and his upcoming Comic-Con visit.
https://podcasts.apple.com/tn/podcast/279-agents-shield-writer-producer-craig-titley-talks/id737621226?i=1000444733223
Tit ‘N’ Tat Take Comic-Con! Craig and Tatiana DeMaria will be taking Comic-Con by storm on July 18-21 in San Diego to promote their new alliance and comic book venture. Tatiana will be performing LIVE on “Good Morning, San Diego” on Thursday followed by a signing at the Heavy Metal both at noon. On Saturday night she will be performing a live acoustic show at the Amplified Acid Vault down town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ug-brvem4&fbclid=IwAR1JcgRvCvd-w8hghTVqHz1tdvqxC6S9GWT_5_R34PfuDlmVGPTPCLG1xjs
On the Road with Tatiana DeMaria! Craig becomes a groupie/roadie, following Tatiana for shows in NYC and Kentucky. On June 13, she’ll be rocking the Bowery Electric in NYC and then flying to Louisville, Kentucky where she will be performing at the Mercury Ballroom as part of The Gathering.
Tatiana DeMaria will be performing LIVE and ACOUSTIC at the Peppermint Lounge in Los Angeles, April 6th at 10pm.