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Executive Producer

Douglas Elston

Bio

Doug is a successful trial attorney focusing on commercial disputes. He has served as General Counsel and Director of Private Equity for a private investment company involved in the acquisition, development and sale of mid-market companies ($25-300 million in value) in a variety of industries and as General Counsel for a national environmental engineering firm. Doug was also the President and CEO of a manufacturer/distributor of highly specialized personal watercraft. He has extensive experience in private equity fundraising, investments, intellectual property, general corporate and corporate legal matters. Doug has a deep-seated interest in the film industry, having co-authored several feature length screenplays with his son, Chris. Their first collaboration, a legal thriller called Fade to Gray, was a quarterfinalist (out of over 6,000 scripts) at the Academy Foundation’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, the country’s most prestigious screenplay competition.

Executive Producer- Job Description

The credit given to someone who either contributes or raises the majority of finaces for a production or is responsible for creative input such as writing the screenplay.