Team Tao Joenz
Tao Joenz (pronounced Dow Jones) is the mysterious, pseudonymic superhero identity for our Marquee Stars publisher and a handful of contributors. Every now and again, we lurk behind-the-scenes as business consultants and filmmakers and, for at least the present, we prefer to say little more: Our publisher was always a fan of “The Phantom of the Movies” in the NY Daily News.
We will, however, divulge that every member of our team received a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a major university. Between us, we have completed undergraduate work in business management, literature and journalism, UCLA film school and some post-graduate work in finance and in quantitative data analysis. Our team also possesses over 50 years of combined experience employed in many film industry-related capacities including press kit copy writer, entertainment journalist, newsstand magazine editor, casting director, personal manager, literary agent, development executive, screenwriter, movie extra, production budget estimator, strategic planning analyst, theatrical film booker, theatrical film general sales manager, production consultant, college lecturer, film director and, especially, motion picture producer.
We have produced-by credits with final-cut authority on standalone pictures and on multi-picture slates, on production operations as small as $100 thousand and as large as $17 million, and on every budget range in between.
We have hired screenwriters, film directors and movie stars - both celebrated and reviled.
And guess what?
We like them. We respect their talent. We think they are courageous.
We think every filmmaker is courageous.
Contact:
Publisher: tao@marqueestars.com
Editorial: editor@marqueestars.com
Technical: staff@marqueestars.com
