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In his 30-year career in the entertainment industry, filmmaker Jim Kreutzer has produced, consulted on and helped finance 21 features, docs, and music CDs. Kreutzer’s producing and distribution credits include Fever Lake, Just Write (Best Picture Award at the 1998 Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita and the Temecula Valley FilmFestivals), Last Great Ride, Big Brother Trouble, Dexter Dickie, Misadventures of Margaret and Ghost Club. In 2007, he founded Wind Chill Distribution for the purpose of being able to sell and distribute his own projects. He created and acted as supervising producer on  Take Me Out to a Cubs Game-100 years of history and music compilation CD for the Chicago Cubs – one of the top selling sports CDs of 2008.

As the CEO of Wind Chill Media Group from 2000-2017, he created, developed and produced the feature film project, Tommy’s Honour based on the book after a "bucket list" visit to St. Andrews with an ill friend in 2010. Tommy's Honour was selected to be the opening night film for the 70th Edinburgh Film Festival in June, 2016. The film won the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Best Picture  Award  Tommy's Honour was released globally in Spring, 2017. Kreutzer helped establish and now serves on the board of the Tommy's Honour Educational Trust.

​In late 2018, he co-founded Sheridan Road Productions with his partner, Maryilene Blondell. On the heels of the successful development and production of Tommy’s Honour comes The Road Dance, a period drama based on the book of the same name wrapped filming in late 2020 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The Road Dance starring Hermione Corfield, Morven Christie and Mark Gattis premiered at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival where it was awarded the festival’s prestigious “Audience Award” for Best Picture. It will be released globally

in 2022.

Sheridan Road Productions, in 2021 & 2022, had developed and produced several golf centric projects including The Golf Explorers and Life on the Links, as a CBS Sports Network Series. 

Kreutzer and Elliot, under the Wind Chill Banner, have developed and are collaborating on several film and television projects currently.  

Jamie Elliott is a producer and founding partner of Hemisphere Entertainment.

Ms. Elliott recently served as executive producer on the thriller Hypnotic for Netflix. Ms. Elliott co-produced the family comedy, Main Event, starring Tichina Arnold and Adam Pally for Netflix  as well as the MGM feature film Fighting with My Family starring Dwayne Johnson, Florence Pugh and Vince Vaughn. Ms. Elliott executive produced the comedy Buddy Games with an ensemble cast including Josh Duhamel, Dax Shepard and Kevin Dillon and recently followed with the sequel, Buddy Games Spring Awakening for Paramount Pictures. Other films she has produced include "Armed Response" with Wesley Snipes and Anne Heche and the thriller Blood Brothers starring Jack Kesey, Trey Songz for Sony Pictures. Past pictures she has produced include a variety of family comedies and faith-inspired features and series. 

Currently, Ms. Elliott is part of the producing team on the hit television series The Chosen and is in pre-production for Season 5. 

Ms. Elliott served as VP of Production for WWE Studios where she produced several feature films, docuseries, and reality television shows.

Ms. Elliott is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, and the Producers Guild of America. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.