Omar Kaczmarczyk
Omar Kaczmarczyk has a long and distinguished history in the motion picture and entertainment industry. Serving as President of his financing and sales consortium venture OK Company (OKCO), he manages producers including Raju Patel and Ulli Lommel. He officiates as an Entertainment Consultant to Invicta Financing Ltd. in London, and controls the copyright of several film libraries. In 1998 he Executive Produced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1998), and developed/ executive produced Trimark Pictures' The Eternal starring Christopher Walken. Also, he produced his first feature-length documentary Timothy Leary: The Final Trip. In 2000, in conjunction with the Fries Film Group, he Executive Produced the live action film "Pinocchio II" starring Martin Landau. Kaczmarczyk has several films in development; Frosy and Fire, based on a Ray Bradbury novel to shoot in Summer 2005, Boogeyman The Return with Ulli Lommel and Hanuman with Raju Patel. Kaczmarczyk is recognized internationally as a pioneer of innovative motion picture licensing techniques. Working in Zurich with producer Alexander Salkind, he assembled twenty feature films for distribution in the emerging worldwide market. From 1980 to 1983, this package generated over $20 million dollars in this 'secondary' distribution revenue stream for films. In addition, while working closely with Pueblo Film A.G, he streamlined the delivery and collection system for international sales.
Kaczmarczyk initiated and implemented pre-sale rights licensing for Superman III, Supergirl and Santa Claus The Movie. His video sale of the Warner Brothers' theatrical release of Supergirl to International Video Entertainment made industry headlines as the first segmented "studio" video deal. In 1984, functioning as project leader for Salkind's Santa Claus The Movie, he challenged industry frontiers with his newly developed segmented-licensing system resulting in a record breaking deal between Tristar, Viacom, and Media Home Entertainment. Considered revolutionary at the time, these segmented rights deals are now accepted industry norms.
Relocating to Los Angeles in 1985, Kaczmarczyk consulted for several prominent producers and distributors. He developed foreign distribution operations for Scotti Brothers Pictures, advised Miramax on developing their foreign sales entity, and created the financing and distribution/marketing operations for Noble Entertainment. As a advisor to Fries Entertainment, Kaczmarczyk expedited an equity investment for the $10 million dollar film Screamers. Due to his relationship with Credit Lyonnais, he assisted the financially troubled IVE by introducing them to the investor. Also with Credit Lyonnais' assistance, he facilitated Carolco's merger creating Carolco/Live Entertainment that evolved into Artisan Entertainment, now Lion's Gate. Consulting on over 140 international co-productions and independent films worldwide, Kaczmarczyk has over 27 years experience in the entertainment industry serving in executive, financial and distribution capacities. As an independent consultant his responsibilities have included film library analysis and receivable evaluation. His invaluable knowledge of the worldwide film market offers his OK Company a vast array of opportunities to exploit all product to its full potential and to lead the way in copyright management. With his determined sales force, his OK Company will remain innovators within the acquisitions and sales community.