DJ Dodd

DJ Dodd grew up outside of Philadelphia and holds a BS in Business Administration with minors in both Law and Film from Drexel University and an MFA in Film and Television Producing from Chapman University. DJ has worked as a Development Executive for producer David Foster (The Mask of Zorro, The River Wild, The Thing, Short Circuit), Glass Entertainment Group (Tanked), and Steve Rotfeld Productions (Weird But True). He has produced and developed dozens of hours of television content for many major cable networks including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel, HGTV, DIY, Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, History Channel, and Bloomberg, among others. DJ has also produced over 20 feature films and has premiered films at several prestigious festivals including Sundance (10,000 Saints), TIFF (Human Capital), Sitges (Bite), Oldenburg (Dark), Fantasporto (Dark), and Cleveland (The Split). Many A-list stars have appeared in his films including Ethan Hawke, John Cusack, John Malkovich, David Spade, Emile Hirsch, Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Lange, Shirley MacLaine, Demi Moore, Bruce Dern, James Earl Jones, Sharon Stone, Jeremy Piven, Courteney Cox, Christina Ricci, Mira Sorvino, Selma Blair, Taye Diggs, George Lopez, Mike Epps, Maggie Grace, Joey King, Lin Shaye, and Taryn Manning. Prominent directors he's worked with include Andy Tennant, Joe Dante, Bob Pulcini, Sheri Springer Berman, and Marc Meyers. DJ's company, Future Proof Films, specializes in feature film and television development and production, as well as literary management. He has facilitated many deals for his clients including options, writing assignments, distribution deals, foreign sales, and financing.