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all it a love letter to the old New Jersey. Woodcliff Lake native and successful filmmaker Jon Doscher’s latest project welcomes you in a time capsule back to the “good old days” – the 1960s, 70s and 80s – in Bergen County. The just under 90-minute StarlineFilms production, Once Upon a Time in Jersey, reflects on a simpler time when people were generally more present in the moment and greatness flourished. Doscher looks back on his experiences growing up in Bergen County with immense gratitude. It will forever be a part of him – the foundation needed to pursue and achieve big Hollywood dreams. Prior to filmmaking, Doscher built and sold a historic building and restoration company and produced multiple magazine publications as a publisher and editor. “Building and marketing these two businesses was essentially an internship for me to segue into the motion picture industry,” says Doscher. “After I trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City, I opened my film production company, StarlineFilms, in June 2004.” Since then, Doscher has acted, directed, produced and written multiple films, shorts and documentaries, all while living a bi-coastal lifestyle between Hollywood and Ridgewood, where he raised his children. He’s collaborated with industry greats, including Shirley MacLaine, Oliver Stone, Elliott Gould, Mira Sorvino, Terrance Howard and, of course, his mentor and surrogate father, the late-great Danny Aiello. “Back East, it was ball games and barbecues. Out in Hollywood it was, and still is, high-level collaborations, coupled with decadence.” Captivated by its offerings, Doscher eventually relocated full-time to Hollywood. Continued on page 26