Marc Clebanoff Louis Mandylor Frank Krueger
President / Sales Director Partner / Sales Manager New Media Director
Principal Team
Marc Clebanoff
President / Sales Director
Award Winning Writer/Producer/Director
Marc Clebanoff, a graduate of the USC School of Cinema/Television, began his career at 20th Century Fox Television before moving onto a feature development position at USA Films (now Focus Features) under the award winning director of Nurse Betty and Lakeview Terrace Neil Labute. In 1999 Clebanoff established his own company, Marathon Films, in which he developed several feature projects with Hollywood bad-boy actor Michael Madsen, and cult filmmaker Larry Bishop (son of Rat Pack comedian Joey Bishop). In 2004 Clebanoff renamed his company Odyssey Motion Pictures to make his feature directorial debut with Unspoken - a dark drama starring Justin Allen and William Sadler, which earned Best Screenplay and Best Feature Film nominations at various festivals throughout 2006. Also in 2006, Clebanoff wrote, produced and co-directed the award-winning dark comedy feature The Pink Conspiracy, which was released theatrically in select cities in September of 2008 before being released worldwide on DVD.
Clebanoff spent two years (2006-2008) consulting for Quentin Tarantino’s indie motorcycle flick Hell Ride, which premiered at Sundance in 2008. In 2008 Clebanoff wrote and directed Break, a star-studded, 5 time award-winning dramatic action film, which was released theatrically in select cities in May & June of 2009 and was released worldwide on DVD in July of 2009. Break also featured one of the final and most memorable performances of acting icon David Carradine and was rehashed as an award-winning web series for Koldcast TV in 2011. In 2011 Clebanoff released the family comedy feature film Gerald, starring Louis Mandylor & Mickey Rooney, which garnered him his first Best Director award. Additionally Clebanoff produced Pound of Flesh, starring Malcolm McDowell, which had its Showtime cable premiere in October of 2011. Also in 2011, Clebanoff produced the TV presentation Elwood, created by Louis Mandylor and Executive Produced and starring Ron Perlman.
Clebanoff sits on the board of the Sacramento Int’l Film Festival as well as the Downbeach Film Festival in Atlantic City, NJ. He holds a 2nd degree black belt in traditional Korean martial arts and is an avid distance runner and accomplished marathoner. He is also the grandson of world-renowned musician and composer, Herman Clebanoff. Louis Mandylor Partner / Sales Manager Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Louis Mandylor initially found success as an amateur soccer player and professional boxer. After his brother Costas found success in Hollywood, Louis moved to Los Angeles and before long won his first guest appearance in a 1991 episode of China Beach, as well as a small supporting role as an Aussie football player in Necessary Roughness. His first serious role was as the womanizer Aldo in the Fox sitcom Down the Shore, followed by a recurring role on Grace Under Fire. In the mid 90s Louis found success as a series regular on the short-lived CBS sit-com Can’t Hurry Love. Concurrently, Louis was playing supporting roles in studio films such as The Quest, and popular shows like Nash Bridges and Martial Law. Frank Krueger Krueger is now an award winning producer, creator and writer of new media and independent film. A founding member of Annex Film Group, he helped produce numerous award winning short films from 2002 through 2006. In 2006 he launched Man Vs., an original comedic web series that has since earned millions of unique views and was selected by Atom TV to air on Comedy Central. Krueger then co-produced No Clean Break, a twenty part neo-noir web series featuring many notable actors including Michael Madsen & David Carradine. Producing/Sales Partners Marc Clebanoff & Louis Mandylor
Award Winning Actor/Producer/Director
In 2002 Louis co-starred in the mega-hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding as Nick Portokalos and reprised his famous role in the TV spin-off. Currently Louis is producing, directing and starring in his own independent feature films, produced by his company Krakatau Films. Most recently Louis co-starred in two films opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. and also starred and directed in the award winning independent feature In The Eyes of A Killer. In 2011, Louis also produced and directed Elwood, a fantasy TV presentation starring Ron Perlman.
New Media Director
Award Winning New Media Writer/Producer
Frank Krueger was born and raised in New Jersey, graduating from The College of New Jersey with a BA in Communications and Graphic Design after winning the Television/Theater Award. He moved to New York City in 1995, where he interned at The Late Show with David Letterman in the music department and held several television production jobs. Frank moved to Los Angeles in 2001 and has worked both in front of and behind the camera, directing, producing and acting in films, television, theater and digital series in both New York and Los Angeles.
Krueger's current project, The Darkness Descending, directed by Marc Clebanoff, is a multi-platform project that has already won the 2011 STTV Viewer's Choice Award for "Best Drama/Action Series" as well as "Best Writing for New Media" at the Downbeach Film Festival in Atlantic City.
