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Matt Zien
Matt Zien is an American television and documentary film producer. He is known for developing and producing nonfiction series and feature documentaries, including ''The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For'', ''This Is Paris'', '' Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath'', and ''Slauson Rec'' (2025), which premiered in the Cannes Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival. Early life and education Zien studied at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, where he developed a background in storytelling and documentary filmmaking. Career Early work Zien began his career in unscripted television development, working at All3Media America and Studio Lambert on reality and documentary projects for major networks. The Intellectual Property Corporation In 2016, Zien joined The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) as its first development executive. He later became Vice-President of Development and Creative Director, and head of brand development fo ...
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Kirsten Zien
Kirsten Prout (born September 28, 1990) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her lead roles in the Freeform (TV channel), ABC Family television shows, portraying Amanda Bloom in ''Kyle XY'' and Char Chamberlin in ''The Lying Game''. Her first sizable break in film came in 2005, when she was cast as Abby Miller, a lead role opposite Jennifer Garner in ''Elektra (2005 film), Elektra''. In 2007, Prout was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series by the 28th Young Artist Awards, Young Artists Awards for ''Kyle XY''. In 2010, Prout portrayed the vampire "Lucy" in ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''. She has guest starred in notable series including NCIS (TV series), ''NCIS'', ''Psych'', ''Devious Maids,'' Ties That Bind (TV series), ''Ties That Bind'' and ''Dear White People (TV series), Dear White People''. Prout is also known for her lead roles in the horror genre, as Alex Bell in the MTV film series ''My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (film series), My Super Psycho Sweet 16'', Jew ...
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Leo Lewis O'Neil
Leo Lewis O’Neil (born c. 1997) is an American documentary filmmaker. He is best known for directing ''Slauson Rec'' (2025), an explosive guerrilla documentary chronicle of actor Shia LaBeouf’s experimental theater company in South Central Los Angeles. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Classics section and received widespread acclaim for its unfiltered depiction of artistic idealism, power dynamics, and emotional abuse. Early life and background O’Neil was raised in Austin, Texas. He moved to Los Angeles in 2018, shortly after dropping out of college, with aspirations of working in film. Struggling financially, he took odd jobs and lived on borrowed air mattresses while trying to find creative community. That fall, he attended an open call posted by Shia LaBeouf for an unstructured acting collective based out of the Slauson Recreation Center. O’Neil, then 21, brought his camera and quickly became the group’s informal documentarian. Career ...
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University Of Southern California Alumni
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Documentary Film Producers
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception hat remainsa practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular photographs to detail the complex attributes of historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the American Civil War. Documentary movies evolved from the creation of singular images in order to convey pa ...
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American Television Producers
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Living People
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The Hunt For A Serial Killer
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Indian Matchmaking
''Indian Matchmaking'' is a 2020 Indian reality television series produced by Smriti Mundhra that premiered on Netflix on 16 July 2020. In August 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. In March 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a third season, which premiered in April 2023. Cast *Sima Taparia, a marriage consultant from Mumbai who uses preferences from the people, their parents, and her years of matchmaking experience. She previously appeared on Mundhra's ''A Suitable Girl (movie), A Suitable Girl''. Supporting cast * Shekar Jayaraman, a 34-year old Chicago attorney and entrepreneur. *Jay Wadhwani, a 35-year old entrepreneur and product manager from Atlanta. * Rashi Gupta, a 27-year old small & exotic animal veterinarian from Los Angeles. Release ''Indian Matchmaking'' first aired on 16 July 2020, on Netflix. Episodes Season 1 (2020) Season 2 (2022) Season 3 (2023) Production Development Series director Smriti Mundhra pitched the idea o ...
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Free Meek
''Free Meek'' is a 2019 true-crime docuseries about American rapper Meek Mill's ongoing battle with the U.S. justice system following a disputed conviction in 2007. The five-part series premiered August 9, 2019, on Amazon Prime Video, and is produced by his record label, Roc Nation and The Intellectual Property Corporation, and executive produced by Mill and Jay-Z. A trailer was released during the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards ahead of its premiere. Background The series examines how Mill has been repeatedly returned to prison based on trivial violations of his parole, and probes the problematic circumstances of the original charges, of which he maintains his innocence. The series includes interviews with Mill and his family, along with Jay-Z, CNN commentator Van Jones, Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael G. Rubin, Black Lives Matter activist Tamika Mallory, and ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular cul ...
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Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ...
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Von Dutch
Von Dutch is an American multinational fashion brand posthumously named after Kenny Howard, a.k.a. "Von Dutch", an American artist and pinstriper of the Kustom Kulture movement. After Howard's death in 1992, his daughters allowed Ed Boswell to produce items using the Von Dutch trademark logo. The trademark rights were sold in 1996 to Mike Cassell who, with Robert Vaughn, used the logo for an apparel line named Von Dutch Originals. French designer Christian Audigier helped popularize the brand in the early 2000s. Von Dutch was repurchased in 2009 by Groupe Royer S.A., through its Luxembourg subsidiary Royer brands International S.a.r.l. In 2024, WSG (White Space Group) purchased the global rights from Groupe Royer S.A. The clothing brand gained popularity in the US and attracted the attention of celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Ashton Kutcher and Eric Church. History Kenny Howard Kenneth Robert Howard was ...
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