Our company is blessed to have a dedicated and inspiring board of directors, whose passion and vision are the driving forces behind our success.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
Ace Cruz
Founder | CEO
Raised in Los Angeles, filmmaker Ace Cruz aspired to work in the entertainment industry since the tender age of thirteen. He eventually earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts. After graduation, Cruz began his career as a theater actor and subsequently worked on several independent film projects. After ten years of experience in acting professionally in and around Hollywood, Ace returned to USC’s School of Cinematic Arts to study screenwriting and directing. He went on to produce six independent films, which he also wrote, directed, acted in, edited, and for which he negotiated worldwide distribution. One of these films, entitled “Outrage” and starring Michael Madsen, won “Best Picture” at the 2009 Action International Film Festival in Hollywood.
Cruz’s accumulated experience in making movies in both creative and business contexts positions him as a viable force in the Hollywood film industry. He has worked with A-list actors such as Michael Madsen (Sin City, Kill Bill), Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar Man), Michael Pare (Streets of Fire), Natasha Lyonne (American Pie), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), and many more. He understands how to achieve the best results from actors, writers, and editors, just as he understands the marketing and distribution process for cinema products.
Cruz believes in making movies that are both imaginative and entertaining, as well as commercially viable. He has attended the American Film Market and Cannes Film Festival for the past sixteen years in order to understand the psychology of popular audiences so that his films will, in turn, appeal as much as possible to the global market. His dedication toward learning everything there is to know about how to succeed in the Hollywood film industry has allowed him to focus more on Directing his independent projects.
The expertise he has acquired from the Hollywood film industry over the past twenty-five years positions Ace Cruz to make a box office hit and/or an Academy Award winner within the next few years.
Alan J. Bailey
CFO
Alan served as a Senior Financial Executive with Paramount Pictures for 35 years, including being its Senior Vice President and Treasurer (1974-2009). In this capacity, he was responsible for Paramount’s global financial management, including working and closing deals with investors seeking to invest in Paramount’s motion pictures, as well as supervising Paramount’s internal audit/compliance division; international finance and accounting; tax planning, compliance, and reporting; maximizing the recovery of production tax incentives and subsidies; and emergency preparedness planning. Since 2009, Alan has served as a “virtual” CFO to a number of emerging and start up publicly traded (OTC) companies and he is fully familiar with SEC reporting (10K’s and 10Q’s etc), reverse mergers and acquisitions, OTC Pink Sheet alternative reporting, preparation of business plans, financial accounting and reporting, S- 1’s, Regulation D (504) and Regulation A filings, business modelling and budgeting..
In his spare time, Alan founded and executive produced the Movieville International Film Festival, the Action on Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival and HopeFest, a Christian themed film festival. He also serves as the executive producer of family friendly lower budget/high quality motion pictures, digital and television content, and writes treatments and scripts for movie and TV projects.
In connection with entrepreneurial opportunities in Asia, Alan is the CFO of Hollywood Entertainment EDU which specializes in placing high achieving Chinese film students with leading educational institutions and film schools in the US and is the CFO of RPB Company Inc, which specializes in commodity trading with businesses based in China. Alan acts as a mentor and lecturer to Chinese film students and he is the co-founder and co-chairman of the Hollywood Short Film Association which supports, produces and distributes micro-films (content less than 30 minutes running time), worldwide.
Alan is a CPA and a Fellow of the Institute of UK Chartered Accountants, and is an alumni of public accounting firms Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton.
Randy Turrow
Producer and Director Guild of America
In his most recent production in December 2016, Mr. Turrow returned to his roots as a DGA Assistant Director and led a high-quality production team in delivering the picture with no overtime and two full days ahead of schedule and before that, he completed shooting for Warner Bros. Studios, the introductory presentation with host Ellen DeGeneres for their brand new multi-million-dollar interactive backlot tour. Primarily though, both in 2015 and 2017, Mr. Turrow’s attention was focused on successful seed funding for slate packaging and financing.
Mr. Turrow began his career in the ubiquitous ‘mail room’ of International Creative Management (ICM), and has gone on to be recognized by his peers as both an outstanding PGA Producer/Line Producer and DGA Unit Production Manager. Mr. Turrow’s early work at the visual effects/CGI firm, Shockwave, included projects such as Titanic and Starship Troopers where Turrow first learned the technical background to manage VFX productions. Further, from producing Adam Sandler’s and Billy Bob Thorton’s first feature to MTV’s #1 music videos and TV shows, Turrow has repeatedly demonstrated his management as well as consulting skills to both simplifying complex projects to an appropriate budget, including his ability to enable smaller projects as to ‘punch above their weight class’ through enhanced production value. A creator of forward thinking financing and incentives plans for the new transmedia platforms, Turrow utilizes this invaluable expertise for producing independent motion pictures simultaneously favoring both financial and creative centric.
MICHAEL MADSEN
Producer
Michael Soren Madsen is an American actor, poet and photographer. He appeared in over 150 films, including Reservoir Dogs, Thelma & Louise, Wyatt Earp, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, Species, Kill Bill, Sin City and The Hateful Eight, his fourth collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino. Madsen is also credited with voice work in several video games, including Grand Theft Auto III, True Crime: Streets of L.A., DRIV3R, Dishonored, The Walking Dead: Season Two and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
DENNIS VIRKLER
Oscar Nominee Editor
Dennis Virkler is an American film editor with more than forty credits dating from 1973. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Film Editing, and has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.
RICHARD ANDERSON
Oscar Winner Sound Design
Richard L. Anderson is an American sound effects editor, best known for Raiders of Lost Ark. He has been nominated twice for sound editing, and received a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1981. He has nearly 140 film credits since his start in 1972.
BEN SABLAN
Action Director
Ben Sablan is a multi-talented individual with a diverse range of skills and expertise. He is a world-renowned Hollywood fight choreographer who has worked on numerous blockbuster movies, and he is also an expert in precision driving and a bodyguard to Hollywood stars. As an MMA coach, he has trained elite fighters, and his knowledge of combat and weapons is recognized by the military. Ben is an expert in creating action stunts that look great on screen, and he is trained in many different styles of martial arts, including wing chun, kung fu, and mixed martial arts. He received his training from kung fu masters associated with the Sholinmonk monasteries.
In addition to his martial arts skills, Ben is also a healer who uses energetic medicine and acupuncture where he studied in Taipei, Taiwan to help his clients achieve optimal health and wellness. He also attended the USC School of Sports Medicine, where he studied kinesiology and herbal medicine, giving him a unique perspective on the human body's physical and energetic systems. With his broad range of talents and expertise, Ben Sablan is a true Renaissance man who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to everything he does.