Advisory Board
Fred Fuchs was previously the president for eight years at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope, where he led production and distribution efforts for feature film and television projects. While at American Zoetrope, Fuchs was Producer or Executive Producer on fifteen feature films including The Godfather, Part III, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and John Grisham's The Rainmaker before moving to independent films and new entertainment related technologies. Mr. Fuchs has remained an active advisor to technology companies in the digital media and entertainment market. Bill Buxton
Bill Buxton has been one of the foremost technologists in the entertainment industry, having helped grow Alias|Wavefront as its Chief Scientist (Silicon Graphics merged with Wavefront Technologies and Alias Research in February 1995). After the merger, Mr. Buxton was Chief Scientist at Silicon Graphics for seven years. Silicon Graphics, through its Alias unit, is the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, including award-winning software, support, custom development and training solutions for the film, video, game development, interactive media, industrial design and visualization markets. These solutions include the Maya software product line for the entertainment industry. Peter Dekom
Peter Dekom has over 25 years experience at the highest levels of entertainment law. A recognized leader in his field, Mr. Dekom's entertainment clients have included such high profile people as George Lucas, Ron Howard, Rob Reiner, John Travolta, Joan Rivers, Robert Towne, Brian Grazer, and Martin Bregman. Other clients have included such multinational corporations as Pacific Telesis, Sears Roebuck, US West, Spelling Entertainment, Fujisankei Communications and others. Mr. Dekom has received many honors and awards during his career, including Entertainment Lawyer of the Year, was ranked among the Top 50 Corporate Lawyers in America and as one of the 100 most powerful and influential people in Hollywood. Mr. Dekom graduated first in his class at UCLA law school with a JD and Order of the Coif designation. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in Sociology. Mr. Dekom is currently an entrepreneur with projects in Asia and the US in various areas of entertainment.