Making Media with a Mission - www.m3filmsllc.comCo-launched startup consulting, film and commercial production company and led major productions, aligning media with market demands. Served as Executive Producer, Producer and Director for award-winning documentaries; drove audience development and market penetration through ongoing development of promotional and distribution channels. Consistently secured funding from diverse sources for development of socially-relevant media.Selected Accomplishments:** Served as Executive Producer for TOREY'S DISTRACTION - Audience Award, Austin Film Festival; FORGOTTEN DIAMONDS; BLUE OCTOBER: Argue with a Tree; BOWLING FOR SOUP: Live and Very Attractive; BOB SCHNEIDER: Live at the Paramount and MR. STANLEY: The Stanley Marcus Documentary. Co-Directed and Produced, PURE ECSTASY: The Infamous STARCK Club. Directed and Co-produced Food For Good short documentary for PepsiCo. Produced and Co-Directed UN DAY Concert: Environmental Symphony - The Movement at the UNGA October 2023. ** Named by Dallas Observer among ``Top 100 Creatives'' listing cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas.Associate Producer on TOWER. http://www.towerdocumentary.com

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**In September 2020, the Michael Cain and the EarthxFilm team launched EarthxTV, providing year round visibility to film and media working to protect our planet. In the first 6 months showcased and amplified 1,500 hours of content with over 100 partners to over 12 Million views. We developed and Executive Produced 15 + series.**The EarthxFilm Festival launched in 2017, was co-founded by Michael Cain and Trammell S Crow. With a band of creative and gifted world-changers Michael lead the first 5.5 years of this annual eco-film, XR and media impact festival and its year round activations which were integrated with EarthX, the largest environmental experience in the world. Year round events take place in partnerships with top tier organizations through out the world.**EarthXR: Co-Founded in 2017 with Tiffany Kieran the world's largest environmental interactive experience for EarthX and EarthxFilm 2018 + 2019. Partners and sponsors have included: Samsung, HTC Vive, VR for Impact, Google Daydream Impact, Dell, Liquid Galaxy, UNVR, Red Flight Mobile. Content makers and causes showcased: Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, Greenpeace, Vulcan Productions, Underwater Earth, NatGeo/Block Dot Films VR, Jiva VR, Kaleidoscope VR, Occupied VR, Co.Reality, New Reality, Anote's Ark, Great Barrier Reef Series, Seaview360, Mission Blue, NatGeo Explorer Mike Libecki presented by Dell, Google Jump Start VR, Frontline/Nova/Emblematic Group, The Humane Society, Cascade Game Foundry, Dance with flARmingos, Blue Abyss, Wildlife Protection Solutions, Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, New Media Recordings and more. Year-round Programming + Partnerships with: Sundance Next Fest, Guanajuato International Film Festival, UN SDG Action Zone, Austin Music Video Fest, EarthxMexico, Our Village by If Not Us Then Who + Hip Hop Caucus, Dallas Symphony Orchestra + NatGeo's Symphony for our World, The Wild Immersion endorsed by Jane Goodall and more.

The Filmanthropy Fund housed at the Dallas Foundation, created with Melina Cain in 2006, brings philanthropists and filmmakers together to produce socially relevant and impactful films. Films include: SIGNS OF HUMANITY: The documentary explores inter-related themes of home, homelessness, compassion, and humanity. Artist and professor Willie Baronet has purchased more than 1,800 homeless signs since 1993, and he uses this collection to create installations to raise awareness about homelessness. TOWER: Award-winning animated documentary film about the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin directed and produced by Keith Maitland. The film follows the shooting from the perspectives of several survivors, recreating their recounts via actors filmed and later animated in rotoscoping. HORTON FOOTE: THE ROAD TO HOME – Directed by Anne Rapp, this feature documentary chronicles the creative journey of acclaimed Texas writer Horton Foote - a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and winner of two Academy Awards for screenwriting - through his own eyes and voice at the end of his life. MR. STANLEY: The Merchant Prince | A Documentary about Stanley Marcus and his contributions to Fashion, The Arts, Social Justice, Dallas and the global impacts he made. IN PRODUCTIONGROUNDED: The Roots of Revolution: This documentary explores how we can transform agriculture to ensure food security in a rapidly destabilizing climate? TOREY’S DISTRACTION - Filmed over 10 years, the story of three children with Apert Syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes craniofacial anomalies and skeletal mutation, and the families and medical teams who work to make their lives better. LIVE CITY - Directed by Emmy Award-winning director Thaddeus Matula, this film documents Austin’s maturation as a metropolis coinciding with its emergence as The Live Music Capital of the World, it is a story of continuous renaissance propelled by a community devoted to the care of a city’s soul.

Conceptualized and co-founded innovative film finance and marketing consultancy firm.Consulted with and advised investors and filmmakers on prospective filmmaking projects, developing creative strategies, business plans, financial / revenue generation models, and distribution channels. Selected Accomplishments:** Executive produced JOBS, the Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher and advised the Screenwriter / Producer of SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, based upon The New York Times best-selling novel.** Consulted, negotiated and stewarded an investment in the Discovery Channel's RACING EXTINCTION.

Oversaw all business operations of a multimillion-dollar environmental non-profit.Turned around organizational performance to drive statewide participation in environmental initiatives, leveraging high-profile events, social media campaigns, corporate sponsorships, and local / state / national partnerships to propel visibility, participation, and fundraising. Reported to organization's founder. Selected Accomplishments:** Drove earned media from $1.5M to $2.8M within a single year using integrated publicity, marketing, promotional, and communications campaigns.** Spearheaded rebranding from Earth Day Dallas to Earth Day Texas in '14, increasing attendance by 39% and exhibition space utilization by 12.5% from national brands such as Samsung, BMW, and Tesla.** Grew Facebook activation by 353%.** Created local, state, and national partnerships to establish a year-round program and organizational presence.** Routinely spoke at events, conferences, and organizational meetings throughout the state.** Event garnered the IAEE '14 Top Public Event Award for the State of Texas.

Co-founded, with advertising icon Liener Temerlin, a film society and AFI DALLAS International Film Festival.Directed operations and defined short and long-range strategies to establish the festival among the nation's top 20, acquiring funds, securing sponsorships, and establishing partnerships to ensure debut year success. Oversaw all aspects of organizational administration, marketing, logistics, and finance; defined all policies, processes, and procedures from the ground up. Managed team of 14 and $2M annual operating budget. Selected Accomplishments:** Managed public and private fundraising efforts, securing $10M in donations and multi-year sponsorships from corporate sponsors such as Target, Lexus, Bank of America, and Victory Park; established an annual fall fundraiser---The Art of Film---to drive organizational visibility and awareness.** Led negotiations with American Film Institute for multi-year, seven-figure production services and trademark licensing deal.** Attracted high-profile filmmakers and honorees, including Lauren Bacall, Sydney Pollack, David Lynch, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Barry Levinson, Charlize Theron, Kate Hudson, Owen, Andrew and Luke Wilson, Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Josh Brolin, Adrien Brody, Katherine Bigelow, Peter Bogdanovich.** Nominated, with Liener Temerlin, as ``Texan of the Year'' by The Dallas Morning News.

Directed and produced documentary films, educational films, and television commercial programming. Developed award-winning films for premium cable channels, educational films, television commercials for regional / national broadcast, and radio commercials. Selected Accomplishments:** Directed and produced TV Junkie, for HBO's Addiction series, winning the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize and included in series' receipt of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Governors' Award.** Working in partnership with The New York Times, produced an interactive, standards-based, drug prevention film, Faces of Addiction---winner of an AVA Award and nominated for a PRISM Award.** Produced and executive produced 20+ feature films for HBO & SHOWTIME; 30+ commercials and music videos for top tier LA production companies including Ridley Scott's Black Dog Productions.

Established the Deep Ellum Film Festival and co-founded the Cancer Relief Fund.Launched a non-profit to pay medical bills of patients undergoing cancer treatments and created the film festival to fund the organization. Managed hundreds of regional film screenings and festivals. Selected Accomplishments:** Created annual outdoor summer movie screening program in Dallas and Pasadena.** Founded Santa Monica Drive-in at the Pier, screening 30+ films to 100K+ attendees.** Named among “Top 10 Film Festival Leaders” by Filmmaker Magazine.