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THE
PRINCIPALS
The
Paths
Apart Productions LLC management team of Karen
Aasand (president)
Fred
Kuehnert (producer),
Rich Asher (chief
financial officer), bring decades of film production, accounting, and finance
experience to the table, evidenced in
relationships with the Christian community, the
film community and the financing community. This
background has already opened doors to
fund-raising, distribution, and property
acquisition opportunities that indicate a strong
practical interest and support for the company
and its management team.
Karen
L. Aasand (president) founded Paths
Apart Productions LLC and brings her background in finance
and small business management and consulting to
the table, as well as her strong faith in God.
She started out with Equitec Leasing Company in
the early 1980's, managing a portfolio of leased
equipment for investors in Limited Partnerships.
From there it was a short leap to Financial
Planning for AIS Financial Services. She then
established her own successful consultancy
designing client financial portfolios, which led
to evaluating investment opportunities.
This
ultimately led to consulting with entrepreneurs
and at one point, being asked to be president of
Business One Source, Inc., a start-up firm,
where she supervised all major aspects of
day-to-day business, including product
development, sales and marketing and personnel
development. During the mid 1990's, while
working for Rochon Capital Group in San Rafael,
California she solicited publicly-traded
corporations, introducing their CEO’s and
CFO’s to offshore financing options. She has
served as director for several not-for-profit
organizations, in many capacities, including
that of president.
She
brings a record of results in satisfying the
goals and interests of diverse groups within
larger frameworks. During the last 12 years she
has worked on a project basis developing several
spiritually-focused film projects and as a
Christian Science practitioner.
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Mr.
Fred Kuehnert (producer) has been recognized within the film industry, including by the
Hollywood Reporter and Variety, as an important, independent film producer. As the executive producer on his first film, “The Buddy Holly Story” (1978, Columbia Pictures), he worked on the development, production and distribution of the Academy Award-winning film. The film is known widely as a classic and was characterized by film critics Siskel and Ebert as “the best Rock n’ Roll film ever made.”
Subsequent films including, “That’s Black Entertainment,” have also garnered generous awards. Due to his reputation and relationships, he has been successful in launching the careers of numerous first-time directors, securing financing and producing cost effective motion pictures and subsequently negotiating both domestic and international distribution thereof.
He is currently developing several family films with modest
budgets: including, “Racket” ($3M), about an underprivileged Latino girl in New York who learns pride in work and becomes a tennis protégé; “Termite's
Path” ($10.5M, with a $5.5M advertising and
prints budget), the true-life story of Maurice “Termite” Watkins, former prize fighter who felt called to go to work in Iraq and was protected by his faith as he found himself coaching the first Iraqi Olympic team in decades and
"Riding on a Dream", the triumph-over-tragedy story of Olympic equestrian Debi Connors.
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Mr.
Rich Asher (C.P.A. - CFO) is currently
working in the real estate field. He has worked
with a number of for-profit and not-for-profit
organizations in a wide variety of product and
service areas. He recently sold his half
interest in a successful $10 M per year film
industry business. His past experience as CFO
for two large organizations provide him with the
specific resources required to handle the
activity and challenges of a start-up, as well
as preparing him to handle multiple income
streams while serving the needs of various
constituent entities demanding reliable and
accurate accounting.
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