Bruce Helford
Executive Producer
Veteran television creator, showrunner and executive producer Bruce Helford has amassed
one of the most successful track records in American primetime television comedy. One of
the industry’s most sought‐after comedy writers, Helford is perhaps best known for co‐
creating and executive producing the long‐running ABC comedy hit, The Drew Carey Show,
starring stand‐up comedian Drew Carey, which was a critical and popular hit that ran for
10 seasons from 1995 to 2004. Helford also created and executive produced the popular
ABC comedy The George Lopez Show, which starred Latino radio personality and comedian
George Lopez and ran for 120 episodes from 2002 to 2007.
Helford’s latest project is the comedy series Anger Management starring Charlie Sheen,
which debuted on the FX network in the summer of 2012. Helford is writing, showrunning
and executive producing the series, which is also being produced for FX by Lionsgate
Television, Revolution Studios and Evolution Entertainment. Using the innovative Debmar‐
Mercury syndication model, Anger Management received a 90 episode back-order after the
record-breaking ratings success of the first 10 episodes.
Among Helford’s numerous credits, he served as executive producer and writer for the top‐
rated comedy Roseanne during the series’ fifth season in 1992. Helford also created or co‐
created the television series The Norm Show, Wanda at Large, Freddie, Nikki, and Bless This
House. Helford is the founder and owner of the television production company Mohawk
Productions.
Andy Cadiff
Director
Andy Cadiff has directed over 400 episodes of television. He served as director and
executive producer of Home Improvement, which won the People's Choice Award for
Favorite Comedy four times, and Spin City. He also directed the pilots of such long running
shows as Hermans's Head, The Hughleys, According To Jim, and My Wife & Kids. Cadiff has
also directed episodes of such shows as Empty Nest, Nurses, My Two Dads, Quantum Leap,
The War At Home, The George Lopez Show, Rules Of Engagement, and The King Of
Queens. Currently he directs The Exes for TVLand and the award winning hit comedy, Hot In
Cleveland. Cadiff has also directed the feature film version of the television classic Leave It
To Beaver, Chasing Liberty starring Mandy Moore and Jeremy Piven, and the British Film A
Bunch Of Amateurs, which was selected for the 2008 Royal Film Performance in London.
Bob Koherr
Director
Bob Koherr has directed several Bruce Helford television shows including The Drew Carey
Show, Nikki, Freddie starring Freddie Prinze, Jr., Wanda At Large starring Wanda Sykes,
George Lopez and now Anger Management starring Charlie Sheen.
Koherr has also directed numerous episodes of various other shows including Listen
Up starring Jason Alexander, Out of Practice starring Stockard Channing and Henry Winkler,
Wanda at Large starring Wanda Sykes, and Stacked starring Pamela Anderson. Koherr has
also directed episodes of Good Luck, Charlie, A.N.T. Farm [pilot], Jessie [pilot], Hannah
Montana, and Wizards of Waverly Place for the Disney Channel.
Bob also wrote and directed the feature film Plump Fiction for Rhino Films which spoofs
the films of Quentin Tarantino. When it comes to fashion, Bob is a winter.
Bob Kushell
Executive Producer
Bob Kushell began his professional writing career immediately after graduating college,
landing a job on HBO’s Dream On… and hasn’t stopped since. He has written and produced
comedies including The Simpsons, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Grounded For Life, Malcolm in the
Middle, American Dad, Samantha Who? and Suburgatory. In addition, he created the series
Way To Go for the BBC, which will premiere in 2013. He has been nominated for two
Emmy awards and won a Golden Globe.
Dan Dratch
Producer
Daniel Dratch started writing for TV as a way to avoid being a lawyer. He has worked on
The Chris Rock Show, Monk, and The Cleveland Show, among others. You can also find this
information on imdb.com, in addition to his age, which frankly is nobody's business.
Dave Caplan
Executive Producer
Writer/Producer Dave Caplan has enjoyed a career writing prime-time television that
spans more than twenty years. Caplan currently serves as Executive Producer of the FX
comedy Anger Management, starring Charlie Sheen. Having written primarily comedy,
Caplan expanded his resume to include drama as he served as Writer/Consulting Producer
on TNT’s police/medical examiner hit, Rizzoli and Isles which set records for scripted cable
viewership. Prior to that, Caplan served as Writer/Executive Producer for ABC/Warner
Brothers hits George Lopez, The Drew Carey Show, and Norm, starring Norm MacDonald.
Other credits include Roseanne, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, and the ABC/Touchstone hit
Dinosaurs.
A guest speaker at schools and universities, Caplan was also a featured instructor at the
Warner Brothers Comedy Workshop for several years (lecturing on scene structure).
Caplan has won several awards, including the Humanitas certificate for The Kidney Stays In
The Picture episode of George Lopez. Caplan is represented by UTA, and management
agency Odenkirk/Provissiero
IRA BERNSTEIN
Co-President, Debmar-Mercury
Ira Bernstein is co-president of Debmar-Mercury, an innovative leading media company
specializing in syndication, network, cable and ancillary markets.
Debmar-Mercury produces and distributes for daytime television The Wendy Williams
Show, distributes The Jeremy Kyle Show and has U.S. distribution rights to Fremantle Media
North America’s Family Feud; distributes Tyler Perry sitcoms House of Payne and spinoff
Meet the Browns, Lionsgate Television/Revolution Studios/Evolution Management’s Anger
Management (starring Charlie Sheen) and Revolution/CubeVision’s Are We There Yet?
(starring Ice Cube); and has U.S. TV distribution rights to South Park, Hell’s Kitchen and a
movie library featuring titles from Revolution Studios. Debmar-Mercury is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading next-generation studio.
Bernstein led the Mercury side of the company prior to the merger in 2005. From May
2001– March 2004, he served as president of worldwide television distribution for
Lionsgate Entertainment. Earlier, Mercury launched a number of first-run action hours in
domestic syndication, including Relic Hunter, starring Tia Carrere.
Prior to the launch of Mercury, Bernstein served as president of domestic television
distribution for Rysher Entertainment, Cox Enterprise’s production and distribution studio
division. Beginning in June 1993 as executive VP, Bernstein became involved in all areas of
the company’s marketing and programming activities, and in December 1994 became
president.
Earlier, Bernstein served as VP of advertiser-supported and cable programming at Reeves
Entertainment from 1990-1993. From 1984-90, he was executive VP/director of
advertising sales for LBS Communications, and worked in the television department of ad
agencies Ogilvy & Mather, McCann Erikson and Kenyon and Eckhardt from 1981-84.
Bernstein resides with his wife, Cheryl, and children Justin and Kimberly in Bedford
Corners, NY.
MORT MARCUS
Co-President, Debmar-Mercury
Mort Marcus is co-president of Debmar-Mercury, an innovative leading media company
specializing in syndication, network, cable and ancillary markets.
Debmar-Mercury produces and distributes for daytime television The Wendy Williams
Show, distributes The Jeremy Kyle Show and has U.S. distribution rights to Fremantle Media
North America’s Family Feud; distributes Tyler Perry sitcoms House of Payne and spinoff
Meet the Browns, Lionsgate Television/Revolution Studios/Evolution Management’s Anger
Management (premiering on FX in summer 2012 and starring Charlie Sheen) and
Revolution/CubeVision’s Are We There Yet? (starring Ice Cube); and has U.S. TV
distribution rights to South Park, Hell’s Kitchen and a movie library featuring titles from
Revolution Studios. Debmar-Mercury is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lionsgate (NYSE:
LGF), the leading next-generation studio.
Prior to Debmar-Mercury, Marcus served as chairman of Miramax TV & Video for Miramax
Films. Marcus was chiefly responsible for handling the vast library for Miramax and its
sister company, Dimension Pictures, distributing and marketing titles to the broadcast,
cable and home video markets. Additionally, Marcus oversaw the company's growing
television production slate, shepherding original television fare such as Project Greenlight
with HBO.
Marcus previously was the president of Buena Vista Television, the domestic television
distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. Marcus oversaw all programming, sales
and marketing efforts, as well as pay-per-view and pay TV. Under his leadership, Buena
Vista Television became a powerhouse in the syndication, cable, network and pay-per-view
businesses, setting a precedent for innovative programming and campaigns.
Marcus also served as executive vice president, sales and development, for the Walt Disney
Internet Group, the internet division of The Walt Disney Company. Marcus played a key
role in Disney's expansion to the internet, handling successful startups Disney.com,
Family.com, Go.com and ESPN.com.
Prior to joining Disney, Marcus served as president of the telecommunications business at
Qintex Entertainment. His earlier roles included serving as president at Colex and vice
president of television sales at the Samuel Goldwyn Company.
Marcus received a bachelor’s degree in radio/television/film from San Diego State
University.
Eric Weinberg
Co-Executive Producer
Eric Weinberg has been a co-executive producer and writer on numerous hit television
shows, including Californication and Scrubs. He’s also written for series such as American
Dad, Politically Incorrect, and Wilfred. Most recently, in addition to Anger Management, he’s
co-executive produced the TBS comedy series Men at Work.
Joe Roth
Executive Producer
Joe Roth is an independent film producer whose film, Alice in Wonderland, grossed over one
billion dollars, making it, at that time, the sixth highest grossing film of all time. He most
recently produced Snow White and the Huntsman for Universal starring Kristen Stewart,
Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron. He is currently producing Oz: The Great and
Powerful for Disney starring James Franco and Mila Kunis, directed by Sam Raimi, and
Maleficent for Disney starring Angelina Jolie, directed by Robert Stromberg.
Over the past 35 years, Roth founded both Morgan Creek and Revolution Studios, was
Chairman of 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios, directed six films while producing
or supervising over 300 movies. Mega hits Home Alone and The Sixth Sense as well as
Academy nominated films The Insider and Blackhawk Down were made on his watch. He
produced the Emmy-nominated 2004 Academy Awards.
Roth is the majority owner of the Seattle Sounders Soccer team. The most successful team
in America’s soccer history, the Sounders were awarded 2010 Professional Sports Team of
the Year in all sports by the SportsBusiness Journal.
Equally noted for his diverse civic and charitable activities, Joe Roth has received various
awards such as the 1991 Variety Club’s Man of the Year Award, the 1996 Humanitarian
Award from the NCCJ, the 1997 American Museum of Moving Image Award, and was
honored in 1998 by APLA and The National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He was also the
recipient of the 2004 Dorothy and Sherill C. Corwin Human Relations Award from the
American Jewish Committee.
Roth serves as a board member for Legendary Pictures.
Kevin Beggs
President, Lionsgate Television
Kevin Beggs is the President of Lionsgate Television Group, overseeing development and
production of all scripted and non-scripted programming for broadcast, cable, and digital
platforms worldwide. He has spearheaded the strategic expansion of the company’s
television production activities, and with Lionsgate’s acquisition of TV Guide Network and
its partnership in the premium entertainment channel EPIX, he has become one of the key
executives managing Lionsgate’s creative interests in both ventures.
Under Beggs’ leadership, the television division has become a leading supplier of
programming, with an impressive slate that includes the critically-acclaimed series
NASHVILLE, starring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere, which launched this fall on
ABC; the multiple Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series MAD MEN, which returns to
AMC for its sixth season this spring; the hit Charlie Sheen comedy ANGER MANAGEMENT,
which returns to FX in January 2013 with an unprecedented 90 episode order following its
initial 10-episode run; the acclaimed Showtime comedy NURSE JACKIE starring Edie Falco,
which is currently in production on its fifth season; and WEEDS creator Jenji Kohan’s new
original drama series ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK for Netflix.
In addition to its scripted series, Lionsgate has always maintained a presence in the highquality, non-fiction business, with a roster of documentaries including GRIZZLY MAN,
LEONARD COHEN: I’M YOUR MAN, THE US VS. JOHN LENNON, and STREET DOGS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL. Furthermore, Lionsgate’s recent partnerships with Roy Bank’s Banca
Studio and Eli Frankel’s Rogue Atlas Productions have landed series orders for FLEA
MARKET FLIP on HGTV, THE FAMILY TRADE on GSN, and ICEBERG HUNTERS on The
Weather Channel, as well as impressive number of series in network development.
During his tenure, Lionsgate has produced numerous additional series, including two
seasons of the acclaimed Starz drama series BOSS starring Kelsey Grammer; and eight
seasons of the hit Showtime comedy WEEDS starring Mary-Louise Parker. Additional
productions include the FOX comedy series RUNNING WILDE starring Will Arnett and Keri
Russell; NBC’s suspense and horror anthology series FEAR ITSELF; USA Network’s hit
drama series THE DEAD ZONE; ABC Family’s popular drama WILDFIRE; Spike TV’s original
eight-hour drama event THE KILL POINT, starring Emmy winner John Leguizamo and
Donnie Wahlberg; Kevin Williamson’s drama series HIDDEN PALMS on the CW; the
Lifetime comedy series LOVESPRING INTERNATIONAL; the detective/fantasy series THE
DRESDEN FILES and the six-hour limited series event THE LOST ROOM, both of which
aired on SYFY.
Outside of the office, Beggs holds key leadership roles in several industry organizations and
charities including being on the Board and Executive Committees of the International
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Los Angeles Paley Center for Media, National
Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), where he served as Chairman for
three years, the board of the Zimmer Children Museum, the Board of the Banff World Media
Festival, the Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS) where he served as president
for three years as well as being a board member of the charity My Friend’s Place.
Born in the San Francisco Bay area, Beggs was raised in Marin County, Oakland, and later
Washington state. In 1989, he graduated with College Honors from UC Santa Cruz where
he double-majored in Politics and Theater Arts. Kevin and his wife, Dianna, live in Los
Angeles with their two children, Katherine and Breydon.
Kristy Grant
Staff Writer
Kristy Grant grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from Michigan State University
with a degree in English. Before getting her big break as a staff writer for Anger
Management, she spent several years as a showrunner’s assistant at Family Guy. During her
free time, she wrote spec scripts and honed her joke-writing skills on Twitter. She was
nominated for “Best Twitter under 20,000 Followers” by the National Lampoon’s Twitter
Awards and was named one of the “Funny Women You Should Be Following on Twitter” by
The Huffington Post. She lives in Los Angeles and is married to Andrew Hibbard.
Mark Burg
Executive Producer
Veteran film producer Mark Burg is the co-founder of the production company Twisted
Pictures, as well the management company Evolution Entertainment, formed in 1998. Burg
has compiled an impressive track record of hits, including the powerhouse horror franchise
SAW, and the Emmy Award®-nominated CBS series Two and a Half Men, the top-rated
sitcom on television.
With over 20 years of experience producing, Burg has compiled an impressive range of
films to the screen. His early producing credits include Ron Shelton’s award-winning Bill
Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Time Robbins, as well Can’t Buy Me
Love, starring Patrick Dempsey. Burg served several years as President of Island Pictures,
where he produced or executive produced films including Toy Soldiers, starring Sean Astin
and Louis Gossett, Jr.; Airheads, starring Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi;
The Cure, starring Brad Renfro; Don’t Be A Menace …, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans;
B*A*P*S, starring Halle Berry and Bernie Mac; and The Gingerbread Man, directed by
Robert Altman and starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert Downey, Jr.
Since launching Evolution in 1998, Burg’s producing credits include the dramatic thriller
John Q., starring Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Robert Duvall. In its
thirteen-year history, Evolution has grown into a mid-sized talent and literary management
company, handling writers, directors and actors. The company is also active in television,
with Burg serving as executive producer of Two and a Half Men. In 2004, Burg produced
Saw, an immediate cultural sensation and one of that year’s most profitable films; the film’s
success led to a distribution deal with Lionsgate and the subsequent formation of Twisted
Pictures.
In 2005, he produced Saw II, which opened at #1 on Halloween weekend and became the
year’s top-grossing horror movie. Saw III opened at #1 in North America, the U.K. and
Australia the weekend of October 27, 2006. The company also produced Dead Silence by
Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell for Universal Pictures. Recent Twisted
releases include the horror/thriller Catacombs, which premiered in October 2007, and Saw
IV which opened # 1 at the box-office on October 26, 2007 with a total of $31.7 million.
In 2008, the Halloween tradition continued, as Saw V opened with an impressive $30
million the weekend of October 24, 2008, pushing Saw to the top of the list as the #1 horror
franchise of all time.
In 2010, Burg Produced Saw: The Final Chapter, released in 3D, encompassing the latest
technology in filmmaking, wowing audiences, opening at #1, and bringing the worldwide
Saw franchise Box Office to over $800 million, as well the comedy Lottery Ticket, starring
Bow Wow and Ice Cube. In 2013, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D will be released, bringing
Burg together again with longtime collaborator Carl Mazzocone. Another project in the
works for Burg is the indie-darling Grace Unplugged a story unlike any he’s been involved
with before.
Ramon Estevez
Co-Executive Producer
After a fairly substantial career in acting, dancing, singing and song writing, Ramon Estevez
began his producing career by directing and producing industrial films for DirecTV and
Epson in 1996. He also wrote and produced a Spanish language cooking show called Mi Tia
Carmen (My Aunt Carmen) hosted by his aunt, Carmen Estevez.
For three seasons, from 1999, he worked with his father, Martin Sheen as a personal/on-set
PA on The West Wing (four time Emmy® winner for best drama) at Warner Brothers
Studios. In 2002 he was promoted to Development Executive in charge of the company he
and Martin started at Warner Brothers, Estevez Sheen Productions or ESP. Together with
Martin, Ramon developed several comedy, drama and unscripted ideas for WB. When The
West Wing ended in 2006, his brother, Charlie Sheen became the "Sheen" in Estevez Sheen
and they continued to develop TV and film ideas for Warner Brothers and Warner Horizon.
In 2010 ESP co-produced a revival of Frank Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Subject
Was Roses at CTG.
Ray James
Consultant
Writer/producer Ray James has extensive credits ranging from The Daily Show to Saturday
Night Live. He has a long standing relationship with Comedy Central as the Head Writer for
many of projects including the Comedy Central Roasts. Recently, James was Head Writer
for the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, which was the highest rated program for
Comedy Central in 2012. James is currently a Writer to Anger Management for FX, also
starring Charlie Sheen. He's also, by far, the best guitarist on staff.
Renee Estevez
Staff Writer
Renee Estevez is a writer and actress who has appeared in over forty film and television
projects, including the hit NBC drama, The West Wing.
Robert Maron
Co-Executive Producer
Robert Maron is responsible for launching Charlie Sheen’s online presence in March of
2011, and has single-handedly handled Charlie’s Social Media ever since. Starting with a
verified Twitter account that in less than 24 hours amassed over one-million followers and
broke a Guiness World Record for fastest Twitter account to a million, the account has since
grown to more than 7.5-million followers
Shortly after establishing Sheen’s Twitter presence, Maron arranged a 6-figure deal for a
single tweet—still the highest amount ever paid for a single tweet. The tweet, made for
Internships.com and advertising for a social media intern, received in its first 60 minutes,
more than 95,000 clicks from 181 countries and yielded more than 82,000 applications
within 24-hours—quickly establishing Charlie Sheen as the celebrity with the highest
penetration ever on Twitter.
To introduce The YouTube community to Charlie Sheen, Maron helped Sheen successfully
produce a 7-minute short that parodied the now infamous earlier live morning show
interviews. The video instantly established Sheen as an early YouTube phenomenon and
was clicked on more than 3.5-million times.
A fan page on Facebook was later created by Maron, adding another 2.5-million fans, as
well as a website that currently receives more than 850,000 views monthly. WhoSay.com,
the industry experts in Celebrity Social Media estimates Sheen’s current online fanbase at
more than 9.7 million and his total reach at well over 10 million—all accomplished in just
one year.
For his accomplishments in Social Media, Maron received two industry nods this year—
winning Shorty Awards in both of the two top categories; “Best use of a Hashtag on
Twitter” and “Best overall Brand Presence on Twitter.”
Maron later Co-Produced “The Roast of Charlie Sheen” broadcast on Comedy Central.
Maron continues to handle all of Charlie’s Social Media while also acting as Co-Executive
Producer on “Anger Management.”
In addition, to his accomplishments in the entertainment industry and social media arena,
Maron is a highly successful International Watch Dealer and is well-known worldwide as
one of the leading experts in the world on vintage Rolex and Patek Philippe watches.
Having handled some of the most important watches in the existence and after having
worked closely for the past 25-years with Sotheby’s, Christies, Bonhams and the other top
auction houses of the world, Maron in 2008 was named Chairman of Antiquorum.
Based in, both Geneva and New York, Antiquorum is the world’s leading and oldest
established auction house dedicated to important timepieces, holding more than 62 world
records at the time. While there, in addition to orchestrating the procurement and later
auctioning of Gandhi’s personal watch and other items for more than $2.3-million dollars,
Maron helped break countless world records for the amounts paid for individual watches
sold to the public.
Having since resigned, Maron currently operates a private treaty, consulting and wholesale
watch business dealing in the finest, rarest and most important watches worldwide.
Most recently, Maron received an Executive Producer credit for his work on “A Glimpse
Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III,” A feature film with a planned 2013 theatrical release
written and directed by Roman Coppola and staring Charlie Sheen, Bill Murray and Jason
Schwartzman. Maron’s resides in Southern California with his wife and four children.
Shauna McGarry
Staff Writer
Shauna McGarry attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Before writing for television,
Shauna worked and produced for artist/filmmakers, Miranda July and Mike Mills. Shauna's
video-based blog, "Movies With Grandma Joy", in which she and her grandma reviewed and
then reenacted key scenes from popular movies, was featured in several prominent
publications including Makeshift and Dazed. Currently, Shauna writes for “Anger
Management.” Other television writing credits include “24” and “South of
Nowhere.” Shauna is a board member at the non-profit micro-cinema and school, Echo
Park Film Center, where she has taught since 2005.
Steve Zuckerman
Director
Mr. Zuckerman has directed over 400 episodes of prime time television including such
shows as Golden Girls, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Drew Carey Show, Friends, Murphy
Brown for which he recieved an Humanitas Award, and Empty Nest. He dicted nimerous
pilots including the long-running Jaimie Foxx Show.
In the theater, he directed Nuts by Tom Topor on Broadway which received two Tony
nominations and a Drama Desk Award. As Associate Artistic Director of New York’s WPA
theater he directed many productions including the premieres of Nuts , Steve Metcalf’s The
Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers, Shem Bitterman’s Ten Below and Israel Horovitz’s
Unexpected Tenderness and North Shore Fish. His collaboration with Mr. Horovitz also
resulted in the premieres of Today I am a Fountain Pen , A Rosen By Any Other Name and
The Chopin Playoffs. He directed a filmed version of North Shore Fish for Showtime which
starred Mercedes Ruehl, Peter Riegert and Tony Danza. Revivals of Tennessee Williams’
Vieux Carre and Ibsen’s When We Dead Awaken with Kim Hunter received Drama Desk
Awards. He has been Director of Play Development at The Circle in the Square Theatre and
Artistic Director of the Impossible Ragtime Theatre in New York and the Sharon Playhouse.
He has directed at the Manhattan Theater Club, Circle Rep and many regional theatres
including Baltimore’s Center Stage, The La Jolla Playhouse and the Yale Rep. Mr. Zuckerman
was trained at the University of Michigan and the Yale School of Drama.
Mr. Zuckerman has taught theater and TV at The Circle in the Square, Julliard and the USC
School of Cinematic Studies.
Todd Zeile
Co-Executive Producer
Todd Zeile retired from the New York Mets following the 2004 season, ending a 16 year
career in Major League Baseball as one of only 85 players to compile more than 250 home
runs, 2,000 hits and 1,000 RBIs. Zeile led the Mets in hitting (.400) in the dramatic Subway
Series in 2000. During his career and in retirement, Todd has shared his passion for helping
children with a very personal commitment to The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
In 1998, Todd’s daughter Hannah was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 18 months of age.
Since that day, Todd and his wife Julianne have committed themselves to the fight against
Diabetes, and the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). After six years as a Board
member (2 as President), Zeile remains a member of the JDRF Advisory Board and
Entertainment Council.
When not fighting Diabetes, Todd nurtures his passion for motion pictures and education
as an independent film producer and entrepreneur. Zeile recently released his second
feature film, entitled I Am (20th Century Fox), and is currently in post-production on “Heart
of the Country.” He was also a co-producer on the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen.
Zeile continues to focus on Arts / Education as co-founder of LIFE (Los Angeles Institute for
Film Education), http://www.imhp.org and Bluenose Edutainment
http://www.bluenoseed.com/. Todd is married to 1984 Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast,
Julianne McNamara. They are the proud parents of 4 children, Garrett (18), Hannah (14),
Ian (9), and Aaron (8), and make their home in Thousand Oaks, California.