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Beverly Hills, California, Us

Beverly Hills, California, Us

Launched the Is It Funny Or Offensive media company to encourage discussion about the intersection of humor and culture. Leads a team of freelancers in the curation and distribution of content. Manages the creative vision and all day-to-day business functions.▪ Created a .com site and a social media presence that has grown to +2.2M followers.▪ Formed a corporate entity. Led angel fundraising rounds, securing capital for ongoing site development.▪ Partnering with ITV in the development of a companion series, THE FUNNY OR OFFENSIVE SHOW. In the early stages of development for a Funny Or Offensive podcast.

Hired by production companies, writers, and directors as producer/executive producer on a wide range of film and television series projects. ▪ VICTORIOUS: WOMEN OF THE GRIDIRON – Executive Producer on this documentary about the D.C. Divas female full-contact football team during their undefeated season in the Women’s Football Alliance.▪ CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU – Producer for this critically acclaimed music documentary about The Police told from the perspective of guitarist Andy Summers.▪ Production Company (NDA) – Worked with European-based production company to establish a U.S. West Coast presence and U.S. slate of feature film and TV projects.▪ Saturn Films – Continued to provide creative input on products in development.

Malibu, Ca, Us

Eager to explore opportunities with a social impact, became part of this Africa-based community with a focus on building a more sustainable infrastructure, program development, fundraising, and the growth of international strategic partnerships. Continues to be involved today as a volunteer and a remote advisor.▪ Driving force behind fundraising initiatives that generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for the construction of a new community school, day-to-day operations, and student trade-school training.▪ Conceptualized and launched the Kenya Spare A Camera program, using Facebook as an important community-building platform. Harnessed the generosity of U.S.-based donors to provide students with cameras, educate them, and guide them in creating and commercializing prints that continue to fund growth and expansion at the orphanage.▪ Created and maintained a blog to document this experience, giving the orphanage increased exposure on a global basis and fueling new interest from potential donors and strategic partners.▪ Interviewed Deepak Chopra and other science and spiritual thought leaders while authoring an introspective account of this altruistic experience. In the process of self-publishing this manuscript.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Promoted by Nicolas Cage to manage each project from development to sale and production, the P&L performance of each project, and all production company functions while providing creative input on key projects. Led small to large-scale project teams and multimillion-dollar production budgets (<$10M to +$100M). Company restructured in 2012. Continued as a consultant.▪ Served as a strategic advisor on go/no-go project decisions, driving the expansion of a slate of scripted drama production projects. During these years, the company released +20 features generating +$1B at the box office worldwide.▪ Reshaped content concepts in alignment with market trends and studio objectives.▪ Led the diversification into episodic content with production of THE DRESDEN FILES series for Syfy.▪ Key film projects during these years included THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE, KNOWING, GHOST RIDER, NEXT, NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, WORLD TRADE CENTER, LORD OF WAR, NATIONAL TREASURE, THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE, BANGKOK DANGEROUS, and THE WEATHER MAN.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Hired by Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage and Producer Jeff Levine to create a formal business structure and lead day-to-day operations for this production company partnership with Disney. Managed project development, sale, and production while serving in a Chief of Staff role for agents and publicists as well as finance, legal, and personal staff. Key role in budgeting and staffing.▪ Began developing a slate of feature film projects that starred Nicolas Cage but also expanded into projects featuring up-and-coming and sought-out talent like Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Michael Rapaport, Patton Oswalt, Eddie Murphy, Allison Janney, Ariel Winter, John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, and Cary Elwes.▪ Key projects released during these years included THE FAMILY MAN and SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE.

Hired by founder Ben Stiller to lead the development and prioritization of feature film projects. Provided scriptwriting and project management.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us