About the Producers
Stanley Buchthal has been an entrepreneur in the fields of fashion, venture capital, entertainment and the environment. In 1988, he founded the Dakota Group Ltd., a private investment holding company and LM Media GmbH, a Swiss-based movie and television financing and production company. Buchthal has been a leader in the independent feature world, producing such films as Hairspray (directed by John Waters), Spanking the Monkey (directed by David O. Russell), Up at the Villa (directed by Philip Haas). Currently he is producing a slate of high-profile documentary films, including American Ruling Class (John Kirby) and most recently Sydney Pollack’s acclaimed and award-winning Sketches of Frank Gehry. Presently in release is the award-winning feature film, Paper Dolls, and he is executive producer of the forthcoming Berlin, performed by Lou Reed and directed by Julian Schnabel.
David Koh has served as Head of Acquisitions and Production for Palm Pictures (Chris Blackwell’s, founder of Island Records & Island Pictures, film & music company) and is a partner in the Arthouse Films label which is an independent production and distribution label based in New York. Koh has been involved in the acquisition, development, production, release, distribution, and marketing of over 150 films. He has served as the former Artistic Director and Founder of the Santa Fe Film Festival and the Goldeneye Film Festival and has served as a Curator for the recently launched Core Club in New York.