John W. Hyde has been working in the entertainment industry for over 40 years. Born March 29, 1941 in Jackson, Michigan

Jackson, Michigan

Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor and south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534...

 he is married to Kate Morris Hyde and lives in both Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

 and Badger, California

Badger, California

Badger is an unincorporated town located in Tulare County in California. It has a population of 140. The zip code is 93603 and the area code 559....

.

Biography

Hyde is a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...

 and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1946, just one month after network television was born. It is a nonprofit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry...

 where he has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning one. He is a former officer and director of The Cousteau Society. He was also a founding member, as well as Vice Chairman and Board member, of the American Film Market. Hyde and his wife own Fairlea Ranch and raise World Champion American Quarter Horses. Hyde graduated from New York University

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 with additional international economic studies at Leiden University in Holland.

Prior to 1990

Hyde was involved in production, distribution and as a management consultant overseeing the domestic and foreign distribution of nearly 125 motion pictures and television shows. His production credits include Short Circuit

Short Circuit

Short Circuit is a 1986 comedy science fiction film starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg and directed by John Badham. Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, and G. W...

, Flight Of The Navigator

Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator is a 1986 Disney science fiction film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker and Michael Burton, about a 12-year-old boy named David who is abducted by an alien space craft and finds himself caught in a world which has changed around him...

, 8 Million Ways To Die, NeverEnding Story, Mighty Mouse, Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...

, 9½ Weeks

9½ Weeks

‎9½ Weeks is a 1986 erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. It is based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth McNeill....

, UHF

UHF (film)

UHF is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva, in whose memory the film is dedicated.The title refers to Ultra High Frequency...

, and the award-winning Das Boot

Das Boot

Das Boot is a 1981 German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann...

.

1990 to 1995

As CEO of MCEG Sterling, a publicly held motion picture production, distribution, library and consulting company, Hyde reorganized MCEG in 1990 after reaching a major compromise with GE Capital

GE Capital

GE Capital is the financial services unit of General Electric, one of five major units. Its various divisions include GE Capital Aviation Services, GE Capital Real Estate, GE Energy Financial Services and GE Money....

. He then consolidated a series of independent film libraries into MCEG and subsequently engineered a four way merger of MCEG Sterling with Orion Pictures

Orion Pictures

Orion Pictures Corporation was an American independent production company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists. Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion...

, Activa Corporation, and Metromedia International.

1996 to 2000

Hyde was CEO of Crossroads V Communications, a leading entertainment industry consulting and management firm. During this period, as CEO of Starbound Records, a music library of over 17,000 digital masters, he reorganized the company and subsequently sold the library. Also during this time Hyde was court appointed CEO/Trustee for Riklis TV Broadcasting (KADY/KADE Television) which he sold on behalf of the creditors in 1999.

2000 to 2003

Hyde was brought into Film Roman as President and CEO to reorganize the company. Hyde successfully stopped the negative cash flow, cut back the corporate overhead, and generated new business, Tripping the Rift, Eloise, Wow Wow Wubbzy, and Motocross, while continuing to produce The Simpsons

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

 and King of the Hill

King of the Hill

King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...

 and deliver them to the Fox Network on a timely basis. IDT Entertainment bought control of Film Roman in 2003.

2003 to 2006

Hyde was Chief Operating Officer of IDT Entertainment and CEO of IDTE Productions, New Arc Productions, Anchor Bay Home Entertainment, and Film Roman

Film Roman

Film Roman is an animation studio founded by Phil Roman, best known for producing the animation for The Simpsons, King of the Hill for 20th Century Fox, as well as the Garfield and Peanuts animated TV specials....

. Through a series of acquisitions, and start up subsidiaries, IDT Entertainment grew from $27,000 in revenues in 2003 to annualized revenues of nearly $250,000,000 in 2006. Hyde was responsible for organizing these acquisitions and subsidiaries and creating an infrastructure to give IDT Entertainment a cohesive production and distribution system for motion pictures, cable, DVD, and television. Hyde oversaw all operations of IDT Entertainment day-to-day and led team handling the due diligence, sale, and integration into Starz/Liberty Media.

2007 to 2008

Hyde recently served as Vice Chairman of Starz Media who purchased IDT Entertainment in 2006 for nearly $500,000,000. Hyde was responsible for integrating the newly acquired IDT companies into the Starz group of companies.

During his years as an industry management consultant Hyde oversaw the restructuring or reorganization of Avenue Entertainment, Filmstar, Management Company Entertainment Group, Cannon Films, Hemdale Entertainment, Reeves Entertainment, Peregrine Entertainment, Orion, AME Video, MGM, Fries Entertainment, and Riklis TV Broadcasting.

Present

John Hyde is a founding director and consultant to TM Media and Entertainment Inc., a fully funded public acquisition corporation. In addition, Hyde has founded Rehab Incorporated which consists of Rehab Entertainment, a television and film, and intellectual rights company, as well as Rehab Consulting, an entertainment and media consulting company. Rehab Consulting is continuing to advise Starz Media on Vanguard Entertainment and the Vanguard Studios in Vancouver and is currently consulting with the Jim Henson Company to expand their operation and bring in additional financing. Rehab Entertainment is currently developing three feature films, Short Circuit 3 for the Weinstein Company, Lil’ Homiez for Overture Films, and Unearth.

Theatrical Feature Films

Space Chimps, Executive Producer, FOX (Animated Feature).
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Executive Producer, Weinstein Company (Animated Feature).
Everyone’s Hero, Executive Producer, FOX (Animated Feature).
UHF, Producer, Orion Pictures (Feature Film).
Lost Boys, Co-Executive Producer, Warner Bros. (Feature Film).
Short Circuit, Executive Producer, Tri-Star (Feature Film).
Flight of the Navigator, Executive Producer, Disney (Feature Film).
9 ½ Weeks, Executive in Charge of Production, MGM (Feature Film).
Clan of the Cave Bear, Executive Producer, Warner Bros. (Feature Film).
The Neverending Story, Executive Producer, Warner Bros. (Feature Film).
Fire & Ice, Executive Producer, 20th Century Fox (Animated Feature).
Das Boot, Executive Producer, Bavaria Studios/ Columbia (Feature Film)
Dead & Buried, Executive in Charge of Production, Embassy (Feature Film).
Venom, Executive in Charge of Production, Paramount (Feature Film).
The Final Countdown, Executive in Charge of Production, United Artists (Feature Film).
A Change of Seasons, Executive in Charge of Production, 20th Century Fox (Feature Film).
The Wanderers, Production Executive, Warner Bros. (Feature Film).
Skullduggery, Associate Producer, Universal (Feature Film).
Companions In Nightmare, Associate Producer, Universal (Feature Film).
Games, Associate Producer, Universal (Feature Film).
The Ravagers, Producer, Columbia (Feature Film).

Television Series

Masters Of Science Fiction (2007), Executive Producer, ABC (Live Action Series).
Painkiller Jane, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (Live Action Series).
Masters Of Horror (2005–2007), Executive Producer, Showtime (Live Action Series).
Andy Williams, Kraft Music Hall, Production Executive, MCA-TV (TV Series).
Lloyd Thaxton Show, Production Executive, MCA-TV (TV Series).

Animated TV Series

The Simpsons (2000–2007), Executive Producer (Animation), Fox (Animated TV Series).
King of the Hill (2000–2007), Executive Producer (Animation), Fox (Animated TV Series).
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006–07), Executive Producer, Nickelodeon 2 (Animated TV Series).
Slacker Cats (2007), Executive Producer, ABC Family (Animated TV Series).
Tripping the Rift (2004–2005), Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (Animated TV Series).
X-Men, Executive Producer, Warner Bros. (Animated TV Series).
The Oblongs (2001), Executive Producer, Warner Bros. (Animated TV Series).
Free For All (2003), Executive Producer, Showtime (Animated Cable Series).
Mighty Mouse, The New Adventures(1987–1988), Executive Producer, CBS Television (Animated TV Series).
The Amazing Jorge, Executive Producer, Film Roman (3D Animated Short).

TV Movies

Death Row, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
Slayer, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
The Happy Elf, Executive Producer, NBC (Animated TV Special).
Voodoo Moon, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
The Fallen Ones, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
It Waits, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
Dead & Deader, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
Demon Hunter, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (DTV Movie).
Room 6, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
All Souls Day: Dia de los muertos, Executive Producer, Sci-Fi Channel (TV Movie).
Motocross, Executive Producer, Disney Channel (TV Movie).

DVD Premier Films

Rebirth of a Nation, Executive Producer, Starz Media (DVD Premier Documentary).
Hellboy: Blood and Iron, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Animated Film).
Hellboy: Sword of Storms, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Animated Film).
Stan Lee Presents: Condor, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Animated Film).
Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Animated Film).
Eloise Animated Specials, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Animated Specials).
The Devil’s Den, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Film).
Left in Darkness, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Film).
The Garden, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Film).
The Darkroom, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Film).
The Thirst, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Film).
The Toothfairy, Executive Producer, Anchor Bay (DVD Premier Film).

Music Videos

Frijolero, Executive Producer, Molotov (Animated Music Video).
Get In Line, Executive Producer, Bare Naked Ladies (Animated Music Video).
Neil Diamond: Brooklyn Roads, Producer-Director, MCA (Music Video).
Marcia Straussman:The Flower Children, Producer, MCA (Music Video).

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