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Finance II – How They Did It: Strategies That Brought Projects to Life

Panelists
Jeffery Greenstein, Founder & CEO, A Higher Standard
Mark Fasano, Partner and the CEO, Nickel City Pictures

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Date

Nov 13 2025

Time

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Stage

Santa Monica

Speaker

  • Mark Fasano
    Mark Fasano
    Partner and the CEO, Nickel City Pictures

    Mark Fasano is a Partner and the CEO of Nickel City Pictures. Mark has developed and produced over a two dozen films and recently was a Producer on Land of Bad, starring Liam Hemsworth & Russell Crowe; Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson; Boys of Summer, starring Mel Gibson; and Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s Haunt. Mark previously was president of production and PalmStar Media, where he developed and produced Netflix’s True Memoirs of an International Assassin, starring Kevin James; Collateral Beauty, starring Will Smith; American Ultra, starring Jesse Eisenberg & Kristen Steward and John Wick, starring Keanu Reeves. Prior to 2012, Mark worked with acclaimed writer/producers such as David E. Kelly, Gary Scott Thompson, and Doug Liman at both Universal and Warner Bros. Mark subsequently worked directly with John Herzfeld at New Redemption Pictures where he helped develop and produce two feature films as well as two television series which were sold to the Starz network and HBO in just over a year. Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television from The University of California, Los Angeles.