Verdi entered the film industry in 2009, acquiring the rights to the story of boxer Vinny Pazienza. In 2011, his first film, a horror movie Inkubus, starring Robert Englund, was released.
This was followed in 2011 by Loosies, with Peter Facinelli and Jamie Alexander. Since then he has produced or executive produced more than a twenty films including four films directed by Martin Scorsese: Silence and 50 Year Argument, and an upcoming documentary on September 11 hero Welles Crowther.
Bleed for This (2016) tells the story of Vinny Pazienza. It stars Miles Teller as Vinny Pazienza and Aaron Eckhart as Kevin Rooney, with Ben Younger directing and Martin Scorsese as executive Producer.Verdi was an ex-producer on Scorsese's passion project Silence and will ex-produce Scorsese next film, The Irishman.
