Executive Producer & President
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Emmy-nominated producer Max Goldenson is a pioneer in new media. She created the first truly interactive online entertainment featuring live actors, and she negotiated the first Screen Actor's Guild Internet agreement in order to do it. The groundbreaking Internet series was Alaska, Louisiana. Her creative diversity spans the creation of a comic strip, The Dazzler with Stan Lee and partnering with a team from MIT and top NASA robot creator, Rodney Brooks, to develop a new gaming platform, called the Max
Machine. She is fearless in her innovation, developing the controversial show Grudge
Boxing, the early interactive variety project Mini
Millionaire, and traditional television, including NINE, a special nominated for a local Emmy Award (LA area), and The
American Veterans Awards for the History Channel. She comes by her creative spirit honestly, her dad was Leonard Goldenson, the creator and visionary behind the ABC television network. Max was once a Harvard-educated investment banker (well, she's still Harvard educated), who was the first woman, and the first American banker, to work for Rothschild's Bank in London where she was instrumental in bringing the Baskin- Robbins chain to England. Returning to the US, Max worked as a development exec for the Disney Channel, Paramount Pictures and Roger Corman's film company. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Max sits on the board of Harvard Medical School, and she co-founded Sprint, a UCLA-based foundation that pairs handicapped kids with computers that help them develop faster and younger than ever thought possible. Sprint is now benefiting kids in schools all across the nation.
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Vice President of New Media Business Development
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Cherie Peters is an Emmy Award winning lifestyle, documentary and reality television Executive Producer and Director who previously ran Pacific Rock Productions, which she launched in 2001. That company produced series, specials and documentaries for Fine Living, Ovation TV, HGTV and Tennis Channel. Her most recent endeavor was a collaboration with MOCA and Ovation TV where she served as Executive Producer and Director of Collecting Collections which is currently on view at the museum and via VOD for Ovation. Past credits include Your Mind and Body, The Suzanne Somers Show, One-on-One with John Tesh, Extra, Entertainment Tonight and Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous. Ms. Peters earned an Emmy for the documentary Pioneer Women and an Ace nomination for producing, writing and directing Time is Running Out: The Aging of the Baby Boom Generation, and Beanfields and Beyond: The History of LAX, hosted by John Travolta.
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Robert Kandle began his career as an assistant in the Motion Picture Department at the William Morris Agency, where he worked under legendary talent agent Nicole David, interacting with talent and executives at the highest levels of the entertainment industry. In 2006, Robert accepted a position as Development Executive at HD Pictures and Post, Inc., a boutique production company. At HDPP, Robert worked alongside Academy Award nominated producer and long-time Robert Altman collaborator, David Levy developing feature film and television projects. In 2007, Robert co-founded SmogTV Studios, an Internet content production studio geared towards independent filmmakers. Segments produced by SmogTV have been shot in such diverse locations as Cuba, Iran, Mexico, South Central Los Angeles and Venice Beach, and have featured recording artists such as Moby, Kim Hill, and DJ Steve Aoki. Robert recently executive produced his first feature film, "Fix," directed by Tao Ruspoli and starring Olivia Wilde ("House") and Shawn Andrews ("Dazed and Confused"), a 2008 Official Selection of the Slamdance Film Festival. In addition, Robert executive produced the 10 episode Internet series, "Speedie-Date" for the WGA-sponsored Internet channel, Strike TV. Robert is a graduate of Cornell University where he majored in English.
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Vice President of Marketing & Publicity
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Kim Hurwitz ia a marketing
superstar from the music, broadcast TV, cable and satellite television arenas.
Most recently she helped grow the reach of The Tube Music Network, the
world's first all music multicast digital TV channel, from 2 to 17
million households. Previously she was a Director of Marketing at
DIRECTV with responsibility over the PPV, Advanced Products, HD and
Original Programming verticals. Kim's team shared with their agency,
DEUTSCH the 2003 Belding Bowl Sweepstakes prize for Best Overall Campaign. At
DIRECTV, Kim promoted all major and independent film releases, live
sporting events, new DVD music concerts, children's programming, niche
product, and adult fare to the satcaster's national audience. This
position followed a decade of cable television marketing and sales management
roles at Adelphia, AT&T, TCI and United Artists Cable where she introduced digital cable, broadband,
paging, PPV/VOD and Long Distance Phone products into the Los Angeles
market. She served as co-host, writer and producer of the popular Cable Interactive Live TV show which ran for more than 5 years in the #2 market. Kim co-founded and served for two years as President of the SoCal PPV Cable Group.
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Lead Editor
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Nathaniel
Fregoso is a UCLA Film School graduate who
started as an assistant editor on the indie
feature "Manic." After freelancing on a number
of short films and multimedia projects for
friends and artists, he secured a position
editing DVD added value for Automat Pictures,
working on a number of features including "Hedwig
and the Angry Inch", "Rambo", "Charlie's Angels
2", and "The Punisher." Fregoso then began
editing music videos for Kinoact Atelier and
Matador Records that would later air on MTV
and MTV2. He has cut content for The Sundance
Channel and worked on the award winning documentary "The
Devil and Daniel Johnston."
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Office and Production Management
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Bea Egeto is an avid filmmaker
who finished her studies at Cal State Long Beach as a Film Production
major. She received a Certificate of Digital Film Production from New
York Film Academy. Bea's short films have been selected and screened in
many festivals such as the Short Film Festival of Los Angeles, New
Filmmakers Film Festival of New York and the Cal State Long Beach
Liminal Festival.
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Becky Pentland joined the team at
MWG Media in February 2008. She brings with her a multi-facted
background in the entertainment and hospitality industries including
production, casting, public relations, travel and catering. For the
past eight years she has been serving as a Personal Assistant to high
profile individuals in the world of comedy, film and music.
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