THE PRODUCER LOUNGE
David Elliott - Host
David is an accomplished singer/songwriter, musician and producer born into a legendary musical family: Dionne Warwick and the late actor/jazz drummer Bill Elliott are his parents and his extended relatives include Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, Leontyne Price and Dee Dee Warwick.
David’s career achievements include co-writing the Grammy Award-winning classic “Here and Now” for Luther Vandross, co-writing the Dionne Warwick-Whitney Houston duet “Love Will Find a Way”, starring as Sam Cooke in the movie “Ali” and touring the globe with Dionne, singing duets with her on stage and performing the opening act for her concerts.
Dionne Warwick – Executive Producer
Dionne Warwick, is an American singer, actress and TV-show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.
Having been in a partnership with songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. Dionne Warwick is second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist of all time, with 69 of Warwick's singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998.
Sherrill D. Hilton – Creator/ Executive Producer/ Director
Sherrill is an accomplished independent producer, line-producer and director with an extensive background in musical theater.
In 2012, she won the Los Angeles Web Festival “Outstanding Achievement Producing Comedy, Sketch Comedy, Translated Comedy or Mockumentary Series Award” for the web series
"Sound Advice".
A graduate of the Los Angeles Film School, she was honored with the 2010 Woman to Watch for in Film award from Women in Media at the Los Angeles Film School for her work as line producer and art director on several projects. She wrote, produced and directed the short film Tango.
Sherrill has danced in, directed and choreographed many musicals, including the Tap Dance Kid,
Black Nativity and The Sounds of Motown.
Luana Elliott – Co-Executive Producer
A native of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Luana Elliott is the Operational Manager at David Elliott Music, Inc. Mrs. Elliott is responsible for the Performance Schedule, Image and Branding of David Elliott Music, Inc.
An extensive background in photography and marketing, Luana has photograph for music labels, celebrities and up coming artists in the music industry.
Christina Hoag – Writer/ Researcher
Christina Hoag is an author of nonfiction and fiction books, mostly recently
co-authoring Peace in the Hood: Working with Gang Members to End the Violence, published by Hunter House Publishers in 2014.
She is a former reporter for The Associated Press and the Miami Herald and covered Latin America for Time, Business Week, the Financial Times
and other major publications.
She is a graduate of Boston University.
Charles Clemens – Product Manager
Charles has more than 20 years’ in the consumer lending and commercial manufacturing industries, in the fields of quality management, compliance, and project management.
He has developed and implemented large-scale quality programs in the consumer lending industries. Helped facilitate organizational and process changes to create efficiency and improve production.
Charles received his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Management with Honors: Summa Cum Laude from Everest University-Brandon.
Martel Shaw – Booking Agent/ 1st Assistant Director
Martel ‘TZ” Shaw is an actor, screenwriter, director and assistant director. His experience includes working on Red Princess Blues, a short film directed by Alex Ferrari and Tango, a short film by
Sherrill Hilton, on which he worked as first assistant director.
He has also worked on projects with Ethan Embry, Travis McCoy, Dex Elliot Sanders, Katie Holmes, Richard Tyson, Carli Simon and Rachel Grant.
He is a graduate of Los Angeles Film School.
Chris Crane – Post-Production Director
Chris is a film editor whose experience includes working as a video editor in the U.S. Air Force, where he edited documentaries, news segments, and instructional videos disseminated throughout the Force. Mr. Crane was also responsible for capturing battlefield footage and editing it for broadcast news agencies.
Chris attended California State University-Dominguez Hills, where he studied digital media. He holds an associate of science degree in editing from the Los Angeles Film School.
Oscar Garcia – Director of Photography
Oscar Garcia is a cinematographer and editor whose experience includes five years in the U.S. Marines as a combat videographer where he covered important events around world, including the 2009 rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates.
He is a graduate of Los Angeles Film School
Ricardo Perez – Production Sound Director
Ricardo has worked as a boom operator on more than 15 short films and commercials, and one feature film. He additionally boasts extensive experience performing in musical theatre as a dancer.
He graduated from the Los Angeles Film School
Perry R. Martinez – Post-Production Sound Director
I'm a freelance Producer, Engineer, Composer and Video Editor specializing in Composing, Sound Design, Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Audio Restoration and Video Editing.
His experience consist with HBC Productions and Skywalk Films, Inc. as a Video Editor, Compositing, Sound Design, Background Editor, Foley, Dialogue Editor, Music Editor and Arctic Wolf Management as a Head Stage Tech/ Mixer.
Perry is a graduate from the Los Angeles Recording School
