Gary Ousdahl
Gary Ousdahl is the founder and owner of Advanced Management, where he oversees management as well as the production and development division of the company.
He started his career at CAA before moving to WME, eventually leaving the agency business in 2009 to run Tyler Perry's day-to-day business in both Atlanta and Los Angeles. He founded Advanced Management in 2012.
His clients include members of the Wu-Tang Clan, NOFX, Fetty Wap, Cobra Kai stars William Zabka (Executive Producer; Johnny Lawrence) and Martin Kove (Sensei Kreese), T-Pain, Warren G, Too $hort, Pennywise, digital creator Baylen Levine, Zack Gottsagen (The Peanut Butter Falcon), multi-hyphenate pop star James Maslow (Big Time Rush), Daniel Franzese (Mean Girls) as well as a long list of other notable actor and artist clients.
His most recent projects include his work as executive producer of the NOFX documentary 40 Years of Fuckin' Up, which premiered at SXSW and is currently selling out theaters nationwide. His documentary work also includes The DOC, which follows the journey of hip-hop legend and Death Row Records co-founder The D.O.C. (starring Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu and Ice Cube), as well as On The Line, the story of Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams. Both were official selections of the Tribeca Film Festival.
His other film credits include the Warren G / SXSW documentary G-Funk, the scripted feature Pimp (which he executive produced with Lee Daniels), the Errol Flynn biopic In Like Flynn, indie darling Austin Found and Life's A Tripp, an eight-episode docuseries he produced exclusively for Snapchat with artist Trippie Redd.
Additionally, he is one of the founders of The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas.
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Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens brings over a decade of experience in talent management. With deep relationships with casting, he pitches with precision to ensure the right actors are seen for roles that fit. His developmental notes have been instrumental in shaping countless film and television projects.
Mark is also an accomplished writer, having developed numerous feature projects, and is the author of the book The Seven Moons of Multah: A Falling Starstorm Novel.
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Rafael Chavez
Rafael Chavez is a film producer and financier working across documentary and narrative features. He served as an executive producer on On the Line: The Richard Williams Story (2022), the acclaimed Tribeca documentary on the father and coach of Venus and Serena Williams. He also produced the music documentary G-Funk (2017), the untold story of Warren G, Nate Dogg, and Snoop Dogg and the West Coast sound they pioneered, which premiered at SXSW before streaming on YouTube Premium.
His other credits include the comedy Austin Found (2017) and the drama Street Level (2015). For over a decade, Chavez has operated at the intersection of production and film financing, partnering with artists and filmmakers across music and independent film to bring distinctive stories to the screen.
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