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Sanford R. (Sandy) Climan is Co-Founder and Chairman of Hollywood Ventures Group and Founder and CEO of Entertainment Media Ventures, Inc. He is an investor, and producer, and is considered a media visionary.

Throughout his career, Mr. Climan has held senior management positions in the media and entertainment industry. Mr. Climan served as Corporate Executive Vice President and President of Worldwide Business Development of Universal Studios, where Mr. Climan oversaw corporate international strategy, strategic marketing, and five studio operating divisions. Additionally, Mr. Climan held senior positions in motion picture and television production and distribution at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its affiliated production companies.

Mr. Climan was the founding head of CAA’s corporate practice, working with global companies including Sony Corporation on its acquisition of Columbia Pictures, Matsushita Electric on its acquisition of MCA/Universal, Credit Lyonnais on its restructuring of MGM, Coca-Cola, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, Pacific Telesis and other Fortune 500 Companies. Additionally, while at CAA, Mr. Climan was part of the senior management team for 12 years, representing talent that included Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Kevin Costner, Danny DeVito, and Michael Mann, as well as numerous prominent film and television production companies.

Notable achievements include: Executive Producer of the first digital live-action 3D motion picture, “U2 3D” and Producer of “The Aviator,” directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, for which Mr. Climan was awarded a British Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Mr. Climan has served as a bridge between Silicon Valley and Hollywood since the mid-1990s and has been an active venture investor, board member, and senior advisor to numerous entrepreneurial companies in media, technology, fintech, and healthcare.

Mr. Climan serves on several charitable boards, including the American Cinematheque, the UCLA School of Theater Film & Television, and the World Arts Forum of the World Economic Forum. From 2008-2012, Mr. Climan served as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mr. Climan has served as an advisor on entertainment and media to the World Economic Forum and its Annual Gathering in Davos, Switzerland, and is a member of the philanthropic Advisory Board of Lifestyles Magazine. For over twenty years, Mr. Climan served on the board of The Fulfillment Fund, the leading organization for mentoring at-risk high school students in Los Angeles. Mr. Climan was awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2018 and serves as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Ellis Island Honors Society.

Mr. Climan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School, a Master of Science degree in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Harvard College.

Nelly Kim is a founding member and Principal of Hollywood Ventures Group and Senior Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for Entertainment Media Ventures, Inc. EMV is active in media investment and strategic advisory work, with a particular focus on branded entertainment, innovative technologies, and entities currently impacting the traditional boundaries of business, media, and entertainment.

Ms. Kim brings more than fifteen years of business development and strategic advisory experience to EMV, where she provides strategic advisory services to companies ranging from private equity and venture capital firms to Fortune 500 companies, and early-stage companies in media, technology, and healthcare. During her time at EMV, Ms. Kim has consulted on large-scale M&A transactions in the media, entertainment, and technology sectors, managed multi-million dollar, transmedia digital marketing initiatives for several leading brands and has forged strategic partnerships with celebrities and leading media, sports, and entertainment leaders on behalf of her clients. In 2016, Ms. Kim became one of the founding members and Senior Marketing Advisor of SleepScore Labs, an industry leader in the sleep and wellness space.

Prior to working at Entertainment Media Ventures, she worked at Meredith Xcelerated Marketing, an interactive advertising agency ranked as one of the top 50 interactive agencies by AdWeek and Ad Age magazines. Clients included: Acura, Nestle, ING, Cessna, Ford, KB Home, Allergan, and Lowes. She honed her marketing and licensing skills at Original Retrobrand, where she worked with trademarks of over 200 Universities, NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB teams, and various pop culture brands worldwide. Nelly has also served as Advertising Director at Shavua Israeli, where she worked closely with leadership to execute campaigns, deliver marketing solutions, and strategically drive sales. She also oversaw the development and creative execution of advertising schedules and launched the publication’s first English edition. With a passion for branding and advertising, Nelly began her career as an Account Manager at The Los Angeles Business Journal where she specialized in negotiating and creative execution of long-term, multi-platform campaigns for leading companies including Bank of America, American Express, Prudential, Los Angeles Metro, and Sprint.

Gabriel Jenkinson is a founding member and Principal at Hollywood Ventures Group and also serves as Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for Entertainment Media Ventures, Inc. (EMV), founded in 1999 by Sanford Climan. EMV specializes in media investment and strategic advisory, focusing on branded entertainment, innovative technologies, and reshaping the intersections of business, media, and entertainment.

At EMV, Mr. Jenkinson advises venture capital firms, corporations, private equity firms, and national entities on entertainment-sector M&A projects. His work includes appraising international sports broadcasting rights, valuing a major live events company for acquisition, identifying synergies for media mergers, and mapping the film production landscape for large investments. He also manages EMV’s and its affiliates’ film and TV development slates, from identifying intellectual property to packaging and securing studio deals. Additionally, he builds and nurtures professional relationships with clients and affiliates worldwide.

Before EMV, Mr. Jenkinson held roles at the intersection of entertainment and business, excelling in analytical research, strategy, communications, and development. As a strategy and finance analyst at WIIP Studios, he played a key role in its sale to Korean telecom giant JTBC. At Melograno Films, he contributed to award-winning films, including MONICA and WHAT REMAINS. His experience spans prestigious institutions like McKinsey & Company and Creative Artists Agency.

In the public sector, Mr. Jenkinson conducted conflict research for the European Commission Joint Research Center, where he developed the EU’s AI-enabled conflict risk indexing system and redesigned its digital communications. His peer-reviewed article, Dynamic Conflict Risk Indexing, was published by the EU Publishing Office. During the COVID pandemic, he founded The Resupply Project, providing over 60,000 masks and 6,000 units of hand sanitizer to impoverished Indian communities through a grassroots, crowd-funded model.

An accomplished creative, Mr. Jenkinson participated in the Stars Collective, backed by a $100M development fund, and his short film Paura dell’Ignoto won the Socially Relevant Film Award at the Terra di Siena Film Festival. He also received the Seguso Prize at Cannes and starred in JAG Productions’ award-winning Fences.

Mr. Jenkinson graduated with honors from Dartmouth College in political science, was a 2022 Rhodes Scholar finalist, and is fluent in English, Italian, and French, with proficiency in coding languages.

Tejkiran (Kiran) Kaur served as the Executive Assistant to Glenn Gainor, the Head of Physical Production for Amazon MGM Studios, where she has been an integral part of his team for the past four years. In her role, Kiran has been instrumental in helping Glenn build the physical production team from the ground up, providing critical support across a wide range of activities.

Kiran is recognized for her exceptional organizational skills, which include managing multiple calendars, scheduling key meetings, and ensuring smooth operations for both the physical production team and its partners. She has been responsible for planning and hosting events, organizing location scouts, and coordinating studio tours for filmmakers, all while maintaining strong relationships with external partners and stakeholders.

A key contributor to the department's success, Kiran has kept track of the entire movie slate, monitoring the progress and phase of each project. She has also worked closely with production coordinators and managers, supporting the development of key mechanisms for the department and assisting in the oversight of various projects as they move into production.

Over the past year, Kiran has expanded her role, assuming additional responsibilities typically held by production coordinators. As some projects have been assigned to her, she has further strengthened her involvement in production processes, contributing to the seamless setup and execution of shoots.

Before joining Amazon MGM Studios, Kiran was an Associate Video Producer on the Brand Marketing team at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she played a pivotal role in the AWS Video Team. In this position, she maintained strong relationships with all vendor partners, organized and coordinated project requests, and assigned them to internal producers or external agencies for production. Kiran also managed the production of all animated explainer projects for AWS, ensuring that each project adhered to AWS's brand and motion guidelines.

Kiran’s diverse background, spanning from video production at AWS to her current role supporting physical production at Amazon MGM Studios, showcases her versatility, attention to detail, and commitment to ensuring excellence across all aspects of production.