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PETER FRUCHTMAN (Executive Producer) majored in Business at Ohio State University and<br />

worked for seven years at Scott Jordan International, a manufacturer's sales rep company for commercial and<br />

hospitality furnishings. As senior vice president of sales, his responsibilities included overseeing key national<br />

accounts such as Marriott International and Starwood Hotels.<br />

Fruchtman left Scott Jordan in 2008 to form Dro Entertainment, an entertainment production &<br />

financing company, where he serves as president and CEO. Since its inception, Dro Entertainment has financed<br />

and produced several television shows, including the comedy series PAULY SHORE AND FRIENDS and<br />

RUSSELL PETERS PRESENTS in association with Showtime Networks. He also produced the highly rated<br />

THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS starring Dean Cain and Mario Lopez for ABC Family. The company<br />

just completed production on the second season of the LOL COMEDY FESTIVAL, a national comedy tour<br />

which they created and financed with Showtime.<br />

Fruchtman's film credits include KING OF THE AVENUE, a thriller directed by Ryan Combs and<br />

starring Ving Rhames and Esai Morales, to be released in the fall of 2010. Another 2010 release that Fruchtman<br />

has executive produced, is the urban drama DOWN FOR LIFE, directed by Alan Jacobs and starring Danny<br />

Glover, Snoop Dogg and Laz Alonso, produced in association with Dro Entertainment. He also helped finance<br />

and is a co-executive producer on the upcoming action thriller MACHETE, now in post-production, co-directed<br />

by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis and starring Robert DeNiro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez,<br />

Lindsay Lohan, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson and Danny Trejo.<br />

Fruchtman has also executive produced the Indy film HESHER, produced in a association with Dro<br />

Entertainment, directed by Spencer Susser and starring Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn<br />

Wilson. The film premiered in the domestic competition at The Sundance Film Festival in January 2010, where<br />

it acquired domestic distribution. Fruchtman also served as executive producer on the 2010 film<br />

ABANDONED, starring Brittany Murphy, Dean Cain and Mimi Rogers. He is also a co-executive producer<br />

and equity investor for the dark comedy EVERYTHING MUST GO, directed by Dan Rush and starring Will<br />

Ferrell and Rebecca Hall. Fruchtman and Dro Entertainment are presently in development on several high<br />

profile television and film projects.<br />

RICK SCHWARTZ (Executive Producer) is the principal and founder of Overnight Productions, a<br />

fully integrated New York based independent film development, production and financing company that<br />

generates smart and commercially viable projects across various genres both within the studio system and<br />

independently.<br />

Since its inception in 2007, Overnight Productions has completed production on a number of films<br />

including the Lionsgate released feature, THE LUCKY ONES, directed by Neil Burger, starring Rachel<br />

McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Pena; the ABC Family comedy LABOR PAINS, starring Lindsay Lohan,<br />

Cheryl Hines and Chris Parnell; a remake of the French thriller 13 TZAMETI starring Jason Statham, Mickey<br />

Rourke, Curtis “50 Cent' Jackson and Sam Riley; and the Robert Rodriguez thriller MACHETE starring Robert<br />

DeNiro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan and Danny Trejo, released by 20th Century Fox.<br />

Upcoming projects include an untitled romantic adventure, starring Selena Gomez and Leighton<br />

Meester; SOUTHBOUND, a thriller set on the Mexican border, starring Matthew McConaughey and Eva<br />

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