True Player Entertainment exists to create product with originality and promote unknown talent
with the intention of bringing fresh and energetic art to the masses.
Producing feature-length original films, music videos, original
programming as well as operating a management firm, gives us an edge in
the new millennium of cross marketing and mobile business.
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Chad Calek - Chairman / CEO |
 Chad Calek brings a unique insight to the world of entertainment. An accomplished musician, producer, director, songwriter and journalist, Calek provides first hand knowledge acquired in nearly every field of the entertainment business. At 30 Years of Age, Calek's efforts have already been applauded in such national publications as SPIN Magazine and Request Magazine.
Whether touring with his band, 35" Mudder, sharing the stage with such platinum artists such as Limp Bizkit, Incubus and System of a Down, working as a journalist for Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Gartner, managing several musical acts, scoring, writing and producing feature films or directing Gen-X style commercials, original programming and music videos for such clients as Pepsi/Mountain Dew, MTV2, Curt Smith of Tears For Fears, Taking Back Sunday and Index Case, Calek's past successes have allowed a firsthand, experienced insight to lead True Player Entertainment on every level of operation. - myspace.com/chadcalek
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Justin Holstein - President / Chief Operating Officer |
Justin Holstein's has a twelve year history working in the entertainment industry starting as a production assistant on the Amblin Entertainment/Warner Brother's film "Twister" in 1995. He moved on to work on various independent films and productions, working with Michael Moore on "The Big One" and his hit television show "The Awful Truth."
During a stint working as a lighting director on a national PBS show called "About Your House with Bob Yapp", Holstein teamed up with friend and former college associate Chad Calek, to began writing the script for a film entitled "The Private Public." Holstein and Calek went on to produce the film which sold to Showtime Cable and Allumination Filmworks in 2001. True Player Entertainment was formed that same year.
Over the next six years Holstein has been working with Calek
as a production manager, producer and director of photography, producing nearly
thirty music videos and a feature length documentary entitled "A Clown
Short of Destiny", directed by partner Chad Calek, which won the Audience
Choice Award for Best Documentary in the New York International Film
& Video Festival and the Director's Choice Award for Best Music
Documentary in the 2006 Park City Film Festival.
Holstein is currently directing and co-producing a feature
length documentary entitled "Fenimore Road" which has been in production
for. - myspace.com/jholstein
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Terry Calek - Treasurer / Vice President |
 Terry Calek is the financial and strategic planning principle within True Player Entertainment. She has over 25 years of experience in the Fortune 500 corporate world, shaping national public relations platforms including a syndicated television program, media relations and promotional strategies, employee and external communications and investor/financial programs for both the investment community and shareholders.
As Vice President and treasurer of True Player Entertainment, Terry provides business planning and financial management insights to the company, overseeing the financial growth and strategic concerns.
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