Dominic Ianno, Founder & CEO

As head of Indomitable, Ianno executive produces films and Broadway shows with interesting additional finance or marketing exploitation opportunities beyond a standard model. In addition to the four feature films coming to market this year (Soul Surfer, The Whistleblower, The Secret Lives of Dorks and The Sound of Mumbai), Indomitable's slate for 2011 also includes Mortis Rex and the Broadway productions of Ray Charles and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Previous films executive produced by Ianno include Tenure with Luke Wilson and Gretchen Mol, Spin with Bijou Phillips and Amber Heard, and I Hate Valentine's Day starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett.

In a strategy/advisory capacity, Ianno provides consulting services, strategic planning, financing advice and management to companies such as Ology (a next generation social media company focused exclusively on interest-based socializing reaching 22 million uniques), where he is a board member, and ScrollMotion (a leading smart phone application developer with over 12,000 single applications live in the Apple App Store), where Ianno sat on the board for 2 years during the launch. In addition, he and film finance attorney/partner Michael Barnes run the recently launched Greentrestle Bridge Fund that provides micro cap bridge financing for films.

Prior to forming Indomitable Entertainment, Ianno served as the Head of Strategy for Outlaw Productions, where working alongside the late Bobby Newmyer he led the financing and strategy for a slate of modestly budgeted comedies ($10MM – $30MM) as a principal. Before Outlaw, Ianno held the position of Senior Vice President for Artisan Digital Media.

An entrepreneur by nature, Ianno kick-started his career by founding 2D Interactive, Inc, an advertisement and poster sales firm that operated via electronic kiosks in over 400 stores, a business launch for which he raised $8 million as a principal.

Dominic Ianno is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Carnegie Mellon's management program, and a current member of the Producers Guild of America.

Stuart Pollok, Executive Vice President

Stuart is Executive Vice President of Indomitable Entertainment and runs its executive producing and film consulting businesses.

As a principal, Stuart most recently executive produced The Three Investigators in the Secret of Terror Castle directed by Academy-nominated director Florian Baxmeyer, which was theatrically released by BVI in Europe in 2009, and its predecessor The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island, which garnered almost one million theatrical admissions in Germany in 2007.

As lead producer or executive producer, Stuart is currently financing and/or packaging the following slate of projects:

• Ivanhoe, an adaptation of the classic Sir Walter Scott novel, with director Iain Softley (Inkheart, Wings of a Dove, Backbeat).
• Mortis Rex written and to be directed by Peter Briggs (Hellboy, Alien Vs. Predator, Judge Dredd), the first ancient Rome monster movie.
• Mercedes written by Matthew Faulk and Mark Skeet (Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon) and to be directed by Robert Dornhelm (War and Peace), an action-romancer about how the car brand was named with lead financier Aquarius Films.
• Lords of Chaos written and to be directed by Sion Sono (Cold Fish, The Suicide Club, Exte: Hair Extensions, Noriko's Dinner Table).
• Monster Butler, a true-crime UK gangster film with Malcolm McDowell in the lead for Warner Bros.

Stuart is the former Head of Production at Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP), the English-language international features division of Studio Hamburg. Stuart conceived and wrote the business plan that lead to the creation of SHIP in 2001 and ran its operations thru 2005. Studio Hamburg was then the largest television producer in Germany.

At SHIP, Stuart constructed and successfully concluded negotiations on a series of financing tools that allowed SHIP to slate finance $50 million in project co- financing. During this period, in addition to the aforementioned The Three Investigators franchise for BVI, Stuart also executive produced The Conclave starring Brian Blessed and James Faulkner and handled production services for the Berlin shoot of the $75 million Imagine Entertainment / Disney release Flightplan starring Jodie Foster.

Prior to SHIP, Stuart produced One Of The Hollywood Ten starring Jeff Goldblum and Greta Scacchi for the BBC. It premiered at the Closing Night of the San Sebastian Film Festival and was distributed theatrically in Europe by BVI.

In the nineties, Stuart worked for producers Bob Rehme and Mace Neufeld at Paramount Pictures rising to become Executive Vice President of Prelude Pictures. Messrs Neufeld/Rehme collectively produced Clear And Present Danger, Patriot Games, The Hunt for Red October, Beverly Hills Cop III, No Way Out, and The Omen, among many others. Prelude was co-owned by the Ilitch family of Detroit, the owners of Little Caesars Pizza, and two sports franchises, MLB's Detroit Tigers and the NHL's Red Wings.

At Prelude, Stuart successfully negotiated the first $100 million slate co-financing deals under Sherry Lansing's regime at Paramount. Stuart also originated and shepherded to production Lost In Space for New Line Cinema, Black Dog for Universal Pictures and Judicial Consent for Rysher Entertainment/HBO. Lost In Space grossed over $150 million theatrically worldwide.

Stuart is a member of the New York Bar. He practiced international finance law in New York at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Linklaters for 4 years. In addition to his MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC, Stuart has a law degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, his native city, and a Masters in International Law from Georgetown University Law Center. Stuart attended Georgetown on a Rotary Scholarship and represented Europe on a Rotary Global Development Initiative.

Stuart is player-manager of the BAFTA/LA Over 40s football team and a former President of Friends of Glasgow University, an alumni fund-raising organization. He is divorced with a 13-year-old daughter.

Robert Deege, Vice President of Business & Creative Affairs

As a principal and co-founder of Indomitable, Deege oversees all business affairs, manages the staff, and heads up development.

Before IE, Rob worked as a Production and Finance Contractor for Blowtorch Entertainment alongside the heads of Development, Finance, Digital Content, and Theatrical Distribution in their endeavors to procure financing, structure distribution and flesh out the development slate.

Previously at Mind & Media, Inc, Deege produced and directed award-winning documentaries and training films for clients such as The National Guard and The Pentagon Force Protection Agency. The film "Basic Combat Training", an innovative edgy depiction of boot camp took the highest overall honor in the Department of Defense – "Best Production of the Year" for 2005.

Before that, as a Producer at Discovery Communications, Rob produced, directed, edited and wrote for shows on Travel Channel, Discovery, TLC, Science Channel, Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Health, and Animal Planet. Deege's 15-plus years of production experience began at Cerebellum Corporation, first as an editor/supervising editor and then director of over 20 feature length videos that were a blend of narrative, comedy, and educational.

As a Filmmaker, Deege directed the short film "Sobering" which played in several festivals and garnered awards for both screenplay and film, and produced several other short films. Deege also edited the award-winning feature film "Standalone", which was picked up for digital distribution by Cinetic Media.

Rob has a BS in Statistics and Economics from Virginia Tech, is AVID certified in editing, and has trained as a director under Judith Weston.