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Glen Reynolds founded Circus Road Films in 2006 to provide strategic advisory services to independent filmmakers. Circus Road guides filmmakers through the festival and distribution process and negotiates licensing agreements on their behalf.
Glen has participated in the sales of over 900 narrative and documentary feature films with many of them premiering at Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, Cinequest, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Fantastic, Telluride and Toronto. Distributors of these films include Fox, Sony, Warner Bros, Universal, Lions Gate, Magnolia, IFC, Strand, Oscilloscope, Drafthouse, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, Starz, Lifetime, ESPN and Syfy.
Some favorite films sold include the first films of some successful filmmakers such as Absentia, written and directed by Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass); Pop Skull, written and directed by Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs Kong); and Newlyweeds, written and directed by Shaka King. (Judas and the Black Messiah).
Recent work includes The Neon Highway (Netflix) with Beau Bridges, Clean (Tribeca/IFC Films) with Adrien Brody, My Dead Dad (HBO) and 18½ with Willa Fitzgerald (101 Films).
Glen has also co-produced twenty films to date including his favorite Conversations with Other Women which premiered at Telluride and stars Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter, and Olivia Wilde. Other great production experiences include developing two projects with Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) and co-producing five films with Ram Bergman (producer of Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi).
Milan Chakraborty is a credited producer on 20 independent films including “My Friend Dahmer,” “Assassination Nation”, “The Lifeguard,” “Where Hope Grows” and “Plus One.”
Milan brings his active slate of feature projects into Marginal’s growing roster of mid-market to micro-budget independent films that focus on genre storytelling from marginalized voices. His diverse slate of projects focuses on Asian American, Black, LGBTQ, mental health and disability communities.
Starting his career at Warner Bros Pictures in production finance and accounting, Chakraborty traveled across the globe with production teams for over a dozen films including “Batman Begins,” “V For Vendetta,” “Superman Returns” and “A History of Violence.” After leaving the traditional media scene, he went into independent production. Chakraborty said it feels like the perfect time to tell resonant stories featuring characters that historically haven’t been centered.
Producing with an Actress, Producer, Screenwriter, Director A'Noelle Jackson
Founded by Deb Tam and Co-Founded by David Scarpetti, Radi$h is a hybrid production company and creative venture platform reimagining how entertainment is made, owned, and monetized. Radi$h is both the film and the future business behind it—artist-led, equity-aligned, brand-integrated IP designed to move culture and scale long-term value.
Radi$h seeks geniuses with the gift of seeing and shaping future trends—those who intuitively understand audiences and can execute high-level creative and strategic visions across worlds. Their collaborators come from every sector—film, finance, fashion, DTC, tech—behind some of your favorite movies and brands. Built like a studio, with the rigor of a startup and the structure of a fund. Think: Supreme meets Brat meets A24 meets Fidelity meets a seasonal collection by Virgil Abloh.
From her first Primetime Emmy for NBC's Heroes 360 campaign, to her recent Sundance winning and BAFTA nominated documentary, Daughters, Lisa Mazzotta dedicates herself to producing stories and projects with impact.
Raised in Ontario, Canada, she found her passion for storytelling at an early age through dance, music and comedic performance. She started writing, directing and performing in plays at the age of 10 and although she was set to study life sciences in university, her heart took her to film before the end of her first semester. She's been working as a producer in film and television ever since.
Daughters is a true story about girls and their jailed dads. Daughters is a Netflix documentary which reunites four girls with their jailed dads through dance. Natalie Rae and Angela Patton are behind this extraordinary film. The film is set in Washington DC and has won a Sundance prize.
Mike Blizzard is a former political & public relations consultant who emerged onto the film scene in 2014 as producer of the award-winning NO NO: A DOCUMENTARY, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and has been licensed by Showtime, Netflix, and ESPN.
Mike is a Producer of Netflix' HIT MAN with Glen Powell - read more on IMDb!
His directorial debut, the 2018 experimental documentary ALSO STARRING AUSTIN, screened at the Dallas and Austin Film Festivals and played to sold out crowds at AFS Cinema and other regional cinemas.
More recently Mike teamed with Oscar-nominated writer/director Richard Linklater as producer of the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, and the Netflix film APOLLO 10 ½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD - which premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival and their recent film was a hit: HITMAN starring Glenn Powell on Netflix.
Mike currently serves on the Board of Directors of Austin Film Society, and previously served two terms as Board President.
Independent feature film producer Franco Sama boasts a remarkable and extensive history in public speaking public relations and nearly two decades of independent film development, production, and financing experience.
Sama, a proud Producer's Guild of America (PGA) member, serves as Chair of the Member Events Committee, has Executive Produced and produced/co-produced an impressive array of over twenty-four (24) successful independent feature films. These films most notably include "Guns, Girls and Gambling" starring Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, and Dane Cook, which is now a cult favorite; this film acquired a distribution deal from Universal Home Entertainment.
Other films Sama has executive produced include "Black Limousine" starring David Arquette and Vivica Fox; "Tooth and Nail" starring Michael Madsen and Vinnie Jones, and "Paid" starring Corbin Bernsen. Sama also serves as Executive Producer on the film festival darling "Petunia," starring Thora Birch, Brittany Snow, and Academy Award winner Christine Lahti.
Mr. Throwback is a six-episode mockumentary-style gem “about forgiveness…and the undeniable power of Stephen Curry,” laughs
Matthew Libman, who co-wrote Throwback with brother Daniel and series creator David Caspe.
Libman also serves as Executive producer on Mr. Throwback.
Libman's credits include other hit shows, such as How I met your father, Robot Chicken, Solar Opposites, Black Monday, and many more.
Originally from Chicago, Brittani Nichols is a writer, actor, and comedian living in Los Angeles. Suicide Kale, the feature she produced, wrote, and starred, won numerous awards including the Audience Award at Outfest and Newfest.
Brittani has appeared on the Emmy-nominated television shows, Transparent and A Black Lady Sketch Show. She is currently a producer and writer on ABC's Emmy-winning hit show, Abbott Elementary.
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