Harmon Kaslow

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Harmon M. Kaslow
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Born
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Alma mater University of California, Davis, University of Southern California
Occupation(s)General Counsel; Business and Legal Affairs; Motion Picture Producer

Harmon Kaslow is a licensed attorney (California [1] and Federal Courts) and motion picture producer. Along with John Aglialoro, Kaslow produced a trilogy of movies based on the Ayn Rand novel titled "Atlas Shrugged" including Atlas Shrugged: Part I and Atlas Shrugged: Part II and Atlas Shrugged: Part III [2] (aka Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?). Prior to producing the Atlas Shrugged movies, [2] Kaslow was an executive at A-Mark Entertainment, Kismet Entertainment Group and an associate at Shea & Gould, an international law firm.

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Kaslow is an experienced finance / corporate / entertainment lawyer. He has provided production, distribution and finance legal counsel and has been an "executive producer" on more than 16 motion pictures [3] including the cult-classic Dog Soldiers, [4] but Atlas Shrugged: Part I was the first time he received credit as a "Producer" (along with Aglialoro) on a motion picture. [5] As a result of a Writers Guild of America Arbitration over the writing credits, Kaslow, along with J. James Manera & John Aglialoro, received a "screenplay by" credit on Atlas Shrugged III: Who is John Galt? [6]

In a 2011 interview promoting the motion picture "Atlas Shrugged - Part I", Kaslow stated the following: "I believe in limited government, I believe in individual liberty, and I think that those are very similar to the same core values that the party espouses for its members." [7]

In 2013, Kaslow was part of a Kickstarter campaign that was launched to promote and market Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?, [8] and the Kickstarter campaign was successful in that it raised more than $445,000 which was nearly $200,000 more than the campaign's goal. [9]

An unfinished edit of Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt? premiered at the Anthem Film Festival and was awarded 2014 Best Narrative Film. [10] The movie was released theatrically on September 12, 2014. [11] The Atlas Shrugged trilogy was not well received by the critics and earned only $9 million at the U.S. box office.

In 2015, Kaslow made an announcement regarding CinemaCloudWorks, [12] which was hailed as a revolutionary technology for planning, booking, settling and marketing theatrical motion pictures. [13]

In 2017, Atlas Distribution Company, under Kaslow's leadership, distributed six motion pictures including the BBC's "Earth: One Amazing Day" which was nominated for a PGA Award; [14] the award winning "No Greater Love" [15] which credits Kaslow as a producer [16] and has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes; [17] and the hit family / faith-based film titled "Let There Be Light." [18] Kaslow was also on "The TV/Film/Video - Platforms and Partnerships - Developing Hollywood Content as Brand and Distribution Package" panel at the Digital Hollywood symposium sponsored in part by The Hollywood Reporter [19] and a subject of an article in connection with the American Film Market. [20]

In 2018, Kaslow made an announcement that CinemaCloudWorks had commenced an association with Digital Cinema United. [21] In November 2017, an article appeared in Forbes.com regarding CinemaCloudWorks' application called iScreeningRoom. [22]

Personal life

Kaslow attended high school in Santa Ynez, California. In 1979, the year he graduated, [23] he was also elected the State President of the California Future Farmers of America (FFA) [24] and was part of a contingent of FFA Leaders who met with President Carter. [25] Kaslow received a BS in Agricultural and Managerial Economics at the University of California, Davis and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California. [26]

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