Partnering with the best local TV producers
Partnering with the best local TV producers
About Us
Don Starr, Founder
Laura Herb, VP Development
EJ Kavounas, Founder
Don founded Grosvenor Park Media in Canada in 1982, where he pioneered tax motivated investment vehicles in film and structured tax-based investments. Under his guidance, Grosvenor Park expanded rapidly and became instrumental in financing Canadian and Hollywood productions sponsored by various studios including Walt Disney, Miramax, Buen
Don founded Grosvenor Park Media in Canada in 1982, where he pioneered tax motivated investment vehicles in film and structured tax-based investments. Under his guidance, Grosvenor Park expanded rapidly and became instrumental in financing Canadian and Hollywood productions sponsored by various studios including Walt Disney, Miramax, Buena Vista Television, ABC Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Hearst Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment with budgets totaling over $1.5 Billion.
EJ Kavounas, Founder
Laura Herb, VP Development
EJ Kavounas, Founder
E.J. is an executive with over two decades of experience in media finance and also produced the feature Hero Mode (with Mira Sorvino and Sean Astin). E.J. worked for 15 years in investment banking most recently at Credit Suisse in Los Angeles where he was a Managing Director and closed over $10 Billion worth of transactions including the
E.J. is an executive with over two decades of experience in media finance and also produced the feature Hero Mode (with Mira Sorvino and Sean Astin). E.J. worked for 15 years in investment banking most recently at Credit Suisse in Los Angeles where he was a Managing Director and closed over $10 Billion worth of transactions including the features Empire State (Dwayne Johnson) and Escape Plan (Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger). He has an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Middlebury College. He is a Board Member of KIPP: SoCal Public Schools, a leading non-profit serving over 10,000 students in South and East Los Angeles.
Laura Herb, VP Development
Laura Herb, VP Development
Laura Herb, VP Development
Laura is a development executive, independent producer, and story consultant with over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry. She previously served as Director of Development at Imagine Entertainment where she worked on such films as In The Heart of the Sea, Get On Up, and The Dark Tower, as well as the television series,
Laura is a development executive, independent producer, and story consultant with over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry. She previously served as Director of Development at Imagine Entertainment where she worked on such films as In The Heart of the Sea, Get On Up, and The Dark Tower, as well as the television series, Parenthood. More recently, she was a content scout for Storied Media Group, a literary agency and IP brokerage firm that represents some of the most prestigious publishers from around the globe; and was an Associate Producer on the independent social impact feature documentary, Those Who Serve. Laura is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and holds a B.S. in Television-Radio-Film.