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With over 30 years in the film industry, Expert has a unique understanding of all aspects of the business and its various entities interact. His background as a talent agent for actors, writers and directors, as a studio-based production executive, executive consultant, producer, writer, and executive producer, as well as a long history in the world of Giant Screen Cinema working for SONY and IMAX amongst others gives him a significant knowledge base, skillset, and insight into the industry. As a pioneer in the world of 3D cinema for IMAX and with a long history of commercial cinema work experience, Expert has expertise in the areas of production, distribution, and exhibition of films, entertainment start-ups, digital cinema, negotiating, and dealmaking. He has hands on business experience with both commercial cinema, and institutional venues like museums, zoos, and aquaria. He can take any project from the research phase, through creative inception to realization.

Expert has many years of experience developing stories and film scripts in the motion picture industry. He has particularly expertise in developing site specific material for museums, amusement parks and other venues in the institutional marketplace. Regarded as an expert in the development and production of destination films in the IMAX world, he has written and line-produced projects for new theaters in New York, Hawaii, and San Francisco. As head of worldwide film and distribution for the IMAX Corporation, he oversaw the company's roll out of new films and the ongoing exhibition of its entire film library. He continues to be active in the IMAX arena.

He has consulted for a major investment bank interested in acquiring a public company in the entertainment space. He prepared an exhaustive analysis of the target company, its history, present condition, and future prospects using personal; sources and available financial information.He consulted for a major Consumer Electronics company during its roll out of 3D TV.He provided full background on a major film and TV studio across many of its business sectors. He has helped analysts and principals understand the 3D digital conversion options from all angles: technology, finance, deal structure, ticketing, equipment variations, as well as the meaning of it all.