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HAL SCHWARTZ - PRESIDENT

Hal Schwartz is the President of Bull Market Entertainment. Schwartz was the lead producer on the company's recently completed second film, Wake, which stars Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder, Jane Seymour and Danny Masterson. It world premiered in front of a sold-out crowd as the Opening Night film at the 19th edition of the prestigious Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California and was a Spotlight Presentation at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Wake will be released domestically by indie studio E1 Entertainment on DVD, iTunes, and VOD on April 20, 2010. Moving Pictures Film and TV is distributing the film internationally.

Schwartz’s first film was the successful independent feature film, crazylove, which debuted at the Hollywood Film Festival in October, 2005 and was distributed worldwide by PorchLight Entertainment. crazylove had its American broadcast premiere on Lifetime as the network’s Valentine’s Day feature film on February 14, 2006 and was later released on DVD by MTI Entertainment. The film has also been distributed in over 85 international territories.

Prior to producing crazylove, Schwartz helped select some of Hollywood’s biggest projects while working for numerous major entertainment companies, including Scott Free Productions, Lobell-Bergman, Savoy Pictures, Seagall/Nasso, and AMG/APG. He currently has several films in development, including Sisters in Crime, with Wake writer/producer Lennox Wiseley and director Adam Stein as well as the edgy romantic comedy, Bitter, where he will once again team up with Ellie Kanner, who directed both crazylove and Wake, and which was written by David Zuckerman, a co-developer of FOX’s hit TV show Family Guy.

A graduate of the USC Graduate Screenwriting Program and the NYU School of Law, Schwartz brings together a rare combination of business and artistic abilities. Born in New York, he did his undergraduate work at the prestigious School of Speech at Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Radio/TV/Film.