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and Louisiana. In addition to forming Cross Creek Pictures, Mr. Thompson assisted in raising a private equity
fund, which would be used to finance all of Cross Creek Pictures movies.
BLACK SWAN will be the premier release under Cross Creek’s newly financed production banner.
PETER FRUCHTMAN (Executive Producer) majored in Business at Ohio State University and
worked for seven years at Scott Jordan International, a manufacturer's sales rep company for commercial and
hospitality furnishings. As senior vice president of sales, his responsibilities included overseeing key national
accounts such as Marriott International and Starwood Hotels.
Fruchtman left Scott Jordan in 2008 to form Dro Entertainment, an entertainment production &
financing company, where he serves as president and CEO. Since its inception, Dro Entertainment has financed
and produced several television shows, including the comedy series PAULY SHORE AND FRIENDS and
RUSSELL PETERS PRESENTS in association with Showtime Networks. He also produced the highly rated
THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS starring Dean Cain and Mario Lopez for ABC Family. The company
just completed production on the second season of the LOL COMEDY FESTIVAL, a national comedy tour
which they created and financed with Showtime.
Fruchtman's film credits include KING OF THE AVENUE, a thriller directed by Ryan Combs and
starring Ving Rhames and Esai Morales, to be released in the fall of 2010. Another 2010 release that Fruchtman
has executive produced, is the urban drama DOWN FOR LIFE, directed by Alan Jacobs and starring Danny
Glover, Snoop Dogg and Laz Alonso, produced in association with Dro Entertainment. He also helped finance
and is a co-executive producer on the upcoming action thriller MACHETE, now in post-production, co-directed
by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis and starring Robert DeNiro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez,
Lindsay Lohan, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson and Danny Trejo.
Fruchtman has also executive produced the Indy film HESHER, produced in a association with Dro
Entertainment, directed by Spencer Susser and starring Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn
Wilson. The film premiered in the domestic competition at The Sundance Film Festival in January 2010, where
it acquired domestic distribution. Fruchtman also served as executive producer on the 2010 film
ABANDONED, starring Brittany Murphy, Dean Cain and Mimi Rogers. He is also a co-executive producer
and equity investor for the dark comedy EVERYTHING MUST GO, directed by Dan Rush and starring Will
Ferrell and Rebecca Hall. Fruchtman and Dro Entertainment are presently in development on several high
profile television and film projects.
RICK SCHWARTZ (Executive Producer) is the principal and founder of Overnight Productions, a
fully integrated New York based independent film development, production and financing company that
generates smart and commercially viable projects across various genres both within the studio system and
independently.
Since its inception in 2007, Overnight Productions has completed production on a number of films
including the Lionsgate released feature, THE LUCKY ONES, directed by Neil Burger, starring Rachel
McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Pena; the ABC Family comedy LABOR PAINS, starring Lindsay Lohan,
Cheryl Hines and Chris Parnell; a remake of the French thriller 13 TZAMETI starring Jason Statham, Mickey
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