STACY CODIKOW, Founder & Executive Director, is an award-winning feature film producer whose credits include UNDER THE HULA MOON, starring Stephen Baldwin; FATAL INSTINCT, starring Michael Madsen; HOLLYWOOD HEARTBREAK, starring James LeGros; BLACKOUT starring Gail O'Grady, and LONELY PLACE, staring Academy Award nominee Tess Harper. Codikow began her career as a producer's coordinator on the Emmy Award-winning series, CAGNEY AND LACEY, after graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema. At age 24, Codikow established CODIKOW FILMS to produce independent features.

Codikow co-wrote the made for cable thriller VICTIM OF DESIRE, “Cycle of Violence” for the NBC series PROFILER and “Alias Smith and Mr. Jones' for the PAXNET series TWICE IN A LIFETIME.

In 2001 Codikow executive produced Jamie Babbit's short STUCK that was awarded Honorable Mention at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and won the Planet Out Awards. Codikow executive produced Angela Robinson's short D.E.B.S. that was an official selection of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and won the Planet Out Awards. Codikow was Co-producer of the Screen Gems feature film D.E.B.S. that premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. In 2003 Codikow executive produced Colette Burson's LITTLE BLACK BOOT that was an official selection of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. In 2004 Codikow executive produced Jamie Donahue's BILLY'S DAD IS A FUDGE-PACKER that was an official selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2003 Codikow received the LACE Award from the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center for her contributions to the gay community in an extraordinary way in the field of Arts & Entertainment.In 2004 POWER UP received the Leadership Award from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.

LISA THRASHER, President of Film Production & Distribution,
was in the Intellectual Property Department of Fox Group - the parent company over 20th Century Fox, Fox Broadcasting, Fox Sports and all other Fox entities for the past five years. She worked in conjunction with the Motion Picture Association, Sony, Universal, MGM, Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros. to bring civil and criminal cases against individuals and businesses worldwide, and on the Internet, who were illegally profiting from the studios' motion picture films.

Lisa worked for California Lawyers for the Arts where she assisted artists and filmmakers in protecting their own work and avoiding the infringements of others'. She has produced MEMORIES OF AN EVIL STEPMOTHER and STARCROSSED.

In 2005 Lisa served as a juror at the 20th TURIN INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN
FILM FESTIVAL in Italy and as a juror and special guest with Guinevere Turner of the TOYKO GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL.