Cleveland O'Neal III

Cleveland O'Neal III is founder, president, and CEO of Connection III Entertainment Corp. in Los Angeles, the award-winning, Emmy-nominated producer/distributor of family friendly, multicultural media content whose licensees & sponsors include broadcast & cable networks, major studios and national advertisers. O'Neal serves as creator and executive producer of Connection III's nationally syndicated Made in Hollywood (2005) TV series, as well as the FCC-friendly, educational/informational Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2006). The series franchise is available in 91 million U.S. TV homes with a gross average audience of 5.2 million viewers, with licensees including CBS Television Stations, Inc. and Fox Television Stations, Inc. in the U.S. and Fox International Channels in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. O'Neal is a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and serves on the Mosaic Council of the American Advertising Federation, where Connection III is a corporate member. Connection III has received two Emmy nominations, won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Youth Series/Special, and was the recipient of the "Arts and Entertainment Company of the Year" Award from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the SBA.