The Consulting Partners of Big Fresh Pictures bring varied expertise to better insure the financial success of the company.


 
 
 

        Jay Kenoff

Jay kenoff

Jay Kenoff (Legal Consultant) is a founding partner of Kenoff and Machtinger, LLP a Los Angeles based firm specializing in media and entertainment. Jay Kenoff practices principally in the area of entertainment transactional matters providing services to individuals and companies in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, concerts, post-production services, publishing and new media. He is also experienced in business and corporate law, real property and banking. Mr. Kenoff is co-author of ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY CONTRACTS: NEGOTIATING AND DRAFTING GUIDE, Vol. 1, ÒMotion PicturesÓ, published by Matthew Bender. His articles have been published in Entertainment Law Review and Entertainment Law and Finance, and he is on the Board of Contributing Editors of the latter publication. Mr. Kenoff has served as a judge pro tempore and as a court mediator in Los Angeles County and has been a professor of law at Northrop University Law School. Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Kenoff was educated at UCLA (BA, 1967), Harvard Law School (JD, 1970) and University of Southern California (MS, 1974). Mr. Kenoff was on active duty for four years (1970-1974) in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps of the U.S. Navy Reserve. He is a recipient of the Freedom Foundation Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal, completing his service as a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve.

        Grant Raynham

Grant Raynham

Grant Raynhamhas lived, trained and worked throughout Europe, Asia, Canada and The United States.Mr. Raynham has been involved in, international and USA distribution/ acquisition for the past fifteen years. He has ran several distribution companies during this period including: Freedom Distribution, GFR Distribution and MCL-USA to mention a few. He has handled feature films, television movies, miniseries and series. He has worked buying and selling from companies such as: NBC Enterprises, Kathy Morgan International, Global Entertainment Media, MTG, Concord/New Horizons, Granada/ITV, Hallmark, Celestial Entertainment, Toho, Screen Media Entertainment, Moviebank, Studio Canal, ARD/Germany, MCL Mediacom Licensing Ltd./Germany, Media Asia/Hong Kong, Media Film/Israel-Hungary, Apollo TV/Greece, Falcom/Germany, Dominion Entertainment/Universal Studios-Los Angeles, First Look/Los Angeles, Eagle/Australia amongst others. Presently, he is working with LSR/Los Angeles in international distribution /production. He is representing Zia Films International; as well as buying for his clients in Germany, Israel, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, Brazil and the USA. He has bought and sold film and television product for MCL Mediacom and Licensing Ltd/Germany, IPS/Spain-Germany, Mastedisk/Israel, IPA/Asia, Apollo TV/Greece, Media Film/Israel-Hungary, Alphaville Filmes/Brazil, Quantum Moviebank/USA, GEM/Latin America/Spain amongst others.

        Laura Siegel

Laura Siegel

Laura Siegel (Talent/Production Agent) As founder and head of CEC, Laura leverages an unparalleled understanding of the film and television industry. Having built a widely accepted reputation as trustworthy, diligent, and entirely dedicated towards the success of her clients, Laura has been a prominent fixture in the entertainment industry for almost 20 years, and considers herself extremely fortunate for the success she’s experienced in, as she states it “the industry I love”. Having both a strong sales and entertainment technology background, Laura founded CEC as the first agency to connect and represent both the talent and production crew with the technology companies that provide the tools and equipment for filming. This first-of-its-kind concept was immediately successful and led to the founding of CEC Circuit, a unique network of strategic alliances and partnerships worldwide that provides an “all-in-one” solution for production needs on a global scale. Laura currently lives on Long Island with her husband Jeff, where she serves on the board of the Long Island Film and Television Foundation.

        Danielle Amato-Milligan

Danielle Amato-Milligan

Danielle Amato-MilliganMs. Amato-Milligan is the President of AmatoMilligan & Associates and has over nineteen years experience as an arts administrator and fund-raiser working with non-profit organizations including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Queens Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Museum for African Art, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in the positions of director of development and membership, capital campaign director and fund-raising, marketing and management consultant. In addition to her fund-raising and strategic planning capabilities, she has extensive experience in the areas of board development, audience development, managing organizational change, securing and managing human and financial resources, organizational and program assessment, and as a strong administrator and manager. Prior to establishing the firm, Ms. Amato-Milligan has worked as consultant, both independently and for C. W. Shaver & Company, Inc. Ms. Amato-Milligan served as Director of Development for the Museum for African Art from 1995 to 1997, where she expanded the museum’s funding base, raising $1.5 Million annually. From 1992 to 1995, Ms. Amato-Milligan was the Director of Major Gifts, managing The Campaign for BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s first effort to raise $22.5 Million in endowment funds. She also served as Executive Producer, working with photographer Annie Leibovitz, on the campaign fund-raising video and produced the 150-person cultivation dinner for the video's launch in January 1994. She previously served as Director of Development of the Queens Museum of Art during its first $15 Million building renovation, and as the Membership Manager for the Whitney Museum of American Art, managing its $1 Million- plus Membership Program. She is currently a Trustee (Vice Chair and Development Committee Chair) of The Medici Archive Project (MAP: www.medici.org), a non-profit organization based in Florence, Italy and New York, NY, that plays a leadership role in the field of historical research. She is a former Trustee of ArtTable, the national organization for professional women in the arts, serving as Chair of the New York Chapter Development Committee for several years. She has been a panelist and speaker for the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (formerly NSFRE) annual Fund-Raising Day in New York conference and for New York University’s several graduate arts administration programs. She is a member of the American Association of Museums, the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Women in Development. Ms. Amato-Milligan is a registered Fundraising Counsel with the New York State Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Amato-Milligan graduated from New York University with one of the first inter-disciplinary B.A. honors degrees in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (East & West) with minors in Italian and linguistics. She began her museum career as a Special Research Assistant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where among other projects she worked with the Associate Curator of Islamic Art on a major exhibition entitled, "The Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks".

         Lorna Harris

Lorna Harris

Lorna HarrisMs. Harris, a member of AmatoMilligan & Associates Corporate Leadership Team, brings twenty-five years of experience as a top-level manager, strategist and consultant to the firm. Her expertise in planning, coordination, supervision, production and implementation of community outreach, public relations and marketing campaigns with project budgets ranging from $100,000 to over $50.0 million, represents a proven record of exceeding project goals with salaried staff, volunteers, project teams, consultants and vendors. She has managed to create a better understanding of AM&A's clients’ mission and goals by incorporating strategies to benefit both stakeholders and funders, allowing greater accessibility, organizational visibility, pride and support. A specialist with legacy and cause-related projects, her excellent oral, written and electronic communication skills further an organization’s ability to command a central place in the priorities of clients, the media, and the community. She has worked in different capacities with many diverse organizations such as the Ford Foundation, the Network of Cultural Centers of Color, Clean Air Communities, the Alliance of NYS Arts Organizations, New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York State Department of Education. Ms. Harris is also a successful administrator, facilitator and leader with wide-ranging experience in administration; strategic planning; program design; public relations/marketing; fundraising; board development; management for community-based organizations; arts presenting and special event/meeting and conference production. She has conceptualized and organized hundreds of domestic and international projects including meetings and retreats; positioned clients to take their messages to a greater public forum; liaised with City, State and Federal agencies and private enterprises. In the course of her career, she has done much to bring about an awareness of the value of community outreach and multicultural projects and she has contributed to the growth and development of projects in mainstream arenas not only in the United States but in Africa, Asia, Brazil, and Europe by working to help clients of varying cultures provide access and information and showcase their value. In addition to her extensive experience with strategic community outreach planning, organizational development and fundraising, her intention is to always empower others to reach their goals. She has also facilitated the publishing of important journals, papers and media products that feature best practices in collaborations and participated in the efforts to complete the Postcards, the 911 Memorial on the shores of Staten Island. Recent Legacy and Cause-related projects include: Project Director for the Romare Bearden Homecoming Celebration; Community Outreach and Media Strategist for 17 City-wide Sustainable Living projects for Clean Air Communities; Event Producer and Outreach Specialist for the Malcolm X 80th Birthday Commemoration at Audubon Ballroom/The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center, an EDC project in Harlem; Producer/ Outreach and Media Strategist for Been Rich All My Life a Legacy Project showcasing the Documentary Screening/Tribute Event to the Silver Belles, the legendary Harlem Showgirls, at the Apollo Theater, and Producer of the Staten Island Composers Project and Career Development Forum featuring Galt MacDermot, David Johansen and Vernon Reid to position the St. George Theater and Council on the Arts and Humanities in Staten Island. Ms. Harris also advises the New Jersey State Council on the Arts working specifically to strategically position Morris, Hunterdon and Somerset Counties to effectively manage their diverse and growing communities. Prior to her work as an independent consultant, Ms. Harris was the Project Manager for the Ford Foundation’s arts and culture portfolio comprised of key initiatives totaling $50 million: Internationalizing New Works; Arts and Civic Dialogue; New Directions, New Donors for the Arts ($42.5m-Foundation’s single largest arts initiative in 3 decades); Arts Stabilization; Investment in Art and Creativity; Cultural and Community Enterprise and Rethinking Public Humanities. Among Ms. Harris’ various professional affiliations, she recently served as the Interim Executive Director for the Council on the Arts & Humanities of Staten Island (COAHSI), and is a Board of Trustee for the St. George Community Charter School, and DanzAisa. Select publications coordination projects include: Internationalizing New Works in the Performing Works, published by Ford Foundation New Directions, New Donors in the Arts, monoliths and website published by Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) Anthologie de l'art africain, Revue Noire editions.