AMERICAN UNITED MEDIA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Directors - Fund Advisor & Producer
John D. Schofield is the son of a prominent Yorkshire hotelier, he studied at England's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, then moved to the U.S., where he rose to the position of prominence in the film industry. John D. Schofield served as a Vice President of Mandalay Pictures and had the pleasure of producing dozens of highly successful films, including "Enemy At the Gates", "I Dreamed of Africa", "The Brothers Grimm", "Beyond Borders" and the Academy Award winning films "As Good As It Gets", "Jerry McGuire" and "Ali". John worked with super stars Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Michael Mann, Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, Terry Gilliam, Tom Hanks, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Jerry Zucker, Albert Brooks, Rosie O'Donnell, Nick Nolte, Sir Ian McKellen, Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, the late, great Heath Ledger and many others.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Founder of Waverley Road Corporation
Kevin is the founder of Waverley Road Corporation and has been involved in the entertainment industry for nearly 20 years as a producer, manager, and development executive. Mr. Hicks is the former Head of Film & TV with The Talent House which from its offices in New York and Toronto manages actors, writers, directors and producers currently involved in projects around the world, He is a Management Consultant with Hollydan Works Releasing, a Warner Brothers Affiliate Company which distributes film, music, and TV product in over 20 countries in Europe and spent two years as VP of Business Development for New York- based Soup Kitchen Films, whose film "Carry Me Home" won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for an Humanitus Award and distributed by MGM and Showtime. And is currently a Development Consultant for American United Media (THE PERFECT GIRL, HOTEL CALIFORNIA, LA LINEA) Kevin created the community service division of Waverley Road in 2002 which through its special events, concerts and stage productions has raised over $5,000,000 for charities including Sick Kids Hospital, Children's Wish Foundation, Kids Help Phone and ALS Canada, and in 2006 he produced and directed the National Tour of "Elizabeth's Concert of Hope" which featured 48 bands and starred Tom Cochrane, Jeff Healey, Dan Hill, Kim Stockwood, George Fox and Glass Tiger. Kevin began his career as an original member of Toronto's Eclectic Productions whose projects have been nominated for or won over thirty major theatre awards and appeared as a leading actor in over 100 stage, film and TV productions for companies including NBC, CBS, ABC, USA Network, CBC, CTV, GLOBAL, SHOWCASE, VIACOM, DISNEY, BBC, WARNER BROTHERS, the SCI FI NETWORK, FOX, SONY PICTURES, LIVENT and ALLIANCE / ATLANTIS ENTERTAINMENT
His media and entertainment sector experience is second to none, with associates like Ronald Shusett, Productions (of "Alien" and "Minority Report" fame), Tom Sherek former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and former Fox Films Executives. He specialized in and excelled in all aspects of the production of Media and feature films ("Bullet", "Across the Line", "Confessions of a Pit Fighter", "Lake Dead" and "Hotel California"). Prior to American United Media Mr. Rodriguez was Executive Vice President of Colonial National Bank Corp., where he directed 16 Southern California Branches that averaged 2 Billion in loan funding per year with his knowledge of wholesale correspondent lending, retail mortgage lending, operation, and secondary markets. He also led SVA one of the largest China public consumer electronic manufacturing companies as Vice President and was one of the founders of ABS Systems and Newegg.com one of the largest Billion dollar online retailers in North America.