Experience

Vision Films, Inc.

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner, Managing Director/CEO Worldwide Distribution

  • Oct 1990 - Present

  Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/ CEO of Vision Films, Inc. has been in the Feature Film and Television Distribution business for over 25 years. She is an active member of IFTA's (Independent Film and Television Alliance) Board of Directors and is on their Legal Committee. She is also a member of the International Emmy's and EMA (a Digital and VOD Association). Vision Films is based in Marina Del Rey, California. We license all available rights from Theatrical, DVD/Blu-Ray, Television and VOD/Digital Media rights to both the International and Domestic marketplaces. We currently handle a library of over 500 Feature Films, 500 Documentaries and 100 different Music Programs from some of the most prolific independent film producers in the world. We develop a special marketing plan and work closely with Producers on a strategy to license their film(s) around the world. We opened up our domestic division in 2013. We release 2 to 4 films each month. Our USA DVD Label is distributed through Distribution Solutions/AEC (formally Sony). For VOD we are direct with all the Transactional VOD Platforms (Cable, Telco and Satellite Channels) such as iNDemand, Vubiquity, Dish, and DirecTV, iTUNES, Playstation, Xbox, Amazon, Vimeo, Google Play, FandangoNow, Vudu, Hoopla and more. In Canada, for Cable TVOD, we are on Shaw, Rogers, Bell and Telus. For SVOD, we license all the Subscription VOD Platforms such as Netflix, Hulu Amazon Prime. We manage all windows and decide what is best for the long run of the film between a limited Theatrical release, DVD, premium Cable VOD, Digital, SVOD, Pay TV and Free TV. We are a full service company. Our staff currently consists of Kristen Bedno is our Director of Domestic Distribution & Marketing; Carol Synder is our Contracts Manager; Florie Porte is our Distribution Coordinator; Jasmin Branch and Joel Roth handle Royalties and Producer Reporting in Accounting; and Dennis Alfrey handles our Servicing and Digital Operations. Show less

• Owner, Managing Director/CEO, Worldwide Distribution

  • Oct 1990 - Sep 2010

  Founded in 1990, Vision Films started out as a production company that created a long running television series for the Discovery Channel entitled "Movie Magic". In order to raise financing for the series, Lise pre-sold many international territories notably Canal Plus in France, Village Roadshow in Australia and Gaga in Japan. In 1997, Vision Films opened its doors as a worldwide Sales Agency representing a hundreds of prestigious Documentaries, TV Movies and Feature Films. In 2004, Lise opened a sister company Vision Music that handled hundreds of successful biographies of musical artists such as 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga and John Lennon, and many music related feature films such as the Germs biopic "What We Do Is Secret", which she is credited as Executive Producer, having financed the film through international pre-sales. In 2010, Lise sold Vision Music side of her business, but still manages the domestic rights to many of the titles. Today, Vision Films, Inc. represents over 1000 titles, including a huge Feature Film, Documentary and Music library. For Vision Films' company profile, please visit our website www.visionfilms.net. Show less



Unapix Entertainment

• Sr. VP Development and International Co-Productions

  • 1994 - 1996

  One of my most memorable experiences at Unapix was when I created the American version of a well known French Television series that was a hit primetime series on TF1 entitled "Ushuaia". I brought American writers to Paris to work with the French producers and then sold the English version around the world to broadcasters including NBC in the USA. The series featured Nicolas Hulot, an ecological advocate and adventurer that traveled the globe swimming with whale sharks, hang-gliding with vultures, para-gliding over the white plains of Iceland, and then relaxing in a hidden hot spring at the end of one of his typical days filled with fabulous journeys. Show less