Circa Pict. & Prod. Co. Intnl Inc. (fka CPPD)

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and BIOS...


Constantine A. Papadopoulos
President / CEO / Board Member

Since 1986, Constantine has been a successful entrepreneur as Owner, Operator and Partner in a myriad of industries. These include sectors from theatrical services including design and installation throughout North America to Mexico – marketing and promoting to an event audience of 10,000 plus, to product import and export with Canadian rights – again in charge of marketing and promotion to the extent of mediums such as TV infomercials.

In 1988, he partnered in a very successful night club in Toronto, named “Astralight”, The facility held over 12 000 people and was the largest non-alcohol serving night club in Toronto. He was also responsible for launching many successful DJ’s at the time as well as promoting such artists as Platinum Blonde, T.U. L.L Cool J., Eric B. & Rakim, Debbie Deb, Trinnere, Expose, EPMD.

Partnered and operated a Charity Casino Service in Ontario, Emperors Plaza Casino Services helped generate revenues for charities in and around Ontario Canada, alongside owned and operated 3 Training facilities named Imperial Casino Training Services in Ontario.

After his own successful endeavors, Constantine has assisted others with the materials and support systems for like-minded Entrepreneurs. He held business seminars; has contributed cutting edge tools to new businesses; and in his earlier years, commenced one of Canada’s most revolutionary economical political parties based on the unique platform of Monetary Reform.

Today, he is well established in the television and film industry, both as Executive Director, and an innovator of change and the revitalization of both Canada and United States film industry market, having spent considerable effort in developing and formulating his latest company – Cinemax Pictures and Prod. Co. Intl. Inc. – with introductions to industry icons like Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Anthony Hopkins, and working with an astounding and accomplished Board of Advisors, including Wayne Thomson, Peter Jobin and William Marshall (founder of the now famous Canadian Film Festival).

In addition, Constantine has been heavily involved and committed to non-profit and charity agencies including Trillium Foundation, The Canadian Diabetes Assoc., Kids Play & Youth Outlook Assoc. and is also co-chair and a member of the Board for The Taxpayers Alliance of Ontario with a current approximate membership of 30,000.

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Anthony (Tony) Gouveia
CFO / Board Member

Mr. Gouveia is the CFO and Director of Cinemax Pictures and Production Company International, Inc. (“Cinemax”). Mr. Gouveia was the CFO for Fones4All, a privately held telecommunications company that primarily sold low cost residential phone service to low income families. Mr. Gouveia, as part of the senior management team, made improvements that resulted in significant increases in cash flow and provided clarity to the board that helped facilitate positive changes in its operations. Mr. Gouveia was the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller for the Unilab Corporation (“Unilab”). Mr. Gouveia was involved in the following regarding his tenure at Unilab: (1) taking the company public raising over $110 million; (2) subsequent to the IPO, the company sold approximately 7.5 million shares in a secondary offering; and (3) the company was sold for approximately $900 million. The market cap of Unilab, when Mr. Gouveia joined the company, was under $200 million. Unilab was a mature profitable company that jumped 44% over its initial offering price on its first day of trading as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Unilab had the highest profit margins in the industry. Prior to Unilab, Mr. Gouveia was the CFO for Winston Tire Company (“Winston”). In two years, Mr. Gouveia improved annual cash flow, increasing the value of the company, acquired 3 companies and integrated their operations and developed a long-term plan to reverse 10 years of losses prior to Mr. Gouveia joining the company, which was on target during his tenure at Winston.

Mr. Gouveia spent several years as an auditor for large international accounting firms.

Mr. Gouveia is currently an advisor to the board of directors of various companies. His focus is on financial planning, developing business strategies, acquisitions and acquiring investment funds for future expansion.

Mr. Gouveia’s approach will be to assist Cinemax to invest financial resources in a disciplined manner to provide the best possible return to investors/shareholders. “This means focusing on the right projects. As CFO, I will assist the company in evaluating the business to ensure that they meet our standards for financial performance, growth and return on investment.”

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Frank Hagan
VP of Television Development and Production

Frank has a long history in television, including producing daytime TV where he worked with some of the top names in talk including the multi-Emmy Award nominated shows Donahue and Oprah (for a while being the only producer to have worked on both shows). He also worked with such talents as Joan Lunden; Danny Bonaduce; Charles Perez; Sonny Grosso (Grosso-Jacobson Productions) and the legendary Morton Downey Jr. In a production capacity, he worked with such companies (on various levels) as Tribune Entertainment, Film Roman, Group W, PAX TV, ION Network, NBC, Sudbrink Broadcasting, Termite Art Productions, Creative Differences and Lion’s Gate TV.

He has produced or developed various Documentary and Reality Programming for such venues as Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, GSN, Court TV, PAX, ION, Discovery International and many others. He has a long list of development concepts and writing credits for scripted and reality television projects and has penned one screen play. He joined Cinemax after being the General Manager and Programming Director of QTN (The Q Television Network).

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Wayne Thompson
VP of Film Production and Development

Graduated University of Toronto – Political Science and Economics

Managed many well known entertainers including Tanya Tucker, Harry Belafonte, Steven Seagal and many top Canadian artists.

Promoted world tours and concerts for Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, George Burns, Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole, Beach Boys, Moody Blues, Julio Iglesias, The Temptations and more. Toured many arts and cultural events throughout Canada such as “Stars of the Kirov Ballet” partnering with major corporations for sponsorship.

Produced theatrical productions of „Forever Plaid?, „A Clockwork Orange? and others. Created and toured „Unforgettable – the Music of Nat King Cole? with the Cole family as partner. Produced two shows at Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas including inaugural long running show that opened hotel in 1998.

Produced and managed events including the opening of the Sydney Opera House, the launch of Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, Australia featuring live finale by Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston and Peter Allen.

Sat on Board of Mpeg Supersite, Mediaqube, and e-Channels. Thompson played a key role in the sale of each of these to larger companies.

Recently COO of iLoveTV Entertainment Inc., an enhanced television production company producing shows on the internet that synchronize in real-time with televised shows. Produced for iLoveTV synchronized live productions of “Lou Reed Rock ?n Roll Heart” , Toronto Maple Leafs hockey, and the Molson Indy Races in the summer of 2004.

Very active volunteer role in charities having raised several million dollars. Thompson continues to lead fundraising activities for the Dr. Jay Foundation, a charity that raises
money for palliative care and children with life threatening diseases. He also assists fundraising and sits on the Advisory Board for Unity for Autism. Thompson was an integral part of the founding of Kid?s Help Phone and the Bassett/Falk Cancer Clinic.

Wayne Thompson is a skilled communicator, an innovator, and a producer of live and non-live events of enormous magnitude. He is married and lives with his wife, two sons and a niece who lives with the family.

He is the winner of 4 Juno Awards (Canada?s Grammy Awards) and has received more than a dozen gold and platinum records worldwide.

He is the producer of the movie “Animal 2” starring Ving Rhames. He is currently in production on the feature, “PhantomPunch” starring Ving Rhames and Heather Graham.

He is also in pre-production as Executive Producer with the CBC on the movie “Keep Your Head Up : The Don Cherry Story”, a 2 part mini series.

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