The G-Machine, Inc.
11693 San Vicente Blvd. #248
Los Angeles, CA 90049
United States
ph: 310-713-7486
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President & CEO
Chief Content Officer
Producer
Ron Gell is a seasoned CEO, CCO, COO and a bondable Producer with over 25 years in the entertainment business. Gell has cultivated relationships with producers of original content by utilizing extensive contacts with major agencies, top writers, directors, producers, financiers, banks and law firms domestically and internationally.
Gell is skilled at acquiring highly-competitive independent films for worldwide distribution on the international festival circuit at Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, Toronto, AFM, MIP, Mipcom and South-by-Southwest for worldwide distribution. Gell has extensive experience acquiring/licensing highly-competitive content for distribution in Eastern Europe, CIS, Latin America, Turkey, Greece, Scandinavia and Africa including Feature Films being pre-sold, as well as finished TV Series, Documentaries, Sitcoms, Soaps, Telenovellas, Sports, Music and Short-form content.
Gell has Produced and Executive Produced over 20 feature films including slates of films at Sony, RKO Pictures and New Films International. Gell has worked with top independent filmmakers including: Terence Chang and John Woo, Alexander Payne and Lem Dobbs, Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Rob Cohen and Gary Goldman, Joel Silver, Paul Guay, Mark Polish and Miramax/Dimension Films.
Gell launched LA based The G-Machine in 2008 as a multi-faceted company focused on foreign sales/distribution, production, highly-competitive content acquisition and digital distribution. The G-Machine represents and distributes a slate of feature films and documentaries internationally and is actively financing and producing several feature films. Gell has managed the growth of the The G-Machine and the expansion of its sales and distribution network in years 2 and 3 through the development strategic distribution relationships with ‘studio output deals’ in key international territories including Warner Bros. in Japan, MGM in Latin America, and Nordisc in Scandinavia. Gell has also consulted in the development and implementation of a new US theatrical distribution company for independent theatrical films.
Gell has most recently forged a strategic relationship with GoDigital who reaches millions of homes in the US and Canada via iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, Netflix, YouTube Rental and Hulu. Content acquired by The G-Machine and GoDigital will now have access to GoDigital’s multi-platform marketing approach as well as The G-Machine’s international distribution network.
Prior to launching The G-Machine, he has launched and run several new divisions as intrepreneurial start-ups at Sony, RKO Pictures and New Films International. Most recently, Executive Vice President and Producer, Gell launched and ran a new and successful IFTA international film and television sales and distribution company inside New Films International.
RKO Pictures brought Gell on to re-launch Radio Pictures as a new Independent Film division; Gell served as Vice President of Development and Production. Gell orchestrated a joint venture with Disney’s Buena Vista International to form RKO International.
Before joining RKO, Gell was Chief Operating Officer of Catalyst Productions, a high-end 2d/3d animation/production company. Catalyst was both a Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics (SGI) development company.
While at Sony, Gell served as Director of Acquisitions and Executive Producer for all theatrical and non-theatrical programming. He was responsible for overseeing the financing, production and sales/distribution of a slate of independent films including Sundance Award winner To Sleep with Anger as well as the acquisition of a vast library of award-winning feature films, animation (The Snowman, The Rabbit Ears Collection), family, music (The Beatles, Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker), sports and documentary (Vietnam: A Television History) content.
Internatinoal Academy of Web Television
Member
BANFF World Television Festival
2009 BANFF World Television Awards
Program Category Judge
IMDB
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The G-Machine, Inc.
11693 San Vicente Blvd. #248
Los Angeles, CA 90049
United States
ph: 310-713-7486
sellfilm