PEOPLE:

HAL SCHWARTZ - PRESIDENT

Hal Schwartz is the President of Bull Market Entertainment.  He served as lead producer on WAKE, the company's recently completed second feature film.  WAKE had its world premiere as the Opening Night film at the 19th edition of the prestigious Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California.

Schwartz’s first film was the successful independent feature film, crazylove, which debuted at the Hollywood Film Festival in October, 2005 and is being distributed worldwide by PorchLight Entertainment.  crazylove had its American broadcast premiere on Lifetime as the network’s Valentine’s Day feature film on February 14, 2006 and was later released on DVD by MTI Entertainment.  The film has also been distributed in over 85 international territories. 

Prior to producing crazylove, Schwartz helped select some of Hollywood’s biggest projects while working for numerous major entertainment companies, including Scott Free Productions, Lobell-Bergman, Savoy Pictures, and AMG.  He’s now currently developing several films, including the edgy romantic comedy, Bitter, where he will once again team up with Kanner and which was written by David Zuckerman, a co-developer of FOX’s hit TV show Family Guy.

A graduate of the USC Graduate Screenwriting Program and the NYU School of Law, Schwartz brings together a rare combination of business and artistic abilities.  Born in New York, he did his undergraduate work at the prestigious School of Speech at Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Radio/TV/Film.