Eric Klein ent.dealmaker@gmail.com Telephone 818 294 2051 4855 Boulder Hwy. #B102 Las Vegas, Nevada 89121

Business Affairs = Media Business Affairs = Promotion = Marketing = Advertising = Event Planning Representation: Manager, Line Producers, Produced by…Entertainment (July, 2010 – February, 2013); Sr. Agent/Head of Line Producer (“LP”) Sub-department, Innovative Artists Agency (September, 2009 – July, 2010); Sr. Vice President, Business Affairs, Montana Artists Agency (November, 2004 – September, 2009)

Trained agents in line producer representation. Trained assistants in company policies; sounding board for disputes. Restructured department, implemented policies and procedures within the department as well as with agents to increase

productivity and streamline costs. Oversaw purchase orders and approvals for food and office supplies. Interviewed all potential assistants for all executives. Hired, fired and oversaw training of all employees. Negotiated top client (LPs, department heads—Dir. Of Photography, Prod’n. Designer, Costume Designer) agreements. Began expanding company into development agreements for clients with projects. Problem solved issues for both clients and Agency business. Advised/helped with guild documents, production insurance issues. Reduced company’s loan pay-off by 1.3 years.

Studio / Network Business Affairs Negotiator: Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs; USA Cable Entertainment / NBC/Universal Television; Director, Business and Legal Affairs, Fox Family Channel; Manager, Business Affairs, Warner Bros. Television; Negotiator, Sony/Columbia/TriStar Television:

Lead Negotiator: Negotiate and draft series, long form and reality agreements for writer, producer, director and actors; research and draft rights documents; strong interaction with Above the Line and Below the Line guilds.

Negotiate and draft Negative Pickup agreements and financing/security documents; negotiate major talent deals and oversee productions and production counsel; interact with guilds (U.S. and Canadian).

Interact with studio and network creative and production personnel from development through delivery of projects; developed many of the contract forms used by the studio.

In my years on the studio and agency sides of the entertainment industry, many productions were filmed in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. I worked with various governments to acquire deferments, VAT agreements, insurance plans, work permits, security and international funding transfers of multi-million dollar transactions.

Negotiated a reduction of the Australian government 6 month animal quarantine to 1 month for the Tom Hanks miniseries The Pacific.

Promotional, marketing, advertising creation, event movie premieres and oversight (budget, hiring, concept, parties, etc.) for such events as Helen of Troy, Spartacus, The Last Ride, Battlestar Galactica and others.

Education:

Wayne State University: Left school after two years to pursue an opportunity writing, producing and directing of multi award-winning commercial and corporate entertainment projects. Led to successful career as a Business Affairs negotiator/executive for studios and networks in Los Angeles.

Achievements; Community Service; Further Education and Teaching can be found below

Resume, Eric Klein, cont’d Consultant:

Only person to successfully negotiate and close a deal with Dick Clark for use of the name American Bandstand; First American to negotiate western distribution for Solo Voyage: The Detached Mission, the first Russian made film

released under Glasnost. Designed and implemented the business model for Lexus’ online customer entertainment site, LStudio; Engaged to restructure and rewrite profit participation business model for the SAW movies. Was one of the first people to

implement and negotiate box office gross bonuses for actors, director and executive producers; Negotiated brand usage of Snapple for Blockbuster and Apple $300,000,000 music “baseball cards” with QR Scan readers

for immediate updates on music artists’ news, interviews and streaming performances on iPhone.

1981 – 1989, Detroit, MI: VISIONQUEST/LION'S SHARE PRODUCTIONS, ran an independent production company, writing, directing and producing national and local commercials (Renault/AMC Jeep, American Airlines, ITT, Tosti Asti Spumanti, Lever/Shedd's, etc.), and corporate "entertainment shorts", leading to the awards listed below: Awards / Honors: Best Film or Video (non-theatrical entertainment), "Reach For It!", Michigan International Film Festival (creator, writer, director, producer); Cine: Golden Eagle, "Winners All", a 1/2-hour documentary on the AAU Junior Olympics (director); The Bronze Medallion, "The Little Big Western", New York International Film & TV Festival (writer, director, co-producer); The Gold Plaque, "Bunsmoke", Intercom International Film & Video Festival (writer, director, co-producer); The Silver Quill, "Imagineering", (writer, director, producer). Seminar Teaching:

Martial Arts/self-defense/rape protection seminars. Speaker at motivational/informational seminars to IA guild members in various states. Speaker at assisted living facilities on topics such as Medicare, Medicaid, government agency ”red tape”, etc.

Further Education, Community Involvement:

Martial Arts (10th degree Black Belt, teacher, winner of over 50 tournaments (sparring, Kata, weapons) and 10 consecutive Black Belt light vs heavyweight Full Contact Grand championships);

Author: Walking the Path of a Sensei (Martial Arts book). Taught unarmed combat to Army servicemen stationed in Detroit, MI Donated time to Childhelp USA, Make a Wish Foundation and ORT. Brought Cheryl Ladd and Jane Seymour to Warner

Bros. Television to sell the biography on the women who started Childhelp.