Global Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (GBHL)

Daniel Sherkow, Chief Operating Officer of Global Universal Entertainment, straddles the worlds of media/entertainment and finance as a successful motion picture and television producer and former Series 7 licensed Registered Representative. He has advised numerous leading media entities such as the Korean animation company, Seoul Movie, and the China Film Group Corp., the official governmental agency of the People's Republic of China, in their negotiations with a major U.S. motion picture studio concerning an overall financing, production, and distribution arrangement for live action motion pictures.

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (BFA)/Honors, Mr. Sherkow entered the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University in Boston, Mass. where he earned an MBA.

Following stints at NBC Television and Time-Life Films, and then Vice President, Production at Paramount Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures, Mr. Sherkow produced the feature motion picture "SUSPECT," written by Eric Roth ("FORREST GUMP") and starring Cher, Dennis Quaid, and Liam Neeson. Mr. Sherkow then raised funding for and produced "AMERICAN BUILT"/"RACE FOR GLORY"; and "IMPROMPTU", which opened to universal acclaim and won the prestigious Houston WorldFest Award as "Audience Favorite". "IMPROMPTU", starring Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and Julian Sands, marked the film directorial debut of noted Broadway stage director, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner, James Lapine ("SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE"). Following its theatrical release and extraordinarily successful video/DVD distribution, "IMPROMPTU" was telecast on the prestigious Public Broadcasting System (PBS) show "Masterpiece Theatre".

Mr. Sherkow recently financed and produced the feature motion picture "BEING MICHAEL MADSEN", shot on location in Los Angeles, Connecticut and New York City, and starring Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Harry Dean Stanton, Virginia Madsen, and David Carradine. "BEING MICHAEL MADSEN" was a featured official submission at the largest independent film festival in Europe, the Raindance Film Festival in London, and at the Starz Denver International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival. "BEING MICHAEL MADSEN" was also selected to screen in the prestigious "Outside the Box (Office)" series at the USC School of Cinema in Los Angeles.

In television, Mr. Sherkow has produced the Made-For-TV-Movies "DONOR", starring Melissa Gilbert and Jack Scalia, as Executive Producer for CBS Entertainment; "ELVIS AND THE COLONEL: THE UNTOLD STORY", starring Beau Bridges for dick clark productions and NBC; and also served as Executive Producer for "ALL LIES END IN MURDER", starring Kim Delaney and Jamey Sheridan ("LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT"), for ABC-TV.

Broadway stage projects have included "AGNES OF GOD", starring Elizabeth Ashley and Amanda Plummer, "MY ONE AND ONLY", starring Twiggy and Tommy Tune, as well as "THE SLAB BOYS" with Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Val Kilmer, and Jackie Earle Haley, Jr., which Mr. Sherkow produced on behalf on Paramount Pictures.

Born in Texas, Eric spent the majority of his formative years traveling the word as the son of an Army Officer, General Samuel A. Leffler. A graduate of George Mason University's business school, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. Prior to shifting his interest to the entertainment industry, Eric was the CEO and founder of Directional Sign Services; a sign company in which he formed when he was 17 years old. Eric grew Directional Sign Services to become the 3rd largest sign company on the East Coast, at one point operating in Eight States. He has subsequently founded a number of construction companies operating in New Jersey, Colorado and Iowa. In addition, he recently oversaw the development, construction and management one of North America's largest swine raising facilities for Cargill and is also currently seated as President of The Daniel D. Tompkins Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)(3) benefitting the arts and education. Eric has a wealth of divergent experiences that he brings with him to Global Universal along with his talents as both a producer and actor.

A few of Eric's notable producing credits include 250 Episodes for "Fairfax Magazine", a Virginia Based Television Cable show. He has also produced numerous marketing videos ad industrials. Eric has produced "The Glenn Miller Gala", a live musical event in NYC along with other gala charity events. He has also produced a number of off Broadway productions including "SOHO BOXES", "CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD" and "LINE". He has unaccredited production work on several feature films such as, "THE VICIOUS CIRCLE", "RED PASSPORT", and "UNSAVORY CHARACTERS". He recently served as Executive Producer for "AMERICAN SUNSET", starring Frank Molina and Corey Haim in his last leading role.

His film credits as an actor include over 25 feature films, a few notables are "AMERICAN SUNSET", "DEATH WITHOUT CONSENT", "ALL THE WRONG PLACES", "THE VICIOUS CIRCLE", "LBS", "STONE COLD KILLERS", "UNSAVORTY CHARACTERS", "RUM AND COKE", "CLOSE UP", "THUMB", "PERFECT LIES" and "THE INVISIBLE". Fluent in German, Eric has done voice-overs for German companies along with national product spots and endorsements. Trained at Lee Strasberg and The Actor's Studio along with Uta Hagen, he has subsequently performed on stage in many off Broadway productions, The Lincoln Center and at The Kennedy Center.

Eric is delighted to be a part of the Global team and will bring a strong off camera as well as one camera presence to Global's film productions.

Stanley Weiner - CFO & Director of Global Entertainment Holdings