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- A native of Minnesota, Alex M. Cooper, M.A. works as Newscast Director (ELC Operator) for FOX 9 KMSP TV in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He holds a 2011 Upper Midwest Regional Emmy® Award for ELC Operator of "Fox 9 Buzz" as well as a 2005 Upper Midwest Student Award for Excellence submitted for work on "One Great Teacher", while a junior at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
He also holds Upper Midwest Regional Emmy® nominations for Director of "FOX 9 News 10 @ 10" (2016 nominee for Director - APC [automated production control]), Director of "Alex Cooper Composite" (2015 nominee for Director - APC [automated production control]), Director of "Fox 9 Morning News at 7AM" (2014 nominee for Newscast - Daytime - Markets 1-20), Director of "Fox 9 Morning News at 8AM" (2013 nominee for Director - Live or Live-to-tape), Director of "Fox 9 Morning News at 8AM" (2013 nominee for Director - APC [automated production control]), Director of "Fox 9 Buzz" (2012 nominee for Newscast - Daytime - Markets 1-20), and Director of "Fox 9 Morning News at 5AM" (2012 nominee for Director - Newscast).
His education includes an M.A. in Strategic Communication Management (2014 - Concordia University, Saint Paul, Minnesota), B.A. in Communications / A.A.S. in Environmental Safety & Security Technologies (2012 - Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey), A.A. in Accounting & Mass Communication (2012 - Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota), and Certificates in Management (2011), Human Resource Management (2011), and Marketing Management (2012) also from Normandale Community College (Bloomington, Minnesota).
Alex Cooper's work in television began during high school and experiences available through KHOP-TV, the Hopkins School District's television program, fostered the skills and passion to grow. From there, Cooper found a role operating a studio camera was available at nearby FOX 9 KMSP-TV and began his media career through growth from 2006 through present in roles of studio camera operator, audio operator, robotic camera operator, floor director, technical operations center [TOC]/engineering coordinator [ENCOR], master control operator [MCO], and now operates with the primary responsibility of directing newscasts through the use of Sony ELC Automated Production Control software.
Additional freelance work has been completed on Nationally Televised FOX Sports events including 2009-10 Minnesota Vikings Games held at the Metrodome in Minneapolis (Bears "A" game and Cowboys NFC Playoff game) and the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game held at Target Field in Minneapolis. Roles at these events included setup/teardown, parabolic audio [PARAB], cabling support, and dugout lighting. - Actor
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Andrei Iordache (born November 7, 1993 in Stefanesti, Arges) is a Romanian theatre and film actor. After graduating from high school in 2013, Andrei briefly attended the Hyperion University, Bucharest, where he studied drama. He finished his acting studies on "Hyperion" University Bucharest, Arts College in 2016. His first movie role was "Sorin", a teenagers short movie called "Elevul profesor" ( 2010 ).- Producer
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Andrew M.A. Spear is an award winning writer, director who has worked in television as a commercial producer and now, through his production company, MacSpear Film, he has written, produced and directed short films that have been official selections at international film festivals, from Los Angeles to Chicago to Toronto to London to Berlin to Sweden to Madrid.- Colin is a former investment banker turned entrepreneur and investor interested in how technology can be a catalyst for change in otherwise mature industry verticals, both B2B and B2C. Despite it being gauche he still likes to use the word 'disruptive' (if it isn't broke, don't fix it) and in his spare time does his best to continue as an active member of the New York investment community with a particular focus on businesses in which he can come in and make a real positive impact through his experience in finance and entrepreneurship.
Colin has been interviewed and featured in a variety of industry publications on topics ranging from venture fundraising, investing business strategies, and tactics. Colin has also written for a variety of industry-leading publications like Fast Company and Inc Magazine and occasionally posts his rantings and ravings on Medium. - Actress
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Cynthia DeCure was born in Bronx, New York, was raised in Puerto Rico. She is bilingual actress and writer, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), The Mambo Kings (1992) and The Playground (2013). She is also a dialect coach specializing in accents of Spanish. She has been married to Reef Dance, Bluebird Rising, author John DeCure since May 15, 1993. They have three children.- Actor
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Danny Cortenraede is a serial entrepreneur, and investor based in Los Angeles, CA. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of InStudio Ventures, a venture firm with a strong focus on emerging sports, technology, and media companies.
As a seasoned entrepreneur (5X founder) and investor, Cortenraede has built several successful companies on a global scale in the last few years. He earned his Executive MBA from Harvard Business School.
Besides this Cortenraede is also a co-star, and judge of the hottest new business reality streaming TV series Unicorn Hunters. Cortenraede stars alongside the likes of Co-Founder Apple Steve Wozniak, 43rd Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, Former advisor Joe Biden Moe Vela, and several other business titans and luminaries.
Cortenraede is selected as one of the top innovators in North America in 2022 by Sportstech X and has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, and Entrepreneur for his business success.
Due to his entrepreneurial and corporate background, he has developed and maintained relationships with an extensive network of (C-suite) senior executives at many Fortune 500 companies. Over the last 18+ years, Danny has built strong personal and professional relationships with global investors, (U)HNWI, family offices, and the world's top athletes.- Actress
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Dora Kiss was born in Budapest, Hungary. She resides in Los Angeles. She is fluent both in English and Hungarian. Dora speaks with an American accent. She has been a member of The Actors' Gang Theatre company (Art.Dir. Tim Robbins) for ten years. Dora is an All-American, formal pro tennis player.- Writer
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Jason "The Bull" Miller is the founder and CEO of Strategic Advisor Board. He is a seasoned CEO with overwhelming passion to help other business owners and CEO's succeed. He is also the creator of the famous Strategic Advisor Board Podcast "War Room Round Table" (Top 1.5% podcasts Worldwide), where him and his co-host and prior podcast host of Entrepreneur and Inc. Magazines Podcast talk about business and how one can leave a footprint.- Production Manager
Jay is a personable, high-energy, and fun guy from down under Australia who is passionate about people and their stories.
A man who loves to bring joy to anyone and any room he has shown people globally when you believe in yourself, you can do anything you want.
From starting his career as a magician to working as a TV host then to a speaker for fortune 100 companies and now to helping people grow their personal brand, he believes it all starts from within and that self-belief.
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Jay born Joshua was a guy who has always loved to be in front of a crowd whether big or small. Wanting to play soccer at a young age he realized his love for the field was lost after standing on stage and making people smile, laugh, and bring joy to everyone.
At 15 years old, he saw a TV show called street magic with David Blaine which showed him the possibility of making this hobby into a full-time career- Julie Elaine Brown is a serial entrepreneur and a veteran of the interactive industry, with 18 years experience as a digital marketer and strategist. She is the former C.E.O. of a Series A-1 funded health & wellness ecommerce platform, whose assets were sold in 2010. Prior to the startup she was an in-house digital strategy consultant for Johnson & Johnson, where a primary initiative was building Strength for Caring, a marketplace and community for elder caregivers (now a part of AARP). Her work won several Freddy Awards. She has helped build the strategic digital foundation, and online marketing/customer experience plans for more than 150 companies including StubHub (sold to eBay), Microsoft CIO, Visa USA, CNNsi, Sega, Pet Dialog (A Zoetis/Pfizer brand), NRG Energy, Reliant Consumer, Years of Living Dangerously, and more. She holds an M.A. in Journalism from Northeastern University, and a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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With only a few years experience in the film industry, I have traveled the world to complete documentary films with international crews, worked on commercial productions in Europe and the USA, and have two TV-series in pre-productiion as the writer/producer/director. One an action thriller set in Medellin, Colombia and one a comedy set in Astoria (Queens), NYC. The passion I have for filmmaking though is not only to move forward in my own career and create great films, but to also help others in pursuit of their passion projects throughout the world. Toward this end, I work with U.S. Military veteran filmmakers and other indies through our production company HPB Media Group Inc. as well as through Veterans in Media & Entertainment. I also had the great pleasure to work with fellow graduates of the New York Film Academy on documentary projects of note.- Producer
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A product of Port Talbot - the same industrial town in South Wales that takes credit for Sirs Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins - Mark Williams began his career by working as a stage-hand with a local theatre company, and studied drama under the guidance of director Steve Hearne and local actor Meyrick Sheen - father of current Hollywood favourite Michael Sheen.
As an undergraduate, Mark studied Film and Literature under Professor Colin MacCabe and Drs Stacy Gillis and James Lyons at the University of Exeter, where he excelled in the study of gender roles in film. His thesis on inverted gender roles in popular culture was published in 2004. Although heavily rooted in film theory, he also studied screenwriting under British sitcom veteran Sue Teddern, and award-winning short film maker Jane Devoy, and became involved with a collective of students writing and producing short films.
Following a brief stint as a stage-hand at London's West End Mark went on to study at the International Film School of Wales, where he met long-term collaborators Christopher Bolton and Peter Edgar. It was here that Mark found his niche as a Producer, concurrently producing three 10-minute shorts, each differing in style and genre (a studio-based Western, an Action-Thriller and a Period Drama). Following the successful completion of the MA Film programme, Mark continued to work with Edgar and Bolton under the Double Down Flicks banner, taking the three completed shorts out onto the festival circuit, while developing a number of feature-length scripts, and producing two award-nominated 3-minute shorts.
In 2009, Mark's first feature screenplay - The Other Woman - won the Dylan Thomas Award for Best Original Screenplay at the Swansea Bay Film Festival, followed by Selections and Nominations at numerous other festivals around the globe. Between 2010 and 2012 Mark produced the company's first feature-length project - Double Top.- Director
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Born in 1992 in Iran, he has started his theater journey at the age of 16 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and did his postgraduate studies at Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts. More than seven public performances of his plays have been staged by Iran's prestigious theater groups. His first play "Tab Told T" has received recognition from 32th Fajr International Theatre Festival. The play has also recieved Akbar Radi Scriptwriting Grand Prize from International University Theatre Festival in 2015. His second play Naser Saeed Tehrani has won the Best Script from 17th International University Theatre Festival in 2015. His first publication named "Naser Saeed Tehrani with an introduction by Dr Naghme Samini has also been Introduced to the public shortly afterwards. He also wrote another book named Bam which published by Kian Afraz Publishing house. His first short film titled "Vacation" has been nominated in Nahal International Student Film Festival in 2017. His second film jointly by Tooka tahaei titled "A Winter Story" has been selected in festival of independent short film critics in 2018. In 2021, The play titled Drunkness of the deep based on the text "One Thousand and One Nights" has been performed internationally in France, Germany, Belgium and Norway. It has been nominated at Figura Theatre Festival, the 15th International Biennale of Puppetry and Visual Theatre in Baden Switzerland. 2020. His play script named Khak Sefid has been nominated for the best Script from the 40th Fajr International Theatre Festival in February 2022. with Public performances of 80 nights. He was the Screenwriter and Director of four short television films (15 minutes each) Ali Hatami Biography: Ali's Childhood, Mother's Child, Cinema Town, Hatami & Double. Screenwriter and Director of four short television films (15 minutes each). Subject: Mirzadeh Eshghi Biography. Nimaye Mirzadeh, Assassination by Appeal, Mirzadeh in love, The long course of the day in Mirzadeh night. Screenwriter and Director of four short television films (15 minutes each) Subject: Hossein Behzad Biography. Hossein Naqal, Painter's Line, Behzad Koktou, Shirin & Behzad. His two recent work titled "Sizdah Be Dar" in 2023 and "Noah's Ark" in 2024 has received recognition from critics.- M.A. Hennessy is an actor and writer, having performed on stage and in films. As a writer he has produced/published plays in Los Angeles, and continues to pound his keyboard fervently. His most recent script, Hey Bus Driver, was recently optioned, and he is currently developing a horror/thriller concept. He has published three e-novels in various genres.
- Maria was born in Buzau, Romania, in November 1987. She moved to London in 2010 where, after completing her training, she joined Playades Theatre company and worked with them on three subsequent shows that ran in London and Edinburgh. Alongside theatre and voiceover work, Maria also appeared in a number of short films and two features. She is the co-founder of Fanny Pack Theatre, a London-based international company which brings together up-and-coming artists to create theatre work centered around the stories of contemporary women.
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Misan Akuya is among one of Hollywood's next wave of young talent. Born in Columbia Maryland on September 11 1992, Misan enjoyed the art of acting and filmmaking at a young age. Misan began acting in community theater and even made his first short film at age 11, a cut out animated short called going to war. But from, 2006 to 2011 Misan was away from acting and focused on high school and the sport of auto racing.
Being with a part as a union soldier in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Misan began acting in films such as A Split Personality, Troop 491: The Adventures of the Muddy Lions, Koming from Afrika, & Growing up in two. Misan also appeared on an episode of Veep,, all the while studying theater at Montgomery College.
In July 2014 Misan moved to Los Angeles California to further pursue his career. He played supporting roles in the short film The Anarchist Theory, and the t.v series One Big Happy. But 2014 marked when Misan Akuya added writer and director to his credits with writing, directing, and starring in two student films: A stop motion short called I'm A Vampire, and a live action dramatic short called Mastery.
In 2015 Misan worked on his third short that he wrote, directed, starred in and co composed another live action dramatic short called Elsewhere. Elsewhere playing in the Maryland International Film Festival and The Wiper Film festival. It has since been picked up by Shorts International T.V, the biggest name in short films, for their channel. Afterwards Misan appeared in the music video, Hollywood Rain, and in the film, True to the game.
In 2016, Misan went back to his stop animation roots and wrote, produced, and directed Spider, a stop animation short in which he provided the voices for the only two characters. Misan voice directed and starred in a radio play version of Edgar Allan Poe's only play, Politian that same year. He also joined the voice cast of the Monroes, an animated web series.
Currently, Misan is continuing to hone his acting ability at Anthony Meindel's Acting Worskshop. The same acting school that Shailene Woodly attends.
As Misan continues his career he also continues his love of racing. Misan continues to race in go kart races around the country. Misan is a multi instrumentalist playing the guitar, drums, piano, and clarinet.- Morgan Saylor is an American actress, born in Chicago and raised in Atlanta. Her love of acting was apparent at an early age. She began in theater, performing in local and regional stage productions. In 2009, Morgan was cast as Dana Brody, on Showtime's "Homeland". The acclaimed television show was filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina, which allowed her to travel back and forth while still attending public high school. After the show's completion, Saylor moved to New York in 2013. Based in Brooklyn, she has shuffled between theatre and feature films. She starred alongside Kevin Costner in Disney's "McFarland", originated the role of Penny in When We Were Young and Unafraid at the Manhattan Theatre Club and as Leah in the Sundance-breakout film "White Girl". As of 2017, Morgan attends the University of Chicago, studying mathematics. In 2019, Morgan starred in "Blow the Man Down", which was released by Amazon Studios. As of 2020, Morgan attends Columbia University.
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Born in El Centro, California on March 6, 1985, Robert Gonzalez's love of acting started at a very young age. As a child Robert liked to do impersonations of "The King of Rock and Roll" Elvis Presley, dancing and singing to "The King's" music in front of family and friends. His childhood interest for the performing arts pushed him to audition for a theater company in his home county. From the time he was seven to the age of seventeen, he appeared in several plays and musicals. Robert portrayed the role of the Tin Man in the American classic "The Wizard of Oz.". He also portrayed the role of La Muerte (Death) in the acclaimed Latin-American play "El Soldado Razo," written by well known Chicano playwright Luis Valdez. During this time, his interest in film and television also grew and he was sought after to participate in "IVTV Kids," a FOX local television news show for tweens. It is there that he got his first experience in television. Once he graduated from high school, Robert decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting in the film and television industry. While in Los Angeles, Robert attended dramatic schools and received private coaching. Since then, Robert has appeared in the Paramount/MTV Pictures production of "Freedom Writers" starring Hilary Swank. He has also starred in the Universal Pictures production of George Romero's third installment of the "Creepshow" series. In addition, Robert has starred and participated in independent and short films; and has had the opportunity to work and collaborate with many people in the entertainment industry. Overall, Robert has amassed over fifteen years of theater, television, and film experience; and continues to grow as an actor, and more importantly, as a person.- Actress
Ruba Zarour is a Lebanese-American actress, currently based in Dubai who is fluent in English, Arabic and French. Her most recent feature film "All roads lead to Rome" (Working Title) directed by Lara Saba will be released in June 2022 and her latest series "The Vulture" directed by Mohammad Toba will be on Shahid in April 2022. Ruba has played a variety of roles throughout her career in Theater, Film and TV.
In 2015, Ruba landed her first lead role in the feature film "Cash Flow 2", directed by Sami Koujan. Few months after completing the film she was cast as the lead role in the feature film "Listen", directed by the renowned French-Lebanese Director Philippe Arictingi. Her other projects include Seif Elsbei's "In your Absence" (2019) alongside actor Yazan Khalil, TV show "Awake" by Mazen Fayad that got picked up by European broadcaster "Arte".- Producer
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Two-time Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist turned film and TV producer Stephanie Frederic is the CEO and Chief Content Officer of FGW Productions. She holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Oklahoma and spent many years in the industry working for King World Productions' Inside Edition, American Journal, Black Entertainment TV and a host of other local stations around the country including KRON-San Francisco (NBC), KRIV -Houston (FOX), KWTV-Oklahoma City (CBS) and KLAX, Alexandria, LA.
However, it was Frederic's long-time fascination with movies that led her to take the leap from weather and news reporter to television and film productions. Over the years, FGW Productions has become a key player with some of Hollywood's major studios and television networks. The team at FGW Productions is comprised of visual storytellers. Clients love that they're a one-stop-shop with the ability to craft a compelling story from beginning to end creating concepts, producing and editing, designing movies trailers and behind-the-scenes marketing content that speaks to audiences of color.
Frederic is living her dream through FGW Productions having secured ongoing projects with such clients as Universal Pictures, Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Lionsgate, Morgan Creek, NBC TV Network, A&E, OWN, PBS, BET, TV ONE and major brands like Lexus, and Lincoln to name a few plus FGW has the plum assignment of working the prestigious Academy Awards for the last decade.
Her creative team is one of the most-sought-after idea factories in Hollywood. Some of Frederic's behind-the-scenes productions include: Girls Trip (starring Queen Latifah & Jada Pinkett-Smith, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish); and All Eyez On Me (The biopic of legendary artist/rapper/poet/activist Tupac Shakur), Night School starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, American Gangster with Denzel Washington, Tyler Perry's Nobody's Fool (2018) and Shaft (2019) Can you dig it?
FGW's other BTS productions include: Award-winning and Oscar-nominated, 12 Years A Slave; run-away hit, Ride Along, which claimed the #1 spot three consecutive weeks at the box office with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart and Ride Along 2; Best Man's Holiday - the sequel to The Best Man - was a box office hit after 15 years between projects. Disney's Princess and The Frog has a special place in Frederic's heart because it was a game changer for young African American girls to see themselves portrayed on the big screen as a beautiful princess.
The NAACP Image Award-nominated Light Girls - a 2-hour special for Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network - was a culturally significant doc focusing on colorism and healing. The broadcast created a firestorm of conversations and controversy on social media. Renowned gospel singer Donnie McClurkin entrusted FGW to produce his life story and the inspirational music documentary won film festivals around the globe. In November 2017, Frederic's FGW productions teamed with prestigious cabler A&E Networks and presented a six-part investigative docu-series, "Who Killed Tupac?" Stephanie was the EP for all six shows. She also EP's HBO's First Look special for "All Eyez on Me."
FGW Productions continues to get the calls from Hollywood because they're not afraid of hard work and they deliver communities of color. They have a proven track record and they know their audiences and audiences respect and respond to their content.- Born and raised in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Suksham immigrated to Canada at the age of 10. He attended the Radio and Television program at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton.
Upon graduating, Suksham followed his passion for acting. After relocating to British Columbia, he has focused on his acting career, immersing himself in the performing arts. He plans to break barriers restraining his community and people with his work in film and theatre. Suksham is also an avid lover of music, particularly rap and hip-hop. - His father was a famous animated film director, and possibly due to this, he also became an artist. His career started really promisingly. As a college student he acted in a serial Angyalbörben (1990).
From middle of the 1990s, he dubbed a lot. Most people know him as the Hungarian dubbing voice of Will Smith. He did his work always magnificently: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), Bad Boys (1995), Independence Day (1996), Men in Black (1997), Wild Wild West (1999), Men in Black II (2002). He suffered from an intense emotional disease. He wasn't even 40 years old when he died. - Additional Crew
Taylor's career began when he was 15. An intrepid young man who, strapped for cash, taught himself to cut hair. He practiced on his friends, diligently honing his skills until one day, someone took notice and hired him sight unseen to work in his barbershop.
By the next year, Perry was enrolled in cosmetology school, simultaneously working toward a license and servicing clients.
It was around this time that Perry also picked up tattooing, buying equipment and teaching himself how to draw, mix colors and shade designs like the artists he'd admired.
Tattooing only lasted a couple of years, finding himself distracted from his true ambition-cutting hair-Perry committed to being a barber full time. He spent years working at South Florida's most well-known and highest-rated shops while he gained a following and grew his clientele across South Florida. It was a steady climb propelled by an unwavering work ethic and a very important lesson instilled in him early by one of his peers. "If I accept the task, I have to do it to the best of my abilities," Perry recalls. "If you sit in my chair and I accept you as my client, I have to give you my best possible work because that's my face."- Actress
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Vanessa Lau is an online entrepreneur, social media educator, and content marketing expert. She teaches new entrepreneurs how to build their influence and scale their businesses using the power of social media. After quitting her 9-5, she started a YouTube channel and amassed a digital reach of 600k+ subscribers on YouTube and over 200k+ followers on Instagram, all while building a multi-million dollar digital education business. Today she's passionate about helping creators and entrepreneurs tap into the social media space so they can monetize their expertise and create global impact.