FILMMAKERS
DOUGLAS TIROLA BREWMASTER
PAULA SILVER
FOUNDER/CHIEF IDEA OFFICER AT BEYOND THE BOX PRODUCTIONS Paula Silver is a creative, production and marketing solutionist. Currently CEO of Beyond The Box Productions, she has served as President of worldwide marketing at Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Company and Interscope Films. Working closely with major Hollywood studios, Paula created advertising campaigns for KRAMER VS KRAMER; ALL THAT JAZZ; ALIEN; TOOTSIE; GANDHI; GHOSTBUSTERS; THE BIG CHILL; DIRTY DANCING and MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING to mention few. Paula serves on the boards of Women in Film, Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, Word Theater, #YourMomCares and the advisory board of Witness Human Rights Watch. Her best productions are her three grown children Jessica, Luke and Morgan.
Douglas Tirola’s films have screened at over thirty film festivals around the world including world premieres at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Berlin and Edinburgh. DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD premiered at the Sundance Film festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures. The award winning HEY BARTENDER (Netflix) premiered at the SXSW Film Festival was released theatrically around the world and went on to be nominated for a James Beard award. ALL IN – THE POKER MOVIE (Showtime and Netflix) was a grand jury prize winner and is considered the definitive documentary about poker. Douglas’ first feature AN OMAR BROADWAY FILM premiered at the Tribeca Film festival where it was acquired by HBO. Douglas has also produced a number of critically acclaimed and award winning documentaries including BISBEE ’17 which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance award winning KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE and the critically acclaimed MAKING THE BOYS, a film about the groundbreaking LGBT play and film The Boys in