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W. Johan Sturm
President and CEO of Animated Family Films
Johan Sturm offers AnimatedFilms leadership and experience built up over four successful decades in various international businesses. He trained as an accountant, but his entrepreneurial instincts led him into his own business endeavors following his training. To date, these have included, a national fast food franchise chain and extensive property development in South Africa, among others. Johan launched his first film company, Eternal Productions, in 1997, and has subsequently built distribution companies in the United States, South Africa, Australia and Europe, with an international network of preferred partners.
Johan has also produced a number of films, including The Lazarus Phenomenon which has been seen by literally millions of viewers across the world. Johan has an extensive knowledge in the faith‐based market, as well as in other family friendly related genre. He also holds Directorships in the several corporations which all relate to the movie industry. Johan strives to bring a talented fusion of young talent and experience to create films that surpass expectations.
Johan’s vision is “to bring back family values to movies.” Johan not only understands the film industry, but also see the influence of films on society and the general decline of morals or values in films today. He does not want to just entertain his audience for the 2 hours that they sit in the theater, but he wants his films to live in the hearts and minds of everyone.
Johan not only holds the storylines of his films to higher standards, but he also believes that the quality of his pictures should be held to the highest quality and animation as the most current successful films. Johan prides himself on staying current on the latest trends and technologies of the film industry. His most recent film “The Lion of Judah” will release in theaters in digital 3D, and he plans on future projects to follow in digital 3D releases. Johan also has stayed up to date on DVD formats, making some of his more recent films on Blu‐Ray DVD, and he is currently monitoring the trend of 3D televisions in homes and researching when he will enter the 3D DVD trend with his movies.
Johan Sturm is a unique blend of vision and business sense. He believes that his current accomplishments will pale in comparison to what he can achieve in the future. His optimism is only surpassed by his passion for the film industry and the impact he can make on it.
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Daniel Deliege
Vice President
Daniel de Liege is currently President of Prelude Pictures, producers of the blockbusters LOST IN SPACE, BLACK DOG starring Patrick Swayze, THE PEERFECT GAME and RUNNING THE SAHARA starring Matt Damon and directed by Academy Award winner James Moll as well as other major motion pictures and television series.
Daniel began his business career in the mid-eighties in retail management for a national TV and appliance chain. Writing, directing and producing local commercials for his three stores eventually led him to the entertainment world. Over the years Daniel has owned or has been senior management for several highly successful ventures including a restaurant chain, a commercial construction company that held the exclusive contracts with Shoney’s, Sports Authority and AMC Theaters as well as President of a 30 year old publicly traded Biopharmaceutical company.
As founder of 24/Seven Entertainment in the early nineties he began producing syndicated television shows and special events. National concert tours with the Marshall Tucker Band, Ray Charles, Roberta Flack, and Donna Summers as well as the APBA Offshore Grand Prix, Miller LiteWaterfestandthe Pratt & Whitney Air Show were all 24/Seven Entertainment and de Liege productions. Daniel also produced the syndicated television specials "Living with HIV" starring Paula Abdul, and "Living Positive" starring Lou Diamond Phillips. He created, produced and/or distributed several syndicated cable television specials including "Sports Time", "Technology Today", "Environment Matters", "Parenting Today", "On the Money" and "American Builder" appearing on the Discovery Channel, Lifetime and many others.
Daniel joined Prelude Pictures in the late nineties as its Executive Vice President and was elevated to President in 2002. Daniel is the business and production side of the duo and was the Chief Manager of The Perfect Game, LLC and on set Producer of the film. Daniel designed and implemented the financial and corporate structure for the LLC, signed off on all contracts, labor agreements and production reports and was ultimately responsible for The Perfect Game being delivered. His on set leadership and crisis management skill allowed the director and creative crew to focus on delivering a fantastic picture.
Daniel’s experience comes from both the business side and production side of the industry. As former President of a publicly held conglomerate, founder of several successful ventures and the President of Prelude Pictures, Daniel understands the needs of a multi faceted corporation in today’s environment. Daniel is active in his Church and on the Board of several charitable organizations in both California and South Florida.
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Ron Logan
President
Ron Logan is the former Executive Vice President, Executive Producer, for Walt Disney Entertainment. (Now Walt Disney Creative Entertainment) He was responsible for creating, casting, and producing all live entertainment products for The Walt Disney Company, including the Disneyland Resort, the Walt Disney World Resort, Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Resort Paris, The Disney Institute, Disney Business Productions, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Entertainment Productions, and Walt Disney Entertainment Worldwide. He was also Executive Vice President of the Walt Disney Special Events Group, Executive Vice President of Disney Special Programs, Incorporated and the first President & Founder of Disney Theatrical Productions, which produced Disney's "Beauty and the Beast - A New Musical" on Broadway and around the world.
Ron holds both BA and MA degrees in Music and Music Education from UCLA. Ron was a founding member of the International Foundation for Jazz institution of clasical music, a corporate advisory council established in support of the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE). He is a board member of the Orlando Repertory Theatre (UCF), serves on the Board of Directors (USA) for the Famous People Players (Canada) and the International Theatre in Long Beach, California. He is an Associate Professor at The University of Central Florida, Rosen College of Hospitality Management and Vice President of Special Events for the University of Central Florida. He has been a performer, a high school and college teacher, a conductor, and a music industry professional. Growing up in Leavenworth, Kansas, he studied trumpet, violin, piano, and dance. He began performing professionally in the U.S. when he was in the ninth grade, has played in bands and orchestras nationwide. He has also performed as a trumpet player and singer on recordings, television, motion pictures, and with name bands and lounge acts throughout the United States.
Ron has authored "Walt Disney Entertainment- A Retrospective Look", a written resource documenting the evolution of Walt Disney Entertainment from 1955 through 2000.
On October 10, 2007, Ron Logan was honored at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, with the Disney Legends Award for Parks and Resorts. This prestigious award is presented to individuals who have made a significant impact on The Walt Disney Company over the years.
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Phil Cunningham
Board Advisor
In his mid-twenties, Phil owned and managed a highly successful international trading company, supplying a wide range of products into 8 countries. However, his passion since childhood was storytelling, and his conviction was that film is the worlds favorite media for stories. In 1999 he produced Africas first animated feature film, The Legend of the Sky Kingdom. In 2001 he produced the CG short, Always Take the Weather with You, which has won awards at several of the worlds leading animation festivals, including Zagreb and Brazil. This became the pilot for the acclaimed series Jungle Beat, which has been distributed in 170 countries to date.
Phil has also produced Once Upon a Stable, a 22-minute Christmas special and The Silent Fall, a live action feature film. Currently he is producing the full length feature CGI animation THE LION OF JUDAH scheduled for release 2008 worldwide. He is also a gifted writer, having written the screenplays for The Legend of the Sky Kingdom and The Silent Fall, and has also written two novels. Phil has built a team of outstanding artists, animators and writers in Cape Town, South Africa.
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