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Harmon M. Kaslow
Kaslow in 2012
Born
Hollywood, CA
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis, University of Southern California
Occupation(s)General Counsel; Business and Legal Affairs; Motion Picture Producer

Harmon Kaslow is a licensed attorney (California[1] and Federal Courts) and motion picture producer. Along with John Aglialoro, Kaslow produced a trilogy of movies based on the Ayn Rand novel titled "Atlas Shrugged" including Atlas Shrugged: Part I and Atlas Shrugged: Part II and Atlas Shrugged: Part III[2] (aka Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?). Prior to producing the Atlas Shrugged movies,[2] Kaslow was an executive at A-Mark Entertainment, Kismet Entertainment Group and an associate at Shea & Gould, an international law firm.

Kaslow is an experienced finance / corporate / entertainment lawyer. He has provided production, distribution and finance legal counsel and has been an "executive producer" on more than 16 motion pictures[3] including the cult-classic Dog Soldiers,[4] but Atlas Shrugged: Part I was the first time he received credit as a "Producer" (along with Aglialoro) on a motion picture.[5] As a result of a Writers Guild of America Arbitration over the writing credits, Kaslow, along with J. James Manera & John Aglialoro, received a "screenplay by" credit on Atlas Shrugged III: Who is John Galt? [6]

In a 2011 interview promoting the motion picture "Atlas Shrugged - Part I", Kaslow stated the following: "I believe in limited government, I believe in individual liberty, and I think that those are very similar to the same core values that the party espouses for its members."[7]

In 2013, Kaslow was part of a Kickstarter campaign that was launched to promote and market Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?,[8] and the Kickstarter campaign was successful in that it raised more than $445,000 which was nearly $200,000 more than the campaign's goal.[9]

An unfinished edit of Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt? premiered at the Anthem Film Festival and was awarded 2014 Best Narrative Film.[10] The movie was released theatrically on September 12, 2014.[11] The Atlas Shrugged trilogy was not well received by the critics and earned only $9 million at the U.S. box office.

In 2015, Kaslow made an announcement regarding CinemaCloudWorks,[12] which was hailed as a revolutionary technology for planning, booking, settling and marketing theatrical motion pictures.[13]

In 2017, Atlas Distribution Company, under Kaslow's leadership, distributed six motion pictures including the BBC's "Earth: One Amazing Day" which was nominated for a PGA Award;[14] the award winning "No Greater Love" [15] which credits Kaslow as a producer[16] and has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes;[17] and the hit family / faith-based film titled "Let There Be Light."[18] Kaslow was also on "The TV/Film/Video - Platforms and Partnerships - Developing Hollywood Content as Brand and Distribution Package" panel at the Digital Hollywood symposium sponsored in part by The Hollywood Reporter[19] and a subject of an article in connection with the American Film Market.[20]

In 2018, Kaslow made an announcement that CinemaCloudWorks had commenced an association with Digital Cinema United.[21] In November 2017, an article appeared in Forbes.com regarding CinemaCloudWorks' application called iScreeningRoom.[22]

Personal life

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Kaslow attended high school in Santa Ynez, California. In 1979, the year he graduated,[23] he was also elected the State President of the California Future Farmers of America (FFA) [24] and was part of a contingent of FFA Leaders who met with President Carter.[25] Kaslow received a BS in Agricultural and Managerial Economics at the University of California, Davis and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "California". CalBar. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Cheney, Alexandra (26 March 2013). "'Atlas Shrugged Part 3′ Greenlit, Hitting Theaters Summer 2014". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Harmon Kaslow Motion Picture Credits". IMDB. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  4. ^ Bing, Jonathan (17 July 2002). "'Dog' redux, 'Stander,' 'Asylum' in pipeline". Variety. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. ^ Timpane, John (16 April 2011). "'Atlas Shrugged' film born of sheer will, the Ayn Rand way". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who is John Galt? Credits". IMDB. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. ^ Kitto, Kris (14 April 2011). "20 Questions with Harmon Kaslow". The Hill. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ^ Bond, Paul (23 September 2012). "Atlas Shrugged' Producers to Launch Kickstarter Campaign to Complete Trilogy (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Atlas Shrugged". Kickstarter. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Anthem Film Festival". Anthem Film Festival. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Atlas Shrugged Part III Release Date". MovieInsider.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  12. ^ "CinemaCloudWorks - Theatrical Distribution Software".
  13. ^ "Atlas Distribution Announces Online Theatrical Distribution System" (Press release).
  14. ^ "PGA Awards Unveil Documentary Feature Nominees". 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017.
  15. ^ ""No Greater Love:" Army Chaplain Justin Roberts on his Award-winning Documentary". 6 December 2017.
  16. ^ "No Greater Love (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
  17. ^ "No Greater Love". Rotten Tomatoes.
  18. ^ "THANK YOU: 'Let There be Light' Comes in SECOND in US BOX OFFICE".
  19. ^ "ArtistsFl17". Archived from the original on 2017-07-19.
  20. ^ "AFM According to … Atlas Distribution's Harmon Kaslow: Santa Monica's Traffic Police Always Win". The Hollywood Reporter. 5 November 2017.
  21. ^ "Digital Cinema United to Offer CinemaCloudWorks to USA Distributors".
  22. ^ "The New Online Platform Aiming To Save Hollywood Billions And Revolutionize Audience Test Screening". Forbes. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  23. ^ "SYVUHS Class of 1979". Classmates. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  24. ^ Ramos, Julian. "SY Valley life prepared him for career, producer says". Santa Maria Times. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  25. ^ Staff Writer (October–November 1979). "The President's Challenge" (PDF). The National Future Farmer. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  26. ^ "Harmon Kaslow". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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