Daniel A. Sherkow, COO

Mr. Sherkow straddles the worlds of media/entertainment and finance as a successful motion picture and television producer and financial advisor, and currently is a Series 7 licensed Registered Representative.

He has advised numerous and leading media entities such as the Korean animation company, Seoul Movie, and the China Film Group Corp., the official governmental agency of the People's Republic of China, in their negotiations with a major U.S. motion picture studio concerning overall financing, production, and distribution arrangements for live action motion pictures.

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (BFA)/Honors, Mr. Sherkow entered the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University in Boston, Mass. where he earned an MBA.

Following stints at NBC Television and Time-Life Films, then Vice President, Production at Paramount Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures, Mr. Sherkow produced the feature motion picture "SUSPECT," written by Eric Roth ("FORREST GUMP") and starring Cher, Dennis Quaid, and Liam Neeson.  Mr. Sherkow then secured funding for and produced "AMERICAN BUILT"/"RACE FOR GLORY"; and "IMPROMPTU", which opened to universal acclaim and won the prestigious Houston WorldFest Award as "Audience Favorite".  "IMPROMPTU", starring Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and Julian Sands, marked the film directorial debut of noted Broadway stage director, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner, James Lapine ("SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE").  Following its theatrical release and extraordinarily successful video/DVD distribution, "IMPROMPTU" was telecast on the prestigious Public Broadcasting System (PBS) show "Masterpiece Theatre". 

Mr. Sherkow recently financed and produced the feature motion picture "BEING MICHAEL MADSEN", shot on location in Los Angeles, Connecticut and New York City, and starring Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Harry Dean Stanton, Virginia Madsen, and David Carradine.  "BEING MICHAEL MADSEN" was a featured official submission at the largest independent film festival in Europe, the Raindance Film Festival, held in London earlier this year and at the recent Starz Denver International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival.   Distribution is being handled by Maitland Primrose Dist.