Showcase Entertainment is helmed by David Jackson, its President, and Shauna Shapiro Jackson, its Executive Vice President. Showcase is a member of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), attends the major film and television markets each year and maintains exceptionally strong, ongoing relationships with the leading distributors worldwide. Showcase was recently ranked as one of the top three international distribution companies by one of the major international trade publications.

Over the last eighteen years, Showcase has successfully marketed over three hundred feature films as well as several television series throughout the world in all media. Many of the titles that Showcase represents are features acquired or packaged through the major agencies (eg. CAA, William Morris /Endeavor and ICM). The pictures span all genres and include star talent such as Ben Affleck, Sean Penn, Hilary Swank, Robert Downey Jr., Colin Firth, Edward Burns, Debra Messing, Harvey Keitel, John Malkovich, Tobey Maguire, Benicio Del Toro, Lorraine Bracco, Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Walken, Kiefer Sutherland, Rebecca DeMornay, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Shields, Chevy Chase, John Favreau, Debra Messing, Mary Stuart Masterson, Billy Bob Thornton, Stanley Tucci, Matt LeBlanc, Julie Delpy, Jeff Daniels and many more.

In addition to being strong in all genres, Showcase has become a leader in children/family programming. Along with licensing several successful family features, Showcase produced the hit show "Flight 29 Down" for NBC and Discovery Kids (currently airing on The Hub), and sold the show to major broadcasters throughout the world. Further, Cartoon Network launched their entire Boomerang Channel in Latin America based on the show.

Showcase's worldwide clients include heavy hitters such as Columbia/Tristar, Disney/Buena Vista, MGM, New Line, Lionsgate, HBO, Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Lifetime, Oxygen, the Sci Fi Channel, Village Roadshow, Endemol, Nordisk, 20th Century Fox, BBC, British Sky Broadcasting, TF1, Canal +, RTL, ZDF, Pro Sieben, Antena 3, Mediaset, Miko/NHK, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, HBO Ole, Cartoon Network just to name a few.

Prior to founding Showcase, David Jackson and Shauna Shapiro Jackson were previously the co-founders of the worldwide distribution company, Curb/Esquire Films (currently Curb Communications), where they also served as President and Executive Vice President, respectively. Further, they served as Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Production and Acquisitions, respectively, of Curb/Musifilm whose partners included Universal Pictures. Amongst other things, Curb/Musifilm developed and co-produced "sex, lies and videotape" which won the Cannes Film Festival for Best Picture (the Palme D'Or).

Jackson and Shapiro Jackson have also been involved in production for the past 20 years and can relate to the producers in that respect as well. They initially produced several films for RCA/Columbia (ultimately Columbia/Tristar) with Morgan Mason ("sex, lies and videotape"), John Hardy ("Ocean's Eleven," "Erin Brockovich") and Jason Clark ("Stuart Little"). Most recently they Produced "You May Not Kiss The Bride," Executive Produced "Flight 29 Down" for NBC/Discovery Kids and were instrumental in helping the producers of "The Wannabes" (Starz) get their hit show produced. Showcase aims to create long-term relationships with talented filmmakers and are always looking for co-production partners and future projects to develop.

Further, both Jackson and Shapiro Jackson are attorneys specializing in the area of Entertainment. Prior to establishing and building Curb/Esquire Films, Jackson served as an attorney at Capitol Records and was then recruited by MCA Records where he served as the Vice President of Business Affairs. Thereafter, Jackson went into the private practice of law where he represented recording artists, record and film producers and film distribution companies. Shapiro Jackson began her career as an in-house attorney for a production/distribution company where she dealt in all aspects of film production and distribution, and where she first established her strong relationships in the international film community.

Accordingly, our team is helmed by seasoned executives with excellent reputations and relationships and who are astute at negotiating deals on the producer's behalf. Further, acquisitions are helmed by Cara Shapiro, a Canadian native with a distinctive eye for quality, yet commercial, films who has been with the company virtually since its inception and has been responsible for acquiring many of the company's top selling features. Executive Director of Acquisitions, Lori Doherty Bee, comes from the production world ("Sex and the City," "Entourage," "Shameless") and Gayle Sherman Hooker, Director of Acquisitions, comes from the world of production and development having worked with such producers as Sherry Lansing and Academy Award winning director William Friedkin. IFTA and international sales veteran Leslee Allmon oversees all aspects of delivery. Her many years of experience in distribution and her relationships with the top buyers worldwide help to set us apart from other independents. Linda Paolucci, Sales Administration and Market Coordinator, has been with our team for the past 11 years and coordinates all matters relating to each film and television market. Industry veteran Paula Marshall heads the finance and worldwide collections department. Music industry veteran Barbara Gingrich Spiegel heads Showcase's newly formed Reality/Factual Entertainment division. Katie Stephenson Dodson is also a music industry veteran, comes from the world of public relations and heads our Nashville affiliate office.

We believe that knowing the market and what the buyers are looking for are key elements in producing and distributing successful programming with worldwide appeal. We attribute our success in attracting quality product to our strong international relationships, our aggressive salesmanship and our creative marketing abilities.

At each film market, Showcase has one of the busiest offices where we always receive a wealth of great publicity. We attribute our success in attracting quality product for distribution to our strong international relationships, our aggressive salesmanship and our creative marketing abilities. We believe that knowing the market and what the buyers are looking for are key elements in producing and distributing successful motion pictures, television series and other programming with worldwide appeal.