Robert was born in Iowa in the United States but at the very first opportunity, he wasted no time in high-tailing it out of there and headed for the bright lights of Los Angeles to pursue his passion for writing. This produced successful stints at DDB Advertising and Touchstone Pictures (Walt Disney Company).

He won several Screenwriting awards as an amateur in the United States, and got his first work in 1989 with rewriting a number of successful Hollywood film scripts.

Galinsky was mentored by Academy Award ™nominee and multi-Emmy Award ™ nominee Lawrence Heath (TRIUMPH OF THE WILL, MURDER SHE WROTE). At that time he was one of only 40 students nationwide selected for the Truby Black Belt Program (the most prestigious screenwriting academy in the world) headed up by writing guru John Truby (www.truby.com).

Elizabeth came to the film industry from the finance and management side of the business, initially as Business Affairs Manager for Crawfords Australia. During her 10 years at Crawfords she was responsible for the financial and contractual framework of over 20 television series, mini-series and telemovies amounting to hundreds of broadcast hours, as well as managing the on-going licensing of the film library of some 4,000 hours.

As Deputy Director of Film Victoria, the State government film development and funding body, Elizabeth used the finance experience gained in merchant banking in Melbourne and on Wall Street to implement new entrepreneurial strategies to extend the financial resources available to the Victorian industry utilising private sector finance.

Overview

Date of Birth: 1947, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  

Awards: 6 wins & 3 nominations See more »

News desk: Matching Jack pushed forward (From Encore Magazine. 18 May 2010)

Your Crush From Chuck Is Making Australian Movies (From Cinema Blend. 11 May 2009)

Filmography

Producer:

1. Matching Jack (2010) (producer)
2. Hawke (2010) (TV) (executive producer)
3. The Gates of Hell (2008) (producer) ... aka "Gates of Hell" - Australia (TV title)
4. Irresistible (2006) (producer)
5. Amy (1997/II) (producer)
6. Hotel de Love (1996) (producer)
7. "Stark" (1993) TV series (producer)
8. The Big Steal (1990) (producer)
9. Rikky and Pete (1988) (producer) ... aka "Rikky & Pete" - USA (DVD box title)
10. Malcolm (1986) (producer)

Mideast-European Financial Liaison for Production

Suhayb Lahdo was integral in the financial set up of Top Cat Media's previous production PREY (USA release: THE OUTBACK) www.prey-thefilm.com and has brought together the principal Mideast and European partners to make DUST & GLORY a viable and cost efficient enterprise that will be a solid vehicle for investors and production.

Lahdo's experience in import/export and extensive connections in the UAE, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany have made putting together an intrinsically Australian production with global appeal a reality.

Blue Star Entertainment is one of Hollywood’s most exciting and innovative production companies. Its two founding partners, WILLIAM SHERAK and JASON SHUMAN, have establishing themselves as forces within the entertainment industry. They founded their company in 1998 with their first feature, an independent film entitled Four Dogs Playing Poker.  Since then the two have produced over 15 films with a worldwide gross of nearly $400 million.