Tim Chonacas
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Chonacas Is the Founder and CEO of Untouchable. Chonacas has been an accomplished entrepreneur from a young age, long before moving to Los Angeles. In his hometown of Detroit, Michigan he started out life as a creative, excelling in drawing and graphic design. His true passion ultimately became photography, as his keen eye and ability to truly capture everything and anything he saw before him. This ability to observe unique beauty led him to win awards, scholarships in the arts and notoriety.
Chonacas, raised in a large low-income family, knew it would be a long hard road as an artist; and passed on scholarships and other opportunities presented before him. He followed his intuition and decided to put all focus on gaining as much knowledge and understanding there was in business, day in and day out, it was his only priority. Immediately, he experienced the results and became a well-respected luxury motor sports salesman which allowed him to purchase a small chain of tanning salons which progressed into the Realty space, and flipping houses without any help from anyone or banking institutions. At this point, filled with abundance and knowledge from his personal success with equity in his favor, Chonacas sold his businesses and went back to his calling to pursue his innate love of the arts.
Chonacas has been in the independent film world for the last 15 years. In 2008 began to raising production financing for a top film development and production company and he did so for a number of productions up until 2013. Through his time with this company he built up a vast network of contacts that are the leaders of the independent film industry. Untouchable is a well known Independent Feature film Production Company to date, Chonacas and Untouchable are primarily known for Executive Producing titles such as Kilimanjaro (2013), Some Velvet Morning (2013), All Eyes on Me "2Pac" (2017) and Inconceivable (2017), has an additional four credited and ten uncredited films and another fifteen (25) in development and production with a few leading producers. Tim's ability to negotiate and use of his connections in the industry has been instrumental in finding productions for the Fund & Untouchable. Tim's accomplishments and industry wide respect from his peers lead him to being approached to run a film fund on the Paramount Pictures Studio lot which under his control was a great success and because of that it led him to establish his own Film Fund.
In 2018 Chonacas went on to found and form Gold Tree, asked his Attorney William J. Immerman to join him after having a 11 year ongoing producing and professional relationship. During this time Chonacas was able to secure a number of sought after productions for the company with great A- List talent attachments. Chonacas secured $50,000,000 in equity financing through his long relationships with a Bank & Trust but due to the global hardship caused by the Covid- 19 Pandemic lost it and was able to pivot the investment into $90,000,000 USD in collateral which is still held by the company today. Even after this Chonacas continued to push forward through the pandemic and was able to secure a deal for $100,000,000 USD in capital which is still to be raised this year with a new Bank & Trust.
Chonacas now in 2022 has Founded and Formed Gold Tree Studios first location with his long time Friend/ Film Development Financing Partner Rom Alborzi along with his film partner Immerman. It is located in West Hollywood on the legendary Sunset Strip located in the heart of it Sunset Plaza. This studio is second to none and will be the new standard for post productions services and facilities throughout the industry.
Chonacas, raised in a large low-income family, knew it would be a long hard road as an artist; and passed on scholarships and other opportunities presented before him. He followed his intuition and decided to put all focus on gaining as much knowledge and understanding there was in business, day in and day out, it was his only priority. Immediately, he experienced the results and became a well-respected luxury motor sports salesman which allowed him to purchase a small chain of tanning salons which progressed into the Realty space, and flipping houses without any help from anyone or banking institutions. At this point, filled with abundance and knowledge from his personal success with equity in his favor, Chonacas sold his businesses and went back to his calling to pursue his innate love of the arts.
Chonacas has been in the independent film world for the last 15 years. In 2008 began to raising production financing for a top film development and production company and he did so for a number of productions up until 2013. Through his time with this company he built up a vast network of contacts that are the leaders of the independent film industry. Untouchable is a well known Independent Feature film Production Company to date, Chonacas and Untouchable are primarily known for Executive Producing titles such as Kilimanjaro (2013), Some Velvet Morning (2013), All Eyes on Me "2Pac" (2017) and Inconceivable (2017), has an additional four credited and ten uncredited films and another fifteen (25) in development and production with a few leading producers. Tim's ability to negotiate and use of his connections in the industry has been instrumental in finding productions for the Fund & Untouchable. Tim's accomplishments and industry wide respect from his peers lead him to being approached to run a film fund on the Paramount Pictures Studio lot which under his control was a great success and because of that it led him to establish his own Film Fund.
In 2018 Chonacas went on to found and form Gold Tree, asked his Attorney William J. Immerman to join him after having a 11 year ongoing producing and professional relationship. During this time Chonacas was able to secure a number of sought after productions for the company with great A- List talent attachments. Chonacas secured $50,000,000 in equity financing through his long relationships with a Bank & Trust but due to the global hardship caused by the Covid- 19 Pandemic lost it and was able to pivot the investment into $90,000,000 USD in collateral which is still held by the company today. Even after this Chonacas continued to push forward through the pandemic and was able to secure a deal for $100,000,000 USD in capital which is still to be raised this year with a new Bank & Trust.
Chonacas now in 2022 has Founded and Formed Gold Tree Studios first location with his long time Friend/ Film Development Financing Partner Rom Alborzi along with his film partner Immerman. It is located in West Hollywood on the legendary Sunset Strip located in the heart of it Sunset Plaza. This studio is second to none and will be the new standard for post productions services and facilities throughout the industry.