Dana Altman: Grandson of legendary film director Robert Altman, began his motion picture career working on the set of Popeye in 1981. Eight films and numerous television programs later, he has achieved great success with a thriving career in the entertainment business. After graduating with a degree in Television and Film production from Wayne State College, Altman moved to Los Angeles where he began working with Propaganda Films and The Company in music video production. Later moving to Universal Pictures, he worked for two years as an assistant to the producer on Columbo. While vowing to continue working in the field of entertainment, Altman left Hollywood and returned to Omaha, Nebraska, to marry and raise a family in the Midwest.

Altman, is founder and chairman of North Sea Films, Inc., an entertainment development production company now in its sixteenth year of operations. North Sea Films, Inc. has produced five feature films, coordinated two network concert specials and produced and directed many television spots for regional and national clients. The company has also won many awards, producing half-hour dramas on AIDS and AIDS awareness in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Altman served as executive producer for a PBS television pilot and produced and directed David Crosby & CPR: Though the Music, a 90-minute Public Television program that aired in more than 90% of the country. Last year Altman locked picture on America's Marine Aviators, a six year project detailing the human side and skills of U.S. Marine Corp Pilots and their families. "Lovely Still" starring Academy Award winners Martin Landau (“Ed Wood,” “Crimes & Misdemeanors”) & Ellen Burstyn (“Requiem for a Dream,” “The Exorcist”) which he recently produced will be in theaters in the fall of 2010. He is actively working on the comedy “Pauline” and two Untitled feature films while remaining in production on the documentary Steelheart: Good 2B Alive, a fascinating look and the life, patience and perseverance of Rock and Roll star Miljenko Matijevic and continues his commercial work for corporations and clients across the country.

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