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on a staff member's name to read their bio: President Chappell Entertainment Corporation / Chappell Films, LLC
Chap started his career in the music industry fresh out of Oklahoma State as Assistant Tour Manager for
a then new, little known rock group Van Halen. After becoming established in the music industry,
organizing, managing and overseeing multimillion dollars events, he began his own touring management
company Phoenix Productions. Thru the late 70's and early 80's Chap grew Phoenix Productions
into one of the major tour management companies, managing, touring and promoting such groups as
38. Special, The Fixx, Billy Idol, Molly Hatchet, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Heart, Thompson Twins, Adam Ant
and The Romantics. Vice President Brian started his career in the music industry in Milwaukee Wisconsin 1968 as a Rigger and Stage Hand for Summer Fest. Then he moved on as a Rigger for Iron Butterfly that lead to Head Rigger for the Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly world tour and after the tour was hired by Airplane as Stage Mgr. He also toured with 1910 Fruitgum Co., The Music Machine, Vanilla Fudge, Stepenwolf, Grand Funk Railroad, and The Doobie Brothers. He moved into Stage Management for The Alpine Valley Amphitheater in East Troy, Wisconsin and then to The Milwaukee Performing Arts Center working with many national and international acts, their management and crews. In 1979 Brian had a chance to try his acting ability, in the movie "The Blues Brothers" it was a very small part but gave Brian the chance to expand his career into the Film and Television business. After Brian moved to Florida in 1980 Brian appeared and worked on 18 films and also worked for Phoenix Productions owned by his current partner "Chap" Chappell as Stage Manager and Head of Security. He got an offer to go into the television industry working on "Miami Vice", "Swamp Thing", "Super Boy", "Super Force" and several others. Brian soon moved into independent producing with his own company Tri-Media Productions and was quite successful in Industrial productions, Producing Writing and directing projects for such companies as Martin Marietta, McDonnell-Douglas Space Systems, 3M Corp. Litton Laser International and The Gale Group. Through the years Brian has gained respect and knowledge in the Film and Television industry. He is actively involved to this day in both Film and Television with his production company Center Stage Productions, and as Vice President of Chappell Entertainment Corp. (a Talent Management company) representing Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith, Leslie Easterbrook, Marion Ramsey, and Mimi Chan. Music Acts - Max-A-Million, and Soul Power Posse' (James Brown's Band) and several other talented individuals. With 33 years in the entertainment Industry he considers himself dependable, confident, organized, highly motivated, and conscientious with close attention to detail. His combination of experiences on both sides of the camera and live stage, bring a rich talent to any project he is involved in. Public Relations In this business one must learn to wear many hats and Cyndi is no exception. Cyndi has been involved in many marketing campaigns and films such as, Michael Winslow, "Comedy Sound Slapdown", "Bike Week eXposed", "The Mystery Of" series and currently "The Chefsters". Fortunately, her years of public service, her experience as a distinguished instructor and counselor for troubled teens and management provide her with an interesting array of knowledge and skills necessary for success in the entertainment field. The most noteworthy, her communication skills and “can do” attitude! In addition to the indispensable skills she provides Chappell Entertainment, she continues to pursue a varied schedule of events to help Chappell Entertainment in her public relations position. Producer & Writer John began producing articles and short stories for local magazines in his native Scotland before emigrating here in 1989. Once in the United States he continued to hone his craft during fifteen years at The Walt Disney Company and later at the Animation Studio, Genesis Orlando Inc. During this time John developed an extensive catalog of short stories and books as well as eleven feature length scripts, two published books, one audio book and several smaller projects. While involved with Mighty Mojo Studios John was producer on a live filmed account of 9-11 tragedy given by Tom Von Essen, the fire Chief in charge during that time, and a marketing DVD of the Robert Gamez Invitational Golf Tournament and Celebrity Bash. He has also co-written twenty-four scripts for The Mystery of… Series produced by this studio, two of which are already in distribution, written thirteen episodes of the animated series, Cartoon Galaxy, and co-authored a book on the life of wrestling legend Dory Funk. John attended the University of Central Florida where he achieved an AS degree in business and a BS in Management Information Systems and having been involved in both sides of the production process is now able to bring this experience to Chappell Entertainment. As an agent for the company John will facilitate the gathering of deliverable content needed by our distributor and also provide a conduit between Distributor and the Producers. |
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