Kene G
1964 births | living people
Kene G born 24 is an American television writer and director , Marketing Consultant and Motivational Speaker.
Currently based in Los Angeles, Kene is also the founder of Loxley Hall Productions, Inc., Steel Blue Horizon, Inc., Six Shooter LA and Great2Greatness Company.
Biography
Kene G was born in Chicago, Illinois in June of 1969. As a teen he attended the London School of Dramatic Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago before transferring to Syracuse University in Upstate New York. During college, he earned a living creating special effects for films, producing educational videos and freelancing as a cub reporter and photographer for the NewTimes newspaper.
After graduating college in 1990 he returned to Illinois and immersed himself in the thriving film industry in Chicago. After a series of special effects jobs for national commercials, Kene was hired by Harpo Studios to co-ordinate the films being produced by Oprah Winfrey. From Harpo, he became the personal assistant to legendary film director, John Hughes (Home Alone, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club). At Hughes prompting, in 1992 Kene opened his own full service production company, Steel Blue Horizon Pictures. Through SBH, he made a name for himself in the world of educational videos, after-school television specials and network documentaries, earning an impressive collection of industry awards including several EMMYs for excellence in documentary and children’s programming.
During his first year with SBH, the 22 year old became a television news commentator and field reporter for FOX News and NBC, a national radio talk show host, and a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
In 1994, Kene G was hired to produce, write and direct a series of projects for several Oregon based companies including Nike and Will Vinton Animation Studios. He moved to Portland the same year. During his four years in the Northwest, Kene was introduced to the story of Luba Tryszynska, a war hero and survivor of the Holocaust of World War II. He was so taken by her legendary acts of bravery that he packaged her story and sold it to the A&E Network.
After “Angel of Bergen-Belsen” aired, a film that earned him an Emmy nomination, Kene began developing, selling and directing documentaries for an wide variety of networks including BET, TF1, HISTORY CHANNEL, A&E, ABC and FOX.
In 1998 he was awarded a development contract with Warner Brothers through Rhino Films. He moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter and by 1999, was offered the biggest project of his career- to direct a feature film for Barry Levinson. The experience of making, “UFOs, JFK and ELVIS: The Movie” made him realize that the part of filmmaking he was most passionate about wasn’t directing, but the development of a project and its subsequent selling and marketing.
In 2001 he opened, Six Shooter LA, as the marketing arm of SBH and enjoyed instant success in a wide variety of industries from fashion and film, to music, new media technology and hospitality. Six Shooter’s services included event production, marketing, branding, pr and image consulting.
In 2005, a chance encounter with a Von Dutch employee led to a gig directing a European commercial for the LA based lifestyle and clothing company. During that project, Kene got his first opportunity to work with Von Dutch Originals CEO, Tonny Sorensen, and fell in love with his vision of what the company should be and his passion for the life and artistic accomplishments of Kenny “Von Dutch” Howard. Together, Sorensen and Kene G spent the next two years brainstorming and planning a variety of ways to introduce the history of Von Dutch and its amazing lineage in the arts to its global fan base.
Kene G today
Kene G and Billy GibbonsIn the summer of 2007, Kene G became the Marketing Director for Von Dutch Originals and immediately created an Artist-in-Residency program, a Von Dutch Events Team, and new media department. Today he handles the companies brand extension projects, which include movies, television and radio shows, music, graphic novels and art books. He also continues to oversea the companies Artist-in-Residency program, now co-sponsored by the American Film Institute, and home to over fifty artists.
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