A modern pro with a decade plus real Hollywood experience at Universal Studios, HBO, NBC, Discovery, Fox, Darque Records and so many more. Creative development, writing, production, post production, distribution, branding, marketing, product placement.
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Managing, creating and producing domestic and international film, television, music and online product.
Management of large and small creative teams, budgets, diverse projects with specific goals and solutions from concept to public acceptance in all current media and distribution channels is his forte’.
He delivers feature films, television shows, commercials, performing artist albums, creative marketing and press campaigns to the major Hollywood studios, networks, and bi-coastal advertising agencies.
Having previously worked for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment inside of Universal Studios, his weekly delivery to NBC of prime time shows strengthened his production and post-production expertise. He has worked in varying capacities over the years with the following: Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Wayfarer Studios NYC, Amblin Entertainment, HBO, NBC, PBS, NASA, Nike, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, General Motors, BMW, McDonald’s, AT&T...& many more, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Metallica, George Burns, Boyz to Men, Mariah Carey, Silk...& more.
Along with continuing independent feature projects and international co-productions his past work was at Playtone for Tom Hanks on domestic projects like the the Emmy Award winning HBO series “From the Earth to the Moon,” and Twentieth Century Fox with Chris Carter. Working at HBO overseeing the syndication projects for “Sex and the City”, “Sopranos” and “Arliss.” Also producing creative show elements for Lionel Richie’s European tour.
At Darque Pictures he wrote, produced and directed the multi award-winning feature “Now Chinatown”, traveled the world film festivals and now resides at Blockbuster, Netflix, Barnes and Noble and major retailers. Voted Top Ten dvd of the year by Einsiders.com with Lord of the Rings, Monsters Inc., Reservoir Dogs and E.T.. With great reviews from The Los Angeles Times, four-star reviews from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Steven was happy to screen it for the Golden Globe members in a private and very well received setting.
His record label released “The Next Santana”- Cesar. Cesar has performed all through Europe as a solo artist with the London Philharmonic, Frank Sinatra, Al Dimeola, recorded with producer Bebu Silvetti (Luis Miguel, Placido Domingo), and currently meeting with Andrea Bocelli and The Gipsy Kings for performing services. Dunning’s relationship with the USO and Armed Forces Entertainment has already netted tours for his artist Cesar, including Iraq and the Middle East, from where Mr. Dunning volunteered and has just returned from a month of shooting reality tv programming.
Mr. Dunning has also recently agreed to open a joint-venture with Beijing (Peking) University for a film/television/music college for the oldest and most prestigious university in the one billion plus emerging market. He is frequently invited to speak at American and International universities such as The Beijing Film Academy, Florida Pacific University, California State University, Cal Poly, etc.. Serves on the California State Polytechnic University Advisory Board for entertainment business, law and marketing program. He has also established “The Greater Good Award” to recognize those who sacrifice themselves in order to benefit many more around them.