Paul Lauer holds the role of CEO at One Door Studios, a film and TV development and production company. Additionally, he is the founder and CEO of well-established Hollywood marketing agency Motive Entertainment. With an impressive career spanning over 50 films, some of his notable contributions include the blockbuster success of "Passion of the Christ," which grossed a staggering $1 billion worldwide, as well as his involvement in popular titles such as "Chronicles of Narnia," "Polar Express," "Rocky Balboa," "Heaven is for Real," "The Shack," and "Just Mercy."

Lauer's marketing expertise extends to top-rated TV programs, such as the Bible miniseries created by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, which claimed the title of the #1 program on television. In addition to his film and TV endeavors, Lauer has marketed three best-selling books, including "Michael Vey," which reached the pinnacle of the New York Times Bestsellers list. His work in the industry has been acclaimed as a "textbook study in both high-profile and below-the-radar marketing" by Ad Age, a recognition that earned him a spot among the Top 50 Marketers of the year. Furthermore, Lauer takes on the role of Chief Strategy Officer at MyStreme, an upcoming streaming platform.

Before his involvement in the entertainment industry, Lauer had a notable stint as the publisher and editor of YOU! Magazine, a publication distributed worldwide in six languages, and he also oversaw the syndicated insert Youth Beat, with an impressive circulation of one million. Lauer's talents extended into event production as he organized the World Youth Day Music Festival, drawing in an astounding 100,000 attendees to Denver, Colorado. His professional journey included high-level positions within tech companies like webBASIS, showcasing his versatility. Beyond these roles, Lauer expanded his presence as a media personality, guest hosting radio and TV shows, and making appearances on major networks such as CNN, Fox, and MSNBC. His insights and contributions have been featured in over 50 publications and websites, including prestigious outlets like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

John has provided development and financing planning and execution for over 20 motion pictures, television network series and specials, with combined production costs of over $470 million and global rights earnings exceeding $4 billion.

Here are some of the films John Lee has worked on, including Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and The Nutty Professor.

John Lee's business consulting work for motion pictures released through Universal, Paramount, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros., HBO and many others.

John has successfully led the vision, launch and/or expansion of entertainment and media entities, including Impression delivery Corporation that was subsequently acquired by CapCities, and Entertainment Business Group purchased by the Gillen Group, as well as the ad sales units of TimesMirror Cable Television (acquired by Cox Communications).

John's early career started as a systems analyst then consultant within the Business Systems Division of the NCR corporation by day, while in the evenings writing scripts and stories, and studying entertainment's creative and business craft. John co-founded the highly successful San Diego Repertory Theatre, for which he provided business planning, funding.

John  also held a position as Controller and then Business Affairs Vice President for global motion picture sales company Howard Goldfarb Distribution. Subsequently, in the same position for Heart Entertainment, he directed the distribution and funding of in-house and client projects and helped measure the value of their pictures' rights and plan their optimal global rights licensing and sales.

In 1996, John joined the faculty of BYU's Film School, established and taught their Business of Film curricula, leading him to author The Producer's Business Handbook. This book has beenused by film and business schools the world over, and is now in its fourth edition published by Focal Press and co-branded by AFM.

In 2004, John became the co-founder and CEO of iCommunication Dynamics, and i.TV, Internet steaming television technology entities, eventually selling its majority interest, as well as separately its i.TV concept and domain, which became a top 100 iPhone and iPad application.

In 2008, John became Dean of India's high-tech entertainment and media college, Whistling Woods International, contributing to their expansion, attaining top ten global status, and bringing India its first Media and Entertainment MBA in partnership with Manipal University.

In 2011, John became Managing Director of Entertainment Strategy, where he directed the development, global distribution, funding and oversight of in-house and client entertainment projects.

In 2018, John’s Simple Little Stories co-ventured with Jason Brents’ Lady of the Lake Studios together with their China distribution relationships, forming OneDoor Studios, each partner company contributing three global, wide-audience projects, three of which are also franchise projects.

John continues to story-search, write, surf, help his wife, Darylann, in her women and children humanitarian work, and together they labor in their most joyous production...their children, grandchildren and extended family.

Chiefly through his 3Gates Films, Stephen became a polished producer, known as a "Renaissance Man" through the many projects which he produced and contributed to as a producer, writer, director, director of photography, editor, and even FAA licensed drone pilot in motion picture, television and live event production. Stephen has established multi-cam streaming systems, and has served as a media broadcasting facility director.

Stephen started 3Gates Films in 2010 as designer, engineer, builder and cinematographer of the first aerial platforms that opened the liberating era of drones. Stephen’s innovative breakthrough aerial systems were featured in Scientific American magazine and many other publications and television programs. For a multi-million-dollar Fox Sports television commercial, Stephen became the first person to fly a cinema camera from a Blackmagic Design on a RC platform. He currently holds multiple FAA certifications, including part 107.39 for flights over people, a certification held today by only 18 individuals in the United States.

Stephen was the director of photography and editor on the 8.4/10 IMDB rated 2020 Film Hope for the Holidays released on Amazon Prime Video. He was also director of photography and editor for the 13th season of a PBS docu-series entitled Healing Quest. Stephen’s stock footage has been sold primarily for commercials thousands of times to companies worldwide. His footage has been purchased by National Geographic, Valvoline, Mahindra Tractors, Cenovas Energy, Spike TV, and hundreds of other companies.

In 2019 Stephen amassed a quarter of a million followers on TikTok with views in the tens of millions of videos telling stories of miracles in people’s lives. Stephen’s reputation as a world class editor is significantly enabled by his substantial production of live, multi-camera concerts, and his degree in music performance, with a minor in voice.

Stephen speaks Mandarin Chinese with a level of fluency from his 2 years living in Kunming and Xian, China. He is also an instrument rated private pilot, is fascinated with aviation, has continuing electrical engineering projects as a hobby, is an extreme mountain biker and is a father of three sons and one daughter.

In 2015, Jason began to lay the foundation of the mini-studio which would eventually become OneDoor Studios. He astutely applied his lifetime of studying and acquiring great world literature, researching and becoming deeply oriented in the business of global motion picture and series development, production, financing and distribution, as well as engaging relationships with bright key-entertainment industry players.

In July 2018, Jason founded OneDoor Studios with his friend and partner John Lee. Since then Jason has been developing IP for the company, setting up and closing development financing, and setting up OneDoor Studio Entertainment Properties, which may become the first entertainment industry Series Regulation A+ development funding platform. As OneDoor’s President, Jason continues to oversee all of its entities, developing their in-house story properties and connecting OneDoor Studios with its various production partners, which include his and OneDoor’s global community of film industry professionals. Along with continuing to develop industry partnerships, Jason leads OneDoor’s public development funding, bank production financing and expanding the partners’ overall vision of becoming a mini-studio.

PRODUCER: Award winning producer for branded entertainment and founder of a leading ad agency for feature films and retail marketing, Daniel has developed and managed $500 million in media marketing over 30 years – growing countless businesses and entertainment properties by billions of dollars. Several businesses have doubled gross revenue under the watch of Daniel Brian Advertising.

MARTECH INNOVATOR: Daniel co-developed PostMonster, in use by thousands of national brand managers, as well as PartnersHub, the influencer engagement platform for Disney including Winnie-the-Pooh and Tangled, also setting the viral marketing record for generating 300 million organic page views for Warner Bros. The Hobbit.

Notable media patents and implementations include the streaming TV interface (Patent No. 10231019), PizzaAndAMovie.com with Paramount Home Video, Center Stage at Chick-fil-A, Hyperlocal Digital Media used by thousands of Papa Johns franchisees, PostMonster used by Penske Automotive and the Kasasa AdBox, recently deployed to 600 banks to automate advertising with artificial intelligence.

AUTHOR/SPEAKER: Author of Surfing the Black Wave, Daniel has contributed as a writer for the Forbes Agency Council, and is followed by more than 13,000 media professionals on Linkedin. Daniel often teaches at his alma mater, Michigan State University, while his book is an annual curriculum at the University of Michigan as well as marketing webinars and study groups with several clients, including Rocket Mortgage –as presented below at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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