THE TEAM
JONATHAN BAKER
Director / Founder
Jonathan Baker has always been enthralled by smart storytelling and larger-than-life figures, taking inspiration from greats like Ernest Hemingway to guide his own sensibilities as a writer, producer, director and adventurer. Studying film in his native New York City and at USC in his undergraduate years, Jonathan Baker began his entertainment career as a writer, director and producer on “Through Scavullo’s Eyes”, a Warner Bros. documentary on controversial fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo; as well as a wildly successful “Dorf on Golf”, a sports spoof with Tim Conway; and “Dirty Tennis”, a comedy starring Dick Van Patten, Nicolette Sheridan and then Bruce Jenner that aired on HBO and Cinemax. It won the VSDA and the New York Film Festival Award for Best Comedy Video of the Year. More recently, he founded Baker Entertainment Group, a multimedia development and production company.
Baker is also a successful entrepreneur who grew a start-up venture, SkinSpa, into the leading full-service day spa in the U.S. before selling that brand in 2011.
While focusing on Baker Entertainment Group and his evolving work as a film director, he remains active in the personal care field and has currently developed a new signature brand, JONATHAN BAKER EST 1962, which introduces its first line of many pure aromatherapy products.
Stuart Pollok- President
Stuart Pollok has worked in
various capacities in the film
industry for almost 25 years.
After a brief stint in marketing for
Universal Pictures, Stuart worked
in development, production and
business affairs for most of the
nineties at Paramount Pictures-
based Prelude Pictures, rising to
Executive Vice President, the
highest-ranking executive at the
company. At Prelude, a division of
Neufeld/Rehme Productions, the
producers of Patriot Games, The
Hunt for Red October and Clear
And Present Danger, The Omen,
and No Way Out, among many others, Stuart originated and shepherded to
production Judicial Consent for HBO/Rysher Entertainment, Black Dog for
Universal Pictures and tent-pole Lost In Space for New Line Cinema.
After Prelude, Stuart produced One of The Hollywood Ten starring Jeff Goldblum
for the BBC, Canal+, TVE and Buena Vista International (BVI). It premiered at the
Closing Night of the San Sebastian Film Festival. He then conceived, wrote and
implemented the business plan that lead to the creation of Studio Hamburg
International Production (SHIP), the English-language theatrical feature division of
Studio Hamburg, then Germany’s largest television producer with annual
turnover in excess of $250m. As Head of Production at SHIP, Stuart oversaw and
executive produced three features, including launching the successful The Three
KEVIN KOLOFF
Business Affairs
Kevin Koloff has over 25 years of experience representing clients in all aspects of the film, music and television industries. His clients cross the spectrum from individuals to major studios.
Prior to opening his current practice, Kevin’s experience includes stints at big law firms (Loeb and Loeb, Mitchell, Silberburg and Knupp), independent film companies, and twelve years as a Senior Vice President at Paramount Pictures. He regularly guest lectures at schools such as UCLA, Loyola Law School and the University of Southern California School of Music. He is a frequent panelist at film and music industry symposia.
Kevin received his B.A., magna cum laude, in economics and mathematics from Dartmouth College, and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was honored as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
JULIA SHOONER
Project Manger
