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David Aion, Co-President - Biography
As Co-President, Mr. Aion is responsible for overseeing and implementing the sales and marketing activities of titles to the marketplace. Mr. Aion also coordinates all referral activities when FOUNDATION FILMS acts as sales agents or producers representatives. In addition to maintaining and expanding relationships with the independent film market, his responsibilities include overseeing the creation of advertising and publicity materials, planning participation in both domestic and international film and television trade shows and film festivals, and administration of the company's contracts/business affairs and the delivery and replication departments.
Mr. Aion began his entertainment career as an Executive Producer's assistant with the Las Vegas chapter of international organization Women-In-Film, a leading 501 {c}(3) charity. While with WIF he learned the pre-production, production and business side of the film business. At the same time, he became involved with the American Film Institute's festival division and AFI Fest where he became familiar with independent film producers. This led to his employment as International Sales Manager for an independent film distributor, successfully packaging and distributing feature films to a worldwide audience.
With 25+ years of sales and marketing experience, Mr. Aion assumed the responsibilities of the Senior Vice President of Lincoln Media Group, a division of American Film Partners, before founding EYE-IN-Entertainment, an independent distribution consortium.
Additionally, Mr. Aion is a Producer and member of the Board of Directors for the non-profit organization, Women-In-Film, Las Vegas chapter. In this capacity, he is producing a feature film (with theatrical distribution), has produced an entertainment industry mixer (with more than 1000 attendees), a Public Service Announcement (aired to more than 10 million homes by a national cable provider) as well as co producing a producers clinic, a stunt clinic and a western film festival.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Aion attended Philadelphia University where he received a Bachelors degree in Marketing and UCLA Extension in Film, Television and Digital Entertainment. He currently resides in Thousand Oaks, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mr. Aion is also a founding member of the Digital Cinema Society.
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