Dr. Ted Baehr
Dr. Ted Baehr is a noted author, critic, educator, lecturer, and media
pundit, and was president of the organization that produced "The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe", which boasted
37 million viewers and won an Emmy Award. Dr. Baehr has also produced
hundreds of programs for PBS television and has been a featured guest
on Oprah, Hannity and Colmes, CNN, ABC, Fox News, MSNBC, and
Entertainment Tonight. Dr. Baehr has written numerous books, including,
“Amazing Grace Of Freedom”, “Culture-Wise Family”, “Narnia Beckons”,
“So You Want To Be In Pictures?”, “Frodo And Harry: The Lord Of The
Rings Versus Harry Potter”, “What Can We Watch Tonight?”, “Faith In God
And The Generals”, “The Media-Wise Family”, “Getting The Word Out”, and
“The Christian Family Guide To Movies & Video Vols. I & II”. He
also writes a syndicated column for 29 publications nationwide, and his
work has been featured in such publications as Time Magazine, USA
Today, L.A. Times, Washington Post, Hollywood Reporter, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, and U.S. News and World Report. Dr. Baehr is also
the founder and Publisher of Movieguide® and Chairman of the Christian
Film & Television Commission. Released biweekly, Movieguide offers
in-depth analyses of current movies from a biblical perspective as well
as movie reviews, feature articles, books, tapes and family-friendly
movie merchandise. Movieguide has a current database of more than 11
million members and since 2005 its website has received on average more
than 3,000,000 visitors each month. Dr. Baehr graduated summa cum laude
in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College, attended Cambridge
University, the University of Bordeaux & Toulouse, and the
University of Munich, graduated as a Juris Doctor from New York
University School of Law, and finished his theological studies at the
Institute of Theology at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Aaron Butler
Aaron Butler is a legendary stage, movie and television Director,
Writer and Producer. Mr. Butler, a native of Ireland and graduate of
Dublin’s Trinity College and London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,
was awarded an acting scholarship at the renowned Dublin Theater “They
Abbey” and wrote and directed radio plays in Gaelic and English for
Raido Eireann (RTE) before migrating to New York, where he packaged and
directed various plays for Lancer Productions, ranging from Neil
Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” to Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Wolf?” This led to his appointment as Artistic Director of the
Shakespeare Company of America, where he produced and directed a string
of critically acclaimed productions including “The Merry Wives of
Windsor”, “Hamlet”, “MacBeth”, “The Tempest”, and John Webster’s “The
White Devil”. As a film maker, Mr. Butler wrote and produced several
highly commercial independent films, both under his own umbrella
company Quartermain Productions and in association with other major
companies. His major films include the cult status movie “Chained
Heat”, which he wrote under the pseudonym Vincent Mogal, “Hellhole”
(writer), “The Black Room” (producer), “Friday & Clyde”
(Writer/Producer), “The Madhatter” (writer), “The Cave” (Writer),
“Savage Heat”, and “Chained Heat Two” (Writer). His television credits
include “Strange Universe (Writer/Producer), “Expedition Danger”
(Writer-26 episodes), and “Hollywood Movie Classics”. Mr. Butler
currently resides in Los Angeles and commutes frequently to Barcelona,
Spain, where he owns the world famous “Hollywood Cantina”. He also pens
the popular column “Celluloid Alley” for Euro/US News and is a
recipient of the 1994 annual USA Video award.
Maurice Boland
Maurice Boland is an internationally known radio personality,
entertainer, interviewer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lives and
works in Marbella, Spain and is heard throughout the English-speaking
world on his high-profile independent radio station REMfm. Mr. Boland
first burst into prominence in the mid-1980’s when in quick succession
he launched the highly successful Cuba Club on Marbella’s Golden Mile,
the celebrity magazine “H! Society”, which quickly became one of the
highest circulating magazines on the Costa del Sol, and the highly
popular radio program “The Boland Talk Show”, which aired on one of
Spain’s largest independent radio stations and was broadcast live from
places such as Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Barbados, St Lucia, Canada,
London and Dublin. In 2004 Mr. Boland founded REMfm, which quickly
became Spain’s largest English speaking radio network, broadcasting to
listeners along the Costa Del Sol, Costa Blanca, Costa Almeria, Costa
Cálida, and Madrid, and along with it “The Maurice Boland Show”, where
he dishes up his own unique blend of irreverent humor, celebrity
interviews and stimulating human interest stories from around the
globe. Mr. Boland is considered one of radio’s pre-eminent commentators
and interviewers, and over the years he has personally interviewed
notables from virtually all walks of life including British Prime
Ministers Sir Edward Heath and Lord James Callaghan, Leader of the
Liberal Party Lord David Steel, British Foreign Secretary Lord Douglas
Hurd, Beatles producer Sir George Martin, Royal Photographer Lord
Patrick Lichfield, song writing legends Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and
Sir Tim Rice, and American talk show host Jay Leno, as well as a host
of well known celebrities, entertainers and sports figures from the
U.S, England and Ireland. He has also earned a reputation as a tireless
charity worker, including chairing his own “Raise the Roof Foundation”
which has raised millions of Euros for the Cancer Care Hospice
‘Cudeca’. He was the founder of Varity Club in Spain and is currently
the Vice President of Marbella Jewish Community and also works with Age
for Concern, The Rees Daniels Fund, and other non-profit charities and
organizations.
Erick Hansen
Erick Hansen is the Founder and CEO of BlueRay Technologies, Inc. Mr.
Hansen was one of the original pioneers who helped develop DVD and
energized the enormous industry and consumer conversion that replaced
VHS. Now he is poised for a repeat performance with the revolutionary
Blu-Ray technology. Mr. Hansen’s has a vast knowledge of the technology
and entertainment industries and is considered one of the industry’s
leading experts and brightest stars. He began his film industry career
more than 20 years ago at MGM's Metro Color, a film processing and
special effects laboratory, and over the years he has worked on
countless projects with numerous industry leaders and icons including
Roy Disney and Steven Spielberg. Mr. Hansen was the founder and
president of HEI, a film distributor, and later went on to become one
of the top technologists in the DVD industry, helping to create the
first multi-angled DVD. Mr. Hansen founded the first DVD company in the
United States in 1995 and the first independent DVD manufacturing
facility in the world in 1997, and his involvement in the research and
development of the Blu-Ray technology dates back to 1999 in Amsterdam,
Netherlands. He is also considered an expert in various aspects of DVD
technology including areas such as digital delivery systems,
anti-piracy and anti-theft.
Mel McDonald
A. Melvin McDonald has been a partner in the law firm of Jones, Skelton
& Hochuli since 1985, where he practices in the areas of criminal
defense and major civil litigation. He is a former United States
Attorney for the District of Arizona, a former Superior Court Judge for
Maricopa County, and has taught Criminal Justice at Arizona State
University. Mr. McDonald received both his undergraduate and law degree
from the University of Utah and is admitted to practice in Arizona
state and federal courts.
Doug McHenry
Doug McHenry is an industry renowned Producer, Executive Producer,
Director and Music Director. His production company has produced many
prominent films, including “New Jack City”, “Jason's Lyric”, “A Thin
Line Between Love and Hate” and the series of “House Party” films, and
he has personally produced and/or directed more than a dozen films as
well as several hit TV programs. Mr. McHenry also helped develop the
screenplay to Sony’s recent hit “This Christmas”. Many of the
industry’s most successful studios have invested in his production
companies, including Warner Brothers, Sony and New Corp’s Twentieth
Century Fox. Mr. McHenry is a graduate of Stanford University with a
B.A. in Economics, and a graduate of the Harvard Law School and
Business School, where he successfully completed the JD/MBA program. He
has held executive positions with several studios including Polygram
and Embassy Pictures, where he was a senior business and financial
affairs executive. Mr. McHenry is currently the CEO and co-founder of
Elephant Walk Entertainment, which has produced over a dozen feature
films that have generated almost One Billion Dollars in worldwide
revenue. Mr. McHenry is a past member of the California Bar and is
currently on the advisory boards of NAFTC Studios and Gold Coast
Productions, as well as eWorld Companies, Inc. He is also a member of
the Directors Guild of America, Producer’s Guild of America and the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar). Mr. McHenry has
received numerous awards including an ACE for Cable programming
excellence and a NAACP Image Award. He also lectures on film finance
and is a founding partner of the Mid-Cap Film Fund.
Russ Regan
Russ Regan is one of the few people in music history who is credited
with creating over one billion record sales. Mr. Regan’s prescience was
sealed in history with his now-famous 1983 quote, “Someday you'll go to
a concert and by the time you leave you'll be able to buy the recording
of that night's show." Mr. Regan began his career as a recording artist
in the 1950’s and 60’s, and in 1961, when a friend asked him to suggest
a new name for a band called the Pendeltons that had just recorded a
song called "Surfin," Regan came up with one: The Beach Boys. In the
1960’s, as Promotional Director at Motown Records, his first project
was "Please Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes. He then went on to promote
songs by The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and Marvin
Gaye, which laid the foundation for its signature “Motown Sound”, and
also promoted many hit songs for Septor Records. He served as General
Manager of Loma records in 1966, where he helped Frank Sinatra record
"That's Life", and in 1967 became General Manger of Uni Records, a
division of MCA, Inc., where for $2,500 he purchased the rights to and
oversaw production and promotion of the mega-hit “Incense and
Peppermint” by Strawberry Alarm Clock. Mr. Regan became President of
20th Century Records in 1972 and General Manager of Polygram Records in
1980, and the hits kept coming. He signed such notables as Neil
Diamond, Elton John, Olivia Newton-John, Barry White, Hugh Masakela,
Maureen McGovern, The Allen Parsons Project, and many others, and in
1974, The Bill Gavin Report and The National Association of Record
Merchandisers named Russ Regan, “Record Executive of the Year”. Mr.
Regan was also instrumental in the marriage of pop music with movies,
spearheading such huge soundtrack successes as “Chariots of Fire”
“Flashdance”, “A Chorus Line”, “The Karate Kid”, “This is Spinal Tap”,
“The Poseidon Adventure”, “The Towering Inferno”, and many others. In
1986 he returned to Motown Records as President of the Creative
Division, where worked on Smokey Robinson’s successful comeback effort,
the platinum selling album “One Heartbeat” which included two top 10
singles, and where he remained until the company was sold in 1988.
Since then Mr. Regan has been continuously active as an independent
sound track consultant, and is in high demand for his talent for
identifying hits and his unique ability to stay in sync with the
popular music of the day.
Tom Trbovich
Tom Trbovich is recognized as a true pioneer in film, television and
music. His unique and distinguished career as a Director has spanned
decades of groundbreaking and legendary programming, and he has been
rewarded with multiple Grammy, Emmy and Ace Awards. Mr. Trbovich has
directed an astounding volume of projects numbering in thousands of
episodes of television. A sampling of his work include: “Muppets
Tonight” (ABC), “The Midnight Specials”, “Bosom Buddies” (ABC),
“Dinosaurs” (ABC), “Alice” (CBS), “Newhart (CBS), “Joanie Loves Chachi”
(ABC), “Brothers” (Showtime), “Full House” (ABC), “Webster” (ABC), “9
to 5” (ABC), “Laverne and Shirley” (ABC), “David Letterman” (NBC),
various “Tonight” shows with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno (NBC), “The
Andy Kaufman Special” (NBC), “Bette Midler’s Clams on the Half Shell
“(HBO), “Gary Shandling” (Showtime), “The 29th Emmy Awards”, “The 34th
Golden Globe Awards” and others. This barley touches the works of Tom
Trbovich, who has worked with dozens of additional television series
and specials as well as numerous music and concert series, “We Are the
World” (Grammy), "USA for Africa", “The Rolling Stones”, and “The Black
Crows". His credits are too vast to list and his contributions to the
entertainment industry have been immeasurable.