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Glen Reynolds and Zac Reeder are principals in Circus Road Films.

Glen Reynolds:

Prior to founding Circus Road Films, Glen Reynolds served as the president of Fabrication Films. In its first two years, Fabrication acquired 16 films, distributing 7 of them in the United States. The titles released theatrically by Fabrication include Conversations with Other Women with Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter and executive produced by Glen; Last Dispatch and La Tropical, both music documentaries; Zombie Honeymoon, a 2005 Slamdance favorite; Her Name is Carla with Julianne Nicholson and executive produced by Glen; The Californians with Noah Wyle; and Once Upon a Wedding with Kuno Becker.

Fabrication sold the foreign rights to 10th and Wolf, a Bobby Moresco film with Giovanni Ribisi; The Game of Their Lives with Gerard Butler; The Dark Hours, winner of the 2005 Dead by Dawn Festival; The Roost, a 2005 SXSW Festival favorite; The Virgin of Juarez, with Minnie Driver; Keep Your Distance with Gil Bellows; The Circle with Angela Bettis and executive produced by Glen; and The Second Front with Ron Perlman.

Before Fabrication Films, Glen served as Head of Acquisition, Production & Business Affairs for Curb Entertainment. The films produced and sold include Oxygen (HBO) directed by Richard Shepard (The Matador) with Adrian Brody; Mexico City (Miramax) with Robert Patrick and also directed by Richard Shepard; Kill Me Later (Lion’s Gate) with Selma Blair; The Proposal (Miramax) with Jennifer Esposito; Family Tree (Warner Home Video) with Robert Forster; Out of Line (First Look) with Jennifer Beals; Water’s Edge (Lion’s Gate) with Nathan Fillion and written by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow); Pressure (Blockbuster) with Kerr Smith and also written by Craig Brewer; and Tough Luck (Blockbuster) with Armand Assante. In addition, Glen produced Her Name is Carla (Hart Sharp).

Curb acquired over 70 independent feature films including Sunday, the Sundance Film Festival Jury Award winner in 1997; Deja Vu, a Henry Jaglom film with Vanessa Redgrave; Coastlines, a Victor Nunez film with Timothy Olyphant and Josh Lucas; Merci Docteur Rey, a Merchant/Ivory production with Vanessa Redgrave; Dummy with Adrien Brody and Mila Jovovich; A Good Baby with David Strathairn; Ring of Fire with Keifer Sutherland; Little Boy Blue with Ryan Phillipe; Wendigo with Patricia Clarkson; 100 Mile Rule with Maria Bello; Nailed with Harvey Keitel; Just Write with Jeremy Piven; Happy Hour with Anthony LaPaglia; Bug with Brian Cox and Jaime Kennedy; Almost Salinas with Virginia Madsen; The Doe Boy with James Duval; Wedding Bell Blues with Illeana Douglas; Plan B with Jon Cryer; In Quiet Night with Julian McMahon; Nice Guys Sleep Alone with Vanessa Marcil; Blue Moon with Ben Gazzarra; and A Fish in the Bathtub with Mark Ruffalo.

Glen holds a BA in English from New York University, a JD from the University of Texas at Austin and is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Glen grew up on Circus Road.

 

Zac Reeder:  

 

Zac is former Head of Acquisitions at PorchLight Entertainment and MarVista Entertainment, where for the past ten years he has acquired distribution rights to over 150 films and television programs.  Films acquired by Zac include the successful family film trilogy, Shiloh,  the award-winning The Blue Butterfly starring William Hurt, The Kid &I  directed by Penelope Spheeris and starring Tom Arnold, and The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, which stars Justin Long and was produced by Kevin Spacey and the team behind Napoleon Dynamite.  Zac also acquired and helped arrange financing for the highly-acclaimed film Hunt for Justice: The Louise Arbour Story, which screened at the United Nations in New York and Geneva. 

 

Zac has almost 20 years of experience in the film distribution business.  Zac also ran his own independent film distribution company, 4 Corners Entertainment, which was involved in the international distribution of the Academy Award nominated film, Hoop Dreams.  In his career, Zac has been involved in every aspect of filmmaking and distribution, including developing, writing, financing, directing, and selling films.

 

Zac is currently on the Advisory Boards of the Heartland Film Festival and the San Diego Film Festival, and has been a featured speaker at several film festivals, including the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival.

 

Zac holds a BA degree in Psychology from UCLA, where he was also a four-year letterman on the NCAA Division 1 baseball team.  Zac grew up on McKinley Avenue in San Bernardino, California.

 

zreeder@circusroadfilms.com

 

 

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