John W. Beach

John W. Beach has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years - starting as a literary agent at Paradigm and later at ACME Talent and Literary. At ACME, he was instrumental in the sale of Oliver Stone's WORLD TRADE CENTER w/ Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena and YOUTH IN REVOLT w/ Michael Cera and Ray Liotta. John worked regularly with authors such as Catherine Coulter, Sandra Brown, Homer Hickam and Robert Ellis. Shortly after ACME, John created Fortress Features with 2 other producers. At Fortress, John aided in the raise of Fortress' development fund. Acting as the Director of Development, he sought out property for Fortress to acquire and develop into rich film/television projects. He brought in such talents as Stan Lee and Dan Silva. In 2011, John opened the Santa Monica based office of INDYCAR where he invited and managed various celebrities (Dan Aykroyd & Howie Mandel to name a few) to INDYCAR events and races. John produced Branded Integrations for TV shows like MYTHBUSTERS, LET'S MAKE A DEAL, HOW IT'S MADE, BETTY WHITE'S OFF THEIR ROCKERS, STORAGE WARS and many others. John also managed INDYCAR's key art and social media campaign for DreamWorks Animations TURBO, which released July 19, 2013. After surviving cancer in 2014, John followed his dream and started Gravity Squared Entertainment, a rapidly growing, Los Angeles based management/production company, representing writers, producers, & directors for film & television, while also managing media rights for over 150 published books, some being Pulitzer Prize winners and New York Times bestsellers. John is currently producing projects with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Marc Platt, Brian Oliver and David Permut , to name a few...