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David O’Malley has been involved in every aspect of the filmmaking process.  As a producer, director and screenwriter he has created numerous independent motion pictures.  His involvement in the advertising, marketing and distribution of feature films has given him an even greater insight into what it takes to create a truly successful motion picture in today’s highly competitive market.

Following graduation from Michigan State University in film studies, he immediately began working in the entertainment industry, with brief detours as a journalist, radio news director and disc jockey, and a mercifully short attempt at stand-up comedy.  As VP of Production for HMS Productions, he helped guide their first feature motion picture, DEADLY FATHOMS, to a Silver Medal at the Atlanta International Film Festival.  After a brief period writing for network television, Mr. O'Malley launched a career writing and directing several independent feature-length motion pictures.  In the 1980s he co-founded Wind River Productions and then went on to create his own film development company, Serendipity Productions.

Mr. O'Malley teamed with Michael Spence to form the Guerrilla Film Unit and write the screenplay EDGE OF HONOR, an action drama that he produced and Mr. Spence directed.  After his comedy screenplay TRIPLE INDEMNITY was directed by Carl Reiner for MGM (and released as FATAL INSTINCT), Mr. O'Malley went on to write screenplays for Tri-Star Pictures, David Permut Presentations, Hollywood Pictures, Walt Disney Productions, Richard Zanuck and MGM.  In 1997, he teamed again with Mr. Spence, forming Two Islands Entertainment to produce high-quality motion pictures on realistic and reasonable budgets.  He produced and directed the comedy/drama feature film entitled "KALAMAZOO?" for Londinium Productions and Two Islands Entertainment and produced the contemporary horror thriller, THE DREAD, for the newly formed Safe Harbor Entertainment.  Most recently, Mr. O'Malley wrote and directed the film noir thriller "DARK HONEYMOON" starring Lindy Booth, Roy Scheider, Daryl Hannah, Tia Carrere, Nick Cornish and Eric Roberts. 

Born in London, England, Michael Spence attended the noted Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, graduating from the Motion Picture Department.  His film "Shackles and Chains" was honored at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the top prize in its category.  After working as an advertising agency photographer and production artist, he became a producer for AngloFilms, creating commercials for many national clients.  That led to a position as Post-Production Supervisor for a leading producer of independent films and network television programming, and then as film editor for Taft International Pictures and ComWorld Entertainment.

Mr. Spence moved from the editing room into film production, becoming a 2^nd Unit Director on several independent features and for the NBC television series "Desperado".   He co-founded the independent production company Guerrilla Film Unit, co-writing and directing its first feature release, EDGE OF HONOR.  He went on to become Supervising Director on the CBS TV series "Miracles and Other Wonders" and directed the feature film LEGEND OF THE SPIRIT DOG for Republic Pictures/Discovery.  He recently wrote and directed the supernatural horror film "THE DREAD" for Safe Harbor Productions and Westar Entertainment.  Currently, Mr. Spence is overseeing development of THE HAUNTING AT SEA HORSE FARM for Two Islands, which he will also direct.

Karen O’Malley received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Divisional Humanities from Michigan State University.  After graduation, she worked under Dr. Annie Ward at the University of South Florida IDEA Center where she supervised the departmental staff for Social Foundations of Education and Psychological Foundations of Education.

Upon entering the film and entertainment business, Ms. O'Malley worked as both a production assistant and assistant director on independent films.  She then became a story editor and reader for the Research and Script Department of Taft Entertainment, prior to writing the script for the Mike Harris production "SEARCH FOR THE TITANIC".

After working on several more independent feature films in various capacities, Ms. O'Malley supervised research and development for Serendipity Productions. In 1998 she was appointed Director of Development for Two Islands Entertainment where she currently oversees evaluation, development and acquisition of all motion picture and television projects.  

Jeffrey Conlon studied film at New York University, graduating from the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.  His film "Game Point" received numerous accolades and was honored as a Mobil Semi-Finalist at NYU’S "First Run" Film Festival, also taking home the "Best Actor" prize.  In 1990 "Game Point" was screened at the Director's Guild of America in Los Angeles in a showcase featuring the top ten directors from NYU that year.  

While pursuing his writing and directing career, Mr. Conlon also began working as a producer for Avalon Films, producing many commercials for such clients as Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Dodge, La-Z-Boy, Comerica Bank and other national accounts.  In addition, he has directed several documentaries, including "Where Does Excellence Begin", which won two local Emmy Awards.  He also directed a documentary for Louie Anderson’s Homeless Empowerment Program, HERO, and went on to develop, produce and direct many other commercials, shorts and music videos.  Currently, Mr. Conlon is working on a new feature screenplay.

Agi Orsi graduated from State University Sonoma with a B.A. in French Literature and has earned a Masters Degree in French Literature and Civilization from the Sorbonne in Paris.  Ms. Orsi is a successful producer of numerous documentaries, among them: CURTAIN OF ICE (Arts & Entertainment), BASHKAUSH; HARD LABOR IN SIBERIA (The Discovery Channel) and TEAM ARTEMIS (ABC Sports).  Her films have won the CINE Golden Eagle, Grand Prize at Telluride Mountain Film Festival, the Avoriaz for Best Adventure Film, and the Golden Apple at the National Education Film Festival.  She has served on the board of Women In Film and has been a judge at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival and Graz Mountain Film Festival.

In addition to working in production and distribution in Europe, Ms. Orsi has served as a Consultant for the Centre National Du Cinema/French National Film Board, Cinergi, MAFILM/Hungarian Film Studios, Zev Braun Pictures and Atlantic Releasing.  

She recently produced DOGTOWN AND THE Z-BOYS for Sony Classics, which has won numerous awards, including two major prizes at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.  

She will also produce THE NEXT BIG THING with David O'Malley, based upon his screenplay and directed by Joachim Hellinger.  

In addition, Ms. Orsi is developing COWBOYS ARE MY WEAKNESS, based upon the best-selling book by Pam Houston, for Universal and Allan Weisbeker's IN SEARCH OF CAPTAIN ZERO with Sean Penn.

In 1985, Bob formed Blue Sky Productions, an independent film company, with writer/director David O'Malley.  Subsequently, he scripted and developed feature film projects for Paul Monash / Warner Brothers, Cannon - Golan Globus Productions, and Rastar/Sony - Columbia Pictures.  He has been an advisor to Conspiracy Films since 1985. Conspiracy Films co-produced "Instinct", starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding, Jr., and has been associated a number of Emmy and Academy Award winning documentary films.

Mr. Silvestri graduated the Cooper Union School of Architecture (1971), receiving a Graham Foundation Traveling Fellowship. A grant from the National Council for the Arts provided funding for an experimental workshop and documentary film project on historic preservation, which he produced in association with Jim Burns & Associates. In 1970 Bob was selected to attend the Aspen International Design Conference as one of the youngest delegates to that event.

 Bob Silvestri currently serves as President of Environmental Media Fund, a nonprofit media organization he founded in 2003 that supports the work of numerous award winning documentary filmmakers.  

He is also a founding sponsor of the Marin Environmental Film Festival, a special advisor to the Montana Cine International Film Festival, and sits on the Advisory Board of Filmmakers For Conservation, an international conservation organization for the film and television industry.  

Joseph Sweeney graduated from the University of Vermont with a BS in Finance and Economics, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, a Masters Degree in English and Psychology from the State University of New York and is a PhD candidate in English and Psychology with an emphasis in semiotics.

Mr. Sweeney was National Sales Manager for Viatron Computer Systems, Director of Marketing for Data Products Corporation, Marketing Development Consultant for the Olivetti PC Marketing Group in Ivrea, Italy, and most recently, Director of Strategic Planning for the Ricoh Corporation.

In addition to being an artist in his own right, Mr. Sweeney has found time to serve as Consultant on creation, promotion and use of audio-visual techniques for the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, Job Corps and Head Start.  He has also worked with the Canadian Film Board as director of an experimental film-usage program for community action groups.   He is frequently a guest speaker at Advertising Age Creative Workshops around the country.

Prior to coming to DePaul University in 1987, Dr. Newman was on the faculty of Baruch College, City University of New York, and the University of Wisconsin.  He was also a visiting professor at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and a visiting scholar at F.M.D. Research Institute in Oslo, Norway.  He received his B.S., M.B.A. and Ph.D. (in 1981) in marketing from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

He is Principal of Newman & Associates L.L.C., a consulting firm specializing in consumer research, image management and marketing strategy for both corporations and political clients.  Newman & Associates builds strategic databases around an innovative system called CPS (Customer Profiling System), a computer-generated statistical modeling procedure that connects customer needs and wants to strategic actions. 

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