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August!11,!2015!
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To!Whom!It!May!Concern:!
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I!am!writing!to!give!a!strong!recommendation!for!the!Filmmaker!Mark!Heller!whose!
first!movie!I!produced!THE!PASSAGE!
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I!own!the!Los!Angeles!based!production!company!Electric!City!Entertainment!
alongside!my!partner!Jamie!Patricof.!Over!the!past!10!years!I!have!produced!over!20!
films!and!documentaries.!Some!of!these!include!BIG!EYES!directed!by!Tim!Burton!
staring!Amy!Adams!and!Christoph!Waltz,!THE!ACCOUNTANT!starring!Ben!Affleck,!
CAPTAIN!FANTASTIC!starring!Viggo!Mortensen,!MISSISSIPPI!GRIND!starring!Ryan!
Reynolds!and!Ben!Mendelsohn,!THE!PLACE!BEYOND!THE!PINES!!starring!Ryan!
Gosling!and!Bradley!Cooper!and!BLUE!VALENTINE!starring!Ryan!Gosling!and!
Michelle!Williams.!My!movies!have!been!nominated!for!over!100!awards!including!
Academy!Awards!and!Golden!Globes.!!
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Mark!Heller!conceived!of!the!idea!for!THE!PASSAGE!alongside!writer!Neil!Jackson!
and!I!bought!the!idea!off!their!pitch.!!!!
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Mark!is!extremely!talented.!He!is!a!visionary!director!who!has!a!tremendous!gift!for!
working!with!actors.!He!is!great!in!a!room!and!can!get!anyone!on!board!with!his!
ideas.!He!was!fiscally!responsible,!but!never!compromised!the!movie.!He!always!
came!up!with!creative!solutions!for!financial!problems.!
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Mark!has!a!vast!knowledge!of!movies!and!is!extremely!well!versed!in!the!language!
of!cinema.!He!has!a!great!instinct!for!discovering!new!talent.!All!the!actors!we!
worked!with!had!only!wonderful!things!to!say!about!him!and!he!was!able!to!coax!
and!sculpt!great!performances!out!of!everyone.!
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I!would!highly!recommend!Mark!for!any!project!and!believe!he!will!continue!to!
make!strong!movies.!
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Best!
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Lynette!Howell!Taylor!
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