Kindred Media Group Adds Seasoned Producer / Actor Jonathan Sachar to Executive Team

Jonathan Sachar joins Kindred Media Group company as Executive Vice President

West Hollywood, Calif. (PRWEB) September 16, 2006 -- Filmmaker and actor, Jonathan Sachar has joined Kindred Media Group as Executive Vice President, overseeing development and financing. In addition to projects in 2006 that he has been involved with Kindred Media Group in producing such as “One Part Sugar” (Danny DeVito, Dylan Walsh, Justin Long), “Southern Gothic” (Yul Vazquez, William Forsythe), and “Superheroes” (Greg O’Connor, Ed Radke, Ira Deutchman), Sachar has produced and appeared in “7-10 Split” (Tara Reid), “Senior Skip Day” (Lea Thompson, Norm MacDonald, Clint Howard, Geroge Gallo) and stars in “Cosmic Radio” (Irene Bedard, Michael Madsen, Seymour Cassel).

Jonathan started his career as an actor while attending Tulane University in New Orleans as a mechanical Engineering Major. He did numerous, plays, commercials, local and regional television and film, including Warner’s TIGHTROPE opposite Clint Eastwood. Upon Graduation he moved to the Los Angeles Area where he studied at the legendary Loft studio with Peggy Fuery and Bill Traylor and also worked as an audio visual technician at Universal Studios, at the same time he worked his way up with the major production companies from crafts service to production supervisor / manager on films and over 200 music videos and in his spare time renovated homes. He then moved back to New Jersey to start a family and became an attorney focusing on environmental issues, real estate development and financing.

While his kids were sleeping he was writing screenplays and studying film. He has since given up his law practice to devote full time to creating, developing and producing films and other content for our expanding media delivery systems. Jonathan lives at the Jersey shore where he enjoys extreme wreck diving with his friends and motocross riding with his son.

Jeffrey D. Erb, President of Kindred Media Group said, “We’re very happy to have Jonathan on board, he makes an enormous contribution to the Kindred team. His experience in film development and financing will allow us capitalize on our aggressive growth strategy.”

Founded in 2004, with offices in West Hollywood and Pennsylvania, Kindred Media Group is a film distribution and production company that enables film makers to reach a wide audience both domestically and internationally. With the experience in the motion picture industry as well as the extensive relationships of Kindred’s team, the company is poised for rapid growth as a significant player in motion picture production and distribution.

In 2006, Kindred is releasing five films theatrically, including “Game 6” (Michael Keaton, Robert Downey, Jr., Griffin Dunne), “Jailbait” (Michael Pitt, Stephen Adly Guirgiss), and “Laura Smiles” (Petra Wright, Jonathan Silverman, Kip Perdue), among others. The company has also produced three films, including “One Part Sugar”, “Southern Gothic”, and “Superheroes”, and has several others in development.

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