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Some Damn Good People >>
 Stephen Wallis, CEO
Businessman by trade, film maker at heart, Stephen Wallis is the President and Founder of Damn Good Entertainment. He was born and raised in Unionville, Ontario, Canada. After leaving the University of Waterloo in the early 1990's, he started working within the high tech industry where he developed European and International markets for several companies in the 1990's. As the President of Universal Direct and while he was running the European operations for Globalworks Marketing he was an active player in the E-commerce industry throughout the decade.
Stephen has traveled to over thirty countries across the globe, developing and maintaining business relationships that last to this day. His strong business acumen has allowed him to have dramatic success at every level. Damn Good Entertainment is the fulfillment of his dream of building and creating a creative outlet for new film makers. It is his goal to ensure that Damn Good Entertainment is the leader of the next generation of film makers. His past International business relationships and practices only ensures the fact that he will make Damn Good Entertainment a financially strong company with incredibly exciting and creative projects always in the works. His directorial debut was in the feature film "A Christmas Too Many" starring Mickey Rooney, Andrew Keegan, Gary Coleman and Clint Howard amongst others and was being released in December of 2007 through Lionsgate. His second feature To Kill a Mockumentary stars Jason London, Mickey Rooney, Andrew Keegan, Shawna Waldron, Edie McClurg, Tim Thomerson and Glenn Shadix. His screenplay, Love, Guns and Christmas was shot last year in Toronto by Lunar Scape Productions Inc. a Canadian based Film and television production company and is expected to be released in the winter of 2010.
Steve was the Executive Producer along with Friends star Matthew Perry and his father John Bennett Perry on a play called "The Whole Banana" that was performed at The Court Theatre in Los Angeles in 2003. He is currently directing DGE's new film "Holding God" and Executive Producing their hot new series "Above The Line". |
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 Greg Joelson
Greg Joelson has been a business and artistic leader with DGE and Stephen Wallis since 2004. Mr. Joelson is an actor and producer with a strong and diverse resume. Mr. Joelson is an award winning actor that has starred with some of the world’s strongest and most prolific talent in cinema today. Greg will be both acting in and producing Holding God, Above the Line, Defining Moments and The Adventurers Club with DGE. Mr. Joelson has realized success in other arenas as well. He is a former professional football player, San Francisco 49’rs, who has developed, built, and continues to operate a chain of hotels and commercial properties in the Pacific Northwest. This corporate and business experience, coupled with his knowledge and practical application of both the art and financial properties of film making, has resulted in an additional asset for DGE on the production, development, and artistic fronts. |
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 Kevin Wallis
Kevin joins the newly revamped executive team in the capacity of Head of Canadian Operations. His job is to work and develop the Canadian arm of Damn Good Entertainment and to help us create a more dominant presence in our native country. He'll be working with our marketing team to increase our visibility and to organize more and more projects all throughout Canada in both film and television. He was a vital component in our current Canadian slate of feature films. Kevin comes to us with years and years of negotiating experience from working in the world of Real Estate where he became a dominant player at a very young age and has continued that dominance to this day. He's one of the lead producers on the "Above The Line" Television series and is acting as a producer on numerous DGE projects. |
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Kate Wheatley, VP of Finance
Kate Wheatley has worked with Damn Good Entertainment since 2006. Years of experience in the Campion Industry developed her sense of organization an business skills. She works toward building ties with other smaller film companies as well as in the day to day operations of the company. Kate has an unwavering belief in the philosophy of DGE. With three adult children she has the flexibility to divide her time between Huntsville where our television series ‘Above the Line’ is filmed, Markham and Los Angeles. She's working with the company as both a producer on the films and television series and corporately helping to run the day to day operations of the company.
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 Linda Weinzettl, Head of Legal Affairs
LInda has recently joined DGE in the capacity of being the head of it's Legal department. From her beginnings as a Professional Law clerk with considerable experience in corporate, commercial and securities law to her years publishing a well known fan magazine, LInda brings not just entertainment and law related experience to the company but also drive and tenacity. We're excited to have her on board. She will be leading the company's expansion into new areas of entertainment including DGE's new Dark 3D division.
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 Jacqueline Funston, Producer
Jacqueline Funston has been involved with the theatre and performing arts since the age of
six, amassing over thirty years of theatrical knowledge and experience. She has been active in all facets of theatrical production including writing, directing, producing and acting. While performing as the lead in Communicating Doors, film director Stephen Wallis immediately recognized her rich and pronounced skills. Since this timely introduction Jacqueline has become, not only an actor with Damn Good Entertainment, but also a member of the company as a Producer. Her skills and abilities as both have yielded an incredibly positive dynamic for both her and the company. She is currently producing and acting in the DGE series "Above The Line" and producing the thriller "Holding God".
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 Jim Robson, Head of Production
Jim Robson is an honors graduate from Humber Collage of Applied Arts & Technology and brings with him over 25 years of Industrial Project Management. He was the main producer on Damn Good Entertainment's productions of “A Christmas Too Many” and “To Kill A Mockumentary” and recently on the pilot TV Series “Above The Line”. Jim now manages each film project on behalf of the company.
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 David Haines
David Haines is a business professional with over 20 years experience launching, building and running successful organizations in the field of high-technology media convergence. With a track record of raising over $65 million of strategic equity from a who’s who of next-generation video delivery players, David brings strong leadership, business skills and corporate development skills to DGE. Working in Denver, Seattle, and Dallas as well as Toronto, David has consulted, sold to, received investments from and partnered with a variety of Cable, Telecommunications, Content providers and Software firms. His strong relationships with these partners and his vision regarding emerging technologies will lead DGE into new markets and opportunities as we continue to experience rapid growth. David oversees all DGE business relationships, business operations and personnel. He lives in Markham with his wife and two children, and he is also a noted acoustic blues musician.
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