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Jeff "The Dude" Dowd
Jeff Dowd is a Los Angeles-based writer/producer, producers rep, and a nationally recognized authority on marketing, distribution and exhibition.Mr. Dowd was a producer of ZEBRAHEAD which Oliver Stone Executive Produced. ZEBRAHEAD won the Filmmakers Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures. He Co-Executive Produced FERNGULLY...THE LAST RAINFOREST, the animated feature starring Robin Williams, Tim Curry and Christian Slater. It was released by Twentieth Century Fox and won the Environmental Media Association (EMA) Best Picture award.
Jeff Dowd helped raise $28 million of financing for independent pictures in recent years.
Mr. Dowd has consulted on the marketing or been producer's representative of such diverse films as: BLOOD SIMPLE, THE
BLACK STALLION, CHARIOTS OF FIRE, THE GREY FOX, GANDHI, HEART LIKE A WHEEL, WAR GAMES, HOOSIERS, THE STUNT MAN, HEARTS AND MINDS, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, DREAM WITH THE FISHES, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, KISSING JESSICA STEIN, THE COCKETTES, SCRATCH, NEIL YOUNGS GREENDALE and HEART OF GOLD, METALLICA: SOME KIND MONSTER, GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS, THE THING ABOUT MY FOLKS with Peter Falk and Paul Reiser and Carroll Ballards DUMA.
Mr. Dowd has been on the board of the Independent Feature Project, the International Documentary Association, the Sundance Film Festival and the Advisory Board of the Sundance Institute.
Mr. Dowd was formerly with the Seven Gables Theatre Circuit of Seattle, Washington. During his tenure there, Seven Gables had the highest screen gross in the United States--on dozens of pictures. In addition, he often developed and supervised Seattle test markets for pictures requiring special handling. While in Seattle, Mr. Dowd was Co-Director of The Seattle Film Festival.
Mr. Dowd was involved in the planning stages of Robert Redford's Sundance Institute. He worked with many noted screenwriters and directors. These talented artists have all helped to enlarge and refine his knowledge and technique in the craft of screenwriting and film development. Jeff Dowd is one of the producers on several ambitious films which are about to go into production.
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