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, is a Creative Executive
at Mandalay Television Pictures in Los Angeles, where she is responsible
for seeking and developing television movies and series. She is
currently working on USA's HEARTS OF MEN. Lima previously worked
at Avnet/Kerner Company, Sonnenfeld/Josephson, Great Oaks Entertainment
and CAA's TV department. Shirley Lima is a graduate of Florida State
University's School of Motion Picture, Television and Recording
Arts.
joined Dolby Laboratories
in 1969, and was in large part responsible for the origination and
development of the Dolby Stereo film program. Ioan is a Fellow of
the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, the Audio
Engineering Society and the British Kinematographic Sound and Television
Society, and is a member-at-large of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. Allen is one of three recipients of the 2001
Award of Commendation, a plaque for the concept, design and implementation
of the TASA Trailer Loudness Standard. Subsequently, the Trailer
Loudness Standard, established in 1997, has become the means by
which the film community and audiences are assured a better sound
balance between trailers and feature presentations. Ioan Allen is
also an adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California
School of Cinema-Television. He was the 1985 recipient of the Samuel
L. Warner Award for contributions to motion picture sound. Allen
has also received the Scientific and Engineering Awards from the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1979 and 1987. Ioan
Allen received an Oscar in 1989.
worked as an Independent
Agent and Legal Affairs Consultant for the Croatian Theatre Guild
from 1988 until 1991, and has also worked as producer and manager
for different theatre companies in Zagreb. From 1991 to 1993, Hrvoje
was the Counsellor for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic
of Croatia, and was one of the first lawyers in Croatia to implement
the new Citizenship Law. Hrvoje Petrusic is a member of the Institute
of Administrative Law in Croatia and is co-founder of Croatian American
Bar Association in Los Angeles.
Peter Daniel Ocko is a Los Angeles-based writer and voice-over artist.
A 1994 graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School
of Journalism and 1997 graduate of Duke University School of Law,
where he was a co-editor of Law and Contemporary Problems, Peter
has structured and negotiated domestic and international financing,
development and technology transactions on behalf of clients including
entertainment, energy, software, hardware and biotech concerns.
Following a five-year legal career in New York and Boston, during
which Peter helped implement such ventures as Lycos Europe with
Bertelsmann, and iCast, a pioneering entertainment media portal,
Peter consulted on the pilot for the NBC laffer The Rerun Show.
His current writing projects include an illustrated children’s
book set in Los Angeles’ golden age and several feature.
Nenad Bach is a recording artist, composer, and performer who has
recorded for Sony, Polygram and many other labels. Two of his albums
reached No. 1 in Europe, and to date he has sold over one million
records. In addition, he has performed all over the world with a
wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & The
Edge (U2), Brian Eno, Indigo Girls, Richie Havens, Garth Hudson
& Rick Danko (The Band), Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead), Martin
Sheen, Michael York, John Malkovich, Ellen Burstyn, and many more.
He performed at Woodstock '94, and in 1998 he made a compilation
album with Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen and Allen Ginsberg.
In March 1999, he opened the Miss Universe pageant in Europe with
his new song "Miss Universe." Nenad also writes and records
music for film and theater. He has scored many features and short
films. One such project was "King of Cool," a biopic about
the life of Steve McQueen, which premiered on American Movie Classics
(AMC). Subsequently, Bach scored the Mladen Juran film "Transatlantic",
which was the Croatian entry for consideration as Best Foreign Film
in the 1999 Academy Awards. Nenad is also a record producer with
a special interest in documenting the fascinating but little-known
musical traditions of his homeland, Croatia. His most recent work
includes the production of three new acappella albums: "Fire
on the Sea," by Klapa Fortunal; "Following the Cross,"
a collection of Lenten chants based on 600-year-old Gregorian Chants
never previously recorded; and just released "Novaljo, Novaljo,"
by Klapa Navalia. Nenad's work and his life story have been featured
on all the major US TV networks (CBS, ABC, NBC), on CNN, on Sky
Channel, and on TV channels in Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Great
Britain, Spain, Japan, and many other countries. Press coverage
has been similarly widespread, ranging from The New York Times to
Billboard, from The Washington Post to Corriere Della Sera, and
from The Boston Globe to the New York Daily News. Nenad's most recent
solo record is "Thousand Years of Peace" which was released
in 2001.
Nenad sang in the new recordings of "We Are Family" benefit
for the Sept. 11th fund as well as scored the film "The Making
and the Meaning of We Are Family". His label just signed a
contract for the worldwide promotion and distribution of "The
Pharos Cantors"(Glagolitic Chants based on Gregorian Chants).
He also recently completed work as a language consultant for the
literature and film project for all four of the Harry Potter books.
Sanja Pirsl graduated from the Law School of Rijeka and started
her legal career as a labor attorney at "Ivan pl. Zajc" National
Theater in Rijeka, Croatia. She continued on as an associate at
Markis law firm in Croatia. After passing the BarExam she worked
at the Commercial Court of Rijeka as the Secretary General. In 1990,
Sanja relocated to the United States where she worked for the North
Carolina State Education Assistance Authority and was then assigned
to the office of NC Assistant Attorney General's Office. Sanja Pirsl
moved on to serve at the Embassy of Croatia in Washington DC for
almost 4 years. Upon her return to Croatia, Sanja worked as the
Chief of Staff at INA Industrija nafte d.d. Zagreb, one of Croatia's
largest and most profitable firms. Ms. Pirsl also served as the
Chief of Cabinet and Spokesperson for the Croatian Ministry of Justice,
Administration and Local Self-Government. Sanja Pirsl presently
resides in the United States.
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