H.
MICHAEL HEUSER
Storm
Entertainment,
Inc., President
and CEO
Executive
Producer
H.
Michael Heuser is
the President and
CEO of Storm
Entertainment, Inc.,
a motion picture
finance, production
and worldwide
distribution company
that he founded in
1995.During its
more than seventeen
year history, Storm
Entertainment has
arranged for the
full financing of 43
films.Using a
combination of
worldwide sales and
pre-sales,
institutional and
private equity,
international and
state incentive
rebates and bank gap
financing, Storm
Entertainment has
generated more than
$290 million dollars
in film financing.
Throughout
his 25 year
independent
career, Heuser has
been involved in
the financing
and/or
distribution of
more than 140
films, including
the highly
acclaimed and
commercial films
such as Hurly
Burly, Heidi,
Neverending
Story, Love the
Hard Way, Babette’s Feast, Played,
True
Romance, Naked
Tango, Crying
Freeman, Only the Strong, Cotton
Club, Lawnmower
Man and Lawnmower
Man II, Solo Con Tu Pareja, Dirty
Dancing, Glengarry Glen Ross, Romper
Stomper, The
Navigator,
Farewell to the
King, Cannonball
Fever, ThePrincess Bride, Romero,
Life in the Fast
Lane, The
Lost
Boys, Johnny 100
Pesos, TheGarden
of the
Finzi-Continis,
Black and White
in Color, Clan of the Cave Bear, Nevada,
That
ObscureObject of Desire, Un Chien Andalou,
Das
Boot, Big
City Blues,
Help, A
Hard Days Night,
Bodies Rest and
Motion, 8MM,
Romero,
Short
Circuit, Sleep with Me, The
Running Man,
9
½ Weeks,
among many, many
others.
Mr.
Heuser currently
has several film
projects in active
development,
including bringing
to the screen Fay
Efrosini-Lellios’
original
screenplay Road
Narrows
alongside
co-executive
producers, the
Academy
Award-winning Emma
Thompson, and
best-selling
author and
producer George
Pelecanos, with
whom Mr. Heuser
has produced the
documentary film,
The
Long Haul of
A.I. Bezzerides.
Prior
to founding Storm
Entertainment,
Heuser was a
co-founder of and
remains an equity
partner in August
Entertainment,
where he served as
Senior Executive
Vice President for
eight years. Previously, in his long film
career, Mr. Heuser
has served as part
of the senior
management team at
Interaccess Film
Distribution, a
division of
Vestron.He has also
served in key
management roles
at Producer Sales
Organization
(PSO), the Motion
Picture
Association of
America (MPAA),
under the
legendary Jack
Valenti, and at
United
International
Pictures (UIP), a
joint venture
between Paramount,
Universal and
MGM/United
Artists.
Heuser
is a graduate of
Colgate
University,
completing degrees
in both Economics
and International
Relations.He is
fluent in English,
Spanish, French
and Italian, and
has conducted
business in, and
traveled to, over
40 countries.
In
his free time, Mr.
Heuser is an avid
reader, traveler,
aspiring cook and
gardener.He is also
an advocate for
patients’ rights
and medical
radiation reform,
and in 2011 was
named “Legislative
Advocate of the
Year” by the
Consumer Attorneys
of California.His advocacy work has been
featured in major
national news
outlets including,
The
New York Times,
Los
Angeles Times,
Wall
Street Journal,
AP, Reuters, ABC,
CBS, CNN and NBC.
