Personal Profile: 

M.A. Cambridge University, England                             Bilingual English/French                                            Executive Program in Management                               Anderson School of Management, UCLA                        Mergers & Acquisitions Certificate,                          Wharton School of Business, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Founder / Past Chairman –      The Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation      (chapters worldwide serve 200,000 seriously ill children monthly)

Founder / President –      First Star Public Policy Initiative, Washington, DC(advocacy, professional education, legislative initiatives and research to benefit abused and neglected children)

Founder / President –      EDAR (Everybody Deserves a Roof) Inc.              (mobile recycling and single-person shelters for the homeless)

Board Member –      Universal Giving, San Francisco CA

Founding Board Member -       Participant Media, Los Angeles, CA.

Man Of The Year –    County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services

Outstanding Citizen –  Ernst & Young Alumni Association Citizen Leadership

Award Winner –       Caring Institute Award, Washington, DC

Finalist (twice) –      Kellogg's Foundation/Hannah Neil Children's Award, Ohio

Guest Lecturer –      University of Southern California School of Business,

Guest Lecturer –      University of California at Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, Executive MBA Program and School of Film And Television

Guest Lecturer –      Pediatric Grand Rounds, Miller Memorial Hospital, Long Beach

Guest Lecturer –      University of Southern California Presidential Fellows Program

Guest Speaker –      Skoll World Forum, Said Business School, University of Oxford

Lecturer –               World Congress on Information Technology, George Mason University, Virginia

Member –      Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
                    Academy Endowment Campaign Committee
                    Academy Grants and Scholarships Committee
                    Academy Scholar Program Committee

Past Judge, Current Assessor –  Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship

Judge –      World Of Children Entrepreneurial Philanthropy Awards

Past Member –      Board of Governors, (also past Chairman, Nominating Committee and past Treasurer) Century City Hospital

Producer –                     “Stormbreaker”  Ewan McGregor, Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis

Executive Producer –      “Chromophobia” Ralph Fiennes, Penelope Cruz

Executive Producer –      “Execution Live” (ABC miniseries)

Producer  –                    “The Last Time” Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser

Executive Producer –      “Man In The Chair” Christopher Plummer

Producer –                     “Things To Do Before You’re Thirty” Dougray Scott

Executive Producer –      “The Libertine” Johnny Depp, John Malkovich

Producer –                     "Arlington Road" Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins

Producer –                     “Gabriel & Me” Billy Connolly, Iain Glen

Producer –                     "Wilde"  Jude Law, Steven Fry, Vanessa Redgrave

Producer -                     "Tom & Viv" Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson (Two Academy Award Nominations, BAFTA Nomination Outstanding British Film).

Executive Producer -       “The Pact: A Love Story”  Megan Mullally

Producer –                     "The Gathering"  Christina Ricci.

Executive Producer –      "The Commissioner" John Hurt, Armin Mueller-Stahl.

Producer –                     "Revenge of the Nerds"

Producer –                     "A Man A Woman and A Bank"

Producer –                     "Playmaker"

Executive Producer –      "Turk 182"

Executive Producer –      "Man, God and Africa" 

Executive Producer –      "Vicars" 

Executive Producer –      "The Babe Business" 

Executive Producer –      “Guesthouse Paradiso"

Supervising Producer –    "Clash of the Daytime Stars"

Production Manager –     "Return of the Pink Panther"  
                                     .... and other feature films

Previously director of the following corporations: 

     Spotlight Health, Los Angeles and Virginia.

     Panavision Incorporated, Tarzana California (Chairman of Executive Committee)

     Panavision Overseas Inc., Tarzana, California

     A.R.G. Societe Anonyme, Grenoble, France (Aaton Cameras)

     Montage Computer Corporation, West Concord, Massachusetts

     Interscope Holding Corporation

     Interscope Communications Inc.

     Interscope Real Estate Corporation

     Interscope Real Estate North Carolina Inc.

     Interscope Travel Inc.

     Interscope USAC Racing Corporation

     Interscope Investments Inc.

     Interscope Corporation

     Interscope EFT, Inc.

     Interscope Securities Inc.

     Interscope Real Estate Georgia Inc.

     Interscope Productions Inc.

     Samuelson Group Inc.

     Audio Visual Headquarters Inc.

     Privilege Magazine Inc.

            .... all of Los Angeles, California

     Samuelson Group PLC, London, England

     Victor Duncan Inc., Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta

     Samuelson Concert Productions (Equipment) Inc., Dallas, Texas 

Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the following Partnerships during formation and initial period of operations: 

     Fleetwood Travel, Newport Beach, California

     National Transaction Systems, El Segundo, California

Current: 

President, Film Associates Inc.

Owner, Samuelson Productions

Founding Board Member, Participant Media 

Mr. Samuelson divides his time between media development and production through Splashlife Inc. and Samuelson Productions in Los Angeles and pro bono board service as Founder of the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation Inc., co-founded with Steven Spielberg, through its fifteen offices.  Mr. Samuelson is also Founder and President of the First Star Inc. Public Policy Initiative of Washington D.C. and the EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof) Inc. initiative of Los Angeles. 

Mr. Samuelson is married, has four children and lives in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.

info@samuelson.la

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