Lisa Winther, Executive Vice President In Charge Of Production.

Ms. Winther has over 20 years of experience in the television and film industry as a producer, assistant director and stage manager.  She has worked on prime time series, sitcoms, daytime dramas, talk shows, and live stage shows.

Ms. Winther has a DGA award for outstanding directorial team achievement in daytime drama, 5 nominations, and 2 Emmy nominations.

She earned her BA degree from Brooks Institute in film production and has a certificate masters degree in producing from UCLA.

Ms. Winther worked as a producer and CFO for Greenberg & Schluter, Inc., one of the top feature film teaser/trailer/title design companies, with the following clientele: Joel Silver, Richard Donner, Scott Rudin, Tri-Star, Paramount Pictures, The Walt Disney Company, etc.

Lisa Winther has produced and coordinated titles/teaser/trailers for the following films: co-producer "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Sister Act", "Lethal Weapon 3", "JFK", "Patriot Games", "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (award-winning title design for special effects), "Hudson Hawk", "The Last Boy Scout", "Ricochet", "Juice", "Star Trek: The Next Generation, Paramount Pictures Show West Film Festival, and "One Life To Live" (award winning title design).

Ms. Winther spent 5 years as a coordinating producer for Davis & Hamill Productions, a  production company specializing in live stage shows, special effects and commercials. Clientele: Coors, Toyota, and the MGM Grand Hotel EFX Show.

AS an assistant director and stage manager in the DGA, Lisa Winther has worked in film and tape on the following shows:

"7 Days": Paramount Pictures
"Caroline In The City: CBS
"Days Of Our Lives": NBC
"The Young And The Restless": CBS
"The Bold And The Beautiful": CBS (Emmy Nomination Directing Team)
"General Hospital": ABC
"Port Charles": ABC (Directors Guild Award For Directing Team)
"The Donahue Show": NBC

Dan Cooper, Producer, Writer, Director, Talent Consultant

Mr. Cooper has an extraordinary range of experience in the television and film industries.  He co-created the Fox News Channel and played a central role in the creation of "20/20".  He has produced hundreds of hours of live television, and has worked directly with Rupert Murdoch and extensively with the legendary president of ABC News and Sports Roone Arledge.  Mr. Cooper is a three time Emmy winner.

In the area of film production, Mr. Cooper has directed Sam Waterston, Victor Garber, Rob Morrow, Ken Howard and James Earl Jones.

With regard to news and host training, Mr. Cooper's students are too numerous to list, but to mention a few, he trained Joan Lunden, "Good Morning America"'s Joel Siegel, "20/20"'s John Stossel and Arnold Diaz, "Nick News'" Linda Ellerbee, New York local anchors Maurice DuBois and Davidson Goldin, and he was a writing collaborator with the late Roger Grimsby, one of America's greatest TV anchormen. 

While still in his 20's, Mr. Cooper was tapped by the New York Democratic Party to help train Mayor-to-be Abe Beame for his election campaign.

Mr. Cooper also works as a personal manager / talent consultant.