A production company innovating at the intersection of art and action. 

Global.
Our strength is operating with local understandings of peoples & cultures, well within budgets. Countries of production include: US, Canada, England, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, China, Japan, India, Philippines, Morocco, South Africa, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon.

Art.
The heart of our creative offering is action filmmaking. Action Realism is a holistic approach to creativity that encompasses local environments and top-tier talent to create heart-racing, lean-in entertainment. 

Action.
We focus on innovation and craftsmanship. Achieved through synergistic collaboration with talented partners. We aim to spark limitless creativity and push aesthetic boundaries. We produce works of cinema that can draw audiences across  markets.

The Team.
Chief Executive Officer.

Karin Chien is an award-winning producer and distributor working on new financing models, more equitable production structures, and radically different distribution solutions. Karin is a hands-on problem solver and a high-level systems thinker.  By innovating her role as a producer, Karin works to build cross-monetization opportunities for film-centered IP. In her work at Art & Action Productions, Karin was the founding producer of MasterClass and led their international production expansion. Recent roles include partner at Louverture Films, co-founder of Distribution Advocates, strategic consultant to Color Congress, and Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center.

Chief Creative Officer.

Lawrence Ribeiro is an award-winning director and innovator of action filmmaking. Lawrence has been part of the automative and film production industries for the past 20 years, with a recent focus on the motorbike arena. Lawrence is leading several film & TV projects, including bike, car and action-related content, while developing the next generation of onscreen talent through motorsports sponsorships.

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