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Richard S. Marten - President & CEO

Mr. Marten, a native of New York City, received his undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies from Vassar College and a law degree from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.  He specialized in the fields of entertainment and general corporate law, representing such producers & directors as Edward S. Pressman, Gordon Hessler, James Toback, and Igo Kantor. He has handled the acquisition of motion picture and allied rights to literary properties, contracting of talent, arranged distribution in the theatrical, television, and video media in the United States and overseas, assisted in securing bank and investor financing for motion picture and television projects, and participated in the formulation of co-production agreements.  In 1985, Mr. Marten oversaw the establishment of Atlantic Film Studios, Virginia’s first motion picture production facility, officially inaugurated in 1989 by the Hon. Gerald Baliles, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  He also served as President of the Atlantic Entertainment Group, a motion picture production and distribution company. Mr. Marten was a founder of Norfolk’s 2nd Story Theatre and of  Star Circle Pictures where he produced the award-winning short film Samaritan and the feature  Player’s Joy. He is the author of two original screenplays, WHITE BUFFALO: An American Prophecy and General Two-Gun.

Joshua M. Levy - Chief Innovation Officer

Joshua Levy was born in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Levy received his undergraduate and Masters degrees from the University of Oregon and his doctorate from the California Institute of Technology. In addition to his scientific background, Dr. Levy has been active in finance, with particular emphasis in the areas of communications and entertainment.  During the course of his career, Dr. Levy has formed close relationships with executives at the highest level of international financial institutions, including Citibank and Salomon Smith Barney, as well as numerous major communications and entertainment organizations. Dr. Levy resided in Beijing for several years and is responsible for developing relationships within the Chinese entertainment industry and with ministries of the Central Government of China for co-production.

J. Aaron Marten - Controller, Head of Investor Relations

Mr. Marten observed the film business from a young age at his family’s studio in Virginia and interned at several law firms in high school and college. He earned his undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies/Chinese language from the College of William & Mary and Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Colorado. Post-graduate, Mr. Marten traded in the precious metals and numismatic markets and managed several online retail operations before joining Wave4M Studios in 2016. His expertise includes digital marketing, sales generation and finance.

Ethan Marten - Producer

Ethan Marten, President and CEO of Light Age Films, is the producer of WHITE BUFFALO: An American Prophecy and the martial arts drama, The Eyes of the Roshi. Since 2009, Mr. Marten has produced and/or executive produced three television series (17 episodes), and five motion pictures, including the recent sci-fi thriller Atlantis Down. Mr. Marten was VP of Marketing for Atlantic Film Studios, Virginia’s first full-service motion Picture studio, and for Atlantic Entertainment Inc., distributor of such films as What Ever Happened To..? starring Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave, In The Deep Woods, starring Anthony Perkins, and Our Sons, starring Hugh Grant, Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret.  Mr. Marten also served as Artistic Director of Norfolk’s acclaimed 2nd Story Theatre. As an actor, he has been featured as John Todd, Jr. in the PBS episode of Dolly Madison on The American Experience; John Taylor in First Landing for ABC Family; Irving Berlin in George Lucas’s Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for ABC Television; and in Hollywood Pictures’ Eddie.