Jess Canty

Los Angeles Entertainment Professional with over ten years of experience and a broad background across a number of specialties within the film business: independent feature documentary production as a producer and executive producer with a keen sense of story and the ability to hold a team together to see a project through to completion; digital acquisitions and distribution with proven negotiation skills, and cultivation and maintenance of successful relationships; business development, organizational and team building with multiple growing start-up companies in the digital film sector; demonstrated managerial, analytical and strategic skills with the ability to work cross-functionally within any organization. Five years of experience as an independent film producer with two completed feature-length documentary films from development through post production and eventual distribution. Five years of experience in digital distribution, maintaining relationships with Disney, Fox, Paramount, MGM, Lionsgate, Universal, Warner Bros. and Sony, as well as over 200 independent content licensors, and record companies including Warner Music, Sony and EMI. Experience in business development, customer service and hospitality management. I feel incredibly lucky to thus-far have had such a diverse experience in my career in Los Angeles. I pride myself on my taste in material and my ability to get things done on each project to which I am committed, be it a film or a long-term job. Specialties: Film Production, Contract Negotiation, Management, Script Reading & Coverage, Script Polising, Film Acquistion, Digital Distribution, New Media, Website Design, Product Management, Copy Writing (marketing, customer support and technical), Hospitality.