who we are
Dianne Collins is a veteran publicist has spent most of her career handling publicity for leading actors and directors including Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Martin Scorsese, Tom Cruise, Abel Ferrara, and Oliver Stone. She has worked on film campaigns for Casino, Goodfellas, Platoon, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, King of New York, In The Company Of Men and many others. Dianne co-produced Men Lie and produced One Week In September: American Family Drive a documentary on the effort started in New York to bring aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the early days of the disaster. She has also served as a juror for the Wasserman Awards at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Nestor Masckauchan has been organizing online communities since 2004 using meetup.com. Meetup is a web platform that allow group organizers to build and run communities that meet in the real world. Nestor currently organizes and runs groups in the New York City area totalling almost 11,000 members. His Meetup groups include the Foreign Film Club, as well as a groups for Opera and Classical Music fans. His New York Spanish Language Meetup group is one of the largest online communities for those interested in learning the language and the culture. Nestor also runs a Meetup group for Organizers to help them hone their skills, build attendance and produce better events. He is a native of Argentina who believes in encouraging Americans to participate in cultural activities as a way to connect in person, have fun, improve their lives.
Robert Lovenheim is a veteran TV producer who has produced numerous TV mini-series, movies, and series pilots. His shows have won Emmys, Ace Awards and the Humanitas prize. His is a founder of MovieWithMe.com, offering reviews of the best foreign and independent films available, as well as access to digital cinema premieres and special events around the country. He is a partner in Payline Management, a talent management firm, and Storypoint.us a digital agency specializing in story creation for advertizing. His show business background includes working in foreign sales and worldwide distribution.