Stellar Group Background

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The Stellar Group is a Paris-based 400,000 F S.a.r.l., originally founded in 1991 to produce documentaries on famous artists and writers and to promote gallery expositions, both at its gallery/loft headquarters in the 16th Arrondisement of Paris and at major museums and galleries throughout Europe. With its sister company, TIP TV, it produced documentaries on such artists as Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Antonio Saura, Henri and Marinette Cueco, and writers Ismael Kadare, Juan Goytisto and Pierre de Betancourt. The Stellar Group also served as curator for exhibits at the Pompidou Museum, the Musee d’Art Moderne de St. Etienne and the Bibiloteque Nationale de France.

In 1999, the Stellar Group was acquired by American producer K.C. Schulberg, who broadened the mission of the company to include film, television and music consulting, talent management of musical artists and the production of feature films and television products.

The company quickly secured consulting contracts with a wide array of clients including: Pandora Cinema, The Film Festivals Entertainment Group, EMI Music Publishing/France, Dennis Davidson Productions, The European Film Awards, 3DD Entertainment and France Telecom/Noos. As a result of its consulting activities, the company’s revenues tripled in the first year of operation under Schulberg’s stewardship.

In 1999-2000, the Stellar Group was engaged by Pandora Cinema (SHINE, KOLYA, LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE) to craft the worldwide marketing strategies of all of Pandora’s productions, including: TRIXIE, directed by Alan Rudolph, produced by Robert Altman, starring Emily Watson and Nick Nolte; MAYBE BABY, directed by Ben Elton, starring Joely Richardson, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Rowan Atkinson; THE OLD MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES, starring Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss; and HONEST, directed by Dave Stewart, starring three members of female British pop group, All Saints.

In the realm of music, The Stellar Group was instrumental in forging the European success (Gold Record) of Portland-based retro-chic band, PINK MARTINI, managing their first European tour. The Stellar Group currently manages the career of young European-born sensation, SABINA, who is presently recording a demo for Chris Blackwell’s Palm Music, scoring films and performing in New York.

The Stellar Group’s production and development slate includes a number of projects for both cinema and television, including: the feature film TATTOO; a film adaptation of Budd Schulberg’s landmark novel, WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN, starring and directed by Ben Stiller; a cable film adaptation of Budd Schulberg’s THE DISENCHANTED; WHITE COLLARED, a comedy about corporate corruption in America starring Dan Ackroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis; a film based on the life of Emily Dickinson entitled, I EMILY, to star Calista Flockhart; a filmic version of J.P. Donleavy’s landmark novel, THE GINGER MAN, with Johnny Depp attached to play the title role; and THE WIDE WORLD OF MUSIC series of feature-length documentaries.