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Family Films Awards, Producers
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"Five Tigers"
Meet the 5 Extraordinary Producers
behind
the 2021 Global Relaunch
of
the
24th
Family Film Awards
The World Film Institute is proud to present
the 24th Family Film Awards
being taped for television globally on March 24th, 2021
at the Universal Hilton Hotel
located at 555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA
91608.
The Family Film Awards
were created in 1996
by Dr. Olympia Gellini and produced by Dick Clark.
In 2017
Dr. Gellini reunited with Roger Neal who worked
on the original 1996 CBS Network TV Special.
Roger Neal, was the executive produced the show
for the next three years, and is the Executive Producer of
this years Show.
THE 24th FAMILY FILM AWARDS
will be taped for television
to air in the U.S. and around the world.
The
24th Family Film Awards
celebrates and honors the best of Family, TV, Film, and Music.
The Nominees and Winners were chosen by a group of 20 members of a
Blue Ribbon Panel made up of Entertainment Industry
executives.
Once again this year Roger Neal will Executive
Produce
the 24th Family Film Awards
Ms. Ma Xiaoqiu
is the Chairman for the Award Show this year.
The Family Film Awards brings together films from around the
globe that tell stories of courage, resilience and hope both
in America and China. Film and its’ funny, dramatic and
heartwarming stories is something that can bring us all
together here and around the world.
Television is also a medium that we watch globally with our
families that inspires and helps to shape our world; both
film and television
are universal.
The Family Film Awards
has come back at the right time. Film and television has the
power to awaken the shared humanity in all of us... The
Family Film Awards brings China and America together
at the perfect time in our history, bringing two nations
together to celebrate the best in all of us through Film and
Television to prove that we are all closer than we think.
Today Pacific Finance will introduce you to
the top five producers of
The Family Film Awards.
The
Family Film Awards Production Team:
Dr.Olympia Gellini,
the Founder & President of FFA, Executive Producer;
Ma Xiaoqiu,
Chairman of FFA & Chairman of TCMD Investment
/DYF Entertainment;
Roger Neal,
President of Neal Entertainment & Executive Producer of FFA;
Dr Jeannie Yi,
CEO of DYF Entertainment & Co-Executive Producer;
Michael Maizes,
SFM Entertainment & Co-Executive Producer
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Roger Neal , the Executive Producer of FFA said that
" The nominated films for this years 24th Family Film Awards
are an example of Hollywood’s ability to create movies that
can bring families together to share these cinematic
experiences , this brings families
together globally .
For those 90 minutes we are a global family , laughing , and
crying together , each time the global family watches a
family film we all become closer and are sharing an
emotional experience
we will never forget.”
Neal also stated
“ Family Films are the universal language we all share in common ,
I hope thru family films and our award show we can help our
countries come closer together for a common good for mankind
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Dr Olympia Gellini
the Founder & President of FFA, Executive Producer |
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Dr. Gellini, is World Film Institute’s President and Founder.
He has written over forty plays and has appeared in numerous
films and television shows worldwide.
He has been recognized in such diverse parts of the world as
Afghanistan, where he won the best director prize in 1984
for his film The Border, and again in Tashkent (former
Soviet Union) in 1985 for his short film The Dictators.
The son of a diplomat, Mr. Gellini has lived in 23 countries
before landing in Los Angeles where he pursued his dream to
truly globalize the art of film making by making the World
Film Institute a reality and a recognized source for
filmmakers, film students and motion picture fans around the
globe.
Actor in a variety of roles on stage and on film. Writer of
a number of Stage Productions. Fluent in English, Farsi,
Hebrew, Italian, Afghani, Totki, and Arabic.
The idea to establish an organization that would truly
celebrate and unite the film world began when Dr. Olympia
Gellini, at 17, was a participant at the Berlin Film
Festival.
From there, Dr. Olympia took part in and attended a
multitude of international film festivals, film markets and
entertainment industry events. The dedication and passion
Dr. Olympia demonstrated over the years distinguished him
in the international film community.
Dr. Olympia efforts caught the attention of the renowned
television production company Dick Clark Productions (dcp),
in 1994.
Dick Clark joined in Dr. Olympia ’s vision by agreeing to
produce television awards shows for the World Film Institute
(WFI), honoring the world entertainment community.
In 1995 Tichi Wilkerson Kassel,
former owner, publisher and editor-in-chief for
The Hollywood Reporter and CEO of Hollywood Reporter
Industries (publisher of over 70 magazines annually) became
acquainted with
Dr. Olympia through various international industry events
and film festivals.
A generous patron of the arts, Tichi over the years has
promoted and recognized excellence in all areas of the
entertainment industry.
She founded Women in Film, the Hollywood Report Key Arts Awards and
Marketing Concept Awards, all of which benefit the
entertainment and motion pictures industry around the world.
Tichi, became aware of Dr. Olympia’s vision and discovered
that they shared similar interest and goals so she agreed to
assist Dr. Olympia in his life long quest.
Dr. Olympia and Tichi established the World Film Intitute as
an official non-profit organization to recognize outstanding
achievements of the motion picture industry.
Tichi was made the World Film Institutes President Emritus
and Dr. Olympia Gellini, its Founder and President.
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In October 1995, the WFI held its very own film festival,
the
“Best of the Fest,”
at Universal Studios,
as part of the semi-annual “Creativity in America Expostion.”
At the Gala festival dinner, the WFI honored
Helen Harris
for her work in the development of “Theater Vision,” an
innovative technology designed to enhance motion picture
experience for the visually impaired.
In April 1996, WFI presented its first scholarship to
UCLA’s School of Cinema.
At his Paramount Studios offices,
WFI’s Scholarship Committee co-Chairman,
Howard Koch
made the presentation,
generously accepted on the university’s behalf by Dean Gil
Cates.
In 1996 Dr. Olympia Gellini, and
Dick Clark Productions (dcb) and Direct TV/Primestar
produced the highly successful
The
Family Film Awards.
This award show was attended by celebrities such as
Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and many more. |
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Ma Xiaoqiu,
Chairman of FFA & Chairman of
TCMD Investment /DYF Entertainment |
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【马总以前的英文简介】
Madam Xiaoqiu Ma
Chair of the 24th Family Film Awards
She is the Chairman of
the Board of the Hong Kong
listed multi-billion dollar asset management firm (HK 612).
A self-made billionaire,
her entrepreneurial spirit and the unique management style
she brings to DYF (Ding Yifeng) is detailed in her
bestselling book
Autumn Dialogue秋言物语.
The Company’s name translates to ‘prosperity and affluence’,
and Ding Yifeng is one hundred percent rooted in
China’s intellectual history.
For over a decade, many
financial firms have set up business in China. They operate
with sophisticated tools and mathematic modeling based on a
Western business paradigm.
The tools primarily
employed by China DYF Group
are embodied in the
Classic Book of Virtues
道德经
(571 BCE)
and
Book of Changes
易经
(more than 5,000 years old).
Its business model entails curtailing emotion and greed while developing a
moral imperative based on patience and a long-term
investment strategy.
In her book A CEO
Diary, Madam Xiaoqiu states:
‘If you rush, you lose investors’ money. No one has the
right to do so’.
Her collection of eighty-one essays details the hurdles she overcame in
the twenty years it took her to turn a one million dollar
investment into a multi-billion dollar financial holding
company.
The story of Ms Ma Xiaoqiu is not only the story of one contemporary
Chinese woman CEO, but also a narrative for Chinese women
entrepreneurs who collectively enable growth and success in
their employees and clients.
A noted Hollywood producer is currently adapting
A CEO Diary for film.
Over the years, Ms Ma
has invested in technology, health, travel and resorts,
fashion, and beauty.
Last year, together with the Board of Directors,
she decided to invest in the film industry, and established
the Beijing Lishi Film Group.
Its aim is to co-produce and promote sophisticated, family-oriented movies
for a universal audience.
在20世纪80年代改革开放的浪潮中，马小秋带着邓小平“让一部分人先富起来”的理念和指导思想，南下创业。2011年，创立投资集团，全面实践“无我、利他、专一、守信”的精神，文化立业、道德治企。在文化自信的基础上，将中国智慧《道德经》成功运用到企业实践中，打造出具有深圳式创新的财富模式，一个管理资产近千亿元的具有文化自信、又与国际标准接轨的中国民族企业。她的创新精神和人文情怀使其分别荣获
2018美国国际商会年度人物奖、中国深圳十大女企业家奖、美国加州密拉玛大学荣誉博士。
In the wave
of reform and opening up in the 1980s,
Ma Xiaoqiu took Deng Xiaoping's concept and guiding ideology
of
"let someone get rich first"
to start a business in the south.
In 2011, he founded an investment group to fully practice
"selflessness, altruism, and singularity.
On the basis of cultural self-confidence, the Chinese wisdom
"Tao Teh King"
was successfully applied to corporate practice, creating a
wealth model with Shenzhen-style innovation.
A Chinese national enterprise with nearly 100 billion management assets
with cultural confidence and in line with international
standards.
Her innovative spirit and humanistic sentiment were recognized
Mrs. Ma Xiaqiu was awarded
The 2018 American International Chamber of Commerce
Person of the Year Award
Shenzhen Top Ten Female Entrepreneurs Award.
and
Honorary Doctorate from California Miramar University
马小秋博士是一位慈善家和真正的文化爱好者，多年来她持续在娱乐、音乐和教育方面投资，她相信文化能弥合彼此之间的差异，并秉承共通的价值观。面对全球疫情，马博士不仅向武汉的数十万名抗击冠状病毒的急救人员捐赠中草药，还创作演唱了一首风靡世界的正能量歌曲《日出东方》（英文名惟愿The
Prayer），通过音乐将人们凝聚一心，齐心抗疫。
Dr. Ma
Xiaoqiu is a philanthropist and true culture lover.
Over the years, she has continued to invest in entertainment, music and
education. She believes that culture can bridge the
differences between each other and uphold common values.
Facing the global epidemic, Dr. Ma not only donated Chinese herbal
medicines to hundreds of thousands of first responders
fighting the corona virus in Wuhan,
but also composed and sang a positive energy song
The Prayer, which is popular all over the world.
Through music, people are united to fight the epidemic.
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插入视频《惟愿》
马小秋博士的畅销书《秋言物语》（英文版）讲述了她白手起家到身家过亿的创业故事，展示了她奋斗不止、永不言败的企业家精神。2021年1月26日，美国著名大报《洛杉矶论坛报》（LA
Tribune）对此做了头版头条的大篇幅报道。第24届家庭电影奖主席由马小秋女士担任，“日出东方（惟愿）”将在第24届家庭电影奖与好莱坞一线演员和歌星同台演出，通过家庭电影奖合作伙伴、美国著名电影电视台Reelz
向其全世界2亿观众播出。
Dr. Ma Xiaoqiu's best-selling book
"Autumn Dialogues"
(English version)
tells her entrepreneurial story of
starting from scratch and having a net worth of more than
100 million yuan, showing her entrepreneurial spirit of
incessant struggle and never giving up.
On January 26, 2021,
the famous American newspaper
"Los Angeles Tribune"
made a big headline report on this.
"The Prayer"
will perform on
the same stage with Hollywood's first-line actors and
singers at the 24th Family Film Awards, through the Family
Film Awards partners and famous American film
and television
station Reelz will broadcasts the show
to its 200 million viewers
worldwide.
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Roger Neal,
President of Neal Entertainment
& Executive Producer of FFA |
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Roger Neal began his career in 1982 in the publicity
department of MGM.
He later joined a los Angeles based PR firm, a short time later he
stated his own PR firm, Neal Public Relations, where he
worked with such clients as Tom Jones and Rudy
Vallee. ,and achieved immediate success, accumulating an
impressive client list in less than two years, that was 38
years ago.
Roger has received a Grammy nomination for his creative contributions and
organization of
the Children Of The World,
an album and video project that raised more than $500,000
for the USA for Africa Fund. During President George Bush's
term of office, Roger served as the President's Advance
Representative in the Los Angeles area.
Neal also would go on to make history for clients over the
years.
Roger serves on two boards at the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce, and helps to produce the
Heroes
of Hollywood
event for the chamber each year that helps give grants to
non -profits in Hollywood helping those in need. Neal also
serves on the board of the PPB now known as the Hollywood
Media Professionls
In 2002, Neal started producing television specials.
For the
past 25 yrs Roger has produced Oscar events,
24 yrs ago Roger and his Wife Lynn started producing
Oscar Beauty & Couture Suites,
this 5 years ago evolved into a
Oscar Viewing Dinner & Oscar Suite,
in 4 years this event is now the #3 event on Oscar Sunday,
Neal took a partner Maryanne Lai on in 2019,
now the event is called
The Roger Neal & Maryanne Lai
Oscar Viewing Dinner Suite and After Party
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Oscar dinner party hosted by Roger Neal
In 2018 , Roger received 4 awards for his 37 yrs in show
business
The Heroes of Hollywood Award,
The Family Film Awards, Founders Award,
The Hollywood Appreciation Society's,
The Lifetime Achievement Award
The Southern California Motion Picture Council
presented by Oscar winner Margaret O’Brien.
Roger was on the original team that produced
the Family Film Awards in 1996.
Roger, will executive produced the Family Film awards again
as a live event, this year, on March 24th 2021,
and tape it for television globally.
This will take the family film Awards show to the global
market.
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Dr Jeannie Yi, CEO of DYF Entertainment
& Co-Executive Producer
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【以前的英文介绍文字】
Dr Jeannie Jinsheng Yi is the author of several influential
business books on corporate culture and corporate
governance.
The Haier Way
was recommended by the US Chamber of Commerce to American CEOs traveling
to China, while Harvard and other prominent schools viewed
The Haier Way as China’s first business case study. The book
additionally received numerous favorable reviews, including
in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, and
Fortune.
Another Dr. Yi publication, Wall Street Trilogy (in Chinese)
pioneered a new business model just as China began its
transformation to an urban economy with global aspirations.
Dr Yi has acted as an international consultant on
entertainment and financial projects that bridge China and
the West.
Notably, she brought James Cameron’s company Digital Domain
to China to pursue funding and acquire local movie studio
partners.
She also oversaw the formation of a strategic partnership
between DHX, Canada’s largest animation company, and CCTV
Children’s Animation.
As a direct result, CCTV purchased 350 productions from DHX to broadcast
in China, with the signing ceremony witnessed by
the Prime Minister of Canada.
Dr. Yi has brought Twentieth Century Fox and Village
Roadshow to China to create IP-based theme parks.
The Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific also hired Dr Yi as
its Investor Relations expert in developing Saipan into a
film shooting base, with the added goal of attracting
tourists as well as potential clients.
Dr Yi currently serves as Co-Executive Producer of
The 24th Family Film Awards
as it grows from its American roots
and reaches a truly global audience.
She received her PhD in Literature
from Washington University in St Louis.
华尔街重心集团创始人，华尔街人力资源专家，作家。1985年由北京大学到美国华盛顿大学攻读博士，获得美国文学博士学位后进入华尔街，为华尔街的大银行在90年代初刚刚崛起的亚洲搭建“超级人才赢团队winning
team”
共15个，在没有金融市场的地方开辟金融市场。
2009年荣获美国“新泽西州2009年商业女精英＂年度奖，2012年被授予“成都最具全球影响力人物——商界奖”、2013年荣获“北大优秀人”特别奖。
在中国崛起的2002-05期间，给正在饥渴中需要了解金融操作的中国，写下影响了整整一代青年学子的华尔街系列作品，揭秘华尔街：
《华尔街英语》（走进华尔街）《华尔街职场》《职场政治——华尔街人力资源案例），并为自己的出生地介绍和引进近100亿投资，如通过华尔街人脉引进富力集团，解决了成都的烂尾楼项目“熊猫城”。英文版著述《海尔之路》让美国CEO
们了解中国，该书获美国商务部推荐奖，17年来在各大书城特别是亚马逊畅销不衰，为中美商界的相互了解，作出特别贡献。
Founder of Wall Street CG Group, Wall Street human resources
expert, writer. In 1985, Jeannie Yi went to the University
of Washington from Peking University to study for a Ph.D.
After obtaining a Ph.D. in American literature, She entered
Wall Street to build a "super talent winning team" for the
major banks in Wall Street in Asia, which had just risen in
the early 1990s.
She opened the financial market in these places .
In 2009, She was awarded the
"New Jersey 2009 Business Women Elite" annual award,
in 2012 She was awarded the
"Chengdu Most Influential Person in the World-Business
Award",
and in 2013 she was awarded the
"Peking University Outstanding Person" special award.
During the rise of China in 2002-05,
She wrote a series of Wall Street works that influenced a
whole generation of young students to China, which was
hungry and needed to understand financial operations, and
revealed the secrets of Wall Street:
"Wall Street English" (into Wall Street)
"Wall Street Workplace"
"Workplace Politics-Wall Street Human Resources Case),
and introduced nearly 10 billion investment for her birthplace, such as
the introduction of R&F Group through Wall Street contacts,
and solved the unfinished building project "Panda City" in
Chengdu.
The English version the Haier Way helped American CEOs to
understand China. The book has been recommended by the U.S.
Department of Commerce. It has been selling well in major
bookstores, especially Amazon, for 17 years.
It has made special contributions to the mutual
understanding of Chinese and American businesses.
Currently,
Dr. Yi is the CEO of DYF ENTERTAINMENT
owned by Ms. Ma Xiaoqiu.
She is a friend and fan of President Ma Xiaoqiu.
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Michael Maizes,
SFM Entertainment & Co-Executive Producer
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Michael Maizes now heads SFM Entertainment,
which co-executive produced
The
Family Film Awards in 1996
when it ran on CBS.
Since then, he/SFM has
executive produced, produced, created, or
distributed/packaged various
shows, documentaries, specials, and new programming,
including the
AFI 100Years series,
Kennedy Home Movies,
Mobil Showcase Network,
SFM Holiday Network,
Professional Paintball,
and many Classic Television titles.
SFM,
works with industry leaders to make available the finest
content and
entertainment experience. He is thrilled to be part of the
team that brings the 24th Family Film Awards deservingly
back to a National
and International audience.
Separately, he is an attorney practicing in New York, New
Jersey
and Florida.
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Sponsorship Opportunities |
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Autumn
Dialogues |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
Autumn Dialogues Hollywood Book Launch |
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The Prayer,
Performed in English by
Rebbeca Holden & Josh Moreland
洛杉矶秋言物语新书发布会, 美国著名歌手翻唱马小秋抗疫歌曲 “惟愿 The Prayer”
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
Autumn Dialogues Hollywood Book Launch |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
World Film
Institute Presents Autumn Dialogues |
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Autumn
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Mrs. Ma.
Xiaoqiu Hollywood
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Mrs.
Ma. Xiaoqiu Chinese Culture
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
繁花似锦
Flowers Blooming Like Brocade |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu The Rockefellers |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu Rejoicing in Giving Alms
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu The Path to Inner Peace Has No Boundary |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu The Majesty of Mountains |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu A Sacred Bird from Antiquity
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu In the City Palace and in the Countryside
Farm |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
Reading we are all
so busy these days
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
My Story With Movies
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
The Family Film
Awards |
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Mrs. Ma. Xiaoqiu
President Clinton
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Mrs.
Ma. Xiaoqiu The Prayer
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Mrs.
Ma. Xiaoqiu Ding Yi Feng
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