Doug Mankoff

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Doug Mankoff is a producer and executive producer of fifteen independent films including Thirteen Conversations About One Thing and The Big Empty. He is currently the CEO of Echo Lake Entertainment, a production and financing company he founded in 1997. He is also member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America. [1] [2]

He is a graduate of St. Mark's School of Texas, Duke, and Harvard Business School. He also attended the master's program at NYU Film School.

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References

  1. "Doug Mankoff". Variety . 17 December 2013.
  2. "Executives". ECHO LAKE ENTERTAINMENT.