Our Team
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Jethro Rothe-Kushel
He partnered with former agents from ICM, APA, Innovative and Gersh and other execs from Fox and CBS who helped guide the careers of Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Guillermo Del Toro on Scenario, a management and production company, to help guide the careers of the next generation of the world’s most significant cinematic storytellers.
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Irene Park
In a former life, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Irene Park worked in marketing then Corporate Philanthropy in New York City. In the height of the global recession and with full job security, she left the corporate world to pursue acting full-time back in her hometown of Los Angeles, CA.
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Jordan Michael
Jordan Michael has been in the industry for over ten years, working in roles such as consumer products, motion picture literary, production and development with industry brands such as The Weinstein Company, Focus Features, New Line Cinema, Gersh Agency, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, and TalentWorks. He is also an instructor and faculty at the School of Visual Arts in Filmmaking; teaching "The Filmmaking Process”.
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Sophie Schleifer
She is passionate about promoting accessibility and opportunity to video production within her community, which led her to create a nation-wide student network, named SLOP Studios, geared to stimulate artist collaboration and transcend university bubbles.
Sophie is in her senior year at Haverford College and dreams of becoming a producer who calls the shots and uplifts impactful stories in the community.
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Ivan Devedzic
Business-Creative hybrid with Silicon Valley experience. Ivan has led cross-functional remote teams of 50+ people and completed 800+ creative projects for clients such as Amazon, Twitch, X-Factor, European Commission, UNDP and many more.
A multi-dimensional creator, currently working as a C-Level Executive at a marketing agency, he has found his place at the intersection of entrepreneurship, music, travel and film.
Jethro Rothe-Kushel
Some stories lead to tragedy while others lead to transformation. Jethro has spent 20 years studying what stories make the greatest impact in transforming human lives.
After graduating from Poly and Dartmouth, he started his career studying stories of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles. A series of documentaries he produced led him to work with a local leader, who with the help of voters, raised $3 billion to fight homelessness in Los Angeles and has provided permanent homes for 23,692 Angelenos.
He has produced 24 movies and television series, the Oscars and was elected as the youngest Vice President and National Board Member of the Producers Guild of America, an organization that protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television, and new media. His work also helped convince Star Wars creator George Lucas to invest $1 billion in bringing the first museum of narrative art to Los Angeles in 2022.
He is the founding President of Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment Association, Ivy Entertainment, and Entertainment Research Institute and serves as Director of Communications for Consumer & Business Affairs in LA County.
He partnered with former agents from ICM, APA, Innovative and Gersh and other execs from Fox and CBS who helped guide the careers of Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Guillermo Del Toro on Scenario, a management and production company, to help guide the careers of the next generation of the world’s most significant cinematic storytellers.
Irene Park
In a former life, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Irene Park worked in marketing then as a corporate philanthropy consultant in NYC at a subsidiary of Omnicom, one of the world’s largest media, marketing, and communications holding company.
Irene established herself as a grantmaking pro, managing complex portfolios like the one for Altria Client Services’ Youth Smoking Prevention program, which exceeds $20 million annually; and Communities In Schools’ intricate re-granting portfolio, which involves the expert handling of funds from donors like Wal-Mart and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She also played an integral role in the execution of the Avon Hello Tomorrow Fund award program, reviewing many of the more than 8,000 applications over two years’ time and in the end helping award more than $500,000 to individuals in 36 states who are engaged in compelling, highly-impactful projects that empower American women and girls.
In the height of the global recession and with full job security, she left the corporate world to pursue acting full-time back in her hometown of Los Angeles, CA. In Los Angeles, she continued to pursue the craft of acting on stage, television, and film. For over six years, she had the privilege of calling the prestigious Warner Loughlin Studios, where she has studied acting, voice and movement, and audition technique, her acting home. She has had the privilege of being the teacher’s assistant at Warner Loughlin Studios for her scene study, invitation only Master, and Audition Technique class. Currently, she’s repped theatrically by Linda McAlister Talent and commercially by Luxe Talent Agency. Most recently, she has added Victoria Monroe of Monroe Talent Management to her team. She continues to act commercially and theatrically while writing and developing scripts for film and television.
Jordan Michael
Jordan Michael has been in the industry for over ten years, working in roles such as consumer products, motion picture literary, production and development with industry brands such as The Weinstein Company, Focus Features, New Line Cinema, Gersh Agency, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, and TalentWorks. He is also an instructor and faculty at the School of Visual Arts in Filmmaking; teaching "The Filmmaking Process”.
His specialties include Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy, and Romance. He completed his undergraduate education at the School of Visual Arts in New York City; and achieved a Masters Degree in Producing for Film from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles; and the 2018 recipient of The Jack Kirby Award.
Sophie Schleifer
Launching her career as we speak, Sophie Schleifer is passionate about production and visual storytelling. Founding the first ever student production company on her college campus, Sophie has produced and directed three different series with content ranging from perspectives from athletes of color to student musicians’ original work. She is passionate about promoting accessibility and opportunity to video production within her community, which led her to create a nation-wide student network, named SLOP Studios, geared to stimulate artist collaboration and transcend university bubbles.
Sophie is in her senior year at Haverford College and dreams of becoming a producer who calls the shots and uplifts impactful stories in the community.
Ivan Devedzic
After obtaining his BS & MS degrees from University of Belgrade, Ivan started his career off in the Advisory sector of EY. He co-founded 2 startups (a P2P bicycle sharing platform & a multimedia production company), worked in the corporate arena in Germany and eventually found his way to Los Angeles. He joined a Y-Combinator backed startup out of Silicon Valley around the same time and significantly contributed to its growth over a 3-year span.
A classically trained graduate of 4 music schools (piano, guitar, solo singing, music production), he slowly began merging the business and the creative sides of his personality to form a unique mix under the same roof. That decision resulted in a versatile and successful track record of leading cross-functional remote teams of 50+ people, completing 800+ creative projects (for clients such as Amazon, Twitch, X-Factor, European Commission, etc.), and even traveling to 50+ countries.
His expansion into the film industry was slowed down by the pandemic, but not halted. He worked as a Producer & Assistant Producer on 2 independent projects and is even on the verge of obtaining an MFA Film Production degree from a Parisian film school. Currently working as a C-Level Executive at a marketing agency, he has found his place at the intersection of entrepreneurship, music, travel and film.