The Founding
Members
The leaders helping shape the standards, conversations and international reach of EE Media Market.
The Meaning of Being a Founding Member
A founding member is more than a name attached to an event. They bring real experience, perspective and credibility at the moment a new international market is being built.
Their insight helps shape the conversations, connections and standards that will define EE Media Market from its first edition onward—creating a stronger environment for producers, sales companies, investors, distributors, platforms and creative leaders.
Christopher
Tuffin
CEO, Strong Island, Inc.
International Production, Finance, Sales and Brand Management
Christopher Tuffin is an American media executive, film producer and founder of Strong Island, Inc., a global creator studio for theatrical, digital and premium entertainment.
His work spans talent management, film finance, production and the development of original intellectual property. His credits include Sound of Freedom, Peppermint, Freelance and Canary Black. Through Strong Island, he brings together the creative and commercial disciplines that carry a project from development to worldwide audiences.
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Victor
Elizalde
Managing Partner & Founder, Viva Pictures
Global Film & Animation Producer and Distributor
Victor Elizalde is the founder of Viva Pictures, a globally oriented production and distribution company specialising in family-friendly animated features and event-driven storytelling.
His work brings together strategic partnerships, intellectual-property expansion and international distribution models across theatrical, streaming, video on demand and consumer products. Victor combines commercial discipline with creative market foresight to help animated content reach audiences and build long-term franchise value.
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Paul
Burger
Five-Time Emmy Winner & Founder, Early Days
Premium Unscripted IP & Brand-Funded Content
Paul Burger is an Emmy Award-winning producer and director and the founder of Early Days, a premium unscripted studio building the next generation of documentary IP for YouTube-first distribution.
Across 25 years of cinematic nonfiction, his work has taken him around the world producing ambitious documentary storytelling for leading networks and platforms. Most recently, he produced Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller for National Geographic. Through Early Days, Paul is developing a new model bringing filmmakers, brands and audiences together around premium nonfiction.
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Alan
Stalcup
Builder, Investor & Mentor, GVA Real Estate Investments
Film Finance, Executive Production & Entrepreneurship
Alan Stalcup has spent 30 years building companies across software, real estate and private aviation. A two-time founder with two successful exits, his experience includes over $10 billion in real estate transactions and a portfolio that scaled to 30,000 units.
His film activities include executive producing Angel and the Badman, investing in two production companies focused on animation and live action, and financing commercially viable films intended for wide theatrical distribution. He brings an experienced investor’s perspective to the relationship between creative ambition, financial structure and reaching audiences.
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