Troy Dyer Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Protection of media projects, with guaranteed returns for investors and high profitability for executive benefits to cast & crew members.Troy A. Dyer is a seasoned finance and risk mitigation professional, specializing in media investments and financial protections tailored to the entertainment industry. As the founder of Geneva Media Holdings, Dyer has a background in high-level financial strategies, especially those aimed at protecting media investors, banking institutions, and film… Show more Protection of media projects, with guaranteed returns for investors and high profitability for executive benefits to cast & crew members.Troy A. Dyer is a seasoned finance and risk mitigation professional, specializing in media investments and financial protections tailored to the entertainment industry. As the founder of Geneva Media Holdings, Dyer has a background in high-level financial strategies, especially those aimed at protecting media investors, banking institutions, and film and television studios. His work often involves using corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) and state tax credits to secure investments in film projects, mitigating potential losses for investors and ensuring better financial safety across large, high-risk projects.Dyer also leads Media Financing Referrals and has over 25 years of experience, including past roles at major financial institutions like BMO Harris Bank and Transamerica. His expertise covers a broad range of financial services from wealth management and estate planning to strategic partnerships in media finance, making him a notable advisor for both high-net-worth individuals and corporations within the media sector. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Advanced financial structures using deducible projects grandfathered under IRC 181, and specialized structure for recapturing 100% of negative costs on film and television productions in 8 US states that offer both media tax incentives and deduction of CAIC costs as a part of media tax credit statutes.

A tax, charitable and estate planning risk mitigation company.

Chicago And Los Angeles

The leading member owned L&H insurance producers group in America.

Chicago And Toronto

Bank of Monreal - Nesbitt Burns, brought in $110MM of business for financial vertical integration of banking, brokerage and insurance lines of business shortly after the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of November 12, 1999 allowed banks to own insurance companies and brokerage firms.

London - Iver Heath

An independant film, video, graphics and pre-vis company co-founded in London.

Largest Internet, media, and ad agency in America from 1998-2002 until being purchased by Microsoft IT consulting division, iXL, Inc. was a new media consulting "roll-up" originally in Atlanta, GA and Chicago, IL (acquired Chicagoland's 2WayCommunications) and worked in both marketing and technical Internet development projects for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. We brought in over $80MM in new business over our first 2 years of work for financial, media and pharma verticals.

Advisor to high-net-worth professionals, business owners and individuals in the Film and Television industry of Hollywood, CA and Chicago, IL Focus was on advanced estate, business succession, investment and tax planning.

Pasadena, Ca

Placement of pension, retirement and CAIC structures for writers, directors and producers in the film and television industry.

Cbs Studio City

Beverly Hills

Screenwriter-Entertainment Attorney representing top scribes in film and TV, including Mark Frost ("Twin Peaks"), David Chappe ("Gale Force"), and David Lynch ("Blue Velvet").

Eqf6 Filmic Writing And Production Finance, 1991

Professional Degree In Filmic Screen And Teleplay Writing And Stark Motion Picture Producing Auditor, Film: Finance/Production/Writing/Distribution

Activities and Societies: Cinema Cirrculus scholarship recipient. Current mentor to USC graduate screenwriting students, and Peter Stark.

Eqf5, Communication Arts, Film, Theatre, Comparative Literature

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Society

Eqf4, Mass Media, Cctv News Broadcasting

Activities and Societies: UW Anti-Apartheid Society